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French, Australian, German, Canadian Literature PYQs
French Literature
1. Who is the creator of the character, Julien Sorel?
Australian Literature
2. The Aboriginal Australian poet, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, in her poem ‘We Are Going’ examines the impact of colonial conquest on Aboriginal Australians with reference to:
[A] Loss of ‘bora ground’
[B] Loss of Aboriginal identity
[C] Loss of new education
[D] Loss of primitive culture
[E] None of the above
[A] Loss of ‘bora ground’
[B] Loss of Aboriginal identity
[C] Loss of new education
[D] Loss of primitive culture
[E] None of the above
3. Who among the following poets have lived in Australia?
A) Judith Wright
B) Yusef Komunyakaa
C) Kath Walker
D) Thomas Kinsella
E) T.S. Eliot
A) Judith Wright
B) Yusef Komunyakaa
C) Kath Walker
D) Thomas Kinsella
E) T.S. Eliot
4. Which among the following are correct?
A) Philip Roth – USA
B) Shirley Jackson – Australia
C) Henry James – Canada
D) Ruskin Bond – India
E) Ali Cobby Eckermann – Australia
A) Philip Roth – USA
B) Shirley Jackson – Australia
C) Henry James – Canada
D) Ruskin Bond – India
E) Ali Cobby Eckermann – Australia
5. Who among the following is an Australian Aboriginal poet?
6. Which two of the following poems are by Judith Wright?
(a) “Meditation on a Bone”
(b) “Imperial Adam”
(c) “Woman to Man”
(d) “The Old Prison”
(a) “Meditation on a Bone”
(b) “Imperial Adam”
(c) “Woman to Man”
(d) “The Old Prison”
German Literature
7. Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez’s postscript to “The General in His Labyrinth” (1991) about Simón BolÃvar’s last and terrible journey to the Caribbean coast of Nueva Granada in 1830 is one of the finest examples of:
8. Which among the following are true in the context of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez?
A) He was a Caribbean novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist.
B) He was affectionately known as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America.
C) He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
D) Love in the Time of Cholera is a memoir written by Márquez.
E) His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was published in 1967.
A) He was a Caribbean novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist.
B) He was affectionately known as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America.
C) He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
D) Love in the Time of Cholera is a memoir written by Márquez.
E) His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was published in 1967.
9. Hermann Hesse’s “Siddhartha” was originally written in:
10. Identify the correct pairs:
A) Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez – The Feast of the Goat
B) Jorge Luis Borges – The Autumn of the Patriarch
C) Salman Rushdie – The Enchantress of Florence
D) E.L. Doctorow – Ragtime
E) A.S. Byatt – Possession
A) Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez – The Feast of the Goat
B) Jorge Luis Borges – The Autumn of the Patriarch
C) Salman Rushdie – The Enchantress of Florence
D) E.L. Doctorow – Ragtime
E) A.S. Byatt – Possession
Canadian Literature
11. Which of the following is NOT written by Margaret Atwood?
12. Canadian Multiculturalism Act was passed in the year:
13. Choose the right chronological sequence of publication of the following novels by Margaret Atwood:
[A] Lady Oracle
[B] The Blind Assassin
[C] The Handmaid’s Tale
[D] The Testaments
[E] Alias Grace
[A] Lady Oracle
[B] The Blind Assassin
[C] The Handmaid’s Tale
[D] The Testaments
[E] Alias Grace
Ancient Literature
14. Which of these are part of Aeschylus’ Oresteia Trilogy?
A) Agamemnon
B) The Libation Bearers
C) Antigone
D) Oedipus at Colonus
E) Electra
A) Agamemnon
B) The Libation Bearers
C) Antigone
D) Oedipus at Colonus
E) Electra
