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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The mystic drum beats _______________ |
| A. | inside the mind of the poet |
| B. | in the market place |
| C. | in the external nature |
| D. | around the town |
| Answer» B. in the market place | |
| 2. |
David Diop’s poetry talks about |
| A. | colonization |
| B. | decolonization |
| C. | the glorious past of africa |
| D. | external beauty |
| Answer» D. external beauty | |
| 3. |
The refrain in the poem ‘The mystic drum’ is |
| A. | but standing behind a tree …………………. |
| B. | fishes became fishes |
| C. | the dead to dance and sing |
| D. | things stopped to grow |
| Answer» B. fishes became fishes | |
| 4. |
The drum stands for |
| A. | enjoyment |
| B. | wilderness |
| C. | colonial power |
| D. | spiritual pulse of traditional african life |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
The title of Meena Alexander’s poem is |
| A. | house of a thousand doors |
| B. | mystic drum |
| C. | africa |
| D. | killing time |
| Answer» B. mystic drum | |
| 6. |
________ in the historical figure mentioned in Kamau Brathwaite’s poem‘The Emigrants’ |
| A. | columbus |
| B. | gandhi |
| C. | james baldwin |
| D. | martin luther king |
| Answer» B. gandhi | |
| 7. |
Atwood describes a photograph only to commend on |
| A. | its inability to capture the realities of place |
| B. | to explore identity of a person |
| C. | sexuality |
| D. | wisdom |
| Answer» C. sexuality | |
| 8. |
____________ is the driving force of Braithwaite’s poetry |
| A. | repossession |
| B. | colonialism |
| C. | patriarchy |
| D. | the emigrants |
| Answer» B. colonialism | |
| 9. |
Lake’ in the poem stands for |
| A. | society |
| B. | beauty |
| C. | nature |
| D. | wilderness |
| Answer» B. beauty | |
| 10. |
The hiddenly mentioned ‘others’ in the poem ‘This is a photograph of me’is----? |
| A. | males who are active to make history of females |
| B. | women’s friends |
| C. | women’s parents |
| D. | neighbours |
| Answer» B. women’s friends | |
| 11. |
Who has taken the photograph of the poet? |
| A. | media |
| B. | the poet herself |
| C. | others |
| D. | lover |
| Answer» D. lover | |
| 12. |
What is the title of the poem by Margret Atwood |
| A. | this is a photograph of me |
| B. | anecdote of jar |
| C. | africa |
| D. | mystic drum |
| Answer» B. anecdote of jar | |
| 13. |
The photo was taken the day after speaker is |
| A. | drowned |
| B. | faced death |
| C. | took bath |
| D. | on the way |
| Answer» B. faced death | |
| 14. |
The photo was taken __________ |
| A. | six months ago |
| B. | sometimes ago |
| C. | one year back |
| D. | one month back |
| Answer» C. one year back | |
| 15. |
Margret uses photograph to explore |
| A. | identity |
| B. | colonization |
| C. | sexuality |
| D. | wisdom |
| Answer» B. colonization | |
| 16. |
Sarty had to choose between family and _____ |
| A. | law |
| B. | relatives |
| C. | neighbours |
| D. | teachers |
| Answer» B. relatives | |
| 17. |
Who wrote the poem ‘This is a photograph of me’? |
| A. | meena alexander |
| B. | sylvia plath |
| C. | margret atwood |
| D. | gabriel okara |
| Answer» D. gabriel okara | |
| 18. |
The theme of the story ‘Barn Burning’ is |
| A. | loyalty between family and law |
| B. | loyalty between father & son |
| C. | conflict between family & neighbours |
| D. | conflict between father &son |
| Answer» B. loyalty between father & son | |
| 19. |
The imaginary land created by Faulkner is |
| A. | new albany |
| B. | malgudi |
| C. | mississippi |
| D. | yokna patawpha |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Who wrote the novel ‘Sound and Fury’ |
| A. | william faulkner |
| B. | walt whitman |
| C. | sylvia plath |
| D. | arthur miller |
| Answer» B. walt whitman | |
| 21. |
Who wrote the story ‘Barn Burning’? |
| A. | kamala das |
| B. | r.k narayan |
| C. | william faulkner |
| D. | carol shields |
| Answer» D. carol shields | |
| 22. |
Who is Snope’s employer in Barn Burning? |
| A. | major de spain |
| B. | lonnie |
| C. | lizzie |
| D. | mr. harris |
| Answer» B. lonnie | |
| 23. |
The Antagonist in the story ‘Barn Burning’ is |
| A. | lonnie snoops |
| B. | abner snops |
| C. | lizzie |
| D. | mr. harris |
| Answer» C. lizzie | |
| 24. |
Colonel Sartorius snoops is the protagonist in the story |
| A. | barn burning |
| B. | the fall of the house of usher |
| C. | killing time |
| D. | scarf |
| Answer» B. the fall of the house of usher | |
| 25. |
Whose life is compared to a crystal stair case |
| A. | brother |
| B. | father |
| C. | ) mother |
| D. | teacher |
| Answer» D. teacher | |
| 26. |
The term ‘crystal stair’ stands for |
| A. | life |
| B. | the stair case |
| C. | death |
| D. | job |
| Answer» B. the stair case | |
| 27. |
The metaphor used by the poet to compare mother’s life in |
| A. | jar |
| B. | the stair case |
| C. | honey |
| D. | grass |
| Answer» C. honey | |
| 28. |
Who is the speaker in the poem ‘Mother to Son’? |
| A. | an old mother |
| B. | father |
| C. | brother |
| D. | sister |
| Answer» B. father | |
| 29. |
Who wrote the poem ‘Mother to Son’? |
| A. | walt whiteman |
| B. | sylvia plath |
| C. | david diop |
| D. | langston hughes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
The title ‘Edge’ suggests the |
| A. | border between life and death |
| B. | life |
| C. | death |
| D. | perfection |
| Answer» B. life | |
| 31. |
Odors ………… from the sweet deep throats of the night flower |
| A. | crack |
| B. | flow |
| C. | bleed |
| D. | drag |
| Answer» D. drag | |
| 32. |
Who watched the death scene in the poem ‘Edge’? |
| A. | moon |
| B. | children |
| C. | husband |
| D. | neighbours |
| Answer» B. children | |
| 33. |
The poem ‘Edge’ has been viewed as a |
| A. | suicidal note |
| B. | as a work of art |
| C. | feministic note |
| D. | as an anecdote |
| Answer» B. as a work of art | |
| 34. |
The attribute of Artemis is |
| A. | moon |
| B. | sun |
| C. | star |
| D. | earth |
| Answer» C. star | |
| 35. |
The shocking image in the poem ‘Edge’ is |
| A. | dead children coiled like white serpents |
| B. | her toga |
| C. | night flower |
| D. | pitches of milk |
| Answer» B. her toga | |
| 36. |
The term ‘Greek necessity’ in the poem ‘Edge’ stands for |
| A. | greek civilization |
| B. | ritual suicide demanded of disgraced individuals in the classical world |
| C. | the woman |
| D. | the poetess |
| Answer» C. the woman | |
| 37. |
How the woman in the poem has achieved death |
| A. | through accident |
| B. | through suicide |
| C. | through a murder |
| D. | through her husband |
| Answer» C. through a murder | |
| 38. |
To ‘perfect’ in the poem ‘Edge’ means |
| A. | to complete ,to master or to make flow less |
| B. | to be wealthy and healthy |
| C. | to get a good family life |
| D. | to be highly educated |
| Answer» B. to be wealthy and healthy | |
| 39. |
A woman is ‘perfected’ by |
| A. | death |
| B. | life |
| C. | family |
| D. | friends |
| Answer» B. life | |
| 40. |
The poem ‘Edge’ gives the impression of |
| A. | perfectness |
| B. | a living and dying woman |
| C. | male domination |
| D. | offering a detached judgment of the dead woman |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Which poem she wrote 6 days prior to committing suicide |
| A. | small houses |
| B. | daddy |
| C. | the bell jar |
| D. | edge |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Sylvia Plath won Pulitzer prize for her |
| A. | the collected poems |
| B. | edge |
| C. | daddy |
| D. | small houses |
| Answer» B. edge | |
| 43. |
Sylvia Plath’s poetry comes under the genre of |
| A. | confessional poetry |
| B. | romantic poetry |
| C. | metaphysical poetry |
| D. | feminist poetry |
| Answer» B. romantic poetry | |
| 44. |
Who wrote the poem ‘Edge’? |
| A. | sylvia plath |
| B. | kamala das |
| C. | david diop |
| D. | gabriel okara |
| Answer» B. kamala das | |
| 45. |
“Her dead body wears …………….. Complete. |
| A. | feminist poetry |
| B. | pitches of milk |
| C. | night flowers |
| D. | the smile of accomplishment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
In the poem ‘Anecdote of Jar’ , the jar represents |
| A. | order |
| B. | beauty |
| C. | nature |
| D. | human beings |
| Answer» B. beauty | |
| 47. |
‘Anecdote of a Jar’ is a metaphor to represent |
| A. | nature |
| B. | magnetic power of mind |
| C. | art |
| D. | human beings |
| Answer» D. human beings | |
| 48. |
What is the title of the poem by Wallace Stevens? |
| A. | anecdote of the jar |
| B. | africa |
| C. | mystic drums |
| D. | edge |
| Answer» B. africa | |
| 49. |
Where is the jar placed on? |
| A. | in tennessee |
| B. | upon a hill |
| C. | on the table |
| D. | upon the ground |
| Answer» C. on the table | |
| 50. |
What is the title of the poem by Walter Whiteman? |
| A. | i too sing america |
| B. | i hear america singing |
| C. | this is the photograph of me |
| D. | africa |
| Answer» C. this is the photograph of me | |