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| 601. |
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 | |
| 602. |
Why does Linda knock the flowers to the floor? |
| A. | She is allergic to them. She is angry because the boys knew that and brought them |
| B. | It was an accident. She didn't look where she was going. |
| C. | She is furious because the boys left Willy at the restaurant. |
| D. | none |
| Answer» D. none | |
| 603. |
Based on the titles of each poem, what statement is Hughes trying to make in response to Whitman’s poem? |
| A. | the authors have shared many similar life experiences |
| B. | both authors have great love for their country and mankind |
| C. | music and song have both played major roles in the lives of the authors |
| D. | the song America sings to Hughes is much different than the song it sings to Whitman because Hughes’ America did not readily accept him |
| Answer» C. music and song have both played major roles in the lives of the authors | |
| 604. |
What was the result of Biff's meeting with Bill Oliver? |
| A. | He got part of the money, with a promise of more if he made good. |
| B. | He got brushed aside. He would never get the money, and he would have no more meetings with Bill Oliver. |
| C. | He got all of the money and Bill's full support. |
| D. | Oliver gave him a year to prove his could be responsible; then he would get the money. |
| Answer» C. He got all of the money and Bill's full support. | |
| 605. |
Happy denies that Willy is his father. Why? |
| A. | Happy doesn't want the responsibility of caring for Willy. |
| B. | He had secretly found proof of his adoption, and now wants the truth to be known. |
| C. | Happy is angry because Willy is leaving all of his money (in his will) to Biff. |
| D. | He does not want to admit that he is a lot like his father. |
| Answer» B. He had secretly found proof of his adoption, and now wants the truth to be known. | |
| 606. |
The most powerful beautiful lady without mercy is |
| A. | Artemis |
| B. | Venus |
| C. | Jupiter |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. Venus | |
| 607. |
The basic facts of the story include all of the following with one exception. Which of these statements is in error? |
| A. | The narrator has been invited to visit Roderick Usher, an old friend. |
| B. | Roderick has a twin sister who dies of a cataleptic seizure the first night. |
| C. | Roderick and his sister are the only surviving members of an ancient family. |
| D. | The sister in prematurely buried, with terrifying consequences. |
| Answer» C. Roderick and his sister are the only surviving members of an ancient family. | |
| 608. |
What irrigates the field to enrich nature according to David Diop |
| A. | Ancestral blood |
| B. | Colonization |
| C. | Imperialists |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. Colonization | |
| 609. |
The image used by the poet to represent future Africa is |
| A. | White faded flower |
| B. | red fruit |
| C. | Green apple |
| D. | Yellow flag |
| Answer» B. red fruit | |
| 610. |
Who wrote the story ‘Killing Time’? |
| A. | Manjula Pathmanabhan |
| B. | Nasisbu Mwanukuzi |
| C. | William Faulkner |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. William Faulkner | |
| 611. |
From where the narrator happened to see the stranger? |
| A. | At a café |
| B. | Public Road |
| C. | Railway Station |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. Public Road | |
| 612. |
Ben says. "What are you building? Lay your hands on it. Where is it?" What is the point of this line? |
| A. | Every man must take care of himself. |
| B. | Ben thinks Willy would have been better off as a construction worker. |
| 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. |
| D. | Ben is trying to provoke Willy just enough to motivate him, but it doesn't work. |
| Answer» D. Ben is trying to provoke Willy just enough to motivate him, but it doesn't work. | |
| 613. |
Why does Charley tell Willy "the jails are full of fearless characters"? |
| A. | There has been a series of burglaries in their neighborhood. They have been discussing ways to scare away the young hoodlums. |
| B. | Charley's son has recently been sentenced to five years in jail for armed robbery. Charley is saving face, pretending he is not afraid for his son's safety in prison. |
| 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. |
| D. | Willy has shared a rather shady business scheme with Charley. Charley doesn't want to participate, and Willy calls him a coward. |
| Answer» D. Willy has shared a rather shady business scheme with Charley. Charley doesn't want to participate, and Willy calls him a coward. | |
| 614. |
Harvest ‘is a play written by |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Manjula pathmanabhan |
| C. | Kamala Das |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. Kamala Das | |
| 615. |
What happened in Boston? What do we finally find out is the problem, the secret between Willy and Biff? |
| A. | Biff discovered that Willy had embezzled some money. He lost his respect for Willy. |
| B. | They went out drinking together. On the way home, Willy ran over a man and didn’t stop to help him. Biff never forgave him. |
| C. | Biff went to talk to his father and walked in on Willy and the woman with whom he was having an affair. |
| D. | Biff discovered that Willy is an alcoholic. Willy denied it, and refused to get help. |
| Answer» D. Biff discovered that Willy is an alcoholic. Willy denied it, and refused to get help. | |
| 616. |
The total collapse of the Usher mansion at the end of the story bestsupports the idea that: |
| A. | Unreasonable fear and paranoia can lead to complete madness. |
| B. | An overactive imagination can terrify a person with illusions. |
| C. | Isolation of the creative genius may one day result in its destruction. |
| D. | A mind without a firm base in reality will eventually destroy itself. |
| Answer» C. Isolation of the creative genius may one day result in its destruction. | |
| 617. |
The play ‘harvest won the prize/award |
| A. | Pulitzer prize |
| B. | Aristotle Onassis International Drama award |
| C. | Nobel Prize' |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. Aristotle Onassis International Drama award | |
| 618. |
Who wrote the poem ‘The mystic drum’? |
| A. | Meena Alexander |
| B. | David Diop |
| C. | Gabriel Okara |
| D. | none |
| Answer» D. none | |
| 619. |
Linda says, "We're free and clear." Which of these is not aninterpretation of her statement? |
| A. | Biff is free of Willy's influence. |
| B. | They all have free wills. |
| C. | They are financially free because the mortgage on the house has been pa |
| Answer» C. They are financially free because the mortgage on the house has been pa | |
| 620. |
In 1949, William Faulkner received: |
| A. | A visit from the Queen |
| B. | A Nobel Prize |
| C. | An leave of absence from the war |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. An leave of absence from the war | |
| 621. |
She stood behind tree with leaves around her and only smiled with |
| A. | Shake of her head |
| B. | drum heat |
| C. | eye of the sky |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. drum heat | |
| 622. |
How many Pulitzer prizes did Faulkner receive |
| A. | One |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Three |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. Three | |
| 623. |
The image ‘white faded flowers’ stands for |
| A. | Past colonized Africa |
| B. | Future Africa |
| C. | Present situation |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. Present situation | |
| 624. |
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 | |
| 625. |
David Diop’s ‘Africa’ celebrates the typical love of the African for their |
| A. | Parents |
| B. | Girls |
| C. | Mother land |
| D. | Ancestors |
| Answer» D. Ancestors | |
| 626. |
Faulkner wrote a screenplay based on a book written by: |
| A. | An unknown female writer |
| B. | William Shakespeare |
| C. | Ernest Hemmingway |
| D. | none |
| Answer» D. none | |
| 627. |
The photo was taken |
| A. | Six Months ago |
| B. | Sometimes ago |
| C. | One year back |
| D. | One month back |
| Answer» C. One year back | |
| 628. |
What happens in Usher’s poem. |
| A. | A knight fights a dragon. |
| B. | A palace is invaded by evil. |
| C. | A woman is buried alive |
| D. | none |
| Answer» D. none | |
| 629. |
Biff represented University of . |
| A. | Boston |
| B. | Virginia |
| C. | Middlesex |
| D. | Oxford |
| Answer» C. Middlesex | |
| 630. |
The biographical text tells us that Whitman “set out to define the American experience.” How did he approach this daunting task? |
| A. | with unlimited optimism so as to represent each person rather than categorize people according to race or class |
| B. | with confidence that the people would embrace him |
| C. | with an eagerness to earn a name for himself as a truly original national poet |
| D. | with the assumption that his work would result in him being a person of historical significance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 631. |
Whose journey is described in the poem ‘The Emigrants?’ |
| A. | The poet himself |
| B. | Europeans |
| C. | Black people |
| D. | none |
| Answer» D. none | |
| 632. |
The black of Africa breaks under the weight of |
| A. | Humiliation |
| B. | Colonization |
| C. | Imagination |
| D. | Imperialism |
| Answer» B. Colonization | |
| 633. |
Where does Willy go after he realizes that the boys have left him at the restaurant? |
| A. | He goes to the park for a walk. |
| B. | He buys some carrot seeds for his garden and goes home to plant them. |
| C. | He goes to buy another life insurance policy. |
| D. | He goes to his office to cry. |
| Answer» C. He goes to buy another life insurance policy. | |
| 634. |
. 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? |
| A. | He is talking about Happy. |
| B. | He is talking about himself. |
| C. | He is talking about Ben. |
| D. | He is talking about Charley. |
| Answer» D. He is talking about Charley. | |
| 635. |
The poet Wallace Stevens used the term ‘Slovenly’ to describe – |
| A. | Beauty |
| B. | Wilderness |
| C. | clarity |
| D. | authentically |
| Answer» C. clarity | |
| 636. |
is the driving force of Braithwaite’s poetry |
| A. | Repossession |
| B. | colonialism |
| C. | patriarchy |
| D. | the emigrants |
| Answer» B. colonialism | |
| 637. |
By profession, Indu was a ……….. (a. Dancer b. teacher c. journalist d. none of these)135. Whom did Akka hand over all her properties? |
| A. | mini |
| B. | atya |
| C. | sharad |
| D. | indu |
| Answer» D. indu | |
| 638. |
In the end of the novel, who decides to live with Indu? |
| A. | akka |
| B. | kaka |
| C. | naren |
| D. | atya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 639. |
What profession does Indu choose in the end of the novel? |
| A. | journalist |
| B. | creative writer |
| C. | making handicrafts |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. making handicrafts | |
| 640. |
Who had the habit of insulting Indu’s mother? |
| A. | atya |
| B. | kaka |
| C. | jayant |
| D. | akka |
| Answer» E. | |
| 641. |
Which character in the novel dominates all others? |
| A. | akka |
| B. | indu |
| C. | kaki |
| D. | jayant |
| Answer» B. indu | |
| 642. |
When did Kaka and Kaki bring Indu to the ancestral home? |
| A. | after her mother’s death |
| B. | after the rainy season |
| C. | when she got married |
| D. | when she was fifteen |
| Answer» B. after the rainy season | |
| 643. |
‘Roots and Shadows’ is about…… |
| A. | childhood friendship |
| B. | family relations |
| C. | financial affairs |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. financial affairs | |
| 644. |
Which among the following does not form a theme for ‘Roots and Shadows’? |
| A. | patriarchy |
| B. | traditional rules for women |
| C. | women’s education |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 645. |
For which novel Shashi Deshpande was awarded with ‘Sahitya Academy Award’? |
| A. | roots and shadows |
| B. | that long silence |
| C. | the dark holds no terror |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. the dark holds no terror | |
| 646. |
Which ordeal proves the chastity of Rani? |
| A. | hot-iron ordeal |
| B. | fire ordeal |
| C. | snake ordeal |
| D. | none of them |
| Answer» D. none of them | |
| 647. |
How many ends are suggested for this drama? |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» D. four | |
| 648. |
Who gets ensnarled towards Rani with the magical power of the roots? |
| A. | king cobra |
| B. | appanna |
| C. | kappanna |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» B. appanna | |
| 649. |
Which magical root is used by Rani to make curry? |
| A. | small |
| B. | medium sized |
| C. | stout |
| D. | large |
| Answer» E. | |
| 650. |
Whom does Appanna visit most days? |
| A. | naga |
| B. | his concubine |
| C. | chief of the village |
| D. | rani’s parents |
| Answer» C. chief of the village | |