MCQs- biography and works of Dereck Walcott
- In which year was Derek Walcott born? a. 1926 b. 1930 c. 1936 d. 1942
Answer: a. 1926
- Which island was Walcott born on? a. St. Lucia b. Jamaica c. Trinidad d. Barbados
Answer: a. St. Lucia
- Which of the following works is not written by Derek Walcott? a. Omeros b. Dream on Monkey Mountain c. The House on Mango Street d. Another Life
Answer: c. The House on Mango Street
- Which award did Walcott receive in 1992? a. Pulitzer Prize for Drama b. Nobel Prize in Literature c. National Book Award for Poetry d. Man Booker Prize
Answer: b. Nobel Prize in Literature
- Which of the following is a famous poem written by Walcott? a. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone b. The Waste Land c. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock d. Love After Love
Answer: d. Love After Love
- What is the name of Walcott's play that premiered on Broadway in 1970? a. Dream on Monkey Mountain b. The Odyssey: A Stage Version c. Ti-Jean and His Brothers d. Pantomime
Answer: a. Dream on Monkey Mountain
- What is the name of Walcott's long poem that reimagines the story of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey? a. The Wasteland b. Paradise Lost c. Omeros d. The Aeneid
Answer: c. Omeros
- Which literary movement did Walcott belong to? a. Romanticism b. Modernism c. Postmodernism d. Caribbean literature
Answer: d. Caribbean literature
- Which of the following plays is not written by Derek Walcott? a. A Branch of the Blue Nile b. Beef, No Chicken c. The Sea at Dauphin d. Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
Answer: d. Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
- Which university did Walcott attend? a. Harvard University b. University of Oxford c. University of the West Indies d. University of Cambridge
Answer: c. University of the West Indies
- Which of the following collections of poems was not written by Derek Walcott? a. In a Green Night b. White Egrets c. The Waste Land d. The Prodigal
Answer: c. The Waste Land
- What was the name of the theater company that Walcott co-founded in Trinidad in 1950? a. The Little Carib Theatre b. The National Theatre Company of Trinidad and Tobago c. The Trinidad Theatre Workshop d. The Queen's Hall Theatre
Answer: c. The Trinidad Theatre Workshop
- Which of the following is not a recurring theme in Walcott's works? a. Colonialism b. Nature c. Love and Relationships d. Science Fiction
Answer: d. Science Fiction
- Which of the following is a collection of essays written by Walcott? a. Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays b. The Star-Apple Kingdom c. What the Twilight Says d. Tiepolo's Hound
Answer: c. What the Twilight Says
- Which of the following works by Walcott was adapted into an opera by the composer Philip Glass? a. Omeros b. Dream on Monkey Mountain c. The Bounty d. The Odyssey: A Stage Version
Answer: a. Omeros
- Which of the following statements is true about Derek Walcott's personal life? a. He was married three times. b. He had no children. c. He lived in St. Lucia his entire life. d. He was a devout Catholic.
Answer: a. He was married three times.
- Which of the following statements is true about Walcott's writing style? a. He primarily wrote in a highly experimental style, incorporating elements of stream of consciousness and avant-garde techniques. b. He wrote in a more traditional style, often drawing on classical literary themes and structures. c. He primarily wrote in a minimalist style, using short, simple sentences to convey complex ideas. d. He used a wide range of styles, depending on the particular work and subject matter.
Answer: d. He used a wide range of styles, depending on the particular work and subject matter.
- Which of the following is not a major theme in Walcott's poetry? a. The beauty of nature and the natural world b. The legacy of colonialism and imperialism c. The struggles of ordinary people to survive and thrive in difficult circumstances d. The complex, multifaceted nature of human identity
Answer: c. The struggles of ordinary people to survive and thrive in difficult circumstances
- Which of the following works by Walcott is a memoir? a. Another Life b. The Castaway c. The Schooner Flight d. The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory
Answer: a. Another Life
- Which of the following statements is true about Walcott's career as a playwright? a. He wrote more than thirty plays throughout his career. b. His plays were primarily performed in North America and Europe, rather than in the Caribbean. c. Many of his plays deal with issues related to Caribbean identity, history, and culture. d. All of the above.
Answer: d. All of the above.
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