English · UNIT 02 · MOCK TEST

Mock 6 – Mixed Practice

Unit 2: American and World Literature · 18 questions · about 21 minutes. Press End Mock any time to see your score and the correct answers.

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Q1.

Who wrote: 'Like his favourite philosopher, Plato, Rousseau sought to discover and produce the moral man' in a moral society?

AJ. S. Mill BMary Wollstonecraft CSamuel Johnson DPeter Gay

Q2.

Identify the statements which are correct:

A. Flâneur – Baudelaire
B. Habitus – Pierre Bourdieu
C. 'Modernity: An Unfinished Project' – Michel Foucault
D. Imagined Communities – Frantz Fanon
E. Thick description – 'Clifford Mentz'

AA and B only BB and C only CC and D only DA and E only

Q3.

Which book is the sequel to Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (1868)?

ALittle Men BGood Wives CJo's Boys DAn Old-Fashioned Girl

Q4.

Arrange the following works by Black British writers in chronological order:

A. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, No Place Like Home
B. Mike Phillips, London Crossings
C. Ekow Eshun, Black Gold of the Sun
D. George Lamming, The Pleasures of Exile
E. Caryl Phillips, The European Tribe

AD, A, E, C, B BD, E, A, B, C CA, B, C, D, E DE, D, B, A, C

Q5.

Who received the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2021?

ALouise Glück BAnnie Ernaux CAbdulrazak Gurnah DPeter Handke

Q6.

Assertion (A): Montaigne established the essay as a literary form in his Essais. Reason (R): Francis Bacon is generally considered the father of the English essay.

ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A BBoth A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A CA is correct but R is not correct DA is not correct but R is correct

Q7.

Which of the following best describe Anna Karenina's situation and worldview?

A. Anna is deeply committed to family and children.
B. Anna's choices were more an outcome of passion and instinct.
C. Anna accepted the exile to which she was condemned.
D. Anna's passionate spirit and determination to live on her own terms make her unique.
E. She became a victim of rampant patriarchal forces.

A(A), (C) and (D) only B(A), (B) and (E) only C(A), (D) and (E) only D(A), (B) and (D) only

Q8.

Statement I: Doris Pilkington's non-fiction Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on the real experiences of three Aboriginal girls who fled the Moore River Native Settlement. Statement II: The three girls were Molly, Daisy and Mary.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Q9.

Which of the following is NOT a slave narrative?

AThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano BNarrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb CTwelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup DSongs of Enchantment

Q10.

Which of the following is false about Frederick Douglass?

AHis autobiography belongs to the fugitive-slave narrative tradition popular in the North before the Civil War. BHe gives a first-person account of his life in slavery. CHe was a famous orator devoted to Black liberation. DHe wrote Up from Slavery.

Q11.

Who used the phrase 'bowling alone' for the decline of community ties in the United States?

AFrank Furedi BZygmunt Bauman CRobert Bellah DRobert Putnam

Q12.

Assertion (A): In the nineteenth century Charlotte Perkins Gilman gave priority to women's economic independence over the vote. Reason (R): Portraying women as power-seekers was not socially acceptable in nineteenth-century America.

Q13.

Which of the following combinations are correct?

A. Dadaism – Tristan Tzara
B. Surrealism ('sur-réalisme') – Guillaume Apollinaire
C. Surrealism – Filippo Marinetti
D. Futurism – André Breton
E. Nihilism – Ivan Turgenev

AA, C and E only BA, B and E only CB, C and D only DC, D and E only

Q14.

When was Murakami's Men Without Women first published?

A2017 B2014 C2018 D2019

Q15.

With which movements is Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal generally associated?

A. Neoclassicism
B. Symbolism
C. Modernism
D. Postmodernism

AA and B only BB and C only CC and D only DA and D only

Q16.

Arrange the following books in chronological order of publication:

A. The Handmaid's Tale
B. The Color Purple
C. The Golden Notebook
D. The Bluest Eye

AA, B, D, C BB, A, D, C CC, D, B, A DD, C, B, A

Q17.

How does Christ respond to the Grand Inquisitor in The Brothers Karamazov?

AHe kneels before him. BHe kisses him on his bloodless lips. CHe weeps in remorse. DHe says 'Mea culpa'.

Q18.

What is the subject of Ivan's controversial article in The Brothers Karamazov?

ATransubstantiation BThe evils of the clergy CThe Eucharist DEcclesiastical courts