McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in English (MA English) .
| 1. |
The Striders (1966) and Relations: Poems (1971) are the two volumes of poetry written by ___________. |
| A. | a. k ramanujan |
| B. | dom moraes |
| C. | almagir hashmi |
| D. | e.e tiong |
| Answer» A. a. k ramanujan | |
| 2. |
According to Ramanujan in the poem ‘Self-Portrait’ he resembles anyone but _________. |
| A. | father |
| B. | mother |
| C. | son |
| D. | himself |
| Answer» D. himself | |
| 3. |
The window glass in the poem ‘Self-Portrait’ symbolizes the ____________. |
| A. | fictional world |
| B. | capitalist world |
| C. | democratic world |
| D. | socialist world |
| Answer» B. capitalist world | |
| 4. |
Date unknown refers to the poet’s inability to find his ____________. |
| A. | father |
| B. | shadow |
| C. | original self |
| D. | other self |
| Answer» C. original self | |
| 5. |
________ began writing at the age of ten. |
| A. | dom moraes |
| B. | ramanujan |
| C. | brathwaite |
| D. | soyinka |
| Answer» A. dom moraes | |
| 6. |
Dom Moraes published his first book, a collection of essays on cricket titled --------------- |
| A. | green in the grass |
| B. | grow in the grass |
| C. | graze in the grass |
| D. | grain in the grass |
| Answer» C. graze in the grass | |
| 7. |
Dom Moraes’ A Beginning won_________________. |
| A. | hawthornden prize |
| B. | commonwealth prize |
| C. | pulitzer prize |
| D. | nobel prize |
| Answer» A. hawthornden prize | |
| 8. |
___________ is a poem that describes Dom Moraes’ journey in life. |
| A. | Sinbad |
| B. | A letter |
| C. | Arrival |
| D. | Negus |
| Answer» B. A letter | |
| 9. |
Sinbad, the ______ dominates a cycle of seven stories in the Arabian Nights. |
| A. | the captain |
| B. | the sailor |
| C. | the crew |
| D. | the beast |
| Answer» B. the sailor | |
| 10. |
Sinbad is a poem that consists of ___ stanzas. |
| A. | three |
| B. | four |
| C. | five |
| D. | six |
| Answer» C. five | |
| 11. |
Sinbad had _____ voyages through turbulent seas, tempestuous conditions which took the toll of many of his companions. |
| A. | four |
| B. | five |
| C. | six |
| D. | seven |
| Answer» D. seven | |
| 12. |
“Bronze breasts” refers to the __________. |
| A. | right friendships |
| B. | fake friendships |
| C. | wrong friendships |
| D. | friendships |
| Answer» C. wrong friendships | |
| 13. |
_________ depicts Dom Moraes’ search for identity, his sense of rootlessness and his love for embracing varieties and multiplicities of life. |
| A. | a letter |
| B. | sinbad |
| C. | negus |
| D. | self-portrait |
| Answer» B. sinbad | |
| 14. |
__________ was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist. 25. Who was the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc Party? |
| A. | house and land |
| B. | a letter |
| C. | africa |
| D. | australia |
| Answer» A. house and land | |
| 15. |
In the poem, A Letter, the ______, is a threatening symbol of danger. a) needle b) thorn c) flower d) nail |
| A. | leopold senghor |
| B. | david diop |
| C. | jack davis |
| D. | a. d hope |
| Answer» B. david diop | |
| 16. |
Leopold Senghor is associated with _____________. |
| A. | harlem renaissance |
| B. | negative movement |
| C. | negritude movement |
| D. | slavery movement |
| Answer» C. negritude movement | |
| 17. |
___________ is the commercial as well as capital of America. |
| A. | australia |
| B. | central park |
| C. | new york |
| D. | manhattan |
| Answer» C. new york | |
| 18. |
The phrase “frosty smile” is a simile that refers to a ____________. |
| A. | customer society |
| B. | consumer society |
| C. | capitalist society |
| D. | customs society |
| Answer» B. consumer society | |
| 19. |
The adjective “sulphurous” indicates _________ which is visible in every busy and over populated city. |
| A. | park |
| B. | smoke |
| C. | fog |
| D. | pollution |
| Answer» D. pollution | |
| 20. |
________ is a neighbourhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. |
| A. | central park |
| B. | manhattan |
| C. | harlem |
| D. | hub |
| Answer» C. harlem | |
| 21. |
The term _______ refers to the Unification of African- American life. |
| A. | harlem |
| B. | slavery |
| C. | barbados |
| D. | slogan |
| Answer» A. harlem | |
| 22. |
The ________ culture is connected with nature. Okara’s “Mystic Drum”. |
| A. | drum |
| B. | stick |
| C. | song |
| D. | dance |
| Answer» B. stick | |
| 23. |
“Mystic Drum” is Okara’s _______. a) Ode b) elegy c) love lyric d) song |
| A. | australian |
| B. | african |
| C. | american |
| D. | nigerian |
| Answer» C. american | |
| 24. |
The ______ in the poem “Mystic Drum” is the personification of industrialization. |
| A. | man |
| B. | lady |
| C. | city |
| D. | town |
| Answer» B. lady | |
| 25. |
Who died at a very early age of 33 in an air crash off Dakar, Senegal in 1960? |
| A. | jack davis |
| B. | david diop |
| C. | a. d hope |
| D. | derek walcott |
| Answer» B. david diop | |
| 26. |
David Diop’s __________ celebrates the typical love of the African for their motherland and the ancestors. |
| A. | africa |
| B. | aboriginal australia |
| C. | new york |
| D. | australia |
| Answer» A. africa | |
| 27. |
Through the poem ________, the poet attacks the world’s theory that Africa does not possess a history. |
| A. | new york |
| B. | africa |
| C. | negus |
| D. | arrival |
| Answer» B. africa | |
| 28. |
In David Diop’s “Africa”, the poet hopes to create a renewed Africa out of the bitter experiences of __________. |
| A. | colonialism |
| B. | nationalism |
| C. | postcolonialism |
| D. | anti-nationalism |
| Answer» A. colonialism | |
| 29. |
In the poem “House and Land”, _______ stands as a symbol of hope and redemption. |
| A. | ee tiang |
| B. | allen curnow |
| C. | brathwaite |
| D. | hashmi |
| Answer» A. ee tiang | |
| 30. |
In “House and Land”, _________ is hopelessly obsessed with her past and the future appears to hold no hope. |
| A. | the historian |
| B. | cowman |
| C. | mrs. wilson |
| D. | mr. wilson |
| Answer» C. mrs. wilson | |
| 31. |
________ is a poem by A. D Hope. |
| A. | aboriginal australia |
| B. | australia |
| C. | africa |
| D. | new york |
| Answer» B. australia | |
| 32. |
_______________ is the best-known Australian poet of great repute internationally. |
| A. | allen curnow |
| B. | a. d hope |
| C. | jack davis |
| D. | atwood |
| Answer» B. a. d hope | |
| 33. |
___________ is A. D Hope’s first collection of verse. |
| A. | the wandering islands (1955) |
| B. | the wasteland (1922) |
| C. | the wonderland (1955) |
| D. | the wander island (1954) |
| Answer» A. the wandering islands (1955) | |
| 34. |
________ by A. D Hope is a sarcastic and captivating poetry. |
| A. | aboriginal australia |
| B. | africa |
| C. | australia |
| D. | arrival |
| Answer» C. australia | |
| 35. |
____________is a representative of Australian geography, history, society and government during British rule. |
| A. | house and land |
| B. | aboriginal australia |
| C. | australia |
| D. | africa |
| Answer» C. australia | |
| 36. |
___________ is a poet, short story writer, playwright and activist for the aboriginal people. |
| A. | jack davis |
| B. | a. d hope |
| C. | allen curnow |
| D. | david diop |
| Answer» A. jack davis | |
| 37. |
____________ is an autobiography of Jack Davis’ childhood. |
| A. | a boy’s life (1991) |
| B. | a girl’s life (1991) |
| C. | a son’s life (1991) |
| D. | a daughter’s life (1991) |
| Answer» A. a boy’s life (1991) | |
| 38. |
___________ is a poem that focusses on the European influences upon Aboriginal life, as well as the oppression and death that the European population brought with them. |
| A. | australia |
| B. | aboriginal australia |
| C. | africa |
| D. | new york |
| Answer» B. aboriginal australia | |
| 39. |
_____________ is a prolific Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. |
| A. | margaret lawrence |
| B. | margaret anne |
| C. | margaret atwood |
| D. | anna ben |
| Answer» C. margaret atwood | |
| 40. |
Atwood won _________ prize in 2000 for her novel The Blind Assassin. |
| A. | commonwealth prize |
| B. | booker prize |
| C. | international booker prize |
| D. | nobel prize |
| Answer» B. booker prize | |
| 41. |
______________ is a novel by Atwood. |
| A. | journey into the interior |
| B. | surfacing |
| C. | the blind assassin |
| D. | the handmaid’s tale |
| Answer» D. the handmaid’s tale | |
| 42. |
Atwood’s “The Journey into the Interior” is a ___________. |
| A. | monologue |
| B. | dramatic monologue |
| C. | elegy |
| D. | epic |
| Answer» A. monologue | |
| 43. |
The ________ referred to in “The Journey into the Interior” is the psyche of the poetess. |
| A. | exterior |
| B. | interior |
| C. | journey |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. interior | |
| 44. |
__________ was a painter before he became a poet. |
| A. | derek walcott |
| B. | allen curnow |
| C. | ee tiang |
| D. | a. d hope |
| Answer» A. derek walcott | |
| 45. |
“Ruins of a Great House” is a poem written by ___________. |
| A. | brathwaite |
| B. | derek walcott |
| C. | allen curnow |
| D. | david diop |
| Answer» B. derek walcott | |
| 46. |
Derek Walcott’s _______________________, is a poem written in his perspective of the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. |
| A. | journey into the interior |
| B. | house and land |
| C. | ruins of a great house |
| D. | what if i live in a house made by idiots? |
| Answer» C. ruins of a great house | |
| 47. |
The Canadian Literature was founded in _________. |
| A. | 1959 |
| B. | 1957 |
| C. | 1965 |
| D. | 1960 |
| Answer» A. 1959 | |
| 48. |
Who among the following poets was influenced by Nietzsche, mythology, classics and nature? |
| A. | less murray |
| B. | a. d hope |
| C. | almaghir hashmi |
| D. | stephen gill |
| Answer» B. a. d hope | |
| 49. |
The Solid Mandala, a pre-war urban Australian novel is written by ___________. |
| A. | margaret laurence |
| B. | margaret atwood |
| C. | patrick white |
| D. | judith wright |
| Answer» C. patrick white | |
| 50. |
Aime Cesaire is best known for his term ________. |
| A. | negritude |
| B. | harlem |
| C. | diaspora |
| D. | hybridity |
| Answer» A. negritude | |
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