Semester – VI
Core XII - NEW
LITERATURES
UNIT
II
David
Diop : Africa
Gabriel
Okara : Once Upon a Time
Derek
Walcott : A
Far Cry from Africa
Chinua
Achebe : Refugee mother and child
“Africa” by
David Diop
1.
What is negritude?
a) Literary
and ideological philosophy b) Philosophical movement c) Fight against
the Whites d) A derogative term
2.
What does “young and strong... tree” represent in David Diop’s “Africa”?
a)
The young people of Africa b) The old people
of Africa c) The colonisers d) The people of Africa
3.
_____ have bent the back of Africa according to Diop.
a)
The colonialists b) The aggressive people c) The Americans d)
The Anti-colonialists
4.
Where was David Diop born?
a)
Bordeaux, France b) Lagos, Nigeria c) Cairo, Egypt d) Luanda, Angola
5.
_______ is a tropical or subtropical grassland of eastern Africa.
a)
Savannah b) steppes c)Pampas d) alcareous downland
6.
Who exploited the Black people and used them as slaves in Africa?
a)
The colonialists b) The Australians c) The Americans d) The
Anti-colonialists
7.
Several of Diop’s poems were published in _____ famous anthology
a)
Léopold Senghor’s b) Chinua Achebe’s c) Mariama Bâ’s d) Nadine
Gordimer’s
8.
Diop urges the Africans to be _______.
a)
patient b) angry c) bold d) good
10.
The “white and faded” flowers represent________.
a)
the colonialists b) the temporariness of life c)the girls of Africa d)the
boys of Africa
11.
Diop says that it is ______ of his people which is irrigating the fields
a) the blood and sweat b) the discarded
things c) the valuable things d) the
love and affection
12.
_______ is eulogized and portrayed as the giver of life by Diop.
a)
Africa b) Australia c) Canada d) India
13.
“Your beautiful ______ that irrigates the fields”.
a)
black blood b) black water c) blue blood d)blue water
“Once Upon a Time” by
Gabriel Okara
14.
Gabriel Okara is ________ poet and novelist
a)
a Nigerian b) an American c) a South African d) a Senegalese
15.
_____ wears many faces like dresses.
a)
The father b)The mother c)The son d)All the above
16.
I want to _______ all these muting things.
a)
unlearn b) learn c)understand d) study
17.
I have learned to laugh with only my____.
a)
teeth b) heart c)eyes d) soul
18.
“Once Upon a Time” explains what happens when a traditional African culture
meets _________.
a)
the Western way of life b) a happy way of life c)a controlled way of
life d) the slavery
19.
In many places the tone of the poem, “Once Upon a Time”, is _____.
a)
bitter b) bright c)sweet d) happy
20. According to the father, “left hands search
his_____”
a)
empty pockets b) hefty pockets c) rich bags d) empty bags
21. Okara tells of the false personalities for their_____.
a)
many faces b)false promises c)false speeches d) many tongues
22. The father has learnt to shake hands without his ______.
a)
heart b) teeth c) tongue d) mask
23. According to Okara “Goodbye” means, _______.
a)
“good-riddance” b) “bye-bye” c) “see you later” d) “I like you”
24. According to Okara
“Glad to meet you” means, _______.
a)
I am not glad b) I am very glad c) I am very happy d) Nice to meet you
25. Okara talks about the ______ which were developed by the
father.
a) fake attitudes b) good
attitudes c) niceties d) pleasant attitudes
26.
According to Okara, the father is ______ of his behaviour.
a)
ashamed b) happy c) ignorant d) indifferent
“A Far Cry from Africa” by
Derek Walcott
27. Africa is compared to _____ with a “tawny pelt.”
a)
an animal b) a bird c) a river d) a
land
28.
The word “Kikuyu” serves as the name of _____ in
Kenya.
a)
a native tribe b) a native plant c) an animal d) a bird
29 Why does Walcott describe a landscape littered with corpses?
a)
To shatter the image of a paradise b)
Death is everywhere c) He hates blacks d) He loves his country
30.
What is the image used by Walcott to describe the setting of decaying
human flesh?
a)
a worm b) an eagle c) a coloniser d) a rat
31.
Whose admonishment is: “Waste no compassion on these
separate dead!”?
a)
The worm’s b) The eagle’s c)
The coloniser’s d) The rat’s
32
When did the Mau Mau uprise against British colonists in Kenya?
a)
during the 1950s.b) during the 1970s.c) during the 1920s. d) during the 2000s.
33
Walcott’s use of “savage” functions to present _______ point of view.
a)
a British colonialist’s racist b) a Black’s c) the Mau Mau’s d) the Kikuyu’s
34
What are the ibises?
a)
long-billed wading birds b) high-flying eagles c) strong-legged hyenas d)
long-legged animals
35.
______ ruled this land long before African or European civilization existed.
a)
The ibises and other beasts b) The natives c) The homo-sapiens d) The
homo-erectus
36
What does the idiom: “a far cry” mean?
a)
An impossible thing. b) To cry for others c) No need to cry d) Far from
over
37.
Which is the paradox at the centre of Walcott’s consternation?
a)
His hybrid inheritance. b) His love for Africa c) His love for books d)
His view on violence.
38.
Walcott’s divided loyalties engender a sense of guilt as he wants to _______
the “civilized” culture of the British.
a)
adopt b) adapt c) abject d)
object
“Refugee Mother and Child” by
Chinua Achebe
39.
Chinua Achebe’s “Mother in a Refugee Camp” portrays _______.
a)
the inevitability of death b) the life after death c) Mother Mary and
her son Jesus d) the value of time
40
Chinua Achebe’s Mother in a Refugee Camp, paints the pathetic picture of a
mother holding _______.
a)
her dying son b) a dying soldier
c) a dying plant d) a dull painting
41
_______ is a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
a)
Pathos b) Ramos c) Plight d)
Tragedy
42.
In “Refugee Mother and Child”, what is the reason for the refugee camp?
a)
No reason is given b) No love c) Countries are divided d) Whites
dominate the Blacks
43.
Who is Madonna in “Refugee Mother and Child”?
a)
Holy mother Mary b) A Singer c) Mother of the child d) An African woman
44
The air in “Mother in a Refugee Camp” held a nausea of unwashed children with
traces of________.
a)
diarrhea b) rose petals c) blue colour d) ugliness
45
The mother in Chinua Achebe’s “Mother in a Refugee Camp” donned______.
a)
a ghost smile b) a lovely dress c) a beautiful flower d) a rose wreath
46.
The mother in Chinua Achebe’s “Mother in a Refugee Camp” combs, with maternal
affection, the hair on the son’s ______.
a)
skull b) head c) lock d) hair
47.
Chinua Achebe’s “Mother in a Refugee Camp” is full of _______.
a)
pathos b) vengeance c) merry making d) theology
48
Chinua Achebe’s “Mother in a Refugee Camp” describes the disease, illness and
_____ which surrounds the camp
a)
death b)life c) sadness d) life
49
Chinua Achebe was brought up
in______, a place of pain and poverty.
a) Igbo Town b) Ife c) Kumariya d)
Maiduguri
50
The last display of maternal affection by the mother in “Mother in a Refugee
Camp” is equivalent to “putting flowers on_____”.
a)
a tiny grave b) a cute head c) a lovely skull d) a beautiful land
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