Free Postcolonial and Pakistani Literature MCQs with Answers
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- A. It is a lyrical novel that explores cultural identity and decline of an Indian family.
- B. It is a Romantic novel that explores the decline of a Russian family.
- C. It is a stream-of-consciousness narrative that explores cultural identity in nineteenth-century Ireland.
- D. It is a lyrical novel that explores the decline of a Caribbean family.
Explanation: Arundhati Roy’s lyrical novel follows the decline and fractured identity of an Indian family while examining caste, history, and social…
Correct answer: It is a lyrical novel that explores cultural identity and decline of an Indian family.- A. Ibo
- B. Russian
- C. Irish
- D. Indian
Explanation: Chinua Achebe’s novel explores Igbo society, also spelled Ibo, before and during its encounter with British colonialism.
Correct answer: Ibo- A. Linda Hutcheon
- B. Homi Bhabha
- C. Jacques Derrida
- D. Fredric Jameson
Explanation: Homi Bhabha examines colonial ambivalence, hybridity, and the unstable relationship between colonizer and colonized.
Correct answer: Homi Bhabha- A. The pressure of conforming to preexisting social conventions
- B. The burden of white colonizers who are forced to learn to live in new lands
- C. The Eurocentric idea that the colonizer has a social responsibility to civilize other nations
- D. The concept that all white men do not share the same imperial duties
Explanation: Kipling's phrase presents imperialism as a supposed duty of white nations to civilize and govern colonized peoples.
Correct answer: The Eurocentric idea that the colonizer has a social responsibility to civilize other nations- A. It has little relationship to the colonization of Asian countries by the West.
- B. It illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.
- C. It was produced by Western scholarship.
- D. Its literature is less proud that that of the West.
Explanation: In Orientalism, Edward Said argues that the Orient was constructed through Western scholarship, representation, and colonial power rather…
Correct answer: It was produced by Western scholarship.- A. TheWest spends too much time trying to consider an Asian perspective.
- B. The West tends to look at Asian countries as individual units rather than lump them together.
- C. The West views matters through its own limited historical position.
- D. The West refuses to apply economic and political coercion to Asian writers.
Explanation: Postcolonial theory challenges Eurocentrism, arguing that Western perspectives are shaped by a limited historical and cultural position…
Correct answer: The West views matters through its own limited historical position.- A. Harold Bloom's "An Elegy for the Canon"
- B. Jacques Lacan's "The Mirror Stage ... "
- C. Cleanth Brooks's "Keats's Sylvan Historian"
- D. Edward Said's Orientalism
Explanation: Edward Said’s Orientalism is widely treated as a foundational text of postcolonial criticism because it exposes how Western discourse…
Correct answer: Edward Said's Orientalism- A. Julia Kristeva
- B. Fredric Jameson
- C. Terry Eagleton
- D. Edward Said
Explanation: Edward Said uses “imaginative geography” to describe how cultures construct symbolic divisions between “us” and “them,” especially between…
Correct answer: Edward Said- A. To represent the relationship between colonizers and the colonized
- B. To draw attention to the positive effects of colonization on literature
- C. To explain why there are few examples of successful non-Western literature
- D. To show the ways in which mostWestern literature is superior
Explanation: Postcolonial criticism examines how colonial power shaped the relationship between colonizers and colonized, including representation…
Correct answer: To represent the relationship between colonizers and the colonized- A. Marxist theory
- B. psychoanalytic theory
- C. postcolonial theory
- D. deconstruction
Explanation: Postcolonial theory studies the cultural, political, and literary effects of colonial rule, including how British imperialism shaped…
Correct answer: postcolonial theory- A. A historical narrative and a historical novel are the same thing.
- B. A historical narrative tells only part of the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story.
- C. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.
- D. Faruqi actually argues that historical novels do not exist.
Explanation: In Faruqi's distinction, historical narrative aims at the entire truth of an event, whereas historical fiction selects and shapes a…
Correct answer: A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.- A. religious stories
- B. creation stories
- C. A and B
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Pre-colonial literature commonly preserves religious beliefs and creation stories, especially through oral traditions.
Correct answer: A and B- A. Frogs used to eat rocks and one day a frog ate a rock that was too hard and smashed its teeth.
- B. Frogs never had any teeth.
- C. Hare hit a frog with a club and burned the frog and cursed it by declaring it would never be able to harm anyone because it threatedned to hunt the hare down with dogs.
- D. Grandmother wanted to eat frog leg stew so she captured a frog and extracted its teeth one by one while chanting a Winnebago song, and since then frogs were without teeth.
Explanation: In the Native American myth, Hare strikes and burns the frog after Frog threatens him, and the curse leaves frogs unable to harm others…
Correct answer: Hare hit a frog with a club and burned the frog and cursed it by declaring it would never be able to harm anyone because it threatedned to hunt the hare down with dogs.- A. Predicting the Apocalypse
- B. Declaring his intention to run for public office
- C. Calling for Native Americans to declare themselves independent of the U.S. government
- D. Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice
Explanation: Apess ends by urging those who oppose injustice to continue their efforts against racial prejudice.
Correct answer: Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice- A. national identity
- B. political conflicts
- C. urban and european vs indigenous and rural
- D. All the above
Explanation: Independence-era writing commonly explores national identity, political conflict, and the tension between urban European influence and…
Correct answer: All the above- A. They are nosey and stays busy tending to other people's business
- B. The Zunis are spiritual and have a strong moral code that they live by and teach to their children
- C. That the Zunis are afraid of earthquakes and floods
- D. That the Zunis like to make up stories for pure entertainment
Explanation: The prayers show that the Zuni community takes spiritual duty, wrongdoing, and moral instruction seriously.
Correct answer: The Zunis are spiritual and have a strong moral code that they live by and teach to their children- A. the metaphor of Ireland as a novel
- B. the metaphor of Ireland as a woman
- C. the metaphor of Ireland as a child
- D. the metaphor of Ireland as a soldier
Explanation: Irish writers often represented Ireland as a woman, using figures such as Kathleen Ni Houlihan or Mother Ireland to express the nation’s…
Correct answer: the metaphor of Ireland as a woman- A. 1901
- B. 1916
- C. 1922
- D. 1934
Explanation: The Easter Rising took place in Dublin from 24 to 29 April 1916. The failed rebellion nevertheless became a major turning point in the…
Correct answer: 1916- A. it led many Irish writers to criticize British colonial practices
- B. it led to more depictions of violence and sacrifice in Irish literature
- C. it inspired Irish writers to create an Irish national identity
- D. All of the AboveExplore Top Audiobooks
Explanation: The Easter Rising encouraged Irish literature to confront British rule, political violence, sacrifice, and the construction of national…
Correct answer: All of the AboveExplore Top Audiobooks