Multicultural and Post-Colonial Children’s Literature

Question 1

Literature about different cultural groups is often called

• Multicultural literature
• politically correct literature
• poly-cosmic literature
• post cultural literature

Answer 1

• Multicultural literature

Question 2

Multicultural literature that tend to focus on what issues?

• identity, difference, and power
• socio-economic class difference
• sexism and feminism
• Anglo- European dominance

Answer 2

• identity, difference, and power

Question 3

Which of the following tends to be included in Multicultural literature for children?

• issues of ethnicity
• issues of gender
• Ageism
• Handicaps and special needs
• All of the above

Answer 3

• All of the above

Question 4

Generally, ‘ post-colonialism’ describes cultures affected by:

• an ongoing process of colonization
• colonies from the Greco-Roman era
• a past history of colonization
• all of the above

Answer 4

• an ongoing process of colonization

Question 5

A process of rewriting old texts against the common messages/ images of Empire is known as:

• De-colonization
• Post-colonization
• Social Revolution
• none of the above

Answer 5

• De-colonization

Question 6

What value does Multicultural literature provide?

• Help children understand and empathize with diverse groups
• provides positive reinforcements of non-Anglo-European communities
• show children how to identify prejudice
• teaches children to reframe from discrimination
• all of the above

Answer 6

• all of the above

Question 7

In addition to strong literary qualities, Multicultural and post- Colonial literature’s must also be evaluated on:

• the strength of its protagonist
• the themes
• accuracy of cultural details
• it’s narrative point of view

Answer 7

• accuracy of cultural details

Question 8

In addition to strong literary qualities, Multicultural and post- Colonial literature’s must also be evaluated on:

• it’s authorial position
• it’s lyrical content
• it’s narrative point of view
• it’s themes

Answer 8

• it’s authorial position

Question 9

What is the term for taking into consideration the author’s background and his/her relationship to the cultures s/he describes in fiction?

• cultural assimilation
• authorial position
• subject position
• narrative appropriation

Answer 9

• authorial position