Deck 1: Literature : Authors, Characters, and Themes

Question 1

Which Character washes up on the Island of Phaeacians during his journey to Ithaca?

A)hamlet
B)odysseus
C)stephen dedalus
D)don quixote

Answer 1

odysseus

Question 2

Who according to Amenda Michalapoulou created the novel of wander lust?

A)cervantes
B)shakespeare
C)james joyce
D)homer

Answer 2

cervantes

Question 3

Who is the author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A)james joyce
B)cervantes
C)shakespeare
D)anton chekov

Answer 3

james joyce

Question 4

Claudius and Getrude are the characters in ……………………………….

A)sorrows of young werther
B)hamlet
C)a portrait of an artist as a young man
D)don quixote

Question 5

Who is the author of Friday, the Other Island?

A)aristotle
B)shakespeare
C)michel tournier
D)none of these

Question 6

Who is the author of The Sorrows of Young Werther?

A)aristotle
B)shakespeare
C)goethe
D)homer

Question 7

Who is Viswanathan's wife?

A)radha
B)seetha
C)manju
D)maya

Question 8

What was Radha's profession?

A)tailor
B)carpenter
C)house maid
D)none of these

Question 9

In which novel is Comala a town of the dead?

A)the feast of the goat
B)pedro paramo
C)love in the time of cholera
D)none of these

Question 10

Who is the author of Pedro Paramo?

A)mariyo varges llosa
B)juan rulfo
C)gabriel garcia marquez
D)jorge luis borges

Question 11

Which day did Viswnathan select to commit suicide?

A)independent day
B)republic day
C)gandhi jayanti
D)none of these

Question 12

Who is the author of Comala ?

A)sachidananthan
B)n p hafiz mohamed
C)santhosh eachikkanam
D)sara joseph

Question 13

What does Mariam bring along with the tea for the visitor?

A)halwa
B)small rolls of boiled riped nentrappazham
C)boiled eggs
D)none of these

Question 14

Who was the wife of Alassankutty?

A)mariam
B)fathima
C)ayisha
D)none of these.

Question 15

In what accent did the visitor speak to Alassankutty?

A)hinglish
B)manglish
C)zinglish
D)none of these

Question 16

According to Mariam, the visitor was a ____ sent by God to work miracles for them.

A)messanger
B)soothsayer
C)oracle
D)angel

Question 17

How old was Alassankutty?

A)40
B)41
C)42
D)44

Question 18

What did the urban beauty smuggle?

A)ivory
B)gold
C)values
D)culture

Question 19

Turmeric is called the Nector of ____.

A)love
B)immortality
C)purity
D)wisdom

Question 20

The term Yellow shore refers to the quality of Turmeric as a ___.

A)medicine
B)anti-dote
C)cosmetic
D)ingredient in curries.

Question 21

Where was the speaker's brother employed?

A)vox wagon
B)cadillac
C)ford
D)benz

Question 22

Identify the figure of speech: "Feeling the light rain falling like mist/into your hair"

A)metaphor
B)simile
C)metonymy
D)none of these.

Question 23

Whose is described as the opera 'you' hate most in "What Work Is"?

A)wagner's
B)tucker's
C)domingo's
D)none of these

Question 24

What is Warsan Shire's ethnic identity?

A)somali
B)egyptian
C)palestinian
D)british

Question 25

What is the boy with whom the poet went to school holding?

A)a pistol
B)a knife
C)a gun
D)a dagger.