PART – A
1.
In postcolonial discourse, the term “Centre” generally refers to
Answer:
b) Colonial power and dominant ideology
2.
In postcolonial theory, hegemony is maintained mainly through
Answer:
b) Cultural influence and ideological consent
3.
Which of the following best describes dislocation in postcolonial studies?
Answer:
b) Cultural and psychological displacement resulting from colonialism
4.
Ecological imperialism primarily examines
Answer:
b) Colonial exploitation of land, environment and natural resources
5.
Eurocentrism is the belief that
Answer:
b) European culture serves as the universal standard of civilization
6.
One of the principle aims of postcolonial criticism is to
Answer:
B) Recover suppressed histories and identities
7.
The experience of dislocation often results in
Answer:
B) Identity crisis and cultural alienation
8.
Which postcolonial concept explains the continuation of colonial domination
through education, media and cultural institutions rather than direct force?
Answer:
B) Hegemony
9.
The term “Periphery” primarily denotes
Answer:
C) Colonized and marginalized societies
10.
Postcolonial criticism mainly questions
Answer:
D) Colonial assumptions and power structures
11.
No More Boomerang mainly critiques
Answer:
b) Cultural assimilation under colonial influence
12.
The title Maps most effectively suggests
Answer:
C) Artificial boundaries created by power
13.
The ruined mansion in Ruins of a Great House functions primarily as
Answer:
b) A symbol of the decline of imperial power
14.
The reference to “Matisse” is used mainly to question
Answer:
b) Western artistic superiority
15.
The dictators in The Dictators symbolize
Answer:
b) Political oppression and violence
16.
Don’t Call Me Indo-Anglican primarily asserts
Answer:
b) Cultural self-definition
17.
Satire in No More Boomerang primarily exposes
Answer:
b) Cultural displacement
18.
Political oppression in The Dictators is represented through
Answer:
b) Images of fear and violence
19.
Colonial boundaries are portrayed as
Answer:
c) Human constructions shaped by power
20.
In postcolonial poetry, the image of the “weaver bird” primarily symbolizes
Answer:
b) Indigenous creativity and resilience
21.
Death and the King’s Horseman is primarily based on a historical event that
took place in
Answer:
d) Nigeria
22.
What is Elesin Oba’s role in the play?
Answer:
b) The King’s Horseman
23.
According to Yoruba tradition, what must Elesin Oba do after the King’s death?
Answer:
c) Commit ritual suicide to accompany the King into the afterlife
24.
Who prevents Elesin from completing the ritual?
Answer:
d) Simon Pilkings
25.
Who is Simon Pilkings?
Answer:
c) A British colonial officer
26.
What type of tree serves as the central botanical metaphor at the climax of the
play?
Answer:
A) An Ontario poplar
27.
Which character represents the most heavily acculturated, typical “Canadian
kid” persona?
Answer:
C) Krish
28.
How does Savitri Bhave psychologically shield herself from cultural alienation
at home?
Answer:
B) By wearing a saree and applying traditional kumkum
29.
Where is Rootless But Green Are the Boulevard Trees set geographically?
Answer:
C) Winnipeg, Manitoba
30.
In which year was Rootless But Green Are the Boulevard Trees published?
Answer:
b) 1979
31.
Why is Ikemefuna brought to live in Okonkwo’s household in Umuofia?
Answer:
b) He was offered as a peace settlement from the village of Mbaino to avoid war
32.
Who is Okonkwo’s favourite child, whom he frequently wishes had been born a
boy?
Answer:
b) Ezinma
33.
Where does Okonkwo take his family to live during his seven years of
banishment?
Answer:
c) Mbanta, the motherland of his late mother
34.
Which character represents the gentle, poetic, and artistic nature that Okonkwo
detests, resembling his father Unoka?
Answer:
b) Nwoye
35.
What radical act committed by Enoch incites the clan to burn down the Christian
church in Umuofia?
Answer:
a) He unmasked an egwugwu during a public ceremony
36.
Who is the primary narrator of the story within “The One About Coyote Going
West”?
Answer:
b) A grandmother/elder figure speaking to a listener
37.
What does Coyote do at the very end of the story, showing that she hasn’t
learned her lesson?
Answer:
c) She starts thinking about fixing things again, hinting at more chaos to come
38.
How does the story subvert the traditional “discovery” narrative of America?
Answer:
b) It frames the arrival of white people as a comedic, chaotic mistake made by
Coyote
39.
What is the ducks’ (white people’s) primary obsession or activity when Coyote
encounters them?
Answer:
c) Making up rules, writing things down, and trying to change everything
40.
What major cultural conflict is symbolized by the contrast between Coyote’s way
of creating and the ducks’ way of organizing?
Answer:
a) Oral tradition and flexibility versus written law and rigid control
41.
How do the authors fundamentally define the term “post-colonial” in Chapter 1?
Answer:
b) All culture and literature affected by the imperial process from the moment
of colonization to the present day
42.
What distinction do the authors make between “English” and “english”?
Answer:
b) “English” refers to the language of the imperial centre (Britain), while
“english” refers to the post-colonial englishes used globally
43.
What are the two main linguistic processes through which post-colonial writers
liberate themselves from the standard imperial language?
Answer:
b) Abrogation and Appropriation
44.
What is “abrogation” as defined by Ashcroft, Griffiths, and Tiffin?
Answer:
a) The rejection of the metropolitan language’s claim to central authority and
correct usage
45.
How is “appropriation” described in the context of post-colonial language use?
Answer:
b) The process of seizing the language of the centre and adapting it to bear
the distinct cultural experience of the post-colonial writer
46.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four main models of post-colonial
literature?
Answer:
c) Psychoanalytic models of individual trauma
47.
What is a primary characteristic of settler colonies regarding language?
Answer:
b) They experienced a direct displacement of indigenous populations and a
primary reliance on a modified version of the colonizer’s language
48.
What do the authors argue about the relationship between post-colonial
literature and the imperial “centre”?
Answer:
c) Post-colonial literature writes back to the centre, contesting its claims to
be the sole source of meaning and order
49.
What is the authors’ critique of the older term “Commonwealth literature”?
Answer:
b) It is a limiting, patronizing, and politically conservative term that
preceded “post-colonial”
50.
Why is the study of post-colonial literature fundamentally comparative?
Answer: a) It is bound up with comparing different regional practices of abrogation and appropriation in response to a common imperial power
