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340+ Literature and Contemporary Issues Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .

1.

Who does the word ‘you’ in the poem Still I Rise refer to?

A. The White
B. The Black
C. A Woman
D. Maya Angelou
Answer» A. The White
2.

Maya Angelou is a/an …………… poet?

A. Black American
B. Canadian
C. British
D. Irish
Answer» A. Black American
3.

Maya Angelou was born in…….?

A. 1920
B. 1921
C. 1925
D. 1928
Answer» D. 1928
4.

Which publication made Angelou famous all over the world?

A. The Heart of a Woman.
B. Gather Together in My Name
C. A Song Flung Up to Heaven
D. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Answer» D. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
5.

With who’s certainty, Maya Angelou compares the certainty of the Blacks?

A. Moon
B. Sun
C. Tides
D. Hopes
Answer» C. Tides
6.

What does Angelou suggest by ‘the past rooted in pain’?

A. Slavery
B. Sufferings
C. Cultural issues
D. All of these
Answer» D. All of these
7.

Which identity is realized by Angelou when she mentions her pleasure like that of getting diamonds?

A. Black
B. Woman
C. White
D. Human
Answer» B. Woman
8.

Where does the past of the blacks rooted in?

A. Ocean
B. Dust
C. Pain
D. Dream
Answer» C. Pain
9.

Who wrote the history of the Blacks?

A. Red Indian
B. Blacks
C. Whites
D. Indians
Answer» C. Whites
10.

‘That I laugh like I’ve got gold mines’ This line suggests Angelou’s identification as a ……….

A. Woman
B. Black
C. Revolutionary
D. Poet
Answer» B. Black
11.

What is the gift of the ancestors?

A. Tradition
B. Slavery
C. Gold mines
D. Tear drops
Answer» A. Tradition
12.

‘I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide’ means:

A. Deep black tradition
B. Painful past
C. Both 1&2
D. None of these
Answer» A. Deep black tradition
13.

According to Angelou, the White people gifted a ……. history to the black?

A. Attractive
B. Colourful
C. Shameful
D. None of these
Answer» C. Shameful
14.

Angelou tells that the Whites can cut the black with:

A. Word
B. Eyes
C. Hatefulness
D. All of these
Answer» B. Eyes
15.

Eliecer Neftali Reyes Basoalto is known as:

A. Jan Neruda
B. Cesar Vallejo
C. Pablo Neruda
D. Carl Marx
Answer» C. Pablo Neruda
16.

Who is the writer of the poem- The Portrait in the Rock?

A. Maya Angelou
B. Pablo Neruda
C. Kamala Das
D. Sylvia Plath
Answer» B. Pablo Neruda
17.

In the early periods of writing, Neruda wrote………. poems

A. Revolutionary
B. Realistic
C. Post colonial
D. Love
Answer» D. Love
18.

Who is the poet suggested in this poem?

A. Gibran
B. Vallejo
C. Blake
D. Wordsworth
Answer» B. Vallejo
19.

What does the use of the names of different countries imply?

A. Spreading of the idea
B. War
C. International relations
D. All of these
Answer» A. Spreading of the idea
20.

Which phrase denote the well-read nature of Vallejo?

A. Golden and stony substance
B. Some half opened books
C. His profound silence
D. Changed into stone
Answer» B. Some half opened books
21.

Among the following, which is not written by Neruda?

A. Hundred Love Song
B. Canto General
C. Book of Questions
D. The Heart of a Woman
Answer» D. The Heart of a Woman
22.

Neruda left Chile with the banning of ………?

A. Socialism
B. Terrorism
C. Communism
D. All the above
Answer» C. Communism
23.

Cesar Vallejo is a/an ………. Poet

A. Indian
B. American
C. Australian
D. Peruvian
Answer» D. Peruvian
24.

‘They called him at the door’- Who?

A. Friend
B. Leaders
C. Policemen
D. Government employees
Answer» C. Policemen
25.

What is the poem The Portrait in the Rock about?

A. Socialism
B. Violation of freedom of expression
C. Women
D. Nazism
Answer» B. Violation of freedom of expression
26.

‘You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep the spring from coming’ Who said this?

A. Hitler
B. Soldier
C. al- Rubaish
D. Neruda
Answer» B. Soldier
27.

Golden and stony substance refers to ………,?

A. Ornament
B. Poetry
C. Carved face in the rock
D. Equipment
Answer» B. Poetry
28.

The word used in the poem to show how the people are restricted from having the freedom of expression is ………?

A. Defied
B. Profound
C. Muffling
D. Exile
Answer» C. Muffling
29.

‘Changed into stone, he lives in his own country’. What does the line suggest?

A. He lives in the hearts of the people
B. He returned to the country
C. He is still struggling with the autocrats
D. He was released from exile
Answer» A. He lives in the hearts of the people
30.

What is the meaning of ‘The night of storms’?

A. A turbulent night of fear
B. A night where there was storm
C. A gloomy night
D. None of these
Answer» A. A turbulent night of fear
31.

Neruda was born in ………..?

A. Peru
B. Canada
C. Chile
D. France
Answer» C. Chile
32.

Who is the author of Another Woman?

A. Sylvia Plath
B. Kamala Das
C. Imtiaz Dharker
D. Mahaswetha Debi
Answer» C. Imtiaz Dharker
33.

Which vegetable attracts the woman in the market?

A. Methi
B. Raddish
C. Carrot
D. None of these
Answer» B. Raddish
34.

Whom does the mother-in-law curse for darkening their doors?

A. The woman
B. The woman’s husband
C. The woman’s parents
D. The woman’s brother
Answer» C. The woman’s parents
35.

“The future she had been born into” suggests:

A. A girl’s own house
B. The house of the husband
C. Profession of a woman
D. Education of a woman
Answer» B. The house of the husband
36.

‘A brilliant spark’ means?

A. Recovery
B. Patience
C. Escape
D. Struggle
Answer» C. Escape
37.

In the end, Imtiaz Dharker points her finger against the attitude of the ………?

A. Society
B. In-laws
C. Husband
D. Woman
Answer» A. Society
38.

What was the only choice left in front of the woman?

A. Escape from the house
B. Commit suicide
C. Go back to her home
D. Quarrel with in-law
Answer» B. Commit suicide
39.

Imtiaz Dharker was born in…..?

A. India
B. Srilanka
C. Pakistan
D. Nepal
Answer» C. Pakistan
40.

The poem Another Woman is about………?

A. Violation of human right
B. Socialism
C. Marxism
D. Domestic violence
Answer» D. Domestic violence
41.

Out of the given points, which is not a matter of Dharker’s poetry?

A. Gender politic
B. Cultural displacement
C. Communal conflicts
D. Terrorism
Answer» D. Terrorism
42.

The gender issue raised in Another Woman is:

A. Dowry death
B. Poverty
C. Malnutrition
D. All the above
Answer» D. All the above
43.

Imtiaz Dharker was brought up in?

A. India
B. Pakistan
C. South Africa
D. USA
Answer» A. India
44.

At her in-law’s house, the woman lacks:

A. Voice
B. Choice
C. Proper food
D. All of these
Answer» D. All of these
45.

Darken the doors means:

A. Make the door dark
B. Bring misfortune
C. Put fire
D. None of these
Answer» B. Bring misfortune
46.

The Dowry Prohibition Act was implemented in……..?

A. 1972
B. 1963
C. 1974
D. 1961
Answer» D. 1961
47.

Who among the following is not a post-independence poet?

A. Sujatha Bhatt
B. Imtiaz Dharker
C. Kamala Das
D. None of These
Answer» D. None of These
48.

Poems from Guantanamo is a collection of poems written by:

A. American poet
B. Cuban prisoners
C. Suspected terrorists
D. English poets
Answer» C. Suspected terrorists
49.

A lyric poem addressed to someone or something is called?

A. Sonnet
B. Ode
C. Epic
D. Ballad
Answer» B. Ode
50.

Ibrahim al-Rubaish was born in?

A. Kuwait
B. Saudi Arabia
C. Iran
D. Afghanistan
Answer» B. Saudi Arabia

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