This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Postcolonial > Postcolonial Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Postcolonial Literature Quiz 1 (35 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A refusal to use the language of the colonizer in a correct way A) Resistance. B) Apropriation. C) Abrogation. D) Ambivalence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abrogation. 2. What is a hallmark of characters in postcolonial fiction? A) Complete assimilation into indigenous culture. B) Resistance against colonial powers. C) Hybrid cultural identities. D) Strong nationalistic beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hybrid cultural identities. 3. What is postcolonial literature? A) Literature produced after decolonization. B) Literature produced in European countries. C) Literature produced in former colonies. D) Literature produced during colonial times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literature produced in former colonies. 4. True or false:Hegemony allows the subordinate group to maintain its own social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 5. Who wrote the work 'The Wretched of the Earth'? A) Edward Said. B) Homi ka bhava. C) Gayatri spivak. D) Frantz Fanon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frantz Fanon. 6. Who is the character of Ade Coker based on? A) Ibrahim Babangida. B) Muhammadu Buhari. C) And Saro-Wiwa. D) De edge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) De edge. 7. Which term best describes the voluntary or enforced migration of people from their native homelands A) Diaspora. B) Exoticism. C) Hybridity. D) Ambivalence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diaspora. 8. What complex issues does postcolonial literature often explore? A) Identity and culture. B) Science and technology. C) Politics and economics. D) Religion and spirituality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identity and culture. 9. What influenced many Igbo people to convert to Christianity? A) Traditional Igbo beliefs. B) Colonization. C) Biafran Civil War. D) Influence of other African tribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonization. 10. The work 'Orientalism' was published in the year A) 1978. B) 1981. C) 1987. D) 1972. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1978. 11. Which of the following would be the closest example of diegesis? A) Journal entries from a soldier at war. B) The film Malcolm X. C) The film The Lion King. D) The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The film The Lion King. 12. Which is the closest example of historicity? A) The Disney version of Pocahantas. B) Columbus reached the New World in 1492. C) The legend of King Arthur. D) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Columbus reached the New World in 1492. 13. Who is the military leader in Purple Hibiscus based on? A) Ibrahim Babangida. B) Muhammadu Buhari. C) And Saro-Wiwa. D) De edge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ibrahim Babangida. 14. The term 'orient' according to Said represents A) West. B) Colonised. C) Coloniser. D) East. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) East. 15. The means by which the colonized adapt the culture of the colonizer A) Hybridity. B) Mimicry. C) Adaptation. D) Imitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mimicry. 16. What is an example of intersectionality from the examples below? A) Being an engineer in the Middle East. B) Voting Democrat or Republican. C) Being a transgender racial minority in America. D) Being Christian in America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being a transgender racial minority in America. 17. What are some common themes in postcolonial literature? A) Love and friendship. B) Adventure and exploration. C) Loss of culture and identity. D) Mystery and suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loss of culture and identity. 18. Diegesis refers to narrative telling through ..... A) History. B) Nonfiction. C) Fiction. D) All of the other answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiction. 19. Who wrote the work 'Orientalism'? A) Spivak. B) Homi ka bhava. C) Edward Said. D) Frantz Fanon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edward Said. 20. When did Nigeria gain independence from British rule? A) 1985. B) 1945. C) 1810. D) 1960. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1960. 21. Which term best describes the complex mix of attraction and repulsion that characterizes the relationship between colonizer and colonized A) Hybridity. B) Ethicity. C) Mimicry. D) Ambivalence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambivalence. 22. What is the name of the creator god in Igbo religion? A) Ala. B) Idemili. C) Chi. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) God. 23. What is the traditional religion of the Igbo people? A) Traditional Igbo religion. B) Christianity. C) Hinduism. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional Igbo religion. 24. Which regions does postcolonial literature generally refer to? A) North America and Europe. B) South America and the Caribbean. C) Asia and the Middle East. D) Australia and New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South America and the Caribbean. 25. What does Purple Hibiscus aim to show? A) The elements of patriarchal control and extremism. B) The beauty of Nigerian landscapes. C) The importance of education in society. D) The power of religious faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The elements of patriarchal control and extremism. 26. ..... refers to the influence exerted by a dominant group. A) Historicity. B) Diegesis. C) Intersectionality. D) Hegemony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hegemony. 27. When was Purple Hibiscus published? A) 2005. B) 2001. C) 2003. D) 2007. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2003. 28. The term 'occident' according to Said represents A) Colonised. B) Colonize. C) West. D) East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West. 29. True or false:Intersectionality refers to ONE form of discrimination. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 30. Hegemony can include ..... influence. A) Social or cultural. B) Ideological. C) Economic. D) All of the other answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the other answers are correct. 31. What type of government did Nigeria have after gaining independence? A) Monarchy. B) Military rule. C) Democracy. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Military rule. 32. Historicity includes ..... on a person, events, etc. A) Imagined (fictional) events. B) Unproven ideas. C) Actual facts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actual facts. 33. Postcolonial writers might discuss:1) Life under colonisation 2) Sense of national identity 3) The dynamics of power 4) Race A) All options. B) Option 1 and 2. C) Option 1 and 4. D) Option 1and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All options. 34. True or false:Historicity refers to fiction. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. What was the period of British rule in Nigeria? A) 1960-1985. B) 1945-1960. C) 1810-1945. D) 1985-1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1945-1960. Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books