M.A.IV SEMESTER 2020 AFRICAN AND CARRIBEAN LITERATURE Paper-XIII Practice Paper Multiple choice Questions Maximum Marks-100 Each Question carries 1 mark By Dr Priyanka Maral Department of English K.N.Govt. P.G.College, Gyanpur, Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh 1-Dennis Brutus was born in (a) 1924 (b)1736 (c)1987 (d)1964 2- What is the full name of Dennis Brutus (a )Dennis wal Brutus (b)Dennis bes Brutus (c) Dennis wan Brutus (d)Dennis Vincet Brutus 3- Who was responsible for banning South Africa from Olympics due to apartheid? (a)Dennis Brutus (b)Jane Austen (c) Thomas Hardy (d)Wole soynika 4- Dennis Brutus died on (a)September2010 (b)March 214 (c)2009 (d)2004 5- Who wrote the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed? (a)Gabriel Okara (b)Dennis Brutus (c)Chinua Achebe (d)Thomas Hardy 6- In how many stanzas the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed is written (a)10 (b)11 (c)12 (d)15 7- In the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed the interaction between (a)A White colonialist and an African native (b)An African and American (c)An Indian and an African (d)An Indian and a White 8-what is the theme of the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed (a)The belief in Indian culture (b)The belief in African culture (c)The belief in European culture (d)The belief in American culture 9-when was the poem You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed published (a)1985 (b)1986 (c)1987 (d)1989 10-In which year Gabriel Okara won the Commonwealth prize (a)1979 (b)1989 (c)1982 (d)1987 11- In which year Gabriel Okara was born (a)1931 (b)1941 (c)1921 (d)1957 12- To which country Gabriel Okara belongs (a)Nigeria (b)Kenya (c)Uganda (d)Egypt 13-Who is known as the first modernist poet of Anglophone Africa (a)Gabriel Okara (b)Dennis Brutus (c)Chinua Achebe (d)Edward Said 14- What is the full name of Gabriel Okara (a)Gabriel ben Okara (b)Gabriel wal Okara (c)Gabriel de Okara (d)Gabriel Imomatimi Okara 15- Gabriel Okara died in (a)2018 (b)2019 (c)2017 (d)2015 16-The drum in the poem The Mystic Drum represents (a)Spiritual pulse of traditional African life (b)Spiritual pulse of traditional Indian life (c)Spiritual pulse of traditional American life (d)Spiritual pulse of traditional European life 17-The poem The Mystic Drum is a (a)Love poem (b)An Elegy (c)Dramatic Monologue (d)Ballad 18- The lady in the poem The Mystic Drum is a symbol of (a)Lure of Indian life (b)Lure of American life (c)Lure of western life (d)Lure of African life 19- The drum in the poem the Mystic Drum unites (a)Mind and heart with the outer world of the nation (b)Heart and soul with the outer world of the nation (c) Heart and lungs with the outer world of the nation (d)Mind and kidney with the outer world of the nation 20-The outsider stands for (a)Western imperialism (b)Capitalism (c)Marxism (d)Liberalism 21- The poem Night consist of how many stanzas (a)5 (b)6 (c)7 (d)8 22- The first four stanzas of the poem Night are about (a)Growing Darkness (b)Sunlight (c)Moonlight (d)Morning 23-Who is personified in the poem Night (a)Tiger (b)Deer (c)Lamb (d)Lion with darkness 24-the poem night represents (a)Underworld (b)Heaven (c)New World (d)Hell 25- The poem Night can be compared with the poem of which British poet (a)Donne (b)William Wordsworth (c)William Blake (d)William Shakespeare 26-How women are represented in the poem Night (a)Singing (b)Crying (c)Repressed and Mouth is shut (d)Laughing 27- In which year Derek Walcott was born (a)1940 (b)1935 (c)1930 (d)1950 27-What is the full name of Derek Walcott (a)Derek Elton Walcott (b)Derek Aliten Walcott (c)Derek Alton Walcott (d)Derek wal Walcott 28- Derek Walcott received the Nobel Prize in Literature in (a)1994 (b)1992 (c)1993 (d)1996 29- To which country Derek Walcott belongs (a)Saint Lucia Island (b)Saint peter (c)Nigeria (d)Benin 30- Derek Walcott died on (a)February 2014 (b)March 2016 (c)March 2017 (d)March 2019 31- What is the theme of the poem Far Cry From Africa? (a)Split of identity and soul (b)Split of identity and culture (c)Split of identity and anxiety (d)Split of religion and politics 32-who wrote the poem A Far Cry from Africa (a)Derek Walcott (b)Chinua Achebe (c)Wole Soynika (d)Dennis Brutus 33- The poem A Far Cry from Africa focuses on (a)Racial and politics (b)Politics and soul (c)Capitalism (d)Racial and Cultural tensions 34-the poem A Far Cry from Africa was published in (a)1965 (b)1962 (c)1864 (d)1785 35-The poem A Far Cry from Africa deals with (a)Uprising against the British in Kenya (b)Uprising against the British in Uganda (c)Uprising against the British in India (d)Uprising against the British in Nigeria 36- The poem A Far Cry from Africa to uprising of which tribe (a)Bedoiun (b)Kikuyu (c)Gond (d)Santhal 37- Who wrote the poem Literary Evening in Jamaica? (a)Derek Walcott (b)Gabriel Okara (c)Chinua Achebe (d)Mervyn Morris 38-When was Mervyn Morris born (a)1936 (b)1937 (c)1938 (d)1939 39- Which Poet is a a professor also (a)Mervyn Morris (b)Derek Walcott (c)Gabriel Okara (d)Chinua Achebe 40-What is the full name of Mervyn Morris (a)Mervyn Ean Morris (b)Mervyn Evan Morris (c)Mervyn Eve Morris (d)Mervyn Evstace Morris 41- To which country Mervyn Morris belongs (a)Jamaica (b)Nigeria (c)India (d)Pakistan 42-Who is known as the poet laureate of Jamaica (a)Gabriel Okara (b)Chinua Achebe (c)DerekWalcott (d)Mervyn Morris 43- To whom the poet pleads in the poem Literary Evening in Jamaica (a)Old age people (b)Women poets (c)Lawyers (d)Young poets 44-The poet in the poem Literary Evening in Jamaica wants poets to look for (a)Negative side of life (b)Positive side of lie (c)Remain Neutral (d) Repression 45- The poet in the poem Literary Evening in Jamaica pleads for literature (a)With happiness (b)Joy (c)Without disillusionment (d)Anger 46- Who is the writer of the novel A House for Mr Biswas (a)Chinua Achebe (b)V.S.Naipaul (c)Jane Austen (d)John Galsworthy 47-What is the full name of V.S.Naipaul (a)Vidiadhar Naipaul (b)Vidiadhar Suraj Prasad Naipaul (c)Vidiadhar Naipaul (d)Vidiadhar Suresh Prasad Naipaul 48- When was Naipaul born (a)1945 (b)1962 (c)1932 (d)1986 49- In which year A House for Mr Biswas published (a)1961 (b)1962 (c)1973 (d)1974 50-who is the protagonist in the novel A House for Mr Biswas (a)Manohar Biswas (b)Mohun Biswas (c)Rajesh Biswas (d)Raju Biswas 51- A House for Mr Biswas is a (a)Regional Novel (b)Sentimental novel (c)Satirical novel (d)Gothic novel 52- The character of Mr. Biswas in the novel represents (a)An ordinary man (b)An angry man (c)An alienated modern man (d)A poor man 53- A House for Mr Biswas is the _ novel written by Naipaul (a)First (b)Second (c)Third (d)Fourth 54- To which country does Naipuaul Belong? (a)Nigeria (b)Trinidad and Tobago (c)Surinam (d)Britain 55- In which year Naipaul died (a)2016 (b)2018 (c)2019 (d)2014 56-For which novel Naipaul was awarded the Booker Prize (a)A House for Mr Biswas (b)A Bend in the River (c)In a Free State (d)The Mimic Man 57-Naipaul was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in (a)2002 (b)2001 (c)2002 (d)2004 58-Naipaul was awarded the Booker Prize in (a)1972 (b)1971 (c)1974 (d)1975 59-Who wrote The Pleasures of Exile (a)George Eliot (b)George Bernard Shaw (c)John Donne (d)George Lamming 60-In which year Lamming was born (a)1928 (b)1924 (c)1927 (d)1938 61- To which country does Lamming belongs (a)Barbados (b)Kenya (c)South Africa (d)Sudan 62-The Pleasures of Exile was published in (a)1966 (b)1976 (c)1986 (d)1989 63-what is the theme of The Pleasures of Exile (a)Colonization and decolonization (b)Imperialism (c)Capitalism (d) Liberalism 64- Which play of Shakespeare is analyzed in The Pleasures of Exile (a)Macbeth (b)Hamlet (c)The Tempest (d)King Lear 65-Which character of the Shakespeare’s represents the plight of the colonized (a)Macbeth (b)Hamlet (c)Prospero (d)Caliban 66-Things Fall Apart was published in (a) 1957 (b) 1954 (c) 1956 (d) 1958 67-To which country Chinua Achebe belongs (a)Nigeria (b)India (c)Egypt (d)Sudan 68- Chinua Achebe Was born in (a)1934 (b)1930 (c)1932 (d)1938 69-The title of the novel Things Fall Apart has been taken from which poem of W. B. Yeats (a)No Second troy (b)The Second Coming (c)A Prayer For My Daughter (d)Easter1916 70-Who is the Protagonist of the novel Things Fall Apart (a)Okonkwo (b)Ezudu (c)Umofian (d)Mr Brown 71- Things Fall Apart is the _ novel written by Achebe (a)First (b)Second (c)Third (d)Fourth 72-What is the name of the warrior clan in the novel Things Fall Apart (a)Kobo (b)Ibo (c)Togo (d)Kikuyu 73- What is the full name of Chinua Achebe? (a)Alb Chinualumogu Achebe (b)Francis Chinua Achebe (c)Albert Chinua Achebe (d)Albert Chinualumogu Achebe 74- Chinua Achebe died in (a)2012 (b)2016 (c)2015 (d)2013 75-In how many parts novel Things Fall Apart has been divided (a)One (b)Two (c)Three (d)Four 76- The novel Things Fall Apart deals with (a)British Colonialism and Christian missionaries (b)Capitalism (c)Liberalism (d)Marxism 77-Who is the writer of the novel Disgrace (a)Chinua Achebe (b)J.M.