Unit-IV Part-VI

1.           George Lamming’s which novel features the character ‘G.’?

               a.  In the Castle of My Skin

               b. The Emigrants

               c. Of Age and Innocence

               d. Season of Adventure

2.           ‘Omeros’ is a Homeric epic poem written by :

               a.  V.S. Naipaul

               b. Ngugi wa Thiong’o 

               c. Ben Okri

               d. Derek Walcott

3.           Which of the following is a work by Derek Walcott?

               a.  Dream on Monkey Mountain

               b. White Egrets

               c. Tiepolo’s Hound

               d. All of them

4.           ‘Born to Slow Horses’ is a volume of poetry written by :

               a.  V.S. Naipaul

               b. Edward Brathwaite  

               c. Ben Okri

               d. Derek Walcott

5.           Which of the following is a work by  Edward Brathwaite?

               a.  History of the Voice

               b. Afternoon of the Status Crow

               c. Rights of Passage

               d. All

6.           Which of the following is a work by E.J. Pratt?

               a.  The Fable of the Goats and other Poems

               b. Brébeuf and his Brethren

               c.  Towards the Last Spike 

               d. All of them

7.           ‘As for Me and My House’ is a novel written by :

               a.  V.S. Naipaul

               b. Edward Brathwaite

               c. Sinclair Ross  

               d. Derek Walcott

8.           Which of the following is a work by Tomson Highway?

               a. The Rez Sisters

               b. Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing

               c. Kiss of the Fur Queen

               d. All of them

9.           ‘The Stone Angel’ is a book written by :

               a.  Margaret Laurence  

               b. Edward Brathwaite 

               c. Sinclair Ross   

               d. Derek Walcott

10.        ‘The Diviners’ is a novel written by :

               a.  Margaret Laurence

               b. Edward Brathwaite

               c. Sinclair Ross 

               d. Derek Walcott

11.        ‘Drawing Down a Daughter’ is a work written by :

               a.  Margaret Laurence

               b. Claire Harris

               c. Rohinton Mistry 

               d. Joy Kogawa

12.        Which of the following is a novel written by Rohinton Mistry?

               a. Such a Long Journey

               b. A Fine Balance

               c. Family Matters

               d. All of them

13.        ‘Tales from Firozsha Baag’ is a short story collection written by :

               a.  Margaret Laurence 

               b. Claire Harris

               c. Rohinton Mistry 

               d. Joy Kogawa

14.        The semi-autobiographical novel ‘Obasan’ is written by :

               a.  Margaret Laurence 

               b. Claire Harris 

               c. Rohinton Mistry

               d. Joy Kogawa

15.        ‘The Collected Works of Billy the Kid’ is a work written by :

               a.  Michael Ondaatje 

               b. Claire Harris

               c. Rohinton Mistry  

               d. Joy Kogawa

16.        Which of the following is a work written by Michael Ondaatje?

               a. The English Patient

               b. In the Skin of a Lion

               c. Divisadero  

               d. All of them

17.        Match the following works with the author :

                           i.          A House for Mr Biswas                                  -              (a)E.J. Pratt

                          ii.          Pantomime                                                      -              (b)V.S. Naipaul

                         iii.          Contradictory Omens                                     -              (c)Derek Walcott

                         iv.          Dunkirk                                                            -              (d)Edward Brathwaite

                        a.  (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

                        b. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

                        c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b

                        d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b

18.        Who among the following is a Cree Canadian writer?

               a.  Athol Fugard  

               b. Tomson Highway 

               c. E.J. Pratt 

               d. Derek Walcott

19.        Which among the following is a sequel of Joy Kogawa’s famous book Obasan?

               a.  Emily Kato 

               b. Woman in the woods

               c.  A Choice of Dreams 

               d. The Rain Ascends

20.        Joy Kogawa’s Obasan is adapted into children’s book :

               a.  The Spintered Moon 

               b. Naomi's Road 

               c. Naomi's Tree   

               d. Itsuka

21.        Who among the following is associated with ‘Bush Poetry’?

               a.  Judith Wright   

               b. Margaret Lawrence 

               c. Judith Butler  

               d. Joy Kogawa

22.        Match the following writers with their country of origin :

                           i.          V.S. Naipaul                                                     -              (a)Canada

                          ii.          George Lamming                                            -              (b)Nigeria

                         iii.          E.J. Pratt                                                          -              (c)Trinidad and Tobago

                         iv.          Ben Okri                                                           -              (d)Barbados

                         a.  (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

                         b. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

                         c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b

                         d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b

23.        Which among the following George Lamming’s work is a re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest?

                a.  The Emigrants

                b. Of Age and Innocence

                c. Season of Adventure

                d. The Pleasures of Exile

24.        Match the following works with the authors:

                           i.          A Jest Of God                                                   -              (a) A.D. Hope

                          ii.          Dipped in Shadow                                           -              (b) Michael Ondaatje

                         iii.          Coming Through Slaughter                           -              (c) Claire Harris

                         iv.          A Late Picking                                                  -              (d) Margaret Lawrence

                         a.  (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a 

                         b. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

                         c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b

                         d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b

25.        Match the following writers with their country of origin:

                           i.          Joy Kogawa                                                     -              (a) Trinidad and Tobago

                          ii.          Michael Ondaatje                                           -              (b) Japan

                         iii.          Rohinton Mistry                                             -              (c) Srilanka

                         iv.          Claire Harris                                                    -              (d) India

                         a.  (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

                         b. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a 

                         c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b

                         d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b

26.        'The Wandering Islands' is a poem by :

               a.  Joy Kogawa

               b. E.J. Pratt

               c. Les Murray  

               d. A.D.   Hope

27.        ‘The Scythe Honed Fine’ is a book based on the works of :

               a.  Maki Kureishi  

               b. Romesh Gunesekera 

               c. Edwin Thumboo 

               d. A. D. Hope

28.        ‘Birds’ is a poem written by :

               a.  Joy Kogawa

               b. Judith Wright 

               c. Les Murray         

               d. A.D.Hope

29.        The verse novel 'Fredy Neptune'  is written by :

               a.  Joy Kogawa

               b. Judith Wright 

               c. Les Murray     

               d. A.D.Hope

30.        Who among these is called Australia’s Bush-bard?

               a.  Joy Kogawa   

               b. Judith Wright 

               c. Les Murray          

               d. A.D.Hope

31.        Which among the following is NOT a poetry collection of Judith Wright?

               a.  The Moving Image

               b. Woman to Man 

               c. The Other Half

               d. Orpheus

32.        Which among the following is a poetry collection of Les Murray?

               a.  The People's Other World 

               b. Conscious & Verbal

               c.  Learning Human   

               d. All of them

33.        Whose  autobiography is Flaws in the Glass: a self-portrait?

               a.  Patrick White

               b. E.J. Pratt  

               c. Ezra Pound   

               d. David Williamson

34.        The author who depicts a fictional town of ‘Sarsaparilla’ in his number of works is :

               a.  Patrick White

               b. E.J. Pratt     

               c. Ezra Pound 

               d. David Williamson

35.        Which of the following is a Patrick White’s novel?

               a.  Voss

               b. The Vivisector

               c. Riders in the Chariot

               d. All of them

36.        The biographies ‘My Place’ and ‘Wanamurraganya’ :

            a.  Steinbeck 

            b. Sally Morgan 

            c. Joy Kogawa  

            d. Frantz Fanon

37.        Who wrote the children book Dan's grandpa?
            a.  Steinbeck
            b. Sally Morgan 
            c. Joy Kogawa   
            d. Frantz Fanon

38.        Who wrote the Novel 'Remembering Babylon'?
            a.  Sally Morgan
            b. Maki Kureishi 
            c. David Malouf 
            d. David Williamson

39.        Who among the following wrote and libretti for Patrick White’s Novel ‘Voss’?

            a.  Steinbeck 

            b. David Malouf 

            c. Joy Kogawa   

            d. Frantz Fanon

40.        ‘The Great World’ is an epic novel of :
            a.  Sally Morgan 
            b. Robert Lowell 
            c. David Malouf 
            d. David Williamson

41.        Who among the following writer collaborated in the screenplay of ‘Gallipoli’?
            a.  Sally Morgan
            b. Maki Kureishi 
            c. David Malouf 
            d. David Williamson

42.        ‘Sanctuary’ is a famous play of :
            a.  Sally Morgan
            b. Robert Lowell
            c. David Malouf  
            d. David Williamson

43.        The Grasshopper Gleaming is a poem by :
            a.  Lakdasa wickramasinghe
            b. Edwin Thumboo
            c. Robert Lowell
            d. Taslima Nasreen

44.        ‘Reef’ is a novel written by :
            a.  Lakdasa wickramasinghe
            b. Romesh Gunesekera 
            c. Robert Lowell
            d. A. D. Hope

45.        A collection of poetry ‘Ulysses by the Merlion’ is written by :
            a.  Maki Kureishi  
            b. Romesh Gunesekera   
            c. Edwin Thumboo  
            d. A. D. Hope

46.        ‘For my Grandson’ is a work of :
            a.  Maki Kureishi   
            b. Romesh Gunesekera    
            c. Edwin Thumboo  
            d. A. D. Hope

47.        Amar Meyebela (My Girlhood)is an autobiography of :
            a.  Lakdasa wickramasinghe 
            b. Edwin Thumboo
            c. Robert Lowell 
            d. Taslima Nasreen

48.        ‘Lajja’ is a novel written by :
            a.  Lakdasa wickramasinghe
            b. Edwin Thumboo
            c. Robert Lowell 
            d. Taslima Nasreen

49.        He was awarded Nobel Prize in 1973 for an epic and psychological narrative art, which has introduced a new continent into literature. Who is he?

            a.  Sally Morgan

            b. Patrick White

            c. David Williamson

            d. A.D. Hope

50.        Match the following :

                           i.          Eye of the Storm                                             -              (a)David Williamson

                          ii.          Fly Away Peter                                               -              (b)Lakdhas Wikkrama Sinha

                         iii.          The Removalists                                             -              (c)Patrick White

                         iv.          Lustre : Poems                                                -              (d)David Malouf

                     a.  (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

                     b. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

                     c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b

                     d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b