A. It is an excellent example of “Magical Realism.”
B. It is concerned with the post-colonial situation of India before and after its partitioning into India and Pakistan.
C. It is a book that tells the story of the Sinai family.
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Literary critics who analyze the works of Salman Rushdie often engage which “Post-Modern” school of criticism ?
A. Marxism
B. Post-Colonial Theory
C. Deconstruction
D. Feminism - Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?
A. Fanny Burney
B. Mary Wollstonecraft
C. Anna Letitia Barbauld
D. Jane Austen - Of what does Goodman Brown become guilty after his midnight meeting in the woods ?
A. Atonement
B. Catharsis
C. Gullibility
D. Hubris - It was the very witching time of night that he, heavyhearted and crestfallen, pursued his travel homeward. Far below, the Tappan Zee spread its dusky waters. In the dead hush of midnight he could hear the faint barking of a watchdog from the opposite shore. The night grew darker and darker; the stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. This passage is from________________?
A. A fairy tale
B. An autobiography
C. A detective story
D. A Gothic tale - Which of the following descriptions accurately describes Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” ?
A. The end of the novella depicts Marlow’s conversation with the Kurtz’s Intended.
B. The work considers the dark side of European colonialism.
C. Marlow comes to understand the necessity of European leadership in Africa.
D. Both A and B - Which of the following descriptions of the “Avant-Garde Movement” is false ?
A. The avant-garde, a military term meaning “advanced guard,” was founded in France in the mid-19th century.
B. The term avant-garde itself means “advanced guard,” and the military role of the advanced guard and the role of the avantgarde art movement are much of the same.
C. The realist painter Gustave Courbet never considered himself a member of the avant-garde.
D. Both A and B - Which of the following descriptions best defines the literary theory known as formalism ?
A. An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text
B. An approach that emphasizes the historical context of a text
C. An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text
D. An approach that emphasizes racial issues in a text - Which of the following descriptions best describes the character of Hamlet ?
A. Hamlet is depressed yet highly intelligent.
B. Hamlet is naive and simple minded.
C. Hamlet is spoiled and manipulative.
D. Hamlet is intellectually passive and deeply frightened of his father’s ghost. - Which of the following descriptions best defines the literary theory known as formalism ?
A. An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text
B. An approach that emphasizes the historical context of a text
C. An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text
D. An approach that emphasizes racial issues in a text - Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text ?
A. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style
B. a lyric poem written in the first person
C. a comedy of manners
D. a political tract demanding labor reform
