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This set of Postcolonial Writings Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Postcolonial Writings Set 1

Q1 | The Striders (1966) and Relations: Poems (1971) are the two volumes of poetry writtenby ___________.
  • a. k ramanujan
  • dom moraes
  • almagir hashmi
  • e.e tiong
Q2 | According to Ramanujan in the poem ‘Self-Portrait’ he resembles anyone but _________.
  • father
  • mother
  • son
  • himself
Q3 | The window glass in the poem ‘Self-Portrait’ symbolizes the ____________.
  • fictional world
  • capitalist world
  • democratic world
  • socialist world
Q4 | Date unknown refers to the poet’s inability to find his ____________.
  • father
  • shadow
  • original self
  • other self
Q5 | ________ began writing at the age of ten.
  • dom moraes
  • ramanujan
  • brathwaite
  • soyinka
Q6 | Sinbad is a character in ____________.10. Dom Moraes published his first book, a collection of essays on cricket titled ---------------
  • green in the grass
  • grow in the grass
  • graze in the grass
  • grain in the grass
Q7 | Dom Moraes’ A Beginning won_________________.
  • hawthornden prize
  • commonwealth prize
  • pulitzer prize
  • nobel prize
Q8 | ___________ is a poem that describes Dom Moraes’ journey in life.a) Sinbad b) A letter c) Arrival d) Negus
  • mahabharat
  • the bible
  • arabian nights
  • treasure island
Q9 | Sinbad, the ______ dominates a cycle of seven stories in the Arabian Nights.
  • the captain
  • the sailor
  • the crew
  • the beast
Q10 | Sinbad is a poem that consists of ___ stanzas.
  • three
  • four
  • five
  • six
Q11 | Sinbad had _____ voyages through turbulent seas, tempestuous conditions which took thetoll of many of his companions.
  • four
  • five
  • six
  • seven
Q12 | “Bronze breasts” refers to the __________.
  • right friendships
  • fake friendships
  • wrong friendships
  • friendships
Q13 | _________ depicts Dom Moraes’ search for identity, his sense of rootlessness and hislove for embracing varieties and multiplicities of life.
  • a letter
  • sinbad
  • negus
  • self-portrait
Q14 | __________ was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist.25. Who was the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc Party?
  • house and land
  • a letter
  • africa
  • australia
Q15 | In the poem, A Letter, the ______, is a threatening symbol of danger.a) needle b) thorn c) flower d) nail
  • leopold senghor
  • david diop
  • jack davis
  • a. d hope
Q16 | Leopold Senghor is associated with _____________.
  • harlem renaissance
  • negative movement
  • negritude movement
  • slavery movement
Q17 | ___________ is the commercial as well as capital of America.
  • australia
  • central park
  • new york
  • manhattan
Q18 | The phrase “frosty smile” is a simile that refers to a ____________.
  • customer society
  • consumer society
  • capitalist society
  • customs society
Q19 | The adjective “sulphurous” indicates _________ which is visible in every busy and overpopulated city.
  • park
  • smoke
  • fog
  • pollution
Q20 | ________ is a neighbourhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
  • central park
  • manhattan
  • harlem
  • hub
Q21 | The term _______ refers to the Unification of African- American life.
  • harlem
  • slavery
  • barbados
  • slogan
Q22 | The ________ culture is connected with nature.Okara’s “Mystic Drum”.
  • drum
  • stick
  • song
  • dance
Q23 | “Mystic Drum” is Okara’s _______.a) Ode b) elegy c) love lyric d) song
  • australian
  • african
  • american
  • nigerian
Q24 | The ______ in the poem “Mystic Drum” is the personification of industrialization.
  • man
  • lady
  • city
  • town
Q25 | Who died at a very early age of 33 in an air crash off Dakar, Senegal in 1960?
  • jack davis
  • david diop
  • a. d hope
  • derek walcott