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| 1. |
Which Character washes up on the Island of Phaeacians during his journey to Ithaca? |
| A. | hamlet |
| B. | odysseus |
| C. | stephen dedalus |
| D. | don quixote |
| Answer» B. odysseus | |
| 2. |
Who according to Amenda Michalapoulou created the novel of wander lust? |
| A. | cervantes |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | james joyce |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» A. cervantes | |
| 3. |
Who is the author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
| A. | james joyce |
| B. | cervantes |
| C. | shakespeare |
| D. | anton chekov |
| Answer» A. james joyce | |
| 4. |
Claudius and Getrude are the characters in ………………………………. |
| A. | sorrows of young werther |
| B. | hamlet |
| C. | a portrait of an artist as a young man |
| D. | don quixote |
| Answer» B. hamlet | |
| 5. |
Who is the author of Friday, the Other Island? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | michel tournier |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. michel tournier | |
| 6. |
Who is the author of The Sorrows of Young Werther? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | shakespeare |
| C. | goethe |
| D. | homer |
| Answer» C. goethe | |
| 7. |
Who is Viswanathan’s wife? |
| A. | radha |
| B. | seetha |
| C. | manju |
| D. | maya |
| Answer» A. radha | |
| 8. |
What was Radha’s profession? |
| A. | tailor |
| B. | carpenter |
| C. | house maid |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. tailor | |
| 9. |
In which novel is Comala a town of the dead? |
| A. | the feast of the goat |
| B. | pedro paramo |
| C. | love in the time of cholera |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. pedro paramo | |
| 10. |
Who is the author of Pedro Paramo? |
| A. | mariyo varges llosa |
| B. | juan rulfo |
| C. | gabriel garcia marquez |
| D. | jorge luis borges |
| Answer» B. juan rulfo | |
| 11. |
Which day did Viswnathan select to commit suicide? |
| A. | independent day |
| B. | republic day |
| C. | gandhi jayanti |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. independent day | |
| 12. |
Who is the author of Comala ? |
| A. | sachidananthan |
| B. | n p hafiz mohamed |
| C. | santhosh eachikkanam |
| D. | sara joseph |
| Answer» C. santhosh eachikkanam | |
| 13. |
What does Mariam bring along with the tea for the visitor? |
| A. | halwa |
| B. | small rolls of boiled riped nentrappazham |
| C. | boiled eggs |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. small rolls of boiled riped nentrappazham | |
| 14. |
Who was the wife of Alassankutty? |
| A. | mariam |
| B. | fathima |
| C. | ayisha |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» A. mariam | |
| 15. |
In what accent did the visitor speak to Alassankutty? |
| A. | hinglish |
| B. | manglish |
| C. | zinglish |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. manglish | |
| 16. |
According to Mariam, the visitor was a ____ sent by God to work miracles for them. |
| A. | messanger |
| B. | soothsayer |
| C. | oracle |
| D. | angel |
| Answer» D. angel | |
| 17. |
How old was Alassankutty? |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 41 |
| C. | 42 |
| D. | 44 |
| Answer» B. 41 | |
| 18. |
What did the urban beauty smuggle? |
| A. | ivory |
| B. | gold |
| C. | values |
| D. | culture |
| Answer» B. gold | |
| 19. |
Turmeric is called the Nector of ____. |
| A. | love |
| B. | immortality |
| C. | purity |
| D. | wisdom |
| Answer» B. immortality | |
| 20. |
The term Yellow shore refers to the quality of Turmeric as a ___. |
| A. | medicine |
| B. | anti-dote |
| C. | cosmetic |
| D. | ingredient in curries. |
| Answer» B. anti-dote | |
| 21. |
Where was the speaker’s brother employed? |
| A. | vox wagon |
| B. | cadillac |
| C. | ford |
| D. | benz |
| Answer» B. cadillac | |
| 22. |
Identify the figure of speech: “Feeling the light rain falling like mist/into your hair” |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | simile |
| C. | metonymy |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. simile | |
| 23. |
Whose is described as the opera ‘you’ hate most in “What Work Is”? |
| A. | wagner’s |
| B. | tucker’s |
| C. | domingo’s |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. wagner’s | |
| 24. |
What is Warsan Shire’s ethnic identity? |
| A. | somali |
| B. | egyptian |
| C. | palestinian |
| D. | british |
| Answer» A. somali | |
| 25. |
What is the boy with whom the poet went to school holding? |
| A. | a pistol |
| B. | a knife |
| C. | a gun |
| D. | a dagger. |
| Answer» C. a gun | |
| 26. |
No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is _____ |
| A. | safer than the home |
| B. | safer than the land |
| C. | risker than the jail |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. safer than the land | |
| 27. |
____ is better than a truckload of men who look like one’s father. |
| A. | a general |
| B. | a pastor |
| C. | a prison guard |
| D. | a teacher |
| Answer» C. a prison guard | |
| 28. |
Who is described as “the veteran of a hundred illegal trips to Sind”? |
| A. | aftab |
| B. | zaman |
| C. | najab |
| D. | kaley shah |
| Answer» B. zaman | |
| 29. |
What was Najab notorious for among his friends? |
| A. | adventures |
| B. | confidence |
| C. | diffidence |
| D. | brutality |
| Answer» C. diffidence | |
| 30. |
What was Kaley Shah’s profession? |
| A. | money lender |
| B. | cloth seller |
| C. | trader |
| D. | illegal businessman |
| Answer» C. trader | |
| 31. |
What could have brightened the darkness of the underworld? |
| A. | kaley shah’s eyes |
| B. | najab’s eyes |
| C. | fatima’s eyes |
| D. | panchmai pir’s halo |
| Answer» C. fatima’s eyes | |
| 32. |
In which Indian state is the Rann of Kutch situated? |
| A. | maharashtra |
| B. | gujarat |
| C. | uttarpradesh |
| D. | jammu and kashmir |
| Answer» B. gujarat | |
| 33. |
Where did Najab sleep in the evening before slipping into Fatimah’s room late at night? |
| A. | stable |
| B. | cattle shed |
| C. | inside a car |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. cattle shed | |
| 34. |
Identify the figure of speech: “ Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes.” |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | simile |
| C. | metonymy |
| D. | synecdoche |
| Answer» C. metonymy | |
| 35. |
By what can one win the strength of the other? |
| A. | arms |
| B. | love |
| C. | compassion |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. love | |
| 36. |
How are the other starved? |
| A. | by war’s long winter |
| B. | by peaceful harvest |
| C. | by dirty water |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. by war’s long winter | |
| 37. |
In which collection was the poem “No Men Are Foreign” included? |
| A. | no men are foreign |
| B. | the caged bird in springtime |
| C. | the prodigal son |
| D. | the sand artist. |
| Answer» A. no men are foreign | |
| 38. |
Where are the speaker/s of the poem digging a grave? |
| A. | sky |
| B. | earth |
| C. | water |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. earth | |
| 39. |
Who is the woman with golden hair? |
| A. | shulamith |
| B. | margarete |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. margarete | |
| 40. |
What does the man in house play with? |
| A. | snakes |
| B. | lizards |
| C. | rabbits |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. snakes | |
| 41. |
Who is the woman with ashen hair? |
| A. | shulamith |
| B. | margarete |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of these . |
| Answer» A. shulamith | |
| 42. |
The narrator of “Jamaican Fragment” went for a walk everyday from his home to _____ |
| A. | the tramcar lines |
| B. | bus station |
| C. | the coffee shop |
| D. | the office. |
| Answer» A. the tramcar lines | |
| 43. |
The narrator of “Jamaican Fragment” noticed two boys, ___, playing in the garden. |
| A. | ne tall and one short |
| B. | one fat and one lean |
| C. | one white and one black |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. one white and one black | |
| 44. |
The two boys were the ____of the white man. |
| A. | brothers |
| B. | neighbours |
| C. | cousins |
| D. | sons |
| Answer» D. sons | |
| 45. |
In A.L. Hendricks’ narrative, the white boy strode _____. |
| A. | gorgeously |
| B. | imperiously |
| C. | pompously |
| D. | humbly. |
| Answer» B. imperiously | |
| 46. |
Malala Yusefsai delivered a speech at U.N Assembly on ………………………… |
| A. | 12 june 2013 |
| B. | 12 july 2013 |
| C. | 13 jan 2014 |
| D. | 13 july 2014 |
| Answer» B. 12 july 2013 | |
| 47. |
Malala got the Nobel Prize for peace at the age of ……………………… |
| A. | 11 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 16 |
| D. | 17 |
| Answer» D. 17 | |
| 48. |
……………………. is the U.N Secretary General addressed by Malala in her speech. |
| A. | vuk jeremic |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | ban ki moon |
| D. | gordon brown |
| Answer» C. ban ki moon | |
| 49. |
Malala delivered the U.N Speech on her ……………th birthday in 2013 |
| A. | 16th |
| B. | 14th |
| C. | 15th |
| D. | 17th |
| Answer» A. 16th | |
| 50. |
Malala wanted people to empower themselves with …………………….. |
| A. | peaceful coexistence |
| B. | terrorism |
| C. | violence |
| D. | the weapon of knowledge |
| Answer» D. the weapon of knowledge | |
| 51. |
Jon Silkin was a/an ……………………..poet. |
| A. | american |
| B. | african |
| C. | british |
| D. | australian |
| Answer» C. british | |
| 52. |
“Caring for Animals” is taken from the poetry collection…………………………… |
| A. | the portrait and other poems |
| B. | the peaceable kingdom |
| C. | living voices |
| D. | nature with man |
| Answer» B. the peaceable kingdom | |
| 53. |
In “Caring for Animals the poet questions the sky and ………………….. |
| A. | the serene blue water |
| B. | the netherworld |
| C. | the mountain ranges |
| D. | deserts |
| Answer» A. the serene blue water | |
| 54. |
In Silkin’s poem, dogs are seen with …………………………. |
| A. | tails straight |
| B. | eyes shut |
| C. | wounded legs |
| D. | clipped ears |
| Answer» D. clipped ears | |
| 55. |
According to Silkin, animals are our ……………………. |
| A. | friends |
| B. | ghosts |
| C. | enemies |
| D. | playmates |
| Answer» B. ghosts | |
| 56. |
It is from growing ………………………..that great love for human animal occurs. |
| A. | love |
| B. | sympathy |
| C. | favour |
| D. | mercy |
| Answer» D. mercy | |
| 57. |
Anne Tyler was a/an ……………………… novelist. |
| A. | american |
| B. | african |
| C. | british |
| D. | australian |
| Answer» A. american | |
| 58. |
Anne Tyler’s first work of fiction is ……………………………. |
| A. | the tin can tree |
| B. | a slipping- down life |
| C. | if morning ever comes |
| D. | the clock winder |
| Answer» C. if morning ever comes | |
| 59. |
“Average Waves in Unprotected Waters” was originally published in………… on Feb28, 1977. |
| A. | the new yorker |
| B. | disability studies reader |
| C. | the weekly |
| D. | the london times |
| Answer» A. the new yorker | |
| 60. |
In the story “Average Waves in Unprotected Waters”…………………….. tries to institutionalize her mentally retarded son. |
| A. | anne tyler |
| B. | mrs.puckett |
| C. | avery belvins |
| D. | bet belvins |
| Answer» D. bet belvins | |
| 61. |
. …………………………. is the son of Bet Belvins. |
| A. | jack |
| B. | puckett |
| C. | avery |
| D. | arnold |
| Answer» D. arnold | |
| 62. |
Bet’s son was a ………………………………challenged child. |
| A. | orthopedically |
| B. | visually |
| C. | mentally |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. mentally | |
| 63. |
Arnold looked at the suitcase ……………………… |
| A. | happily |
| B. | enthusiastically |
| C. | suspiciously |
| D. | unwillingly |
| Answer» C. suspiciously | |
| 64. |
Bet bought the tickets and a pack of ……………….. at the station |
| A. | chocolate |
| B. | spearmint gum |
| C. | biscuits |
| D. | cookies |
| Answer» B. spearmint gum | |
| 65. |
………………………… is Emmanuelle Laborit’s autobiography. |
| A. | children of a lesser god |
| B. | the cry of the gull |
| C. | beyond silence |
| D. | an air so pure |
| Answer» B. the cry of the gull | |
| 66. |
The parents nicknamed Laborit as ……………………….. |
| A. | mouette |
| B. | emma |
| C. | lousie |
| D. | kitty |
| Answer» A. mouette | |
| 67. |
Mouette is a ……………… word which means seagull |
| A. | italian |
| B. | french |
| C. | german |
| D. | english |
| Answer» B. french | |
| 68. |
“She may be deaf but she’s so cute!” “She’ll just be that much smarter”- whose words are these? |
| A. | uncle’s |
| B. | father’s |
| C. | grandparent’s |
| D. | mother’s |
| Answer» D. mother’s | |
| 69. |
The author says that she comes from a ……………………..family. |
| A. | artist’s family |
| B. | seafaring family |
| C. | turkish family |
| D. | mountaineering |
| Answer» B. seafaring family | |
| 70. |
“Emmanuelle makes shrieking sounds because she can’t hear herself”, was first said by ……....................... |
| A. | the speech therapist |
| B. | emmanuelle’s father |
| C. | uncle fifou |
| D. | the pediatrician |
| Answer» C. uncle fifou | |
| 71. |
………………………got married in the chapel of the National Institute for the Deaf in Bordeaux. |
| A. | the author’s paternal grandparents |
| B. | the author’s parents |
| C. | the author’s maternal parents |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. the author’s paternal grandparents | |
| 72. |
Emmanuelle was ………………………months/years old when her mother was took her to a specialist. |
| A. | nine months |
| B. | seven months |
| C. | six months |
| D. | 2 years |
| Answer» A. nine months | |
| 73. |
“My life up to the age of seven is full of flashbacks”, was said by ……………………….. |
| A. | emmanuelle laborit |
| B. | malala yusafsai |
| C. | anne tyller |
| D. | jon silkins |
| Answer» A. emmanuelle laborit | |
| 74. |
………………………………. thought that Emmanuelle Laborit as a child was crazy. |
| A. | the speech therapist |
| B. | emmanuelle’s father |
| C. | the counselor |
| D. | the pediatrician |
| Answer» D. the pediatrician | |
| 75. |
“Love Across the Salt Desert” is an adventurous journey of ______ |
| A. | zaman |
| B. | najab |
| C. | aftab |
| D. | kaley shah |
| Answer» B. najab | |
| 76. |
The Bollywood film “ Refugee” was directed by _____ |
| A. | j.p dutta |
| B. | k.n daruwalla |
| C. | n.c daruwalla |
| D. | kaley shah |
| Answer» A. j.p dutta | |
| 77. |
Najab’s lover Fathima is a ______ girl. |
| A. | indian |
| B. | pakistani |
| C. | bangladeshi |
| D. | afganisthan |
| Answer» B. pakistani | |
| 78. |
_____ poet was awarded the Brunel University African Poetry prize in 2013 |
| A. | k.n daruwalla |
| B. | warson shire |
| C. | jayantha mahapathra |
| D. | wole soyanka. |
| Answer» B. warson shire | |
| 79. |
In the poem “ Death Fugue” Black milk of daybreak symbolizes _____ |
| A. | a life in the camp |
| B. | a life in the village |
| C. | poets personal life |
| D. | a life in the prison. |
| Answer» A. a life in the camp | |
| 80. |
____is the heroine of Goethe’s “Faust” |
| A. | shulamith |
| B. | margaret |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. margaret | |
| 81. |
“Death Fugue” was originally written in ______ |
| A. | french |
| B. | romanian |
| C. | japanese |
| D. | german. |
| Answer» B. romanian | |
| 82. |
Emmanuelle Laborit was a ……………..actress |
| A. | french |
| B. | german |
| C. | american |
| D. | african |
| Answer» A. french | |
| 83. |
The Cry of the Gull is an autobiography of ………………. |
| A. | keki n daruwalla |
| B. | malala yousafzai |
| C. | anne tyler |
| D. | emmanuelle laborit |
| Answer» D. emmanuelle laborit | |
| 84. |
“ And your love grows. Your great love grows and grows” is the line taken from.------- |
| A. | what work is |
| B. | turmeric |
| C. | caring for animals |
| D. | home |
| Answer» C. caring for animals | |
| 85. |
Comala is the town located in ………………state of Colima |
| A. | arabian |
| B. | mexican |
| C. | german |
| D. | nigerian |
| Answer» B. mexican | |
| 86. |
Who is the protagonist in the story “The Big Fish”? |
| A. | viswan |
| B. | alassankutty |
| C. | bet blevins |
| D. | sudhakaran |
| Answer» B. alassankutty | |
| 87. |
What is the main theme of the poem Home? |
| A. | war |
| B. | refugee crisis |
| C. | faming |
| D. | drought |
| Answer» B. refugee crisis | |
| 88. |
The central character in the story “Love across the Salt Desert” |
| A. | shareef |
| B. | alassankutty |
| C. | najab |
| D. | mujeeb |
| Answer» C. najab | |
| 89. |
Name of the movie based on the story “Love across the Salt Desert” |
| A. | refugee |
| B. | border |
| C. | zindagi |
| D. | shole |
| Answer» A. refugee | |
| 90. |
According to critics , Silkin’s poems often focus on his …………….identity |
| A. | german |
| B. | jewish |
| C. | black |
| D. | irish |
| Answer» B. jewish | |
| 91. |
The UN speech was given on Malala’s ……………birthday in 2013. |
| A. | 16th |
| B. | 12th |
| C. | 15th |
| D. | 17th |
| Answer» A. 16th | |
| 92. |
The narrator of the ‘Jamaican Fragment” went for a walk everyday from his home to……….. |
| A. | the tramcar lines |
| B. | bus station |
| C. | the coffee shop |
| D. | the office |
| Answer» A. the tramcar lines | |
| 93. |
Who was the first to say that “Emmanulle makes shrieking sounds because she can’t hear herself”? |
| A. | the speech therapist |
| B. | emmanuelle’s father |
| C. | uncle fifou |
| D. | the pediatrician |
| Answer» C. uncle fifou | |
| 94. |
No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is ………… |
| A. | safer than home |
| B. | safer than the land |
| C. | risker than the jail |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. safer than the land | |
| 95. |
In Silkin’s poem, dogs are seen with………………… |
| A. | tails straight |
| B. | eyes shut |
| C. | clipped ears |
| D. | wounded legs |
| Answer» C. clipped ears | |
| 96. |
Who was the author of Pedro Paramo? |
| A. | mario vargas liosa |
| B. | juan rulfo |
| C. | gabriel garcia marquez |
| D. | jorge luis borges |
| Answer» B. juan rulfo | |
| 97. |
Stephen Dedalus is the hero of James Joyce’s novel………………… |
| A. | ulysses |
| B. | dubliners |
| C. | a portrait of the artist as a young man |
| D. | finnegans wake |
| Answer» C. a portrait of the artist as a young man | |
| 98. |
“No Men Are Foreign” is a poem that protests against ………………… |
| A. | claustrophobia |
| B. | xenophobia |
| C. | autocrats |
| D. | government |
| Answer» B. xenophobia | |
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