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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 101. |
James Jarvis and Stephen Kumalo have both lost their sons. In what way is this signifigant? |
| A. | The two sons were executed together as co-defendants |
| B. | Kumalo's son murdered Jarvis' son |
| C. | They both died in the same traffic accident |
| D. | They were both shot by police in a protest against the racial injustices present in South Africa |
| Answer» C. They both died in the same traffic accident | |
| 102. |
After Stephen Kumalo has returned to Ndotsheni at the end of the novel, who offers him assistance in revitalizing the village? |
| A. | a neighboring village |
| B. | UNICEF |
| C. | Jarvis |
| D. | the church |
| Answer» C. Jarvis | |
| 103. |
Stephen Kumalo's sister Gertrude has been supporting herself via illegal means. From which of the following criminal enterprises did she earn her livelihood? |
| A. | extortion |
| B. | counterfeiting money |
| C. | selling illegal alcohol |
| D. | robbery |
| Answer» C. selling illegal alcohol | |
| 104. |
On the day Absolom is scheduled to be executed, Stephen Kumalo goes into the mountains around Ndotsheni to pray. Who does he meet while there? |
| A. | the village chief |
| B. | his wife |
| C. | James Jarvis |
| D. | Arthur Jarvis |
| Answer» C. James Jarvis | |
| 105. |
After returning to Ndotsheni, Stephen Kumalo encounters Arthur Jarvis' son. Later, as a result of his conversation with the boy, the Jarvis farm sends a gift to the village. What is this gift? |
| A. | rice for the people |
| B. | grain for the cows |
| C. | milk for the children |
| D. | seed for the planters |
| Answer» C. milk for the children | |
| 106. |
Msimangu confides his fear that "by the time the white man learns to love, the black man will have _______________." ? |
| A. | lost all hope |
| B. | mostly died out |
| C. | turned to violence |
| D. | learned to hate |
| Answer» D. learned to hate | |
| 107. |
When Stephen Kumalo returns from Johannesburg to Ndotsheni, he brings two people with him. Who are these people? |
| A. | his son Absolom and his wife |
| B. | his sister Gertrude and his son Absolom's wife |
| C. | his sister Gertrude's son and his son Absolom's wife |
| D. | his sister Gertrude and her son |
| Answer» C. his sister Gertrude's son and his son Absolom's wife | |
| 108. |
Napoleon Letsitsi, an agricultural expert hired by James Jarvis to assist the people of Ndotsheni, states that he works for whom? |
| A. | the people of Africa |
| B. | the people who pay his salary |
| C. | the villagers of Ndotsheni |
| D. | the nation of South Africa |
| Answer» A. the people of Africa | |
| 109. |
Obsession over what substance has led many people into a frenzy over the state of their stocks in Cry, the Beloved Country? |
| A. | Coal |
| B. | Gold |
| C. | Oil |
| D. | Opals |
| Answer» B. Gold | |
| 110. |
Stephen first travels by bus from his native district to what city? |
| A. | Fordsburg |
| B. | Ixopo |
| C. | Johannesburg |
| D. | Springs |
| Answer» C. Johannesburg | |
| 111. |
What does Stephen learn about his sister Gertrude when he visits the mission? |
| A. | She has become a nanny for a white family. |
| B. | She has become a prostitute. |
| C. | She has been sent to prison. |
| D. | She has died from a mysterious illness. |
| Answer» B. She has become a prostitute. | |
| 112. |
What is the outcome of Absalom's trial? |
| A. | He is found guilty and sentenced to life in solitary confinement. |
| B. | He is found guilty and sentenced to death. |
| C. | He is found not guilty and set free. |
| D. | His trial is found to be corrupt and must be rescheduled. |
| Answer» B. He is found guilty and sentenced to death. | |
| 113. |
What natural phenomenon does Alan Paton use to symbolize the wounded African culture? |
| A. | A flock of red birds so thick that it obscures the sun from view |
| B. | Deep cracks appearing in the parched red earth |
| C. | The birth of a baby with pronounced red birth marks covering its torso |
| D. | The erosion of the red soil, which colors the rivers blood red |
| Answer» D. The erosion of the red soil, which colors the rivers blood red | |
| 114. |
What prevents John Harrison from understanding or imitating the ideals of Arthur Jarvis? |
| A. | John believes that Arthur's son killed his brother. |
| B. | John disagrees with Arthur's religious views. |
| C. | John regards Arthur as too much of a dreamer. |
| D. | John's family is entrenched in a bitter feud with Arthur's family. |
| Answer» C. John regards Arthur as too much of a dreamer. | |
| 115. |
Where does Stephen meet Dubula? |
| A. | At the bus boycott |
| B. | At the city mission |
| C. | In front of a local church |
| D. | In the alleyways of Shanty Town |
| Answer» A. At the bus boycott | |
| 116. |
Which character is not depicted as a man of charity and goodness? |
| A. | Dubula |
| B. | Father Vincent |
| C. | John Kumalo |
| D. | Mr. Carmichael |
| Answer» C. John Kumalo | |
| 117. |
Whose death sends Stephen into a period of such deep despair that he is unable to pray? |
| A. | Absalom Kumalo |
| B. | Arthur Jarvis |
| C. | James Jarvis |
| D. | Reverend Msimangu |
| Answer» B. Arthur Jarvis | |
| 118. |
Why does Stephen feel betrayed by his son Absalom? |
| A. | Absalom has changed his name. |
| B. | Absalom has committed murder. |
| C. | Absalom kidnapped a young girl. |
| D. | Absalom married someone from another tribe. |
| Answer» B. Absalom has committed murder. | |
| 119. |
In The Vivisector, we see the protagonist Hurtle Duffield exploiting what for his art? |
| A. | His friends |
| B. | Money |
| C. | His parents |
| D. | Women |
| Answer» D. Women | |
| 120. |
On a trip to England, Alfreda Courtney is horrified to find the vivisection of what? |
| A. | A child |
| B. | A dog |
| C. | A cat |
| D. | A horse |
| Answer» B. A dog | |
| 121. |
What deformity does Rhoda Courtney have? |
| A. | Hunchback |
| B. | Blind |
| C. | Crippled |
| D. | Scars |
| Answer» A. Hunchback | |
| 122. |
What is the name of the girl who lives next to the Courtneys who happens to be quite the match for Hurtle on the subject of manipulation? |
| A. | Nance Lightfoot |
| B. | Hero Pavloussi |
| C. | KathyVolkov |
| D. | Olivia Davenport |
| Answer» C. KathyVolkov | |
| 123. |
At the end of the novel, The Vivisector, what happens to Hurtle Duffield? |
| A. | He accepts a knighthood and regained wealth |
| B. | He teaches his protégé everything he knows |
| C. | He reconciles with his family |
| D. | He dies with a paintbrush in his hand |
| Answer» D. He dies with a paintbrush in his hand | |
| 124. |
The sole passion of Hurtle Duffield was |
| A. | art |
| B. | women |
| C. | reading |
| D. | travelling |
| Answer» A. art | |
| 125. |
Who was born a hunchbacked female in The Vivisector? |
| A. | Katherine Volkov |
| B. | Rhoda Courtney |
| C. | Alfreda Courtney |
| D. | Hero Pavloussi |
| Answer» B. Rhoda Courtney | |
| 126. |
Hurtle Duffield was born into a ________ Australian family. |
| A. | middle-class |
| B. | bourgeois |
| C. | working class |
| D. | high-class |
| Answer» C. working class | |
| 127. |
For the first time, Hurtle Duffield meets a woman in the streets by the name of – |
| A. | Hero Pavloussi |
| B. | Katherine Volkov |
| C. | Alfreda Courtney |
| D. | Nance Lightfoot |
| Answer» D. Nance Lightfoot | |
| 128. |
Hero Pavloussi was the wife of a / an – |
| A. | Australian merchant |
| B. | Greek merchant |
| C. | European merchant |
| D. | American merchant |
| Answer» B. Greek merchant | |
| 129. |
Hurtle Duffield and Hero Pavloussi went on a pilgrimage to the sacred Island of Perialos in the |
| A. | Aegean Sea |
| B. | Arabian Sea |
| C. | Ionian Sea |
| D. | Mediterranean Sea |
| Answer» A. Aegean Sea | |
| 130. |
In the start of Disgrace, the age of David Lurie was |
| A. | thirty- seven |
| B. | forty - two |
| C. | fifty - two |
| D. | fifty- seven |
| Answer» C. fifty - two | |
| 131. |
The Courtneys adopt Hurtle Duffield to be Rhoda’s _____ |
| A. | servant |
| B. | tutor |
| C. | companion |
| D. | competitor |
| Answer» C. companion | |
| 132. |
Hurtle’s greatest painting is called |
| A. | the Magnum Opus |
| B. | The Homage |
| C. | Rhoda |
| D. | The Vivisector |
| Answer» D. The Vivisector | |
| 133. |
The Vivisector was published in |
| A. | 1970 |
| B. | 1960 |
| C. | 1950 |
| D. | 1940 |
| Answer» A. 1970 | |
| 134. |
______ is a manipulative woman who also plays the piano. |
| A. | Rhoda Courtney |
| B. | Kathy Volkov |
| C. | Hero Pavloussi |
| D. | Alfreda Courtney |
| Answer» B. Kathy Volkov | |
| 135. |
Hurtle’s first love is _____, a prostitute. |
| A. | Kathy |
| B. | Hero |
| C. | Nance |
| D. | Olivia |
| Answer» C. Nance | |
| 136. |
After his stroke, Hurtle becomes partially |
| A. | blind |
| B. | paralysed |
| C. | deaf |
| D. | amnesiac |
| Answer» B. paralysed | |
| 137. |
Hurtle enlists into the army during |
| A. | World War I |
| B. | World War II |
| C. | The Spanish War |
| D. | the Korean War |
| Answer» A. World War I | |
| 138. |
Hurtle has a series of affairs with women he cannot love because |
| A. | all these women are ugly |
| B. | he is afraid falling in love would be too consuming |
| C. | he enjoys the company of many women |
| D. | he cannot settle for just one woman |
| Answer» B. he is afraid falling in love would be too consuming | |
| 139. |
Hurtle’s inspiration for his art was |
| A. | the chaos of World War I |
| B. | his poverty-ridden childhood |
| C. | his many lovers |
| D. | other great artists |
| Answer» C. his many lovers | |
| 140. |
Nance Lightfoot dies when she |
| A. | is killed by a gunman |
| B. | meets with a traffic accident |
| C. | falls to the rocks below Hurtle’s shack |
| D. | poisoned by Hurtle’s mother |
| Answer» C. falls to the rocks below Hurtle’s shack | |
| 141. |
Hurtle completes his masterpiece with the help of his protégé, |
| A. | Hero Pavloussi |
| B. | Cecil Cutbush |
| C. | Boo Hollingrake |
| D. | Don Lethbridge |
| Answer» D. Don Lethbridge | |
| 142. |
The Vivisector was awarded the _____ in 1973. |
| A. | Pulitzer Prize |
| B. | Nobel Prize |
| C. | Booker Prize |
| D. | Reader’s Choice |
| Answer» B. Nobel Prize | |
| 143. |
The word, ‘vivisection’ means |
| A. | dissection while still alive |
| B. | stuffed and preserved after death |
| C. | dissection after death |
| D. | tortured to death |
| Answer» A. dissection while still alive | |
| 144. |
After seeing the vivisected dog, Alfreda comments that “There’s nothing so inhuman as a _____”. |
| A. | dog |
| B. | vivisectionist |
| C. | human being |
| D. | man |
| Answer» C. human being | |
| 145. |
Hurtle was _____ from his real parents by the Courtneys. |
| A. | stolen |
| B. | bought |
| C. | kidnapped |
| D. | taken by force |
| Answer» B. bought | |
| 146. |
Hurtle Duffield was sold for _____ pounds to the Courtneys by his parents. |
| A. | 1000 |
| B. | 100 |
| C. | 750 |
| D. | 500 |
| Answer» D. 500 | |
| 147. |
Hurtle Duffield suffered _____ towards the end of his life. |
| A. | a heart attack |
| B. | a stroke |
| C. | a vehicle accident |
| D. | a fall |
| Answer» B. a stroke | |
| 148. |
The Vivisector is written by |
| A. | Patrick White |
| B. | Alan Paton |
| C. | Chinua Echebe |
| D. | V.S. Naipaul |
| Answer» A. Patrick White | |
| 149. |
White dedicates his novel The Vivisector to Sidney Nolan, a ____ |
| A. | vivisectionist |
| B. | painter |
| C. | politician |
| D. | writer |
| Answer» B. painter | |
| 150. |
Nance Lightfoot is a |
| A. | secretary |
| B. | Greek heiress |
| C. | painter |
| D. | prostitute |
| Answer» D. prostitute | |
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