Deck 1: Literary and Cultural Studies: Part A

Question 1

The study of signs is called_

A)linguistics
B)semiotics
C)scientology
D)stylistics

Answer 1

semiotics

Question 2

Who coined the word netspeak to denote the language used in internet communication?

A)roland bartthes
B)michel foucault
C)david crystal
D)david lodge

Answer 2

david crystal

Question 3

Who is the author of A House for Mr. Biswas?

A)shiv naipaul
B)kushwant singh
C)dom moraes
D)vs naipaul

Answer 3

vs naipaul

Question 4

Who wrote Things fall Apart?

A)chinua achebe
B)wole soyinka
C)ismuth chugthai
D)yeats

Question 5

Train to Pakistan is a famous novel by Kushwant Singh based on

A)partition
B)untouchables
C)prostitution
D)famine

Question 6

Who wrote Summer in Calcutta ?

A)kamla das
B)mahasweta devi
C)mihir sen
D)satyajit ray

Question 7

Which of the following is not a novel by Chinua Achebe?

A)no longer at ease
B)arrow of god
C)a man of people
D)shame

Question 8

Achebe belongs to_

A)nigeria
B)sudan
C)south africa
D)ethiopia

Question 9

The poem which lends the title of Things fall Apart by Achebe is

A)easter 1916
B)byzantium
C)second coming
D)daffodils

Question 10

An Area of Darkness by VS Naipaul is a

A)travelogue
B)novel
C)shortstory
D)drama

Question 11

is a novel by Patrick White, the Australian novelist.

A)snake
B)voss
C)cosmos
D)raj quartet

Question 12

The Stone Angel is a novel written by Margaret Lawrence, a native Neepawa in

A)africa
B)england
C)australia
D)u s a

Question 13

The Guide is a novel written by

A)rk narayan
B)kr narayanan
C)anita desai
D)kirandesai

Question 14

Mukta Dhara is a play by

A)tagore
B)r k narayanan
C)anita desai
D)manjula padmanaban

Question 15

The term "Gitanjali" of the poem of the same name by Tagore means

A)god songs
B)good songs
C)verses
D)song offerings

Question 16

Who wrote the introduction to Gitanjali?

A)wb yeats
B)tagore
C)eliot
D)louis fischer

Question 17

Douglas Steward who wrote many verse plays like Kelly, Shipwreck, The Golden Lover and Fischer's Ghost originally belonged to

A)australia
B)new zealand
C)trinidad
D)china

Question 18

Who wrote the book The Western Canon?

A)harold bloom
B)david lodge
C)william wordsworth
D)f r leavis

Question 19

Literary Theory: An Introduction is a book written by

A)harold bloom
B)terry eagleton
C)f.r.leavis
D)northrop frye

Question 20

Who wrote the book The Common Pursuit?

A)harold bloom
B)terry eagleton
C)f.r leavis
D)coleridge

Question 21

"Of the standard of Taste" is an essay by

A)david hume
B)harold bloom
C)david lodge
D)plato

Question 22

The term canon originaly meanin g a measuring rod, is of

A)hebrew
B)arab
C)chinese
D)greek

Question 23

The famous book on culture wars in USA, Illiberal Education : The politics of Sex and Race on Campus is written by

A)dinesh d'souza
B)amartya sen
C)arundhadi roy
D)noam chomsky

Question 24

Macaulay's "Minutes on Indian Education" dates back to

A)1835
B)1935
C)1845
D)1925

Question 25

What does the acronym DWEM stands for ?

A)dear white european males
B)dead white english man
C)dead white european male
D)dear white english man