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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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