Literatures in English- American and Postcolonial | Set 2
1. Who wrote the poem ‘Edge’?
Correct : A. sylvia plath
2. “Her dead body wears …………….. Complete.
Correct : D. the smile of accomplishment
3. Sylvia Plath’s poetry comes under the genre of
Correct : A. confessional poetry
4. Sylvia Plath won Pulitzer prize for her
Correct : A. the collected poems
5. Which poem she wrote 6 days prior to committing suicide
Correct : D. edge
6. The poem ‘Edge’ gives the impression of
Correct : D. offering a detached judgment of the dead woman
7. A woman is ‘perfected’ by
Correct : A. death
8. To ‘perfect’ in the poem ‘Edge’ means
Correct : A. to complete ,to master or to make flow less
9. How the woman in the poem has achieved death
Correct : B. through suicide
10. The term ‘Greek necessity’ in the poem ‘Edge’ stands for
Correct : B. ritual suicide demanded of disgraced individuals in the classical world
11. The poem ‘Edge’ has been viewed as a
Correct : A. suicidal note
12. The shocking image in the poem ‘Edge’ is
Correct : A. dead children coiled like white serpents
13. The attribute of Artemis is
Correct : B. sun
14. Odors ………… from the sweet deep throats of the night flower
Correct : C. bleed
15. Who watched the death scene in the poem ‘Edge’?
Correct : A. moon
16. The title ‘Edge’ suggests the
Correct : A. border between life and death
17. Who wrote the poem ‘Mother to Son’?
Correct : D. langston hughes
18. Who is the speaker in the poem ‘Mother to Son’?
Correct : A. an old mother
19. The term ‘crystal stair’ stands for
Correct : A. life
20. The metaphor used by the poet to compare mother’s life in
Correct : B. the stair case
21. Whose life is compared to a crystal stair case
Correct : C. ) mother
22. Colonel Sartorius snoops is the protagonist in the story
Correct : A. barn burning
23. The Antagonist in the story ‘Barn Burning’ is
Correct : B. abner snops
24. Who is Snope’s employer in Barn Burning?
Correct : A. major de spain
25. Who wrote the story ‘Barn Burning’?
Correct : C. william faulkner
26. Who wrote the novel ‘Sound and Fury’
Correct : A. william faulkner
27. The imaginary land created by Faulkner is
Correct : D. yokna patawpha
28. The theme of the story ‘Barn Burning’ is
Correct : A. loyalty between family and law
29. Sarty had to choose between family and _____
Correct : A. law
30. Who wrote the poem ‘This is a photograph of me’?
Correct : C. margret atwood
31. Margret uses photograph to explore
Correct : A. identity
32. The photo was taken __________
Correct : B. sometimes ago
33. The photo was taken the day after speaker is
Correct : A. drowned
34. What is the title of the poem by Margret Atwood
Correct : A. this is a photograph of me
35. Who has taken the photograph of the poet?
Correct : C. others
36. The hiddenly mentioned ‘others’ in the poem ‘This is a photograph of me’
is----?
Correct : A. males who are active to make history of females
37. Lake’ in the poem stands for
Correct : A. society
38. Atwood describes a photograph only to commend on
Correct : B. to explore identity of a person
39. ________ in the historical figure mentioned in Kamau Brathwaite’s poem
‘The Emigrants’
Correct : A. columbus
40. ____________ is the driving force of Braithwaite’s poetry
Correct : A. repossession
41. The title of Meena Alexander’s poem is
Correct : A. house of a thousand doors
42. The drum stands for
Correct : D. spiritual pulse of traditional african life
43. The mystic drum beats _______________
Correct : A. inside the mind of the poet
44. The refrain in the poem ‘The mystic drum’ is
Correct : A. but standing behind a tree ………………….
45. David Diop’s poetry talks about
Correct : C. the glorious past of africa
46. The black of Africa breaks under the weight of _____________
Correct : A. humiliation
47. The title of the poem written by David Diop __________________
Correct : C. africa
48. The image used by the poet to represent future Africa is ________________
Correct : A. white faded flower
49. David Diop’s ‘Africa’ celebrates the typical love of the African for their ______
Correct : C. mother land
50. What does the boy smell in the court room at the beginning of the story ?
Correct : D. cheese
51. The boy’s name is
Correct : A. abner
52. How many of Mr.Snopes’ children are travelling with family?
Correct : B. 2
53. In the first court case in the story ,what does the justice order
Mr.Snopes to do?
Correct : C. pay ten bushels of corn
54. Why does the boy’s father walk a little stiffly ?
Correct : D. he was shot in the heel while stealing a horse.
55. ”Son Coeur est un luth suspend” means:
Correct : A. his mind is a hanging lute
56. How do Usher and the narrator know one another?
Correct : D. they were boyhood friends
57. What is the name of the one woman in the story ?
Correct : A. madeline
58. What is the woman’s relation to Roderick?
Correct : B. they are siblings
59. What is the name of Usher’s improvised poem?
Correct : C. the haunted palace
60. What does ‘porphyrogene’ mean ?
Correct : A. insane
61. The biographical text tells us that Whitman “set out to define the American experience.” How did he approach this daunting task?
Correct : D. with the assumption that his work would result in him being a person of historical significance
62. Based on the titles of each poem, what statement is Hughes trying to make in response to Whitman’s poem?
Correct : B. both authors have great love for their country and mankind
63. In 1949, William Faulkner received:
Correct : B. A Nobel Prize
64. How many Pulitzer prizes did Faulkner receive
Correct : B. Two
65. The basic facts of the story include all of the following with one exception. Which of these statements is in error?
Correct : B. Roderick has a twin sister who dies of a cataleptic seizure the first night.
66. The total collapse of the Usher mansion at the end of the story best
supports the idea that:
Correct : B. An overactive imagination can terrify a person with illusions.
67. Who are Biff and Happy?
Correct : B. They are Willy's sons. Neither is very settled or responsible.
68. Faulkner wrote a screenplay based on a book written by:
Correct : C. Ernest Hemmingway
69. . Willy says, "The man knew what he wanted and went out and got it! Walked into a jungle, and comes out, at the age of twenty one, and he rich..." About whom it he talking?
Correct : C. He is talking about Ben.
70. Charley says, "To hell with it. When a deposit bottle is broken, you don't get your nickel back." What does he mean?
Correct : A. One may invest a lot of time and money into a child, but if the child doesn't turn out well, you won't get any satisfaction or rewards for your time spent. But, there's no use worrying about it; you just pick up and go on with your life.
71. Why does Charley tell Willy "the jails are full of fearless characters"?
Correct : C. Willy has just sent his sons across the road to a new construction site to steal more building supplies. Willy is proud of their fearlessness, but Charley sees a more practical side to it, that what the boys are doing is wrong.
72. Linda tells the boys that Willy won't be all right. When the boys ask why he won't, what is her reply?
Correct : C. He is trying to kill himself.
73. "This is no time for false pride, Willy. . . . You've got two great boys, haven't you?" Now that Willy really needs the boys, the reality of their worthlessness crushes his idealized version, and Willy is in a Catch-22, no win situation. Which literary element is being used here?
Correct : D. This is irony.
74. Ben says. "What are you building? Lay your hands on it. Where is it?" What is the point of this line?
Correct : C. In fact, Willy hasn't done much worthwhile with his life. He is in debt, he is a failure at business, and his boys appear to be just like him.
75. Biff says, ". . . I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been." What does he mean?
Correct : B. He realized that he was raised on a false philosophy and that most of the things that happened were glossed over and made far better than they were. Bill realized that he was a Clerk and a thief.
76. What was the result of Biff's meeting with Bill Oliver?
Correct : B. He got brushed aside. He would never get the money, and he would have no more meetings with Bill Oliver.
77. Happy denies that Willy is his father. Why?
Correct : A. Happy doesn't want the responsibility of caring for Willy.
78. What happened in Boston? What do we finally find out is the problem, the secret between Willy and Biff?
Correct : C. Biff went to talk to his father and walked in on Willy and the woman with whom he was having an affair.
79. Where does Willy go after he realizes that the boys have left him at the restaurant?
Correct : B. He buys some carrot seeds for his garden and goes home to plant them.
80. Why does Linda knock the flowers to the floor?
Correct : C. She is furious because the boys left Willy at the restaurant.
81. "Willy says, " A man can't go out the way he came in, Ben, a man has got
to add up to something." What does he mean?
Correct : D. He feels like he should have contributed something to the world, and he didn't. She is having a seizure
82. Biff represented University of .
Correct : B. Virginia
83. Linda says, "We're free and clear." Which of these is not an
interpretation of her statement?
Correct : B. They all have free wills.
84. The poet Wallace Stevens used the term ‘Slovenly’ to describe –
Correct : B. Wilderness
85. The most powerful beautiful lady without mercy is
Correct : A. Artemis
86. Sarty had to choose between family and
Correct : A. Law
87. The photo was taken
Correct : B. Sometimes ago
88. in the historical figure mentioned in Kamau Brathwaite’s poem
‘The Emigrants’
Correct : A. Columbus
89. Whose journey is described in the poem ‘The Emigrants?’
Correct : C. Black people
90. is the driving force of Braithwaite’s poetry
Correct : A. Repossession
91. Who wrote the poem ‘The mystic drum’?
Correct : C. Gabriel Okara
92. She stood behind tree with leaves around her and only smiled with
Correct : A. Shake of her head
93. The mystic drum beats
Correct : A. inside the mind of the poet
94. The black of Africa breaks under the weight of
Correct : A. Humiliation
95. The title of the poem written by David Diop
Correct : C. Africa
96. The image used by the poet to represent future Africa is
Correct : A. White faded flower
97. David Diop’s ‘Africa’ celebrates the typical love of the African for their
Correct : C. Mother land
98. What irrigates the field to enrich nature according to David Diop