Semester One Final (Language and Literature) Flashcards
To which American author was Kamala Markandaya most often compared?
Pearl S. Buck
In which area did Markandaya have the least in common with her protagonist in Nectar in a Sieve?
Economics
NIAS (Nectar in a Sieve) demonstrates that an Indian woman’s value was most tied to her what?
Fertility
Which character leaves Ruku’s village in NIAS and does not return?
Janaki
The British East India Company’s main purpose was as a what?
Commercial proxy
Highly educated Indians like Mohandas Gandhi criticized British hypocrisy regarding what?
Self-determination
Which Hindu religious festival is most significant?
Diwali
How does the tannery’s arrival in NIAS contribute to inflation in Ruku’s village?
Tannery workers’ wages drive up prices
True or false? The fact that Ruku is an educated village woman indicates that the story is in a colonial period
False
Whose sons are the first to obtain tannery jobs?
Kunthi’s
In NIAS, Arjun and Thambi seeks work where?
In Ceylon on tea plantations
Which term best describes Nathan and Ruku’s city experience in NIAS?
Disorienting
Which of the following traits is common to all the creatures mentioned in “Work without Hope”?
Industriousness
Which element in NIAS makes it the most universal?
An indistinct setting
NIAS is considered a safe novel except for which reason?
In portrays characters in a socially realistic way
Which event in NIAS best represents India’s industrialization?
the tannery’s arrival
Why does Ruku believe crying out against suffering will make no difference?
Collective action is necessary to change the situation
Ruku responds to news of Raja’s death in NIAS with what emotion?
Despair
Why are Nathan and Ruku left to work the land along at the end of part one of NIAS?
Selvam has become apprenticed to Kenny
When Ruku meets Ammu in NIAS, she is overcome with what emotion?
Pity
Whom did Mohandas Ghandi mainly organize against British exploitation in India?
Working poor
At the beginning of his “Quit India” speech, Mohandas Gandhi assured his audience he still believes in what?
Ahimsa (nonviolence)
For which form of protest did Mohandas Gandhi most advocate in the struggle for civil rights?
Nonviolent disobedience
In “Quit India”, Gandhi explained his vision of what?
“Equal freedom for all”
Nehru’s “Tryst with Destiny” speech was broadcast on the even of what?
India’s independence
To whom does Nehru refer as “the greatest man of our generation”?
Gandhi
When he says “an age ends” in “Tryst with Destiny”, Nehru is most likely referring to what?
Colonialism
According to Nehru, freedom comes with what?
Responsibility
Salman Rushdie’s first job was as a what?
Copywriter
For which novel did Ayatollah Khomeini issue a fatwa against Salman Rushdie?
The Satanic Verses
Which country did not issue a ban against The Satanic Verses?
Britian
Which term best describes Rushdie’s feeling in India in “Imaginary Homelands”?
Foreign
Rushdie points out in “Commonwealth Literature Does Not Exist” that Indians do not always what?
Hate the British
“The Second Coming” is most often understood to be what?
Apocalyptic
Who led the schools in which Nissim Ezekiel was taught?
Christian missionaries
In the opening of “Background, Casually”, the speaker highlights what?
Cultural-religious interactions
The speaker of “Background, Casually” travels to Britain in order to what?
Attend school
Which phrase ends “Background, Casually”?
“My backward place is where I am”
Much of Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing focuses on her characters’ what?
Daily lives
Where is Mr. Pirzada from?
Dacca
Who narrates “When Mr. Pirzada Comes to Dine”?
Lilia
In “When Mr. Pirzada Comes to Dine”, Lilia’s Americanization is most evident in what?
Her celebration of Halloween
Which title best describes the passage?
“The Talented Mr. Tagore”
The passage’s organization suggests that it is a what?
Preface
Why does the narrator first approach the Bengali doctor? (PASSAGE)
He seeks to understand Tagore’s life better
The narrator of the passage finds Tagore’s poetry to be what?
Emotionally stirring
Based on the passage, what term best describes Tagore?
Multitalented
The ideal audience for the passage is most likely who?
Poetry readers
The narrator’s illusion to “the doctrine of Nietzche” in line 46 most likely implies that Nietzche what?
Believed true beauty manifested in the visible world
Which modern grammatical error is most prevalent in the passage?
Comma splices
