The Vivisector - Patrick White Set 1

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This set of Commonwealth Literature Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on The Vivisector - Patrick White Set 1

Q1 | Hurtle Duffield was born into a ________ Australian family.
  • middle-class
  • bourgeois
  • working class
  • high-class
Answer: working class
Q2 | For the first time, Hurtle Duffield meets a woman in the streets by the name of –
  • Hero Pavloussi
  • Katherine Volkov
  • Alfreda Courtney
  • Nance Lightfoot
Answer: Nance Lightfoot
Q3 | Hero Pavloussi was the wife of a / an –
  • Australian merchant
  • Greek merchant
  • European merchant
  • American merchant
Answer: Greek merchant
Q4 | Hurtle Duffield and Hero Pavloussi went on a pilgrimage to the sacred Island of Perialosin the
  • Aegean Sea
  • Arabian Sea
  • Ionian Sea
  • Mediterranean Sea
Answer: Aegean Sea
Q5 | In the start of Disgrace, the age of David Lurie was
  • thirty- seven
  • forty - two
  • fifty - two
  • fifty- seven
Answer: fifty - two
Q6 | The Courtneys adopt Hurtle Duffield to be Rhoda’s _____
  • servant
  • tutor
  • companion
  • competitor
Answer: companion
Q7 | Hurtle’s greatest painting is called
  • the Magnum Opus
  • The Homage
  • Rhoda
  • The Vivisector
Answer: The Vivisector
Q8 | The Vivisector was published in
  • 1970
  • 1960
  • 1950
  • 1940
Answer: 1970
Q9 | ______ is a manipulative woman who also plays the piano.
  • Rhoda Courtney
  • Kathy Volkov
  • Hero Pavloussi
  • Alfreda Courtney
Answer: Kathy Volkov
Q10 | Hurtle’s first love is _____, a prostitute.
  • Kathy
  • Hero
  • Nance
  • Olivia
Answer: Nance
Q11 | After his stroke, Hurtle becomes partially
  • blind
  • paralysed
  • deaf
  • amnesiac
Answer: paralysed
Q12 | Hurtle enlists into the army during
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • The Spanish War
  • the Korean War
Answer: World War I
Q13 | Hurtle has a series of affairs with women he cannot love because
  • all these women are ugly
  • he is afraid falling in love would be too consuming
  • he enjoys the company of many women
  • he cannot settle for just one woman
Answer: he is afraid falling in love would be too consuming
Q14 | Hurtle’s inspiration for his art was
  • the chaos of World War I
  • his poverty-ridden childhood
  • his many lovers
  • other great artists
Answer: his many lovers
Q15 | Nance Lightfoot dies when she
  • is killed by a gunman
  • meets with a traffic accident
  • falls to the rocks below Hurtle’s shack
  • poisoned by Hurtle’s mother
Answer: falls to the rocks below Hurtle’s shack
Q16 | Hurtle completes his masterpiece with the help of his protégé,
  • Hero Pavloussi
  • Cecil Cutbush
  • Boo Hollingrake
  • Don Lethbridge
Answer: Don Lethbridge
Q17 | The Vivisector was awarded the _____ in 1973.
  • Pulitzer Prize
  • Nobel Prize
  • Booker Prize
  • Reader’s Choice
Answer: Nobel Prize
Q18 | The word, ‘vivisection’ means
  • dissection while still alive
  • stuffed and preserved after death
  • dissection after death
  • tortured to death
Answer: dissection while still alive
Q19 | After seeing the vivisected dog, Alfreda comments that “There’s nothing so inhuman as a _____”.
  • dog
  • vivisectionist
  • human being
  • man
Answer: human being
Q20 | Hurtle was _____ from his real parents by the Courtneys.
  • stolen
  • bought
  • kidnapped
  • taken by force
Answer: bought
Q21 | Hurtle Duffield was sold for _____ pounds to the Courtneys by his parents.
  • 1000
  • 100
  • 750
  • 500
Answer: 500
Q22 | Hurtle Duffield suffered _____ towards the end of his life.
  • a heart attack
  • a stroke
  • a vehicle accident
  • a fall
Answer: a stroke
Q23 | The Vivisector is written by
  • Patrick White
  • Alan Paton
  • Chinua Echebe
  • V.S. Naipaul
Answer: Patrick White
Q24 | White dedicates his novel The Vivisector to Sidney Nolan, a ____
  • vivisectionist
  • painter
  • politician
  • writer
Answer: painter
Q25 | Nance Lightfoot is a
  • secretary
  • Greek heiress
  • painter
  • prostitute
Answer: prostitute
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