Pacific Dreaming & Storytelling

Question 1

Which important Pacific person wrote the essay titled “The Ocean Within”?

Answer 1

Julian Aguon

Question 2

Julian Aguon hails from which Pacific nation?

Answer 2

Guam

Question 3

“Towards a New Oceania” was written by which Samoan poet?

Answer 3

Albert Wendt

Question 4

Albert Wendt is a headmaster at which university?

Answer 4

University of the South Pacific

Question 5

In Albert Wendt’s “Towards a New Oceania,” the use of the word ‘fertile’ refers to:

Answer 5

Growth

Question 6

Name how Albert Wendt’s “Towards a New Oceania” is impactful to readers:

Answer 6

It flips colonial narratives about the Pacific / it explains that Oceania is more than what meets the eye / it criticises the historical fetishisation of the Pacific

Question 7

In “Towards a New Oceania,” which metaphor does Wendt typically use to describe Oceania?

Answer 7

Birds

Question 8

”- so dazzling a creature, Oceania deserves more than an attempt at mundane fact” is a line in “Towards a New Oceania” that refers to what idea?

Answer 8

The Pacific holds multiple truths - it is different for everybody