Deck 2: US Foreign Policy, Harold Pinter, Charlie Chaplin, and Voices From Chernobyl

Question 1

Who was the leader of US body at the meeting in London

A)George Bush
B)Raymond Seitz
C)Philip Lader
D)John F Kennedy

Answer 1

Raymond Seitz

Question 2

US foreign policy is termed as___________

A)High intensity Conflict
B)Guerilla warfare
C)Low intensity conflict
D)Foreign Policy

Answer 2

Low intensity conflict

Question 3

After 1979 uprising, who led the Government in Nicaragua?

A)The Sandinistas
B)Somoza regime
C)National Opposition Union
D)Nationalist party

Answer 3

The Sandinistas

Question 4

Which among the following is Harold Pinter's well known play?

A)The Birthday Party
B)Waiting for Godot
C)Look Back in Anger
D)Doll's House

Question 5

In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Harold Pinter criticizes------

A)The foreign policy of US Government
B)War crimes of World War II
C)Use of Nuclear Energy
D)U S Military hegemony

Question 6

According to Pinter,-----has to be avoided at all cost in political theatre

A)Sermonising
B)Sympathy
C)Repetition
D)Adaptation

Question 7

Charlie Chaplin plays the role of ------ in the speech from the film, "The Great Dictator".

A)Jewish Barber
B)Doctor
C)Fireman
D)Major

Question 8

Which is the first non-silent film of Chaplin?

A)Modern Times
B)The Great Dictator
C)City Lights
D)The Kid

Question 9

________________, poisoned men's souls.

A)Greed
B)Kindness
C)Love
D)Ego

Question 10

In the 17th Chapter of St. --------it is written, "the Kingdom of God is within man"

A)Luke
B)Mark
C)Matthew
D)Paulo

Question 11

"The Great Dictator" is a political satire condemning mainly ______

A)Hitler
B)Bush
C)Churchill
D)Mussolini

Question 12

What is Chaplin's vision of a New World?

A)Democratic
B)Totalitarian
C)Autocratic
D)Communist

Question 13

Chaplin says, "Let us fight for a world of _____________

A)Greed
B)Hatred
C)Reason
D)Intolerance

Question 14

Name the power that will unite the world, according to Chaplin?

A)Democracy
B)Reason
C)Love
D)Unity

Question 15

Svetalna Alexievich won the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year-------

A)2008
B)2015
C)2000
D)2002

Question 16

The given excerpt "A Solitary Human Voice" is from the book---?

A)Voices from Chernobyl
B)Pride and prejudice
C)The Great Dictator
D)Last Witnesses

Question 17

Whose voice is recorded in the excerpt from the book Voices from Chernobyl?

A)Lyudimilla Ignatenko
B)Svetalan Alexievich
C)Janice Miri Kitani
D)Judith Butler

Question 18

What was Vasily Ignatenko's job?

A)Fireman
B)Doctor
C)Radiologist
D)Soldier

Question 19

What did Lyudimilla name her baby?

A)Natashenka
B)Vasya
C)Lyudimilla
D)Chekov

Question 20

Which year did Chernobyl accident happen?

A)1986
B)1991
C)1980
D)1987

Question 21

Who has translated the book "Voices from Chernobyl"?

A)Keith Gessen
B)Svetlana Alexievich
C)Janice Miri Kitani
D)Charlie Chaplin

Question 22

The book, "Voices from Chernobyl" gives the account of the effect of nuclear explosion in_______________________

A)Byelorussia
B)Berlin
C)Japan
D)China

Question 23

In which form did Svetlna Alexievich present the voices of the victims in the book "Voices of Chernobyl"?

A)Speeches
B)Letters
C)Monologues
D)memoirs

Question 24

Who is testifying against the war crimes in the poem, "Breaking the Silence"?

A)Her mother
B)Her grandmother
C)The poet
D)Her fiend

Question 25

" Breaking the Silence" focuses on the experiences of--------when they were put into internment during World War II

A)Jews
B)Japanese Americans
C)Americans
D)Germans