UNIT I
A.D.
Hope :
Australia
Charles
Harpur :
An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament
F.R.
Scott :
Canadian Authors Meet
Oodgeroo
Noonuccal :
No More Boomerang
UNIT I
A.D.
Hope
: Australia
1. A ________ is
a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human.
a) sphinx b)
Maximinus c) mummy d) Pluto
2. How does
Hope call the major cities of Australia?
a) teeming
sores b) teeming life c) teeming growth d) teeming blood
3. Where is
Cairns?
a) Australia b)
South Africa c)Canada d) New Zealand
4. Australians
boast that they ______ in Australia.
a) survive
b) live c) die d) sing
5. Why does
Hope call Australians a “second-hand Europeans”?
a) Most of
them are convicts b) Most of them buy second-hand goods c) Most of them are
not from Britain d) Most of them hate Britain
6. Why do
the Australians “pullulate timidly on the edge of alien shores”?
a) Not happy
with the country b) The land is fertile there c) Other places are fallow d)
Timid survival permitted
7. What
does Hope mean by “pullulate”?
a) crowded
b)population c)live timidly d)pull from all sides
8. Who are the
“cultured apes” according to A.D. Hope?
a) Europeans b) Americans
c) Indians d) Australians
9.“From the
deserts the prophets come”. What is the reference?
a) The Bible
b) Desert Digest c) The New Testament d) The Zend-Avesta
10. Which
country is referred to as a barren land by Hope?
a) Australia
b) America c) India d) Canada
11. ___ is
“the last of lands”.
a) Australia
b) America c) India d) Canada
12. Hope
describes the Austrian people describes as_____
a) “monotonous
tribes” b) “marvellous tribes” c) “fabulous tribes” d) “spectacular
tribes”
13. Hope
ironically calls the Australians as _______
a) “ultimate
men” b) “uncritical men” c) “gullible men” d) “naive
men”
Charles
Harpur
: An Aboriginal
Mother’s Lament
14.
Thomahawk is a type of ________ used by the natives of Australia.
a) axe b)
spear c) drum d) boat
15. Who is
merciless in “An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament”?
a) The white
man b) The black man c) The red Indian d) The natives of Australia
16. _______ is a
gift from her husband.
a) Braid b)
Baby c) Thomahawk d) A palm full of water
17 What is
smouldering?
a) To burn
slowly with smoke b) To quench with water c) To satiate with smoke d) To
slake with water
18 “I’ll
bear thee on as I have borne / With____ steps”
a)
stealthy b) public c) free d) unrestricted
19 Which is
covered by darkness in “An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament”?
a) The forest
b) The village c) The clan d) The plant
20 The
mother is willing to barter the braid to save her child by getting him a ______
a) palmful of
water b) beautiful toy c) handful of rice d) piece of fried chicken
21. Who mimics
the sound of the father?
a) The
mountain b) His son c)His wife d) His friends
22. Why is the
“hunting call” missing from the mountains?
a) The hunter
is killed b) The hunter is not there c) The hunter follows ahimsa d) The
hunter is mute
23. “An
Aboriginal Mother’s Lament” is written as ______.
a) a Dramatic
Monologue b) a Fable c) an Allegory d)an Imagery
24. What is the
refrain of “An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament”?
a) O
moan not! b) O sob not! c) O fear not! d) O whine not!
25. What is
moaning?
a) Expression
of suffering b) Expression of happiness c) Feeling for the dead d) To mourn
for dead the people
26. _______is a
type of poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener.
a) Dramatic
monologue b) Fable c) Allegory d)Imagery
F.R.
Scott
: Canadian Authors
Meet
27. The____ are
the goddesses of music, song and dance, and the source of inspiration to poets.
a) Muses b)
Cogitates c) Ares d) Athena
28. A _____ is a
note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note.
a) crotchet b)
clef c) minim d) semibreve
29. “Shall we
gather at the river” is a _______.
a) Christian
hymn b) River song c) nursery rhyme d) Canadian National Anthem
30. The
______ is the national symbol of Canada.
a) maple leaf
b) neem leaf c) green leaf d) apple leaf
31. The Canadian
authors meet beneath a portrait of the_____
a) Prince of
Wales b) Frederick Schwartz c) Donald Trump d) Justin Pierre James Trudeau
32. Who are
considered “Virgins of sixty” by Francis Reginald Scott?
a) Canadian
Writers b) Canadian Workers c) Elderly people d)Experienced women
33. Whose
quality is measured by “their faith and philanthropies”?
a) Writers
from Canada b) Writers from Australia c) Writers from Africa d) Writers
from New Zealand
34. The writers’
worth is measured by their _____
a) zeal for
God and King b) passion for writing c) zeal for vocabulary d)passion for
rhymes 35. “Shall we go round the mulberry bush” is a _____
a) nursery
rhyme b) spiritual song c) nature song d) song on bush
36. Frederick
George Scott is a poet from _____.
a) Canada b)Australia
c)Africa d)New Zealand
37. ________is
spoken in the same breath as having another cup of tea.
a) The
appointment of a Poet Laureate b) Preparing a cup of coffee c) Writing a
poem d) Singing a song
38. Who is Bliss
Carman?
a) A poet
from Canada b) A lyricist from Canada c) A dramatist from Canada d) A
politician from Canada
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
: No More Boomerang
39. _____is
an aboriginal club for corporal punishment.
a) Waddy
b) Ab club c) Ab stick d) Bush stick
40. _______is a
Mythical monster inhabiting the Australian rivers.
a) Bunyip
b) Kappa c) Charon d) Fosse grim
41. What is a
wallaby?
a) A
type of kangaroo b) A type of wall c) A type of baby d) A type of
bird
41.
______changed her name to Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
a) Kath
Walker b) Cassius Clay c) Christina Walker d) Catherine Clay
42. Why did
Oodgeroo Noonuccal change her name?
a) To resume
her traditional name. b) She does not like the name. c) She liked
Australians. d) She disliked Australians.
43. What is a
boomerang?
a) A curved
throwing weapon b) A playing toy c) An action taken d) A long stick
44. What is
“corroboree”?
a) The
Aboriginal singing and dancing b) A type of kangaroo c) An aboriginal
club d) A Mythical monster
45. In
Australia, movies have replaced_____
a) corroboree b)
waddy c) boomerang d) Bunyip
46. The
indigenous people have lost the boomerang and the spear and gained _______.
a) the bar
and beer. b) the money c) the bob d) the dog collars
47. _____is a
slang term for a unit of currency in Australia.
a) Bob b)
Wampum c) Ducats d) Bucks
48. _____is a
basic aboriginal shelter made of bark and sticks.
a) Gunya
b) Shed c) Villa d)Hut
49. ______is a
throwing stick used to launch a spear.
a) The
woomera b) The boomerang c) The corroboree d) The message-stick
50. ______is a
form of communication traditionally used by Indigenous Australians.
a) A
message-stick b) A boomerang c) A corroboree d) A woomera
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
