TNTRB ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ENGLISH UNIT IV MCQS
UNIT 4 —
MCQs (New Zealand, African, Caribbean Literature)
UNIT 4 MCQs — SET 1 (Q1–50)
1. Who is considered the most influential New
Zealand short-story writer?
A. Janet Frame
B. Witi Ihimaera
C. Katherine Mansfield
D. Allen Curnow
Answer: C
She revolutionized the modernist short story.
2. “The Whale Rider” was written by:
A. Patricia Grace
B. Witi Ihimaera
C. Keri Hulme
D. Allen Curnow
Answer: B
3. Which New Zealand novel won the Booker Prize in
1985?
A. The Bone People
B. Potiki
C. Bliss
D. Owls Do Cry
Answer: A
Keri Hulme’s most acclaimed novel.
4. “No Ordinary Sun” is a famous poem by:
A. Hone Tuwhare
B. Dennis Glover
C. Fleur Adcock
D. James K. Baxter
Answer: A
5. Who is known as the founder of New Zealand
national poetry?
A. Allen Curnow
B. Janet Frame
C. Frank Sargeson
D. Keri Hulme
Answer: A
6. “Things Fall Apart” was written by:
A. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Chinua Achebe
D. Nadine Gordimer
Answer: C
7. Which African writer won the Nobel Prize in
1986?
A. Achebe
B. Soyinka
C. Gordimer
D. Coetzee
Answer: B
8. “A Grain of Wheat” is a novel by:
A. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
B. Soyinka
C. Achebe
D. Adichie
Answer: A
9. Nadine Gordimer is associated with:
A. Nigerian civil war
B. South African apartheid
C. Caribbean diaspora
D. Kenyan independence
Answer: B
10. “Disgrace” was written by:
A. Ngugi
B. J.M. Coetzee
C. Achebe
D. Soyinka
Answer: B
11. “Wide Sargasso Sea” reimagines which novel?
A. Wuthering Heights
B. Frankenstein
C. Jane Eyre
D. Middlemarch
Answer: C
12. “Omeros” is an epic poem by:
A. V.S. Naipaul
B. Derek Walcott
C. Kamau Brathwaite
D. Sam Selvon
Answer: B
13. Which Caribbean writer won the Nobel Prize in
2001?
A. Walcott
B. Naipaul
C. Kincaid
D. Rhys
Answer: B
14. “A House for Mr. Biswas” is about:
A. British slavery
B. Indian diaspora in Trinidad
C. African civil war
D. Jamaican tourism
Answer: B
15. The Māori Renaissance began in the:
A. 1920s
B. 1940s
C. 1970s
D. 1990s
Answer: C
16. The novel “Potiki” is written by:
A. Janet Frame
B. Patricia Grace
C. Keri Hulme
D. Ihimaera
Answer: B
17. African trickster tales often feature:
A. Anansi the spider
B. Maui
C. Thor
D. Krishna
Answer: A
18. “The Sea is History” is a poem by:
A. Brathwaite
B. Walcott
C. Naipaul
D. Selvon
Answer: B
19. “Master Harold… and the Boys” was written by:
A. Ngugi
B. Achebe
C. Athol Fugard
D. Soyinka
Answer: C
20. Which Kenyan writer advocated for African
languages?
A. Soyinka
B. Adichie
C. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
D. Achebe
Answer: C
21. “Annie John” is written by:
A. Jamaica Kincaid
B. Jean Rhys
C. Walcott
D. Adichie
Answer: A
22. Which Caribbean author wrote “The Lonely
Londoners”?
A. Sam Selvon
B. Naipaul
C. Walcott
D. Kincaid
Answer: A
23. “The Bone People” explores:
A. Plantation life
B. Māori identity
C. Indian indentured labour
D. South African apartheid
Answer: B
24. “Anthills of the Savannah” is a novel by:
A. Achebe
B. Ngugi
C. Soyinka
D. Gordimer
Answer: A
25. Caribbean literature frequently uses:
A. Blank verse only
B. Creole English
C. Classical Latin
D. Pure French
Answer: B
26. “The Arrivants” is written by:
A. Walcott
B. Brathwaite
C. Naipaul
D. Kincaid
Answer: B
27. Witi Ihimaera is best known for:
A. Modernist short stories
B. Māori-focused novels
C. Symbolist poetry
D. Feminist criticism
Answer: B
28. “Nervous Conditions” is a novel by:
A. Adichie
B. Dangarembga
C. Aidoo
D. Gordimer
Answer: B
29. Derek Walcott is from:
A. Jamaica
B. Trinidad
C. Saint Lucia
D. Barbados
Answer: C
30. “No Longer at Ease” is part of the trilogy by:
A. Ngugi
B. Achebe
C. Soyinka
D. Coetzee
Answer: B
31. New Zealand’s indigenous people are called:
A. Inuit
B. Maori
C. Arawak
D. Aborigines
Answer: B
32. “Dream on Monkey Mountain” is a play by:
A. Kincaid
B. Walcott
C. Naipaul
D. Soyinka
Answer: B
33. “The River Between” deals with:
A. Tribal conflict in Kenya
B. Indian migration
C. Caribbean diaspora
D. Apartheid South Africa
Answer: A
34. Kamau Brathwaite’s poetry strongly focuses on:
A. European modernism
B. Creole culture
C. Indian mythology
D. Chinese philosophy
Answer: B
35. Janet Frame’s writing explores:
A. Horror
B. Psychological trauma
C. Science fiction
D. Fantasy
Answer: B
36. “Breath, Eyes, Memory” was written by:
A. Edwidge Danticat
B. Kincaid
C. Hulme
D. Grace
Answer: A
37. “Season of Migration to the North” is by:
A. Achebe
B. Tayeb Salih
C. Ngugi
D. Selvon
Answer: B
38. Which African playwright used Yoruba rituals in
drama?
A. Soyinka
B. Achebe
C. Ngugi
D. Gordimer
Answer: A
39. “Owl’s Do Cry” is written by:
A. Keri Hulme
B. Janet Frame
C. Patricia Grace
D. Anne Kennedy
Answer: B
40. Caribbean identity is shaped by:
A. Buddhism
B. Plantation slavery
C. Roman Empire
D. Cold War politics
Answer: B
41. The term “Middle Passage” refers to:
A. Trade route to Asia
B. Atlantic slave journey
C. European migration
D. Biblical travel
Answer: B
42. “The Sea Is History” connects Christianity
with:
A. Greek myth
B. Ocean colonization
C. Slavery history
D. Nuclear weapons
Answer: C
43. “Fugard” is associated with:
A. Trinidad
B. South Africa
C. Kenya
D. Nigeria
Answer: B
44. “The Mystic Masseur” was written by:
A. Rhys
B. Kincaid
C. Naipaul
D. Lamming
Answer: C
45. “Ti-Jean and His Brothers” is a play about:
A. Indian caste
B. Colonial resistance
C. Devil figure and trials
D. Civil war
Answer: C
46. Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize for:
A. Poetry
B. Drama
C. Fiction
D. Essays
Answer: B
47. Māori literature often includes:
A. Norse gods
B. Tribal mythology
C. Arthurian legends
D. Hindu epics
Answer: B
48. “A Small Place” criticizes:
A. British monarchy
B. Tourism and colonial hypocrisy
C. Native religion
D. Ancient Greeks
Answer: B
49. “A Far Cry from Africa” deals with:
A. Caribbean tourism
B. Mau Mau uprising
C. Indian indenture
D. World War II
Answer: B
50. Keri Hulme’s writing is known for:
A. Sci-fi elements
B. Blending Māori and Pakeha identity
C. Medieval settings
D. Classical imitation
Answer: B
51. “An Image of Africa” is Achebe’s famous essay
criticizing:
A. T.S. Eliot
B. Shakespeare
C. Joseph Conrad
D. Forster
Answer: C
It critiques Conrad’s racist portrayal in “Heart of Darkness.”
52. “Death and the King’s Horseman” is set in:
A. Kenya
B. Nigeria
C. South Africa
D. Ghana
Answer: B
53. “The Bone People” is unique because it blends:
A. European modernism only
B. Māori culture and magical realism
C. Indian myth
D. Caribbean folklore
Answer: B
54. “A Bend in the River” is a novel by:
A. Walcott
B. Ngugi
C. Naipaul
D. Achebe
Answer: C
55. The African writer who promoted “Decolonising
the Mind” is:
A. Achebe
B. Soyinka
C. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
D. Gordimer
Answer: C
56. “The Sea is History” argues that the true
history of the Caribbean lies in:
A. Museums
B. Churches
C. The Atlantic Ocean
D. British records
Answer: C
57. The Caribbean novel “Wide Sargasso Sea” gives
voice to:
A. Atticus Finch
B. Bertha Mason
C. Mr. Biswas
D. Raskolnikov
Answer: B
58. Allen Curnow’s poetry often deals with:
A. India’s freedom struggle
B. Britain’s industrial revolution
C. New Zealand identity and landscape
D. U.S. politics
Answer: C
59. “Arrow of God” is part of Achebe’s:
A. African trilogy
B. Postcolonial cycle
C. Poetry collection
D. Historical satire
Answer: A
60. Who is considered the father of Caribbean
Creole poetics?
A. Naipaul
B. Brathwaite
C. Walcott
D. Selvon
Answer: B
61. Witi Ihimaera was the first Māori:
A. Poet
B. Novelist
C. Playwright
D. Linguist
Answer: B
62. “July’s People” critiques:
A. Brazilian dictatorship
B. Apartheid collapse
C. American civil war
D. Indian partition
Answer: B
63. Derek Walcott’s poem “A Far Cry from Africa”
deals with:
A. Immigration
B. Mau Mau uprising
C. World War I
D. Taino spirits
Answer: B
64. “Potiki” explores:
A. Plantation life
B. Māori land rights
C. Arabian myths
D. Indian caste issues
Answer: B
65. “Miguel Street” is a novel by:
A. Sam Selvon
B. Walcott
C. Naipaul
D. Rhys
Answer: C
66. Ngugi wa Thiong’o wrote his later novels in:
A. French
B. Igbo
C. Gikuyu
D. Zulu
Answer: C
67. “The Sea is History” belongs to which region’s
literature?
A. African
B. Caribbean
C. New Zealand
D. Indian
Answer: B
68. The novel “Owls Do Cry” focuses on:
A. War
B. Psychological trauma
C. Mythological fantasy
D. African diaspora
Answer: B
69. Athol Fugard is best known for:
A. African feminist novels
B. Anti-apartheid drama
C. Caribbean satire
D. Māori poetry
Answer: B
70. “Anowa” is written by:
A. Ama Ata Aidoo
B. Adichie
C. Hulme
D. Kincaid
Answer: A
71. “The Lion and the Jewel” is a play by:
A. Achebe
B. Soyinka
C. Ngugi
D. Gordimer
Answer: B
72. Jean Rhys was born in:
A. Antigua
B. Dominica
C. Trinidad
D. St. Lucia
Answer: B
73. “The Whale Rider” incorporates:
A. Māori mythology
B. Celtic legends
C. Greek epics
D. Hindu mythology
Answer: A
74. “The Conservationist” is a South African novel
by:
A. Gordimer
B. Coetzee
C. Ngugi
D. Selvon
Answer: A
75. Caribbean literature is heavily shaped by:
A. Viking invasions
B. Sugar plantations
C. American frontier life
D. Buddhist philosophy
Answer: B
76. “The Arrivants” trilogy is by:
A. Derek Walcott
B. Naipaul
C. Kamau Brathwaite
D. Kincaid
Answer: C
77. Keri Hulme’s writing style uses:
A. Pakeha-only language
B. Māori vocabulary & hybrid forms
C. Classical Latin
D. Old English
Answer: B
78. “Master Harold… and the Boys” symbolically
explores:
A. War
B. Racial inequality
C. Witchcraft
D. Gender politics
Answer: B
79. “A Small Place” criticizes:
A. British monarchy
B. Tourism as neo-colonial control
C. French Revolution
D. Japanese imperialism
Answer: B
80. “No Ordinary Sun” is a landmark poem in:
A. African literature
B. New Zealand literature
C. Caribbean literature
D. Indian literature
Answer: B
81. Who wrote “Anthills of the Savannah”?
A. Achebe
B. Ngugi
C. Soyinka
D. Rhys
Answer: A
82. Derek Walcott’s “Omeros” is modeled on:
A. Gilgamesh
B. Homer’s epics
C. Aeneid
D. Beowulf
Answer: B
83. Which Caribbean writer reinvented the idea of
madness in colonial context?
A. Walcott
B. Rhys
C. Kincaid
D. Naipaul
Answer: B
84. “Living in the Maniototo” is a novel by:
A. Grace
B. Mansfield
C. Frame
D. Ihimaera
Answer: C
85. The Middle Passage refers to:
A. Migration to America
B. Atlantic slave journey
C. Indian indenture
D. European trade routes
Answer: B
86. Ngugi’s “Petals of Blood” critiques:
A. Colonial Spain
B. Neocolonial corruption
C. British provincial life
D. French monarchy
Answer: B
87. “Lucy” is a novel by:
A. Edwidge Danticat
B. Jamaica Kincaid
C. Rhys
D. Grace Nichols
Answer: B
88. Wole Soyinka uses which tradition in his plays?
A. Greek myth
B. Yoruba ritual
C. Roman satire
D. Celtic legends
Answer: B
89. The novel “July’s People” is about:
A. Caribbean migration
B. Post-apartheid chaos
C. Nigerian politics
D. Māori spirituality
Answer: B
90. Sam Selvon’s fiction focuses on:
A. British colonial officers
B. Caribbean immigrants in London
C. South African miners
D. Indian soldiers
Answer: B
91. New Zealand writer Frank Sargeson pioneered:
A. High modernism
B. Colloquial NZ prose
C. Epic romance
D. Science fiction
Answer: B
92. “The Mystic Masseur” is set in:
A. India
B. Trinidad
C. Jamaica
D. Kenya
Answer: B
93. Who is Africa’s first female Nobel laureate in
literature?
A. Aidoo
B. Gordimer
C. Adichie
D. Dangarembga
Answer: B
94. “A Grain of Wheat” centers around:
A. Mau Mau rebellion
B. Apartheid rule
C. Caribbean slavery
D. Irish revolution
Answer: A
95. “Omeros” portrays:
A. Slavery in Asia
B. Epic Caribbean struggle
C. African rain myths
D. Greek Sparta
Answer: B
96. The phrase “Creole Nationalism” is associated
with:
A. Achebe
B. Brathwaite
C. Hulme
D. Frame
Answer: B
97. Mandela’s struggle appears most strongly in:
A. Ngugi
B. Adichie
C. Coetzee & Gordimer
D. Rhys
Answer: C
98. Māori literature emphasizes:
A. Urban alienation
B. Land (whenua) and ancestry (whakapapa)
C. Roman law
D. Machine technology
Answer: B
99. “The Lonely Londoners” explores:
A. Caribbean identity in Britain
B. Australian migration
C. Nigerian farmers
D. Māori rituals
Answer: A
100. “Faces in the Water” focuses on:
A. A Maori warrior
B. Mental illness and institutions
C. Caribbean shipwreck
D. Colonial trade
Answer: B
101. “The Sea is History” suggests that Caribbean
history is found in:
A. European museums
B. Christian churches
C. The Atlantic Ocean
D. African kingdoms
Answer: C
102. “Petals of Blood” deals with the failures of:
A. Colonialism
B. Post-independence Kenyan government
C. Caribbean immigration
D. Nigerian monarchy
Answer: B
103. “A Far Cry from Africa” reflects Walcott’s
mixed heritage of:
A. Greek and Roman
B. African and European
C. Chinese and Indian
D. Maori and Pakeha
Answer: B
104. Which African writer was imprisoned for
political criticism?
A. Soyinka
B. Ngugi wa Thiong’o
C. Achebe
D. Adichie
Answer: B
105. “Ti-Jean and His Brothers” features:
A. A Greek hero
B. A devil figure testing three brothers
C. Pirates and treasure
D. American migrants
Answer: B
106. The Caribbean literary identity is heavily
influenced by:
A. Buddhism
B. Slavery and colonial plantations
C. Medieval Europe
D. Norse settlers
Answer: B
107. Jean Rhys rewrites: “Wide Sargasso Sea” →
whose story?
A. Cathy Earnshaw
B. Bertha Mason
C. Elizabeth Bennet
D. Lorna Doone
Answer: B
108. Māori poetry often deals with:
A. Mountains of Japan
B. Whakapapa (genealogy) and whenua (land)
C. Sanskrit myths
D. Christian theology only
Answer: B
109. “Sizwe Bansi Is Dead” focuses on:
A. Biblical prophecy
B. Apartheid pass laws
C. Caribbean carnival
D. Nigerian rituals
Answer: B
110. “A House for Mr. Biswas” is about:
A. British aristocracy
B. An Indian family in Trinidad
C. Chinese revolution
D. Kenyan politics
Answer: B
111. Which poet wrote “No Ordinary Sun”?
A. Baxter
B. Tuwhare
C. Curnow
D. Glover
Answer: B
112. “Nervous Conditions” is notable because it’s:
A. The first Zimbabwean novel by a Black woman
B. The first Kenyan novel
C. A New Zealand short story
D. A South African play
Answer: A
113. Derek Walcott uses which technique in
“Omeros”?
A. Haiku
B. Caribbean epic reworking of Homer
C. Gothic horror
D. Victorian satire
Answer: B
114. “Anthills of the Savannah” explores:
A. Civil war in Sri Lanka
B. Political corruption in Nigeria
C. Colonial Ireland
D. Australian migration
Answer: B
115. The Māori Renaissance started around:
A. 1920
B. 1950
C. 1970
D. 2000
Answer: C
116. Naipaul’s works often portray:
A. Indian indentured’s descendants in the Caribbean
B. African tribal myths
C. New Zealand settlers
D. Australian convicts
Answer: A
117. Which African writer used Yoruba cosmology in
drama?
A. Achebe
B. Soyinka
C. Dangarembga
D. Coetzee
Answer: B
118. “The River Between” deals with conflict
between:
A. India and Pakistan
B. Two Kikuyu communities over Christianity
C. Maori and Pakeha
D. African and Caribbean nations
Answer: B
119. “The Arrivants” trilogy traces:
A. Indian diaspora
B. African slaves to Caribbean identity
C. Greek mythology
D. New Zealand settlers
Answer: B
120. “The Bone People” is known for its:
A. Victorian style
B. Blending Māori culture & magical realism
C. Fantasy setting
D. Gothic structure
Answer: B
121. “July’s People” imagines:
A. End of apartheid and role reversal
B. Magical island gods
C. Brazilian revolution
D. Indian epic retelling
Answer: A
122. “Fugitive Pieces” is a novel of:
A. Holocaust survivors
B. Indian migration
C. Māori tragedy
D. African politics
Answer: A
123. The Caribbean writer Jamaica Kincaid is known
for:
A. Medieval romances
B. Anti-colonial feminist prose
C. American Beat poetry
D. Japanese haiku
Answer: B
124. “Things Fall Apart” is set among the:
A. Yoruba
B. Igbo
C. Kikuyu
D. Zulu
Answer: B
125. “The Sea is History” critiques:
A. Biblical misuse
B. Colonial erasure of Caribbean identity
C. Greek myths
D. Indian rituals
Answer: B
126. Frank Sargeson is important for:
A. Epic poems
B. New Zealand vernacular prose
C. French symbolism
D. War memoirs
Answer: B
127. “A Small Place” attacks which industry?
A. Tourism on Antigua
B. Agriculture
C. Banking
D. Shipping
Answer: A
128. Ngugi wa Thiong’o was born in:
A. Kenya
B. Nigeria
C. Ghana
D. Senegal
Answer: A
129. “Master Harold… and the Boys” is a critique
of:
A. Caribbean churches
B. Apartheid racial inequality
C. Indian colonialism
D. Maori education
Answer: B
130. Kamau Brathwaite used the term:
A. Black Renaissance
B. Nation language
C. Native realism
D. Caribbean modernism
Answer: B
131. Katherine Mansfield is noted for:
A. Surreal novels
B. Modernist short stories
C. Formal poetry
D. Drama
Answer: B
132. “Anowa” deals with:
A. Gender, slavery, and African tradition
B. Maori land rights
C. Caribbean tourism
D. Australian settlers
Answer: A
133. “The Mystic Masseur” satirizes:
A. British monarchy
B. Indian cultural politics in Trinidad
C. Maori rituals
D. South African mining
Answer: B
134. Derek Walcott was born in:
A. St. Lucia
B. Jamaica
C. Barbados
D. Trinidad
Answer: A
135. “No Ordinary Sun” addresses fears of:
A. Nuclear weapons
B. British invasion
C. Rainforest flooding
D. Māori migration
Answer: A
136. Witi Ihimaera’s work reflects:
A. European modernism
B. Māori culture and oral traditions
C. Indian caste history
D. Greek tragedies
Answer: B
137. “The Sea at Dauphin” is a play by:
A. Curnow
B. Walcott
C. Naipaul
D. Soyinka
Answer: B
138. Achebe wrote “Things Fall Apart” as a response
to:
A. Mark Twain
B. Joseph Conrad
C. Jane Austen
D. Wordsworth
Answer: B
139. Caroline Brathwaite is known for:
A. Caribbean cricket writing
B. Creole linguistics
C. Sea adventure novels
D. Gothic horror
Answer: B
140. Patricia Grace’s writing centers on:
A. Hindu epic retellings
B. Māori community life
C. Victorian court life
D. African politics
Answer: B
141. “Dream on Monkey Mountain” dramatizes:
A. Carnival gods
B. Caribbean identity crisis
C. Roman gladiators
D. Buddhist myths
Answer: B
142. Who wrote “Faces in the Water”?
A. Rhys
B. Frame
C. Adichie
D. Grace
Answer: B
143. Caribbean literature is heavily multilingual,
including:
A. Old English
B. Creole, English, French
C. Arabic only
D. Latin exclusively
Answer: B
144. “Devil on the Cross” was written in:
A. English
B. Yoruba
C. Gikuyu
D. Haitian Creole
Answer: C
145. Jean Rhys’s fiction often explores:
A. Gender & colonial displacement
B. African village life
C. Caribbean sea myths
D. Adventure stories
Answer: A
146. Hone Tuwhare is a:
A. Nigerian novelist
B. Māori poet
C. Trinidadian dramatist
D. Kenyan essayist
Answer: B
147. “The Conservationist” critiques:
A. Indian caste
B. South African racism
C. Māori rituals
D. Brazilian poverty
Answer: B
148. “Potiki” symbolizes:
A. Buddhist reincarnation
B. Māori land struggle and community
C. Greek tragedy
D. Caribbean carnival
Answer: B
149. Sam Selvon’s writing is known for:
A. The English epic form
B. Creole language and migrant life in London
C. Latin classical imitation
D. Maori ritual poetry
Answer: B
150. “July’s People” was written by:
A. Ngugi
B. Gordimer
C. Adichie
D. Rhys
Answer: B
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1. Who is considered the founding figure of modern
New Zealand poetry?
A. Allen Curnow
B. Patrick White
C. Derek Walcott
D. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Answer: A
Explanation: Allen Curnow shaped the identity of modern NZ poetry.
2. Which New Zealand novel features the character
Paikea (Pai) and Māori tradition?
A. The Bone People
B. Whale Rider
C. Potiki
D. Man Alone
Answer: B
Explanation: Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera centers on Pai and
Māori myth.
3. “The Bone People” was written by:
A. Nadine Gordimer
B. Keri Hulme
C. Albert Wendt
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
Explanation: Keri Hulme’s The Bone People won the Booker Prize in
1985.
4. Which African writer authored Things Fall
Apart?
A. Wole Soyinka
B. Chinua Achebe
C. Ama Ata Aidoo
D. Nadine Gordimer
Answer: B
Explanation: Achebe’s novel is the cornerstone of African fiction.
5. “A Grain of Wheat” is a novel about the Mau Mau
movement by:
A. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
B. J.M. Coetzee
C. Bessie Head
D. Grace Nichols
Answer: A
Explanation: Ngũgĩ’s novel deals with Kenyan liberation struggles.
6. Who wrote Death and the King’s Horseman?
A. Athol Fugard
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Derek Walcott
D. V.S. Naipaul
Answer: B
Explanation: Soyinka’s play blends Yoruba ritual and colonial conflict.
7. Which Caribbean writer won the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1992?
A. Earl Lovelace
B. Jamaica Kincaid
C. Derek Walcott
D. George Lamming
Answer: C
Explanation: Walcott received the Nobel for his epic poetic vision.
8. “Wide Sargasso Sea” reimagines which classic
novel?
A. Great Expectations
B. Jane Eyre
C. Wuthering Heights
D. Pride and Prejudice
Answer: B
Explanation: Jean Rhys tells the story of Bertha Mason from Jane Eyre.
9. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o wrote many works in which
African language?
A. Yoruba
B. Kiswahili/Gikuyu
C. Hausa
D. Shona
Answer: B
Explanation: Ngũgĩ shifted from English to Gikuyu to decolonize
literature.
10. The poem “The Sea is History” was written by:
A. Claude McKay
B. Derek Walcott
C. Louise Bennett
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
Explanation: Walcott links Caribbean identity to historical memory.
11. Which New Zealand author is known for Potiki?
A. Patricia Grace
B. Keri Hulme
C. Sam Selvon
D. J.M. Coetzee
Answer: A
Explanation: Potiki portrays Māori community resilience.
12. Who wrote So Long a Letter?
A. Ama Ata Aidoo
B. Mariama Bâ
C. Tsitsi Dangarembga
D. Buchi Emecheta
Answer: B
Explanation: Mariama Bâ explores women’s lives in postcolonial Senegal.
13. “The Lonely Londoners” is by:
A. Sam Selvon
B. George Lamming
C. Olive Senior
D. Claude McKay
Answer: A
Explanation: Selvon’s novel depicts Caribbean immigrants in London.
14. Waiting for the Barbarians was written
by:
A. Wole Soyinka
B. J.M. Coetzee
C. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
D. Nadine Gordimer
Answer: B
Explanation: Coetzee’s allegory critiques authoritarian rule.
15. The Māori concept of “whānau” means:
A. Tribal war
B. Extended family
C. Sacred ritual
D. Mythic ancestor
Answer: B
Explanation: Whānau emphasizes communal family structures.
16. Who wrote the African feminist novel Nervous
Conditions?
A. Flora Nwapa
B. Tsitsi Dangarembga
C. Bessie Head
D. Mariama Bâ
Answer: B
Explanation: Dangarembga’s novel explores gender and colonialism in
Zimbabwe.
17. Which Caribbean poet is famous for “Colonial
Girls School”?
A. Grace Nichols
B. Louise Bennett
C. Olive Senior
D. Jean Rhys
Answer: A
Explanation: Grace Nichols writes about colonial gender and identity.
18. “Summer Lightning” is written by:
A. V.S. Naipaul
B. Olive Senior
C. Earl Lovelace
D. Wilson Harris
Answer: B
Explanation: Senior’s stories focus on Jamaican childhood experiences.
19. Who authored the novel July’s People?
A. Nadine Gordimer
B. Bessie Head
C. Ama Ata Aidoo
D. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Answer: A
Explanation: Gordimer’s work imagines a post-apartheid future.
20. The Caribbean Creole poet known as “Miss Lou”
is:
A. Jean Rhys
B. Louise Bennett
C. Grace Nichols
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
Explanation: Bennett popularized Jamaican Creole performance poetry.
21. Who wrote The Interpreters?
A. Chinua Achebe
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Ama Ata Aidoo
D. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Answer: B
Explanation: Soyinka's novel critiques post-independence Nigeria.
22. Albert Wendt is associated with which region?
A. South Africa
B. Pacific / Samoa
C. Canada
D. Caribbean
Answer: B
Explanation: Wendt is a leading Pacific literary figure.
23. “Miguel Street” is a collection of stories by:
A. Earl Lovelace
B. V.S. Naipaul
C. George Lamming
D. Sam Selvon
Answer: B
Explanation: Naipaul depicts Trinidadian urban life.
24. The novel The Grass Is Singing was
written by:
A. Nadine Gordimer
B. Athol Fugard
C. Doris Lessing
D. Zakes Mda
Answer: C
Explanation: Lessing’s first novel addresses race in colonial Rhodesia.
25. “No Sweetness Here” was authored by:
A. Ama Ata Aidoo
B. Bessie Head
C. Grace Nichols
D. Buchi Emecheta
Answer: A
Explanation: Aidoo’s stories critique gender inequalities in Ghana.
26. The Caribbean writer who wrote The Dragon
Can’t Dance is:
A. Earl Lovelace
B. Derek Walcott
C. Caryl Phillips
D. Jamaica Kincaid
Answer: A
Explanation: Lovelace explores Trinidadian Carnival culture.
27. The African novel Sozaboy is known for
its:
A. Creole voice
B. Rot-English / “rotten English”
C. Realist dialogue
D. Shona proverbs
Answer: B
Explanation: Ken Saro-Wiwa used “rotten English” to represent an
uneducated soldier.
28. The Caribbean writer who authored Lucy
is:
A. Olive Senior
B. Louise Bennett
C. Jamaica Kincaid
D. Sam Selvon
Answer: C
Explanation: Kincaid’s novel explores migration and identity.
29. “The Whale Rider” primarily explores:
A. Plantation politics
B. Māori myth & gender
C. African nationalism
D. Caribbean migration
Answer: B
Explanation: Pai’s role challenges traditional Māori gender norms.
30. Who wrote the African novel The Beautyful
Ones Are Not Yet Born?
A. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
B. Ayi Kwei Armah
C. J.M. Coetzee
D. Wole Soyinka
Answer: B
Explanation: Armah critiques corruption in postcolonial Ghana.
31. “The Black Jacobins” is a historical study by:
A. Kamau Brathwaite
B. C.L.R. James
C. Derek Walcott
D. V.S. Naipaul
Answer: B
Explanation: James analyzes the Haitian Revolution.
32. The poem “Limbo” was written by:
A. Grace Nichols
B. Olive Senior
C. Kamau Brathwaite
D. Edward Brathwaite
Answer: C
Explanation: Brathwaite depicts the Middle Passage through rhythmic
language.
33. Who wrote Cry, the Beloved Country?
A. Nadine Gordimer
B. Alan Paton
C. J.M. Coetzee
D. Bessie Head
Answer: B
Explanation: Paton’s novel is about apartheid-era South Africa.
34. “Season of Migration to the North” is by:
A. Tayeb Salih
B. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
C. Chinua Achebe
D. Nadine Gordimer
Answer: A
Explanation: Salih’s novel explores postcolonial identity and inversion
of colonial travel.
35. The novel The Mimic Men criticizes
colonial mimicry. Its author is:
A. V.S. Naipaul
B. George Lamming
C. Sam Selvon
D. Olive Senior
Answer: A
Explanation: Naipaul explores alienation in postcolonial elites.
36. “A House for Mr. Biswas” is set in:
A. Haiti
B. Trinidad
C. Kenya
D. South Africa
Answer: B
Explanation: Naipaul’s novel depicts Indo-Trinidadian life.
37. Which African writer authored When Rain
Clouds Gather?
A. Flora Nwapa
B. Bessie Head
C. Ama Ata Aidoo
D. Tsitsi Dangarembga
Answer: B
Explanation: Head’s novel is set in Botswana, exploring community and
exile.
38. The New Zealand writer known for postcolonial
Pacific themes is:
A. Keri Hulme
B. Albert Wendt
C. Witi Ihimaera
D. Patricia Grace
Answer: C
Explanation: Ihimaera focuses on Māori identity.
39. “The Black Album” was written by:
A. Zakes Mda
B. Caryl Phillips
C. Hanif Kureishi
D. Olive Senior
Answer: C
Explanation: Kureishi explores race and identity in modern Britain.
40. Who wrote the poem “An African Thunderstorm”?
A. Leopold Senghor
B. David Rubadiri
C. Wole Soyinka
D. Okot p’Bitek
Answer: B
Explanation: Rubadiri presents nature as symbolic of political unrest.
41. “Pigeon English” is a novel by:
A. Derek Walcott
B. Stephen Kelman
C. George Lamming
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
Explanation: The novel explores immigrant identity through a Ghanaian
boy in London.
42. The Caribbean writer who authored In the
Castle of My Skin is:
A. Sam Selvon
B. George Lamming
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Grace Nichols
Answer: B
Explanation: Lamming explores colonial Barbados.
43. “The Fat Man in History” is associated with
which region?
A. Nigeria
B. Australia
C. New Zealand
D. Jamaica
Answer: B
Explanation: Peter Carey’s collection represents Australian
postmodernism.
44. The African epic poem Song of Lawino was
written by:
A. Wole Soyinka
B. Christopher Okigbo
C. Okot p’Bitek
D. Senghor
Answer: C
Explanation: Okot p’Bitek critiques Westernization in Uganda.
45. The novel Schindler’s Ark (Australian)
is by:
A. David Malouf
B. Thomas Keneally
C. Peter Carey
D. Patrick White
Answer: B
Explanation: Keneally’s novel won the Booker; filmed as Schindler’s
List.
46. “Omeros” is a Caribbean epic by:
A. V.S. Naipaul
B. Derek Walcott
C. Earl Lovelace
D. George Lamming
Answer: B
Explanation: Walcott retells Homeric themes in a Caribbean setting.
47. Who wrote “Woman at Point Zero”?
A. Bessie Head
B. Nawal El Saadawi
C. Ama Ata Aidoo
D. Buchi Emecheta
Answer: B
Explanation: Saadawi portrays gender oppression in Egypt.
48. Olive Senior’s poetry often focuses on:
A. Pacific myths
B. Yoruba cosmology
C. Jamaican childhood and folklore
D. Indian indenture
Answer: C
Explanation: Senior writes about memory, race, and landscape.
49. Who wrote the New Zealand novel Man Alone?
A. Witi Ihimaera
B. John Mulgan
C. Allen Curnow
D. David Malouf
Answer: B
Explanation: Mulgan portrays isolation and masculinity in NZ.
50. “The Zimbabwean novel House of Hunger”
was written by:
A. Chenjerai Hove
B. Dambudzo Marechera
C. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
D. Ama Ata Aidoo
Answer: B
Explanation: Marechera’s work is experimental and anti-establishment.
51. “A Dry White Season” is a novel about apartheid
written by:
A. Chinua Achebe
B. André Brink
C. Ama Ata Aidoo
D. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Answer: B
Explanation: André Brink’s novel critiques apartheid through personal
tragedy.
52. Which Caribbean writer authored Annie John?
A. Olive Senior
B. Jamaica Kincaid
C. Louise Bennett
D. Earl Lovelace
Answer: B
Explanation: Kincaid’s novel is a coming-of-age story set in Antigua.
53. Arrow of God is part of which African
writer’s trilogy?
A. Wole Soyinka
B. Chinua Achebe
C. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
D. Bessie Head
Answer: B
Explanation: Achebe’s trilogy includes Things Fall Apart, No
Longer at Ease, Arrow of God.
54. “No Telephone to Heaven” explores migration and
identity by:
A. Olive Senior
B. Caryl Phillips
C. Michelle Cliff
D. George Lamming
Answer: C
Explanation: Michelle Cliff writes about Caribbean identity and
diaspora.
55. Which New Zealand poet wrote the famous poem
“House and Land”?
A. Allen Curnow
B. Denis Glover
C. Hone Tuwhare
D. Patricia Grace
Answer: A
Explanation: Curnow critiques colonial nostalgia and cultural
displacement.
56. The African play The Lion and the Jewel
was written by:
A. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Ama Ata Aidoo
D. Athol Fugard
Answer: B
Explanation: Soyinka blends traditional Yoruba culture with modern
influences.
57. Who wrote The Story of a Negro?
A. Claude McKay
B. Zora Neale Hurston
C. Nawal El Saadawi
D. Mariama Bâ
Answer: A
Explanation: Claude McKay explores race and resistance.
58. “The Stone Angel” is a Canadian classic by:
A. Margaret Atwood
B. Alice Munro
C. Margaret Laurence
D. Robertson Davies
Answer: C
Explanation: Laurence’s novel examines aging and memory.
59. The Caribbean novel The Chancellor was
written by:
A. Kamau Brathwaite
B. Earl Lovelace
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Derek Walcott
Answer: B
Explanation: Lovelace portrays Trinidad’s political culture.
60. Who wrote Carpentaria, a major Australian
Aboriginal novel?
A. Oodgeroo Noonuccal
B. Alexis Wright
C. Sally Morgan
D. Kim Scott
Answer: B
Explanation: Wright’s novel blends Aboriginal history, myth, and
politics.
61. “Decolonising the Mind” advocates African
languages in literature. Author?
A. Chinua Achebe
B. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
C. Wole Soyinka
D. Christopher Okigbo
Answer: B
Explanation: Ngũgĩ rejects English as a tool of colonial oppression.
62. Who wrote Wide Sargasso Sea?
A. Suzanne Césaire
B. Jean Rhys
C. Erna Brodber
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
Explanation: Rhys rewrites the story of Bertha Mason from Jane Eyre.
63. “The Collector of Treasures” is a short story
by:
A. Ama Ata Aidoo
B. Grace Nichols
C. Bessie Head
D. Mariama Bâ
Answer: C
Explanation: Bessie Head exposes gender injustices in Botswana.
64. The New Zealand poet Hone Tuwhare is famous for
the poem:
A. “The Sea is History”
B. “Rain”
C. “No Telephone to Heaven”
D. “Limbo”
Answer: B
Explanation: Tuwhare’s poem “Rain” celebrates nature and Māori identity.
65. Which Caribbean writer authored The Enigma
of Arrival?
A. Wilson Harris
B. V.S. Naipaul
C. Earl Lovelace
D. Derek Walcott
Answer: B
Explanation: Naipaul’s novel reflects on displacement and migration.
66. “Season of Adventure” was written by:
A. George Lamming
B. Kamau Brathwaite
C. Jean Rhys
D. Sam Selvon
Answer: A
Explanation: Lamming critiques colonial social structures.
67. The African novel Efuru was written by:
A. Mariama Bâ
B. Flora Nwapa
C. Buchi Emecheta
D. Ama Ata Aidoo
Answer: B
Explanation: Nwapa pioneered African women’s literature.
68. The Trinidadian poet who authored “If I Was a
Woman” is:
A. Grace Nichols
B. Derek Walcott
C. Dionne Brand
D. Louise Bennett
Answer: C
Explanation: Brand explores gender and Caribbean diaspora identity.
69. “A Bend in the River” is by:
A. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
B. Chinua Achebe
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Nuruddin Farah
Answer: C
Explanation: Naipaul’s novel critiques postcolonial African turmoil.
70. The Australian novel True History of the
Kelly Gang was written by:
A. David Malouf
B. Peter Carey
C. Patrick White
D. Alexis Wright
Answer: B
Explanation: Carey retells the legend of outlaw Ned Kelly.
71. “The Promised Land” is a novel by:
A. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
B. Nuruddin Farah
C. Tayeb Salih
D. Chinua Achebe
Answer: A
Explanation: Ngũgĩ explores agricultural reform and corruption.
72. Which Caribbean writer wrote The Wine of
Astonishment?
A. Earl Lovelace
B. Sam Selvon
C. Olive Senior
D. Derek Walcott
Answer: A
Explanation: Lovelace focuses on religion and resistance.
73. The poem “Abiku” was written by:
A. Leopold Senghor
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Christopher Okigbo
D. David Rubadiri
Answer: B
Explanation: Soyinka uses Yoruba myth of the spirit-child.
74. The Shadow Lines explores identity and
borders. Author?
A. Salman Rushdie
B. Jhumpa Lahiri
C. Amitav Ghosh
D. Derek Walcott
Answer: C
Explanation: Ghosh blends memory and history.
75. “The Rainmaker” is a Kenyan play by:
A. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
B. Francis Imbuga
C. Wole Soyinka
D. Ama Ata Aidoo
Answer: B
Explanation: Imbuga critiques postcolonial leadership.
76. The Caribbean poet who wrote “Test Match Sabina
Park” is:
A. Olive Senior
B. Edward Baugh
C. Grace Nichols
D. Louise Bennett
Answer: B
Explanation: Baugh uses cricket as metaphor for colonial tensions.
77. The Australian writer who authored Voss
is:
A. David Malouf
B. Kim Scott
C. Patrick White
D. Sally Morgan
Answer: C
Explanation: White’s Voss is a landmark of Australian modernism.
78. Which African novel explores polygamy and
women’s agency?
A. Half of a Yellow Sun
B. So Long a Letter
C. Things Fall Apart
D. The Bride Price
Answer: B
Explanation: Mariama Bâ examines polygamous marriage in Senegal.
79. “The Stone Diaries” is a major Canadian novel
by:
A. Margaret Laurence
B. Michael Ondaatje
C. Carol Shields
D. Alice Munro
Answer: C
Explanation: Shields won the Pulitzer Prize for this novel.
80. “The Mark of the Lion” was written by:
A. Chinua Achebe
B. Francis Imbuga
C. Beryl Markham
D. Azar Nafisi
Answer: B
Explanation: Imbuga addresses corruption and political hypocrisy.
81. The poem “Go, Lovely Rose” (Caribbean
retelling) is by:
A. Clive James
B. Claude McKay
C. Derek Walcott
D. Olive Senior
Answer: C
Explanation: Walcott reworks classical poetic motifs.
82. Which African author wrote The Joys of
Motherhood?
A. Buchi Emecheta
B. Mariama Bâ
C. Ama Ata Aidoo
D. Tsitsi Dangarembga
Answer: A
Explanation: Emecheta critiques patriarchal expectations.
83. The Caribbean novel A State of Independence
was written by:
A. Caryl Phillips
B. Sam Selvon
C. Earl Lovelace
D. Jean Rhys
Answer: A
Explanation: Phillips explores diaspora and postcolonial politics.
84. “The Shepherd’s Hut” is an Australian novel by:
A. Tim Winton
B. Kim Scott
C. Alexis Wright
D. Peter Carey
Answer: A
Explanation: Winton writes coming-of-age stories set in the outback.
85. Which African writer authored the poem “Night
of the Scorpion”?
A. Gabriel Okara
B. Nissim Ezekiel
C. Kofi Awoonor
D. Okot p’Bitek
Answer: B
Explanation: Ezekiel’s poem is iconic in Indian-Anglophone poetry.
86. “A Flag on the Island” is by:
A. V.S. Naipaul
B. Derek Walcott
C. Jean Rhys
D. Olive Senior
Answer: A
Explanation: Naipaul writes about the complexities of colonial legacy.
87. The novel Benang is by:
A. Alexis Wright
B. Peter Carey
C. Kim Scott
D. Richard Flanagan
Answer: C
Explanation: Kim Scott is an ABSOLUTE pioneer of Aboriginal literature.
88. Which African playwright wrote The Trial of
Dedan Kimathi?
A. Wole Soyinka
B. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
C. Athol Fugard
D. Ama Ata Aidoo
Answer: B
Explanation: Ngũgĩ dramatizes Kenyan anti-colonial resistance.
89. “The Swamp Dwellers” is a play by:
A. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
B. Athol Fugard
C. Wole Soyinka
D. Ola Rotimi
Answer: C
Explanation: Soyinka blends myth and modernity.
90. The Caribbean poet who wrote “Mother Country”
is:
A. Kamau Brathwaite
B. Grace Nichols
C. Derek Walcott
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
Explanation: Nichols critiques colonial Britain.
91. Which New Zealand novel explores the Moriori
genocide?
A. The Bone People
B. The Luminaries
C. Once Were Warriors
D. Cloud Atlas
Answer: C
Explanation: Alan Duff’s novel examines Māori urban struggle and
colonial trauma.
92. The African novel Maps was written by:
A. Tayeb Salih
B. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
C. Nurrudin Farah
D. Achebe
Answer: C
Explanation: Farah explores Somali civil identity and fragmentation.
93. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is by:
A. David Malouf
B. Kim Scott
C. Thomas Keneally
D. Peter Carey
Answer: C
Explanation: Keneally fictionalizes an Aboriginal man’s rebellion.
94. “Sugar Cane” is a poem associated with:
A. Louise Bennett
B. Claude McKay
C. Olive Senior
D. Kamau Brathwaite
Answer: D
Explanation: Brathwaite uses sugar imagery to depict plantation trauma.
95. “Arrowroot” is a novel by:
A. Earl Lovelace
B. Derek Walcott
C. Wilson Harris
D. V.S. Naipaul
Answer: C
Explanation: Harris blends myth, consciousness, and landscape.
96. The African novel The Famished Road is
famous for:
A. Realism
B. Magical realism
C. Autobiography
D. Documentary style
Answer: B
Explanation: Ben Okri’s novel uses magical realist techniques.
97. Who wrote The Buddha of Suburbia?
A. Caryl Phillips
B. Salman Rushdie
C. Hanif Kureishi
D. Zadie Smith
Answer: C
Explanation: Kureishi explores race, sexuality, and identity in London.
98. “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” was written by:
A. Zadie Smith
B. Sam Selvon
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Olive Senior
Answer: C
Explanation: Rushdie’s novel is a political allegory in the form of a
children’s fantasy.
99. The Somali novel Links explores:
A. Migration
B. Civil war
C. Border conflict
D. Animal symbolism
Answer: B
Explanation: Nuruddin Farah focuses on the chaos of Somali civil war.
100. The Caribbean writer who authored Brother
Man is:
A. Olive Senior
B. Roger Mais
C. George Lamming
D. V.S. Naipaul
Answer: B
Explanation: Mais depicts Rastafarian community life in Jamaica.
101. “The Conservationist” is a novel about South
African land politics by:
A. J.M. Coetzee
B. Alan Paton
C. Nadine Gordimer
D. Zakes Mda
Answer: C
Explanation: Gordimer critiques apartheid-era land ownership.
102. Which Caribbean poet wrote Omeros?
A. Kamau Brathwaite
B. Derek Walcott
C. Lorna Goodison
D. Edward Baugh
Answer: B
Explanation: Walcott’s Omeros is a Caribbean epic inspired by
Homer.
103. Nervous Conditions is set in which
country?
A. Kenya
B. Botswana
C. Zimbabwe
D. Nigeria
Answer: C
Explanation: Dangarembga’s novel explores colonial education in
Zimbabwe.
104. “The Whale Rider” represents which central
theme?
A. Maori opposition to Christianity
B. Female empowerment in Māori culture
C. Migration to Australia
D. Māori–European war
Answer: B
Explanation: Pai challenges patriarchal leadership traditions.
105. Who wrote The Mimic Men?
A. Caryl Phillips
B. V.S. Naipaul
C. George Lamming
D. Sam Selvon
Answer: B
Explanation: Naipaul critiques colonial mimicry and identity.
106. Cry, the Beloved Country deals with:
A. Slavery in Jamaica
B. Environmental disaster
C. Apartheid and racial injustice
D. Māori migration
Answer: C
Explanation: Paton’s novel is a major anti-apartheid text.
107. The African poet Okot p’Bitek wrote:
A. “Limbo”
B. “An African Thunderstorm”
C. Song of Lawino
D. “Telephone Conversation”
Answer: C
Explanation: Song of Lawino critiques Western influence.
108. “Jamaica Language” and Creole advocacy is
associated with:
A. Grace Nichols
B. Roger Mais
C. Louise Bennett
D. Olive Senior
Answer: C
Explanation: Bennett (Miss Lou) celebrated Jamaican patois.
109. The Bone People won which major award?
A. Pulitzer Prize
B. Booker Prize
C. Commonwealth Prize
D. Orange Prize
Answer: B
Explanation: Keri Hulme won the Booker in 1985.
110. Disgrace was written by:
A. Alan Paton
B. J.M. Coetzee
C. Ivan Van Sertima
D. Wole Soyinka
Answer: B
Explanation: Coetzee explores post-apartheid racial tension.
111. “A Far Cry from Africa” expresses conflict
between:
A. Maori and Europeans
B. African and British heritage
C. Caribbean slaves and masters
D. Australian settlers and Aboriginals
Answer: B
Explanation: Walcott struggles with his mixed identity.
112. Who authored The Wine of Astonishment?
A. Olive Senior
B. Earl Lovelace
C. Derek Walcott
D. George Lamming
Answer: B
Explanation: Lovelace writes about religion and resistance in Trinidad.
113. A Grain of Wheat features which
narrative technique?
A. Linear storytelling
B. Multiple perspectives
C. Dramatic monologue
D. Stream of consciousness only
Answer: B
Explanation: Ngũgĩ uses shifting viewpoints.
114. Wide Sargasso Sea portrays the early
life of:
A. Jane Eyre
B. Antoinette (Bertha Mason)
C. Elizabeth Bennet
D. Kathy Ames
Answer: B
Explanation: Rhys reimagines Rochester’s first wife.
115. The African writer who pioneered “rotten
English” is:
A. Soyinka
B. Achebe
C. Saro-Wiwa
D. Ngũgĩ
Answer: C
Explanation: In Sozaboy, Saro-Wiwa uses “rotten English.”
116. “The Sea at Dauphin” was written by:
A. Olive Senior
B. Jamaica Kincaid
C. Derek Walcott
D. Sam Selvon
Answer: C
Explanation: Walcott’s play explores Caribbean fishing life.
117. The New Zealand poet known for “Rain” is:
A. Allen Curnow
B. Hone Tuwhare
C. Witi Ihimaera
D. Denis Glover
Answer: B
Explanation: Tuwhare celebrates nature and Māori identity.
118. So Long a Letter primarily critiques:
A. Education
B. Polygamy
C. Slavery
D. Migration
Answer: B
Explanation: Mariama Bâ analyzes patriarchal marriage systems.
119. “The Lonely Londoners” portrays life of
migrants from:
A. India
B. Caribbean
C. Nigeria
D. New Zealand
Answer: B
Explanation: Selvon depicts West Indian migrants in London.
120. Who wrote The Interpreters?
A. Ama Ata Aidoo
B. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
C. Wole Soyinka
D. J.P. Clark
Answer: C
Explanation: Soyinka critiques Nigerian urban elites.
121. The Māori concept “whakapapa” means:
A. Song
B. Genealogy
C. Fishing nets
D. Sacred river
Answer: B
Explanation: Whakapapa means ancestry and lineage.
122. Which African novel uses magical realism
extensively?
A. Purple Hibiscus
B. The Famished Road
C. Nervous Conditions
D. Sozaboy
Answer: B
Explanation: Ben Okri’s novel features an abiku spirit-child.
123. Derek Walcott was born in:
A. Barbados
B. St. Lucia
C. Trinidad
D. Jamaica
Answer: B
Explanation: Walcott is the most famous St Lucian writer.
124. The Caribbean novel Miguel Street was
written by:
A. Sam Selvon
B. Earl Lovelace
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Derek Walcott
Answer: C
Explanation: Naipaul uses humor and realism.
125. “Anowa” is a play written by:
A. Bessie Head
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Ama Ata Aidoo
D. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Answer: C
Explanation: Aidoo examines tradition, gender, and slavery.
126. Master Harold… and the Boys critiques:
A. Nigerian civil war
B. Apartheid racism
C. Canadian assimilation
D. Caribbean police brutality
Answer: B
Explanation: Fugard’s play depicts racial humiliation.
127. Potiki centers on Māori struggle over:
A. Immigrant rights
B. Land ownership
C. Slavery abolition
D. Maritime law
Answer: B
Explanation: Patricia Grace writes about Māori land resistance.
128. “Limbo” is a poem about:
A. Marriage
B. The Middle Passage
C. Farming
D. Māori rituals
Answer: B
Explanation: Brathwaite uses movement to mimic slave ships.
129. “Telephone Conversation” is written by:
A. David Rubadiri
B. Derek Walcott
C. Wole Soyinka
D. Christopher Okigbo
Answer: C
Explanation: The poem satirizes racism through dialogue.
130. The novel A House for Mr. Biswas is by:
A. George Lamming
B. Derek Walcott
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Wilson Harris
Answer: C
Explanation: Naipaul depicts Indo-Caribbean identity.
131. Who wrote the African novel The Bride Price?
A. Mariama Bâ
B. Ama Ata Aidoo
C. Buchi Emecheta
D. Flora Nwapa
Answer: C
Explanation: Emecheta explores gender and tradition in Igbo society.
132. The Caribbean poet known for Mother Country
is:
A. Lorna Goodison
B. Grace Nichols
C. Louise Bennett
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
Explanation: Nichols critiques colonial Britain.
133. Nervous Conditions is the first novel
by a Black woman from:
A. Kenya
B. South Africa
C. Zimbabwe
D. Trinidad
Answer: C
Explanation: Dangarembga made literary history with this novel.
134. Who wrote the play The Road?
A. Ola Rotimi
B. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
C. Athol Fugard
D. Wole Soyinka
Answer: D
Explanation: Soyinka’s philosophical play explores mortality.
135. “The Sea is History” critiques:
A. Caribbean tourism
B. Erasure of Black history
C. British monarchy
D. Indigenous workers
Answer: B
Explanation: Walcott suggests Caribbean memory lies in the sea.
136. “Rain” is a famous poem by which Māori poet?
A. Allen Curnow
B. Patricia Grace
C. Hone Tuwhare
D. Mark Twain
Answer: C
Explanation: Tuwhare is a key Māori literary voice.
137. The Dragon Can’t Dance reflects which
cultural tradition?
A. Brazilian capoeira
B. Trinidad Carnival
C. Nigerian masquerade
D. Māori haka
Answer: B
Explanation: Carnival is central to Lovelace’s novel.
138. Petals of Blood critiques:
A. Urban racism
B. Kenyan post-independence corruption
C. Canadian farming
D. Caribbean hurricanes
Answer: B
Explanation: Ngũgĩ exposes betrayal of the independence struggle.
139. “In the Castle of My Skin” was written by:
A. Derek Walcott
B. George Lamming
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
Explanation: Lamming writes about colonial Barbados.
140. The Whale Rider was written by:
A. Patricia Grace
B. Keri Hulme
C. Witi Ihimaera
D. Allen Curnow
Answer: C
Explanation: Ihimaera’s novel blends Māori myth and feminism.
141. The poem “An African Thunderstorm” is by:
A. Edward Brathwaite
B. David Rubadiri
C. Wole Soyinka
D. Leopold Senghor
Answer: B
Explanation: Rubadiri uses storm imagery to symbolize turmoil.
142. Season of Migration to the North is set
primarily in:
A. Ghana
B. Sudan
C. Kenya
D. Zimbabwe
Answer: B
Explanation: Tayeb Salih examines Sudanese-European relations.
143. “Girl” is a monologue written by:
A. Olive Senior
B. Jamaica Kincaid
C. Jean Rhys
D. Dionne Brand
Answer: B
Explanation: Kincaid uses a mother’s voice to explore gender norms.
144. Which African writer authored Devil on the
Cross?
A. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Buchi Emecheta
D. Nadine Gordimer
Answer: A
Explanation: Ngũgĩ wrote it in Gikuyu while imprisoned.
145. “No Ordinary Sun” is an iconic New Zealand
poem about:
A. Slavery
B. Nuclear destruction
C. Māori rituals
D. Migration
Answer: B
Explanation: Tuwhare critiques nuclear testing.
146. The Secret River deals with:
A. Canadian politics
B. Convict settlements in Australia
C. Egyptian revolution
D. Jamaican slave society
Answer: B
Explanation: Kate Grenville examines colonization in Australia.
147. Who wrote “Owl’s Do Cry”?
A. Patricia Grace
B. Janet Frame
C. Keri Hulme
D. Witi Ihimaera
Answer: B
Explanation: Frame explores trauma and psychological suffering.
148. Green Days by the River is set in:
A. Canada
B. Trinidad
C. Australia
D. Kenya
Answer: B
Explanation: Michael Anthony’s novel focuses on adolescence.
149. “Limbo” by Kamau Brathwaite symbolizes:
A. Plantation hierarchy
B. Middle Passage suffering
C. Caribbean carnival
D. Shipbuilding
Answer: B
Explanation: The limbo dance evokes slave ship conditions.
150. July’s People imagines a future
collapse of:
A. The British monarchy
B. Apartheid South Africa
C. The U.S. economy
D. Jamaican independence
Answer: B
Explanation: Gordimer imagines role reversals in a civil war scenario.
151. Who wrote the African novel The Beautyful
Ones Are Not Yet Born?
A. Tayeb Salih
B. Ayi Kwei Armah
C. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
D. Bessie Head
Answer: B
Explanation: Armah critiques corruption in postcolonial Ghana.
152. “The Sea at Dauphin” is set in:
A. Jamaica
B. St. Lucia
C. Trinidad
D. Kenya
Answer: B
Explanation: Derek Walcott’s play portrays St. Lucian fishing life.
153. The Bride Price focuses on:
A. British aristocracy
B. Igbo tradition and womanhood
C. Caribbean carnival
D. Maoist revolution
Answer: B
Explanation: Emecheta portrays patriarchal pressures in Igbo society.
154. The Whale Rider blends Māori tradition
with:
A. Hindu myths
B. Feminist reinterpretation
C. Greek epic
D. Biblical allegory
Answer: B
Explanation: Pai challenges traditional male leadership.
155. Which Caribbean writer authored The Dragon
Can’t Dance?
A. Derek Walcott
B. Earl Lovelace
C. Caryl Phillips
D. V.S. Naipaul
Answer: B
Explanation: Lovelace explores Trinidadian Carnival culture.
156. The South African play Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
was written by:
A. Wole Soyinka
B. Athol Fugard
C. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
D. Ama Ata Aidoo
Answer: B
Explanation: Fugard critiques apartheid pass laws.
157. The Caribbean writer known for “Miss Lou”
persona is:
A. Olive Senior
B. Louise Bennett
C. Grace Nichols
D. Jean Rhys
Answer: B
Explanation: Bennett pioneered Jamaican Creole poetry.
158. The Grass Is Singing focuses on:
A. Middle Passage slavery
B. Race and class under colonial Rhodesia
C. Māori rural life
D. Australian convict history
Answer: B
Explanation: Lessing’s novel critiques racism.
159. “The Sea is History” is a poem about:
A. The Cold War
B. Slavery and Caribbean memory
C. Modern technology
D. Roman Empire
Answer: B
Explanation: Walcott links the Caribbean sea to slave history.
160. Nervous Conditions is a landmark novel
in:
A. Caribbean horror
B. Black feminist African literature
C. Māori ecological writing
D. Australian postmodernism
Answer: B
Explanation: Dangarembga explores gendered oppression.
161. The Nigerian writer who authored The
Interpreters is:
A. Chinua Achebe
B. Wole Soyinka
C. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
D. Bessie Head
Answer: B
Explanation: The novel critiques Nigerian intellectuals.
162. In the Castle of My Skin explores
growing up in:
A. Ghana
B. Barbados
C. Trinidad
D. Australia
Answer: B
Explanation: Lamming describes colonial Barbadian society.
163. Which New Zealand poet wrote “No Ordinary
Sun”?
A. Allen Curnow
B. Keri Hulme
C. Hone Tuwhare
D. Denis Glover
Answer: C
Explanation: Tuwhare criticizes nuclear testing.
164. Season of Migration to the North
contrasts Sudan with:
A. France
B. Britain
C. Egypt
D. The Caribbean
Answer: B
Explanation: The novel critiques colonial encounter through parallel
journeys.
165. Who wrote the Caribbean novel Miguel Street?
A. Olive Senior
B. V.S. Naipaul
C. Derek Walcott
D. Wilson Harris
Answer: B
Explanation: Naipaul humorously portrays Trinidadian characters.
166. The African play featuring Yoruba ritual
suicide is:
A. The Road
B. Death and the King’s Horseman
C. The Lion and the Jewel
D. Anowa
Answer: B
Explanation: Soyinka dramatizes conflict between tradition and colonial
law.
167. Potiki addresses the Māori struggle
against:
A. Missionary rule
B. Land developers
C. British monarchy
D. Tribal warfare
Answer: B
Explanation: Patricia Grace emphasizes land rights.
168. Which Caribbean writer authored “Mother
Country”?
A. Louise Bennett
B. Olive Senior
C. Grace Nichols
D. Kamau Brathwaite
Answer: C
Explanation: Nichols critiques colonialism and diaspora identity.
169. A House for Mr. Biswas tells the story
of:
A. A fisherman
B. An Indo-Trinidadian man seeking independence
C. A Sudanese prince
D. A Jamaican freedom fighter
Answer: B
Explanation: Naipaul portrays the struggle of Mr. Biswas for autonomy.
170. Who wrote Cry, the Beloved Country?
A. Chinua Achebe
B. Alan Paton
C. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
D. Derek Walcott
Answer: B
Explanation: Paton exposes apartheid’s injustices.
171. “Rain” is one of the most famous poems in:
A. Jamaican folklore
B. Māori literature
C. Nigerian protest writing
D. Australian bush poetry
Answer: B
Explanation: Hone Tuwhare’s poem is a Māori classic.
172. The Secret River explores conflict
between settlers and:
A. Māori
B. Aboriginal Australians
C. African tribes
D. Caribbean maroons
Answer: B
Explanation: It critiques settler violence in Australia.
173. The Caribbean novel The Dragon Can’t Dance
uses Carnival as:
A. A military event
B. A symbol of cultural resistance
C. A Christian ritual
D. A political tool of Europe
Answer: B
Explanation: Carnival symbolizes cultural pride and rebellion.
174. Who wrote the African novel Petals of Blood?
A. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
B. Chinua Achebe
C. Wole Soyinka
D. Mariama Bâ
Answer: A
Explanation: Ngũgĩ exposes betrayal of independence ideals.
175. “Girl” uses which narrative device?
A. Diary entries
B. Stream of consciousness
C. Monologue/instructional voice
D. Dramatic dialogue
Answer: C
Explanation: Kincaid uses a mother’s voice to instruct/warn.
176. The Swamp Dwellers addresses tensions
between:
A. Tradition and modernity
B. Race and power
C. Men and women
D. Māori and settlers
Answer: A
Explanation: Soyinka contrasts urban progress with rural tradition.
177. “Limbo” evokes the rhythm of:
A. Indian tabla
B. Slave ship chains
C. Australian digeridoo
D. War drums
Answer: B
Explanation: Brathwaite uses limbo dance to mimic slave movement.
178. Who wrote The Grass Is Singing?
A. Olea Nelson
B. Doris Lessing
C. Nadine Gordimer
D. Bessie Head
Answer: B
Explanation: Lessing explores racial and class oppression.
179. The Māori writer who authored The Whale
Rider is:
A. Albert Wendt
B. Witi Ihimaera
C. Allen Curnow
D. Patricia Grace
Answer: B
180. Sozaboy is subtitled:
A. A Tale of Love
B. A Novel in Rotten English
C. A Story of Independence
D. A Journey Through Slavery
Answer: B
Explanation: Ken Saro-Wiwa uses broken English to reflect the
protagonist.
181. “Green Days by the River” belongs to which
tradition?
A. African migration
B. Trinidadian coming-of-age
C. Māori myth
D. Australian bush fiction
Answer: B
182. “Anowa” critiques which social issue?
A. Urban pollution
B. Slavery and patriarchal authority
C. Tribal warfare
D. Capitalist expansion
Answer: B
183. The Luminaries is a New Zealand novel
by:
A. Keri Hulme
B. Eleanor Catton
C. Janet Frame
D. Maurice Gee
Answer: B
Explanation: Catton won the Booker Prize for this novel.
184. The African poet Christopher Okigbo is famous
for:
A. War poetry
B. Modernist symbolism
C. Narrative epics
D. Folk storytelling
Answer: B
Explanation: Okigbo’s poetry is dense and symbolic.
185. Caribbean writer Caryl Phillips often
explores:
A. Plantation economy
B. Migration and diaspora
C. Land rights
D. Islamic history
Answer: B
186. No Longer at Ease is part of which
trilogy?
A. Coetzee’s Apartheid Cycle
B. Achebe’s Okonkwo Cycle
C. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Colonial Trilogy
D. Soyinka’s Tribal Series
Answer: B
Explanation: Achebe’s trilogy includes Things Fall Apart.
187. The Book of Night Women deals with:
A. Nigerian civil war
B. Jamaican slave rebellion
C. Aboriginal displacement
D. Māori genealogy
Answer: B
188. “The Song of the Banana Man” celebrates:
A. British royalty
B. Caribbean labor pride
C. Māori social structure
D. African hunting rituals
Answer: B
189. Benang is a crucial novel about:
A. Maori resistance
B. Aboriginal identity
C. Caribbean slavery
D. South African apartheid
Answer: B
190. The Wine of Astonishment depicts the
repression of:
A. Trade unions
B. The Shouter Baptist Church
C. Māori elders
D. Aboriginal language
Answer: B
191. “The Shepherd’s Hut” examines:
A. Pacific navigation
B. Australian outback survival
C. Slave uprisings
D. Māori land rights
Answer: B
192. So Long a Letter is written in which
form?
A. Emails
B. Diary entries
C. Epistolary letters
D. Courtroom testimony
Answer: C
193. “The Road” by Soyinka explores:
A. Environmentalism
B. Death and the spiritual realm
C. Gender oppression
D. World War I
Answer: B
194. The Arrival reflects which theme most
strongly?
A. War
B. Migration
C. Ecology
D. Slavery
Answer: B
Explanation: Shaun Tan’s novel is a visual metaphor for migration.
195. The True History of Paradise is set in:
A. Haiti
B. Jamaica
C. Nigeria
D. New Zealand
Answer: B
196. The poem “Telephone Conversation” critiques:
A. Marriage
B. Racism
C. Censorship
D. Technology
Answer: B
197. The Interpreters explores which
problem?
A. Internet addiction
B. Disillusionment of African intellectuals
C. Deforestation
D. Tribal warfare
Answer: B
198. Who wrote “The Fat Man in History”?
A. David Malouf
B. Peter Carey
C. Thomas Keneally
D. Kim Scott
Answer: B
199. The Caribbean writer who authored “Mother
Country” is:
A. Louise Bennett
B. Grace Nichols
C. Olive Senior
D. Derek Walcott
Answer: B
200. The Māori concept “mana” refers to:
A. Wealth
B. Spiritual authority
C. Marriage
D. Tribal warfare
Answer: B
201. The African novel Arrow of God explores
the conflict between:
A. Islam and Christianity
B. African tradition and British colonial rule
C. Urban and rural lifestyles
D. Kingship and democracy
Answer: B
Explanation: Achebe’s novel dramatizes colonial interference in Igbo
society.
202. Which Caribbean writer authored Meridian?
A. Erna Brodber
B. Paule Marshall
C. Alice Walker
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
Explanation: Paule Marshall often writes about Caribbean diaspora.
203. The Book of Night Women deals primarily
with:
A. Jamaican slave uprisings
B. British monarchy
C. African tribal wars
D. Pacific migrations
Answer: A
204. The Māori writer Patricia Grace often focuses
on:
A. Egyptian mythology
B. Māori families and community life
C. Caribbean carnival
D. Somali civil war
Answer: B
205. The Interpreters uses which narrative
style?
A. Gothic
B. Fragmented modernism
C. Romantic lyricism
D. Classical epic
Answer: B
Explanation: Soyinka’s novel uses nonlinear modernist structure.
206. The Caribbean novel Brown Girl, Brownstones
focuses on:
A. Trinidadian fishing villages
B. Barbadian migrants in Brooklyn
C. Jamaican politics
D. Haitian revolution
Answer: B
Explanation: Paule Marshall’s novel explores Barbadian diaspora
identity.
207. “No Ordinary Sun” critiques:
A. European monarchy
B. Nuclear testing in the Pacific
C. Slave plantations
D. Missionary education
Answer: B
Explanation: Tuwhare’s poem responds to atomic tests at Mururoa.
208. The African novel So Long a Letter is
written as:
A. A series of telegrams
B. A long letter from a widow
C. A sermon
D. A courtroom speech
Answer: B
209. The Caribbean poet Kamau Brathwaite is closely
associated with:
A. Free Jazz
B. Nation language
C. Haiku
D. Formalist sonnets
Answer: B
Explanation: “Nation language” emphasizes Caribbean Creole speech.
210. Potiki is set in:
A. Australia
B. New Zealand
C. Kenya
D. Barbados
Answer: B
211. The African novel Nervous Conditions
critiques:
A. Colonial education
B. Technological change
C. Climate crisis
D. Missionary warfare
Answer: A
212. Which Caribbean writer authored In the
Castle of My Skin?
A. Derek Walcott
B. George Lamming
C. Olive Senior
D. Earl Lovelace
Answer: B
213. “An African Thunderstorm” uses the storm as a
metaphor for:
A. Urban poverty
B. Political upheaval
C. Tribal unity
D. Economic prosperity
Answer: B
214. The Māori term “whenua” means:
A. Sky
B. Land
C. Food
D. History
Answer: B
215. “Limbo” by Brathwaite imitates the movement
of:
A. Lightning
B. The limbo dance
C. Ocean waves
D. Birds in flight
Answer: B
216. Disgrace depicts the downfall of:
A. A cattle farmer
B. A white professor in post-apartheid South Africa
C. A South African president
D. A British missionary
Answer: B
217. “The Sea at Dauphin” belongs to the literary
genre of:
A. Gothic allegory
B. Realist fishing drama
C. Science fiction
D. Medieval romance
Answer: B
218. The Caribbean novel The Lonely Londoners
begins with migrants arriving at:
A. Port of Spain
B. Heathrow Airport
C. Waterloo Station
D. Kingston Harbor
Answer: C
Explanation: Selvon begins with Galahad’s arrival at Waterloo.
219. A Grain of Wheat features characters
who struggle with:
A. Feudal loyalty
B. Betrayal during the Mau Mau uprising
C. Caribbean drought
D. Pacific cyclones
Answer: B
220. The poet David Rubadiri is associated with:
A. New Zealand
B. Malawi
C. Trinidad
D. Barbados
Answer: B
221. “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid has the tone of:
A. Legal argument
B. Commanding maternal instruction
C. Friendly conversation
D. Comic parody
Answer: B
222. The African novel Marriage is a Private
Affair was written by:
A. Chinua Achebe
B. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
C. Buchi Emecheta
D. Tsitsi Dangarembga
Answer: A
223. Wole Soyinka is the first African to win:
A. Booker Prize
B. Nobel Prize for Literature
C. Pulitzer Prize
D. Sahitya Akademi Award
Answer: B
224. The Caribbean novel Brother Man focuses
on:
A. Middle Passage slavery
B. Rastafarian culture
C. British monarchy
D. White indentured labor
Answer: B
225. Benang explores:
A. Immigrant life in London
B. Mixed-race Aboriginal identity
C. Slavery in Jamaica
D. Afro-futurism
Answer: B
226. Who wrote My Place, a major Aboriginal
autobiography?
A. Kim Scott
B. Sally Morgan
C. Alexis Wright
D. David Malouf
Answer: B
227. “The Wine of Astonishment” explores the
persecution of:
A. Muslim clerics
B. Hindus in Trinidad
C. Shouter Baptists
D. Buddhists
Answer: C
228. The African novel A Man of the People
satirizes:
A. Dictatorship
B. Religious conflict
C. Witchcraft
D. Education
Answer: A
229. “Rain” is known for its:
A. Celebration of nuclear power
B. Māori spiritual connection to nature
C. Mockery of European culture
D. Praise of colonization
Answer: B
230. The Caribbean poet Grace Nichols is originally
from:
A. Guyana
B. Trinidad
C. Barbados
D. St. Lucia
Answer: A
231. Crick Crack, Monkey deals with:
A. Australian convicts
B. Caribbean girlhood
C. Somali refugees
D. Māori chiefs
Answer: B
232. The Road is one of Soyinka’s most:
A. Mythic and symbolic plays
B. Autobiographical poems
C. Realist novels
D. Comic satires
Answer: A
233. The Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje is best
known for:
A. The English Patient
B. A House for Mr. Biswas
C. The Viceroy of Ouidah
D. The Book of Night Women
Answer: A
234. The Stone Angel examines:
A. Slavery
B. Old age and memory
C. Māori genealogy
D. Caribbean diaspora
Answer: B
235. Caribbean writer Michelle Cliff often
explores:
A. Greek mythology
B. Race, gender, and colonialism
C. Māori land rights
D. Pacific voyaging
Answer: B
236. The African poet Leopold Senghor was a founder
of:
A. Futurism
B. Négritude
C. Modernism
D. Beat movement
Answer: B
237. The Book of Not continues the story
begun in:
A. Things Fall Apart
B. The Beautyful Ones
C. Nervous Conditions
D. Devil on the Cross
Answer: C
238. Once Were Warriors explores:
A. Māori urban struggle
B. Caribbean Afro-spirituality
C. African nomadic life
D. Australian bush rituals
Answer: A
239. “The Sea Is History” links Caribbean identity
to:
A. Biblical prophecy
B. The ocean as historical archive
C. European migration
D. Literature of India
Answer: B
240. The African novel The Joys of Motherhood
was written by:
A. Nwapa
B. Emecheta
C. Aidoo
D. Head
Answer: B
241. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith deals
with:
A. Aboriginal revenge
B. Jamaican lyricism
C. Yoruba prophecy
D. Sudanese politics
Answer: A
242. “The Sea Grapes” is a poem by:
A. Grace Nichols
B. Derek Walcott
C. Claude McKay
D. Olive Senior
Answer: B
243. Arrowroot is a postcolonial novel by:
A. Derek Walcott
B. Wilson Harris
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Caryl Phillips
Answer: B
244. Petals of Blood criticizes postcolonial
Kenya’s:
A. Agricultural practices
B. Political corruption
C. Urban migration
D. Foreign policy
Answer: B
245. “Slave Song” was written by:
A. Kamau Brathwaite
B. Jean Rhys
C. David Dabydeen
D. Olive Senior
Answer: C
246. The Road to Mecca portrays:
A. South African apartheid
B. Māori land struggle
C. Caribbean carnival
D. Pacific navigation
Answer: A
Explanation: Athol Fugard’s play depicts an Afrikaner artist’s struggle.
247. The African writer known for “The African
Trilogy” is:
A. Ngũgĩ
B. Soyinka
C. Achebe
D. Mariama Bâ
Answer: C
248. “The Man Who Loved Islands” (NZ) symbolizes:
A. Nature’s wrath
B. Solitude and self-destruction
C. Tribal warfare
D. Colonial prosperity
Answer: B
249. The Book of Negroes is a Canadian novel
by:
A. Dionne Brand
B. Lawrence Hill
C. Margaret Laurence
D. Michael Ondaatje
Answer: B
250. The True History of the Kelly Gang won
which prize?
A. Pulitzer Prize
B. Booker Prize
C. Nobel Prize
D. Commonwealth Prize
Answer: B
251. The African novel The Beautyful Ones Are
Not Yet Born critiques:
A. Colonial education
B. Post-independence corruption
C. Tribal rituals
D. Missionary myths
Answer: B
Explanation: Armah exposes moral decay after independence.
252. “Talking Drums” in African tradition
symbolize:
A. Military orders
B. Storytelling and communication
C. Religious sacrifice
D. Farming cycles
Answer: B
253. Season of Migration to the North
explores:
A. Slave trade in West Africa
B. African–Arab identity conflict
C. Pacific colonialism
D. Caribbean plantation life
Answer: B
254. The Caribbean poet Claude McKay is associated
with:
A. Australian romanticism
B. Harlem Renaissance
C. Māori oral literature
D. Nigerian satire
Answer: B
255. In A House for Mr. Biswas, Biswas’s
main dream is to:
A. Join politics
B. Build a house
C. Become a judge
D. Travel to England
Answer: B
256. New Zealand poet James K. Baxter is known for:
A. Formalist epics
B. Māori-Christian spiritual fusion
C. War sonnets
D. Scientific poetry
Answer: B
257. Death and the King’s Horseman
dramatizes conflict between:
A. Islam and Hinduism
B. British colonial law and Yoruba ritual
C. Tribal jealousy
D. Christian and Buddhist traditions
Answer: B
258. The Caribbean writer Sam Selvon is famous for
his use of:
A. Shakespearean blank verse
B. Creole dialect narration
C. French Romantic prose
D. Elizabethan language
Answer: B
259. “The Fat Black Woman’s Poems” are written by:
A. Jean Rhys
B. Grace Nichols
C. Olive Senior
D. Dionne Brand
Answer: B
260. Carpentaria is a novel by:
A. Alexis Wright
B. Kim Scott
C. Mudrooroo
D. David Malouf
Answer: A
261. The African writer Ama Ata Aidoo is known for
exploring:
A. African feminism
B. Travel writing
C. Greek tragedy
D. Egyptian archaeology
Answer: A
262. Wide Sargasso Sea retells the story of:
A. Hamlet
B. Jane Eyre
C. Dr. Faustus
D. King Lear
Answer: B
263. The Māori word “mana” refers to:
A. Fishing nets
B. Spiritual authority or power
C. Burial rites
D. Smoke rituals
Answer: B
264. The African novel The River Between
deals with:
A. Witchcraft
B. Colonial spirituality vs tribal tradition
C. African diaspora
D. Nomadic life
Answer: B
265. Caribbean writer Derek Walcott often blends:
A. Jazz and surrealism
B. Homeric epic with Caribbean history
C. Victorian melodrama
D. Arabian folklore
Answer: B
266. The Secret River is a novel about:
A. Aboriginal–settler conflict
B. Jamaican plantation revolt
C. African refugee migration
D. New Zealand war rituals
Answer: A
267. “Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe centers on:
A. Courtroom drama
B. War survivors rebuilding life
C. African warriors in exile
D. Caribbean carnival traditions
Answer: B
268. Caribbean poet Lorna Goodison writes mainly
about:
A. British monarchy
B. Jamaican identity and family history
C. Korean war memories
D. Egyptian myth
Answer: B
269. “The Almond Tree” explores:
A. Colonial police brutality
B. Indigenous ecology
C. Fatherhood and disability
D. Slavery in Barbados
Answer: C
270. “The Healers” by Ayi Kwei Armah critiques:
A. Industrialization
B. Fragmentation of African unity
C. Greek mythology
D. British aristocracy
Answer: B
271. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is set in
a world that represents:
A. African tribal land
B. Caribbean marketplaces
C. The power of storytelling
D. Australian convict prisons
Answer: C
272. The Caribbean novel Miguel Street is
written in:
A. Gothic epistles
B. Linked short stories
C. Modernist stream-of-consciousness
D. Dramatic monologues
Answer: B
273. Māori writer Hone Tuwhare worked as:
A. A soldier
B. A blacksmith and railway worker
C. A schoolteacher
D. A judge
Answer: B
274. The African poem “Night of the Scorpion”
comments on:
A. Tribal war
B. Superstition and maternal sacrifice
C. African monarchy
D. Military rule
Answer: B
275. The Dilemma of a Ghost explores:
A. Slavery
B. Interracial marriage and cultural conflict
C. Political elections
D. Criminal law
Answer: B
276. Caribbean writer V. S. Naipaul often explores:
A. Greek drama
B. Postcolonial displacement
C. French romantic heroism
D. Viking migration
Answer: B
277. The African novel Anthills of the Savannah
uses:
A. Multiple narrators
B. One omniscient narrator
C. Haiku structure
D. Stream of commerce
Answer: A
278. “Dreaming Black Boy” deals with:
A. Pacific voyages
B. Racial oppression
C. Ancient kingship
D. Urbanization
Answer: B
279. Cloudstreet is a major Australian novel
about:
A. Mining disasters
B. Two working-class families sharing a house
C. Prison life
D. Aboriginal land rights
Answer: B
280. The poem “Easter 1916” influences Caribbean
literature mainly through its:
A. Celebration of Irish victory
B. Use of modernist political symbolism
C. Praise of British empire
D. Religious interpretations
Answer: B
281. The African novel The Palm-Wine Drinkard
blends:
A. Jazz and blues
B. Yoruba mythology and magical adventure
C. European realism
D. War reportage
Answer: B
282. “The Mulatto Girl” by McKay addresses:
A. Trade laws
B. Racial mixed identity
C. Tribal unity
D. Pacific nuclear tests
Answer: B
283. The Caribbean novel The Dragon Can’t Dance
is set during:
A. Christmas festival
B. Crop-over festival
C. Carnival
D. Emancipation Day
Answer: C
284. Alexis Wright’s Tracker is a:
A. Novel
B. Biographical collective memoir
C. Historical poem
D. Dramatic monologue
Answer: B
285. The African poem “Telephone Conversation”
critiques:
A. Rural illiteracy
B. Racial prejudice
C. Tribal rituals
D. Monarchy
Answer: B
286. Caribbean writer Canada-based Dionne Brand
often writes about:
A. European nationalism
B. Diasporic memory and trauma
C. Christian theology
D. Greek myth
Answer: B
287. Jasper Jones explores:
A. Middle Passage trauma
B. Small-town racism in Australia
C. Māori ancestral spirits
D. African military coups
Answer: B
288. The African novel Devil on the Cross
was originally written in:
A. English
B. Gikuyu
C. Swahili
D. Arabic
Answer: B
289. Olive Senior’s poetry often focuses on:
A. Industrial growth
B. Jamaican childhood and folklore
C. Middle Eastern war
D. British monarchy
Answer: B
290. The New Zealand novel The Bone People
is unique for its blend of:
A. Indian folklore and sci-fi
B. Māori spirituality and modern narrative
C. Arabic legend and fantasy
D. Prehistoric myth and satire
Answer: B
291. July’s People explores:
A. Post-independence Ghana
B. South Africa during racial upheaval
C. Jamaican independence
D. New Zealand tribal wars
Answer: B
292. The Caribbean poem “If I Was a Bird”
expresses:
A. War heroism
B. Longing for freedom
C. Religious conversion
D. Economic despair
Answer: B
293. “Abiku” by Soyinka refers to:
A. Sea monsters
B. A spirit child that repeatedly dies and returns
C. War horses
D. A poisoned river
Answer: B
294. The Whale Rider emphasizes:
A. Christian rituals
B. Māori female leadership
C. Slavery
D. Colonial police violence
Answer: B
295. Caribbean writer Austin Clarke often writes
about:
A. Barbados and migration
B. Nigeria
C. Zimbabwe
D. Samoa
Answer: A
296. Zoo Story is used in postcolonial
contexts because it explores:
A. Japanese feudalism
B. Human isolation and class division
C. Witchcraft
D. Tribal warfare
Answer: B
297. The Book of Secrets is a Canadian novel
by:
A. M. G. Vassanji
B. Rohinton Mistry
C. Dionne Brand
D. Thomas King
Answer: A
298. “Krapp’s Last Tape” influences Caribbean
monologue techniques through:
A. Magic realism
B. Memory-based performance structure
C. War symbolism
D. Futuristic narrative
Answer: B
299. The Chosen Place, The Timeless People
explores:
A. Australian mining
B. Caribbean colonial trauma
C. Yoruba rituals
D. Kenyan independence
Answer: B
300. Benito Cereno influences Caribbean
literature through its depiction of:
A. Russian aristocracy
B. Slave rebellion and colonial fear
C. Māori myth
D. Australian bushranging
Answer: B
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