MCQs - "Dream on Monkey Mountain"- By Derek Walcott

MCQs - "Dream on Monkey Mountain"- By Derek Walcott

 SET-I

MCQs on Dream on Monkey Mountain

1.     Who is not true about Derek Walcott's "Dream on Monkey Mountain"?

a.     Makak is the protagonist.

b.     Corporal Lestrade is the antagonist.

c.      It is first produced in Aug 1967, published in 1971.

d.     It has prologue, epilogue and 2 acts with 6 scenes.

2.     Epigraph in Dream on Monkey Mountain is taken from

a.     Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

b.     Franz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth

c.      Gayatri Spivak’s Can the subaltern speak?

d.     Edward Said’s Orientalism

3.     Where is the play set?

a.     In Africa

b.     In Europe

c.      In North America

d.     In Unnamed Caribbean Island

4.     The play opens and ends in:

a.     Reality, in Jail

b.     Dream, in Jail

c.      Dream, on Monkey Mountain

d.     Reality, on Monkey Mountain

5.     Which character is compared to Satan, who dies twice in the play

a.     Moustique

b.     Corporal Lestrade

c.      Tigre

d.     Souris

6.     The play received “Obie award” for best foreign play in …….; and Walcott got “Nobel prize” in……..

a.     1970, 1990

b.     1970,1991

c.      1971,1992

d.     1972, 1993

7.     The play is influenced by

a.     Japanese Kabuki theatre

b.     Japanese Noh theatre

c.      Classical theatre of Harlem

d.     All the above

8.     Kevin Kelly compared “Dream on Monkey Mountain” to ………. and Walcott to ……….

a.     Canterbury Tales, Chaucer

b.     Bible, Shakespeare

c.      Paradise lost, Milton

d.     Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys

9.     Which is not true about the stage in the beginning of Prologue?

a.     A drum is placed in the middle of the stage

b.     The disc of the drum represents Sun.

c.      A dancer comes to sit beside the drum

d.     A white figure is dressed like Baron Samedi.

10.  The chorus in the beginning scene is singing about (Prologue):

a.     The cruelty of colonialism

b.     Jesus Christ

c.      Monkey mountain

d.     Her son in jail

11.  Which is not true about jail cells before the beginning of the prologue

a.     There are two cells on stage

b.     They are on either side of the stage.

c.      Makak is in a cell

d.     Tigre and Souris are in one cell

12.  Makak was arrested, because (prologue)

a.     He destroyed things at Alcindor Café

b.     He rebelled against the colonial authority

c.      He is a thief

d.     He is a murderer

13.  Which is not true about Makak’s answers to Corporal? (prologue)

a.     He claims that he is King of Africa

b.     He is not able to recall his name.

c.      He calls himself protestant.

d.     He wants to go to monkey mountain.

14.  Who tempts Makak into believing he is the chosen one?

a.     Moustique

b.     Tigre

c.      Corporal Lestrade

d.     Souris

15.  Who is compared to lime, white snow, marble, lilies, cloud, foam, bleaching cream etc..

a.     Dancer

b.     Narrator

c.      Wife of Josephus

d.     White woman

16.  Who are the two felons in the play

a.     Makak and Moustique

b.     Tigre and Souris

c.      Corporal and Pamphillion

d.     Basil and Josephus

17.  Which of the following is not rightly matched (Name and meaning).

a.     Moustique = mosquito

b.     Tigre = Tiger

c.      Souris = Rat

d.     None of the above

18.  Which of the following is not true about Makak.

a.     Makak means monkey

b.     Makak is 65 years old.

c.      He is a charcoal burner

d.     He suffers from fits

19.  Which of the following is not an underlying theme of the play?

a.     Search for identity and self-discovery

b.     Oppression and slavery

c.      Effects of globalization on Caribbean Education

d.     Rebellion against the Colonization

20.  Who says "Animals, beasts, savages, cannibals, niggers, stop turning this place to a stink zoo!" (Prologue)

a.     Corporal Lestrade

b.     Moustique

c.      Tigre

d.     Souris

21.  Who says, “I can both accuse and defend this man” (prologue)

a.     Moustique

b.     Tigre

c.      Corporal Lestrade

d.     Souris

22.  Which is not true about the court scene. (prologue)

a.     Corporal brought four towels

b.     They are 2 white and 2 yellow towels

c.      Corporal gives two towels to Tigre and Souris

d.     Tigre and Souris act as judges.

23.  Who says, “Send me home, Corporal, I suffer from madness” (prologue)

a.     Moustique

b.     Tigre

c.      Souris

d.     Makak

24.  What is Corporal Lestrade's role in the play?

a.     Colonial authority figure

b.     Member of the rebel group

c.      Represents supernatural world.

d.     Symbol of African heritage.

25.  Who criticizes Makak harshly: “Masturbating in Moon light, Dreaming of women” (prologue)

a.     Moustique

b.     Tigre

c.      Souris

d.     Corporal

26.  Who says that, “I fall in a frenzy every full moon night, I am responsible to only to God who once speaks to me in the form of a woman on monkey mountain. I am God’s warrior” (prologue)

a.     Moustique

b.     Tigre

c.      Souris

d.     Makak

27.  Which character wears long coat and black silk hat; and represents death?

a.     Corporal

b.     Tigre

c.      Basil

d.     The apparition

28.  Makak says, “A million silver needles prickle my blood.” What is the figure of speech in the sentence?

a.     Hyperbole

b.     Personification

c.      Oxymoron

d.     Pun

29.  Who says to whom: ‘Sir, I am sixty years old, I have live all my life, Like a wild beast in hiding, without child, without wife, People forget me like the mist on Monkey mountain” (prologue)

a.     Makak to Corporal

b.     Corporal to Makak

c.      Moustique to Makak

d.     Makak to Moustique

30.  “Is thirty years now I have look in no mirror”. Who is “I” in this sentence?

a.     Moustique

b.     Tigre

c.      Souris

d.     Makak

31.  Makak says, “Like the moon walking along her own road”. What is the figure of speech in the sentence?

a.     Metaphor

b.     Personification

c.      Apostrophe

d.     Anaphora

32.  Which of the following is true about the play?

a.     Only prologue is real

b.     Act I and II are real

c.      Only Prologue and Epilogue are real

d.     Entire play is dream

33.  What/who is “Berthilia”? (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     Makak’s Donkey

b.     Makak’s wife

c.      White apparition

d.     Makak’s Dog

34.  Who says, “Going mad? Go mad tomorrow, today is market day. We have three bags at three and six a bag make 10 shillings and 6 pence for the week” (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     Tigre

b.     Moustique

c.      Souris

d.     Makak

35.  Who has twisted foot.

a.     Tigre

b.     Souris

c.      Makak

d.     Moustique

36.  Which is not true about Makak and Moustique. (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     They are friends and business partners

b.     They sell charcoal

c.      Their friendship completed 3 years last August.

d.     Makak saved Moustique from gutter.

37.  Makak says, “She did know my name, my age, where I born, and that it was charcoal that I burn and selling for a living. She know how I live alone, with no wife and no friend”. Who is she here ? (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     White woman

b.     Dancer

c.      Wife of Josephus

d.     None of the above

38.  Who acts as the prosecutor in the mock trial? (prologue)

a.     Souris

b.     The Corporal.

c.      Moustique

d.     Tigre

39.  Who feels “I think I ugly” (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     Tigre

b.     Souris

c.      Moustique

d.     Makak

40.  The white woman said to Makak that he belongs to: (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     America

b.     Caribbean Island

c.      Family of lions and kings

d.     None of the above

41.  Who is afraid of a spider and says, “A spider was on the sack. A big white one with eggs. A mother with white eggs. I hate those things” (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     Tigre

b.     Souris

c.      Makak

d.     Moustique

42.  Who says that “spider” is a bad sign. (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     Tigre

b.     Moustique

c.      Makak

d.     Souris

43.  Who says, “Everyman have to die. It have million ways to die, But no spider with white eggs will bring it.” (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     Tigre

b.     Moustique

c.      Souris

d.     Makak

44.  At the end of scene-1, Makak decided to start his journey to: (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     Africa

b.     Caribbean Island

c.      America

d.     Britain

45.  After scene-1, a dancer performs “burroquite” dance on stage.  What is it? (Act-I, Sce-1)

a.     Monkey dance

b.     Donkey dance

c.      Spider dance

d.     Ape dance

46.  Which is true about the “sick man”? (Act-I Sce-2)      

a.     He is not sweating

b.     His name is Josephus

c.      He got snake bite

d.     All the above

47.  Which of the following is true about the sick man scene? (Act-I Sce-2)      

a.     Members of sisterhood are white-robed woman

b.     Four men are carrying him in a bamboo hammock on a country road

c.      women are shaking their heads, clapping, singing, dancing and praying

d.     All the above

48.  Moustique says he might be worried if Basil was a what? (Act-I Sce-2)      

a.     Spider

b.     Donkey

c.      Moon

d.     Ape

49.  Who are accompanying the sick man? (Act-I Sce-2)      

a.     Doctor and Priest

b.     A group of men and women

c.      Coffin maker

d.     All the above

50.  What does Moustique say he will give the Peasants the power of healing in exchange of ……….. ? (Act-I Sce-2)      

a.     Money

b.     Clothes

c.      Bread

d.     Wine

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51.  Who says, “Makak, unlike white men, is not helpless in the face of illness?” (Act-I Sce-2)

a.     Moustique

b.     Souris

c.      Makak

d.     Tigre

52.  Who says, “These niggers too tired to believe anything again”

a.     Makak

b.     Corporal

c.      Moustique

d.     The White Woman

53.  To whom Basil says, “You are standing in the middle, a white road, with four legs. Think what that mean, friend. I can wait for my hat”

a.     Souris

b.     Makak

c.      Tigre

d.     Moustique.

54.  Who says, “I see a road paved with silver. I see the ocean multiplying with shillings”

a.     Souris

b.     Moustique

c.      Makak

d.     Tigre

55.  Makak says, “This power I have, is not for profit” in reaction to

a.     Basil’s words

b.     Makak’s greed

c.      Corporal’s law

d.     White Apparition

56.  Who takes Basil's hat? (Act-I, Sce-2)     

a.     Souris

b.     Makak

c.      Tigre

d.     Moustique.

57.  Who says, “Pray for the day when people will not need money, when faith alone move mountains. Pray for the day when poverty done, and for when niggers everywhere could walk upright like men” (Act-I, Sce-2)

a.     Tigre

b.     Moustique

c.      Souris

d.     Makak

58.  Who pretends to be Makak in market?    (Act-I, Sce-3)        

a.     Tigre

b.     Moustique

c.      Souris

d.     Makak

59.  What is the name of the market, where Moustique was killed by crowd? (Act-I, Sce-3)        

a.     Quatre Chemin

b.     La Rivere

c.      Micoud

d.     Not mentioned in the play

60.  Which of the following is true about “the market scene” (Act-I, Sce-3)

a.     Corporal is on duty with Pamphillion

b.     He is armed because the area was on strike.

c.      It was Saturday, before dawn

d.     All the above

61.  Who is the market sanitary inspector? (Act-I, Sce-3)        

a.     Caiphas J Pamphilion

b.    Josephus

c.     Corporal Lestrade

d.    Basil

62.  What does the person pretending to be Makak do with the water? (Act-I, Sce-3)   

a.     Drinks

b.     Sprinkles the crowd.

c.      Thows on ground

d.     Offers the crowd to drink

63.  What does the family in the market discuss?   (Act-I, Sce-3)

a.     Makak's miracles.

b.     Moustique’s death

c.      Corporal’s strict laws

d.     Crowd in the market

64.  The woman in a family is taking about a boy saved by Makak from …… ? (Act-I, Sce-3)

a.     Snake bite

b.     Abscess

c.      Fever

d.     Fits

65.  What is the meaning of the phrase used by Corporal: “mens sana in corpse sano” (Act-I, Sce-3)

a.     A man grows most tired while standing still.

b.     The mind of man is capable of anything.

c.      A healthy mind in a healthy body

d.     Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life

66.  Which of the following fruits are used in conversation between Corporal and inspector to understand the law. (Act-I, Sce-3)

a.     Banana and mango

b.     Pawpaw and Melon

c.      Jackfruit and Apple

d.     None of the above

67.  Who says to whom: “I would like to see them challenge the law, to show me they alive. But they paralyse with darkness. They paralyse with faith. They cannot do nothing, because they born slaves and they born tired. I could spit.” (Act-I, Sce-3)

a.     Corporal to Pamphillion

b.     Pamphillion to Corporal

c.      White woman to Makak

d.     Makak to White woman

68.  Who says, “History is one series of breach of promise” (Act-I, Sce-3)

a.     White woman to Makak

b.     Corporal to Pamphillion

c.      Makak to White woman

d.     Pamphillion to Corporal

69.  Who says to whom; “The crippled, crippled. It’s the crippled who believe in miracles. It’s the slaves who believe in freedom.” (Act-I, Sce-3)

a.     White woman to Makak

b.     Makak to White woman

c.      Corporal to Pamphillion

d.     Pamphillion to Corporal

70.  Moustique in disguise as Makak calls the Pamphillion as ……

a.     Inspector of Milk

b.     Inspector of Light

c.      Inspector of Snow

d.     Inspector of Lemon

71.  Who says, “That is not Makak! His name is Moustique”

a.     Josephus

b.     Pamphilion

c.      Corporal

d.     Basil

72.  At Market Moustique says, “It’s been …………. we leave Monkey mountain”

a.     7days and 7 nights

b.     6 days and 6 nights

c.      5 days and 5 nights

d.     Not mentioned in the play

73.  Who says, “I am the resurrection, I am the life? I am the green side of Jordan or that I am a prophet stoned by Jerusalem”

a.     Moustique

b.     Makak

c.      Corporal

d.     Basil

74.  Who says, “Die in your ignorance! Live in darkness still!, You don’t know what you want”

a.     Makak

b.     Corporal

c.      Moustique

d.     Basil

75.  When Makak says to Moustique, “If you are dying, tell me what you see, open them. Tell me and I will preach that. Tell me!” Then Makak replies:

a.     I see a black wind is blowing

b.     I see a white woman

c.      I see nothing

d.     I see the death!

76.  Which of the following is rightly matched (scene-setting).

a.     Act-I, Scene-1   à Mountain

b.     Act-I, Scene-2   à Country Road

c.      Act-I, Scene-3   à Market

d.     All the above

77.  Who helps Makak to escape from prison? (Act-II, Sce-1)

a.     Tigre and Souris

b.     Basil and Josephus

c.      Corporal Lestrade and Pamphilion

d.     Moustique and White woman

78.  Who stabs the Corporal? (Act-II, Sce-1)

a.     Tigre

b.     Souris

c.      Makak.

d.     Moustique

79.  By torturing Makak, who do Tigre and Souris suggest the Corporal is actually torturing? (Act-II, Sce-1)   

a.     His grandfather.

b.     His father

c.      His brother

d.     His friend

80.  Who does Makak try to bribe by saying he has money? (Act-II, Sce-1)   

a.     The Corporal.

b.     White woman

c.      Pamphillion

d.     Josephus

81.  Who bullies Makak into begging for food? (Act-II, Sce-1)   

a.     The Corporal.

b.     Souris

c.      Moustique

d.     Tigre

82.  Who cries out that he has "killed and tasted blood"? (Act-II, Sce-1)              

a.     Makak.

b.     Souris

c.      corporal

d.     Tigre

83.  Who shouts for Makak to stop the fighting? (Act-II Sce-2)   

a.     Souris.

b.     corporal

c.      Basil

d.     Tigre

84.  Why does Makak say he is lost in Act 2? (Act-II Sce-2)        

a.     It is unclear.

85.  What does Souris make and put on Makak's head? (Act-II Sce-2) 

a.     A crown of thorns.

b.     A crown of flowers

c.      Neither A nor B

d.     Both A and B

86.  From whom does the Corporal beg forgiveness in Act 2? (Act-II Sce-2)        

a.     Moustique

b.     Tigre

c.      Makak

d.     Souris

87.  Makak says that he and Tigre are what "in the mind of white men"? (Act-II Sce-2) 

a.     Black shadows.

b.     Apparitions

c.      Niggers

d.     Slaves

88.  Who is brought out after Moustique is taken away? (Act 2 Scene 3) 

a.     The Woman in White.

b.     Pope

c.      President of America

d.     Tigre

89.  Which scene is called “apotheosis scene” where Makak is to be enthroned.

a.     Act 2 Scene 1

b.     Act 2 Scene 2

c.      Act 2 Scene 3

d.     Act 1 Scene 2

90.  Who calls for Moustique to be taken away? (Act 2 Scene 3)               

a.     The Chorus.

b.     Makak

c.      Corporal

d.     Tigre and Souris

91.  Who makes a crude comment about Makak dreaming of white women? (Epilogue)    

a.     Moustique

b.     Tigre.

c.      Corporal Lestrade

d.     Souris

92.  To whom does Moustique apologize? (Epilogue)                 

a.     The Corporal.

b.     Moustique

c.      Tigre

d.     Souris

93.  Where does Moustique say Makak belongs? (Epilogue)  

a.     At Mountain

b.     At home.

c.      At Forest

d.     None of the above

94.  When the Corporal asks Souris and Tigre how Makak has behaved, what is their response? (Epilogue)

a.     He is delirious.

b.     He is decent

c.      He is innocent

d.     He behaved well

95.  Who comments that the sun is rising? (Epilogue)                 

a.     Moustique

b.     Corporal Lestrade

c.      Souris.

d.     Tigre

96.  Whose real name is “Felix Hobian”

a.     Makak

b.     Corporal

c.      Souris.

d.     Tigre

97.  Which of the following is rightly matched (scene-setting).

a.     Act-II, Scene-1  à Jail

b.     Act-II, Scene-2  à Forest

c.      Act-II, Scene-3  à Africa.

d.     All the above

98.  What is the opening line of the play spoken by Chorus?

a.     Like the cedars of the Lebanon, Like the plantains of the Zion, the hand of God Plant me on Monkey Mountain.

b.     Mooma, Mooma, Your son in de jail a’ready, Your son in de jail a’ready, Take a towel and band your belly.

c.      Sirs, I am Sixty years old. I have live all my life Like a wild beast in hiding, Without child, without wife.

d.     Makak, Makak, wake up. Is me, Moustique.

99.  What is the last line of the final speech of the Makak at the end of the play?

a.     God bless you both. Lord, I have been washed from shore to shore, as a tree in the ocean. The branches of my fingers, the roots of my feet, could grip nothing, but now, God, they have found ground.

b.     Let me be swallowed up in mist again, and let me be forgotten, so that when the mist open, men can look up, at some small clearing with a hut, with a small signal of smoke, and say, "Makak lives there. Makak lives where he has always lived, in the dream of his people."

c.      Other men will come, other prophets will come, and they will be stoned, and mocked, and betrayed, but now this old hermit is going back home, back to the beginning, to the green beginning of this world.

d.     Come, Moustique, we going home.

100.  Identify the ending lines of the play by chorus?

a.    I am going home, I am going home, To me Father’s kingdom

b.    Moona, don’t cry, your son in the jail a’ready

c.    "The status of 'native' is a nervous condition introduced and maintained by the settler among colonized people with their consent."

d.   Death, O Death, O me Lord, When my body lie down in the grave, Then me soul going shout for joy,

 SET-II

MCQs on Dream on Monkey Mountain

1. Who is the protagonist of Dream on Monkey Mountain?
A) Corporal Lestrade
B) Makak
C) Moustique
D) Basil
Answer: B) Makak


2. What triggers Makak’s transformation in the play?
A) His arrest by the police
B) A dream involving a white woman
C) His rejection by the villagers
D) A visit to the city
Answer: B) A dream involving a white woman


3. What does Makak's name mean in the local language?
A) Dreamer
B) Prophet
C) Monkey
D) King
Answer: C) Monkey


4. What theme is most central to Dream on Monkey Mountain?
A) Industrialization
B) Postcolonial identity and self-realization
C) Romantic love
D) Religious devotion
Answer: B) Postcolonial identity and self-realization


5. Which character serves as a representation of colonial authority?
A) Moustique
B) Corporal Lestrade
C) Tigre
D) Souris
Answer: B) Corporal Lestrade


6. What is Makak accused of in the beginning of the play?
A. Murder
B. Theft
C. Drunken misdemeanor
D. Espionage
Answer: C. Drunken misdemeanor


7. What is the significance of the white woman in Makak’s dream?
A) She is a symbol of religious purity
B) She represents Makak’s lost love
C) She symbolizes the oppression of colonialism
D) She is a real person from his past
Answer: C) She symbolizes the oppression of colonialism


8. Who is the official that interrogates Makak in the prologue?
A. Basil
B. Tigre
C. Lestrade
D. Souris
Answer: C. Lestrade


9. What does Makak claim about his reflection?
A. He has never seen it
B. He broke all mirrors
C. He hasn't looked at it for thirty years
D. He is afraid of it
Answer: C. He hasn't looked at it for thirty years


10. In his hallucination, what role does Makak imagine for himself?
A. A plantation owner
B. A prophet and healer
C. A government official
D. A schoolteacher
Answer: B. A prophet and healer


11. What disease does Makak claim he can cure?
A. Smallpox
B. Tuberculosis
C. Leprosy
D. Cancer
Answer: C. Leprosy


12. Which of the following best describes the narrative structure of the play?
A) Linear and chronological
B) Fragmented and dreamlike
C) Flashback-driven and factual
D) Episodic with direct audience address
Answer: B) Fragmented and dreamlike


13. What mysterious object does Moustique find in Makak’s hut?
A. A silver crown
B. A white mask
C. A gun
D. A severed hand
Answer: B. A white mask


15. Who are Tigre and Souris?
A) Mythical creatures representing evil
B) Comedic relief characters
C) Criminals who mock Makak
D) Colonial officers
Answer: C) Criminals who mock Makak


16. How does Walcott use language in the play?
A) He uses only Standard English to reflect postcolonial identity
B) He mixes Standard English with Creole to reflect cultural hybridity
C) He writes exclusively in French to emphasize colonial influence
D) He uses formal Latin to suggest religious themes
Answer: B) He mixes Standard English with Creole to reflect cultural hybridity


17. Which character can be seen as a Christ-like figure at times in the play?
A) Makak
B) Moustique
C) Lestrade
D) Tigre
Answer: A) Makak


18. The play takes place primarily in which setting?
A) A city in postcolonial Africa
B) A Caribbean island and a dream-world
C) A French plantation
D) A courtroom in Europe
Answer: B) A Caribbean island and a dream-world


19. Who finds Makak in his hut in Scene i?
A. Tigre
B. Basil
C. Moustique
D. Lestrade
Answer: C. Moustique


20. What is the significance of Makak rejecting his dream of whiteness at the end?
A) He realizes whiteness is superior
B) He accepts the inevitability of colonial power
C) He embraces his African identity and lets go of colonial illusions
D) He chooses to live in permanent exile
Answer: C) He embraces his African identity and lets go of colonial illusions


21. Why is Moustique ultimately killed in the play?
A) He tries to convert villagers to Christianity
B) He attempts to impersonate Makak as a healer and exploits people
C) He steals from Lestrade
D) He betrays Makak to the police
Answer: B) He attempts to impersonate Makak as a healer and exploits people


22. What is one of the primary internal conflicts in Dream on Monkey Mountain?
A) Makak's guilt over a past crime
B) Makak’s struggle with self-hatred and desire for whiteness
C) Lestrade's refusal to enforce laws
D) Moustique’s jealousy of Tigre
Answer: B) Makak’s struggle with self-hatred and desire for whiteness


23. How does the play explore the idea of identity?
A) Through Makak’s journey from invisibility to self-recognition
B) Through a historical recounting of colonial law
C) Through the rejection of all cultural beliefs
D) Through debates between police officers
Answer: A) Through Makak’s journey from invisibility to self-recognition


24. The name “Makak” can be seen as symbolic of:
A) Royalty and wisdom
B) Trickery and mischief
C) Colonial dehumanization and racial stereotyping
D) Supernatural power
Answer: C) Colonial dehumanization and racial stereotyping


25. Why does Makak speak of returning to Africa?
A) To seek revenge on colonizers
B) To find his real family
C) As a symbolic gesture of returning to his roots and reclaiming his identity
D) To become a trader
Answer: C) As a symbolic gesture of returning to his roots and reclaiming his identity


26. Which statement best describes the play’s tone?
A) Strictly tragic and hopeless
B) Completely humorous and satirical
C) A mix of poetic, surreal, and tragic elements
D) Purely documentary and factual
Answer: C) A mix of poetic, surreal, and tragic elements


27. What does the courtroom scene represent in the play?
A) A literal trial of criminal behavior
B) A surreal metaphor for colonial judgment and inner conflict
C) A rebellion against French authority
D) An official coronation ceremony
Answer: B) A surreal metaphor for colonial judgment and inner conflict


28. What is ironic about Lestrade’s character?
A) He is a white colonial officer in disguise
B) He enforces colonial rules while also being affected by colonialism himself
C) He wants to free Makak but ends up arresting him
D) He becomes a slave trader
Answer: B) He enforces colonial rules while also being affected by colonialism himself


29. What does fire symbolize in the play?
A) Purification and destruction of false identity
B) Divine anger
C) Enlightenment through violence
D) Economic change
Answer: A) Purification and destruction of false identity


30. Which of the following best describes Walcott’s use of dreams and visions in the play?
A) As distractions from real life
B) As literal truths from the gods
C) As symbolic tools to explore psychological and cultural liberation
D) As examples of religious manipulation
Answer: C) As symbolic tools to explore psychological and cultural liberation


31. How does Lestrade react when he sees Makak in the forest?
A. Shoots him
B. Joins him
C. Calls the police
D. Fights with him
Answer: B. Joins him


32. What motivates Moustique’s actions throughout the play?
A) Love for Makak
B) Desire for power and money
C) Duty to colonial law
D) Religious commitment
Answer: B) Desire for power and money


33. Which of the following best describes Corporal Lestrade’s transformation?
A) From colonizer to rebel
B) From enforcer to philosopher
C) From antagonist to self-aware man
D) From friend to traitor
Answer: C) From antagonist to self-aware man


34. What is the felons’ (Souris and Tigre) intention in following Makak to Monkey Mountain?
A. To learn from him
B. To exploit him
C. To protect him
D. To convert him
Answer: B. To exploit him


35. Who is the White Woman in Makak’s dream?
A) A symbol of colonial desire and racial self-hatred
B) A goddess from African mythology
C) A real woman Makak loved
D) A spirit of justice
Answer: A) A symbol of colonial desire and racial self-hatred


36. What major event happens in the prison cell in Act I?
A) Makak confesses to murder
B) Makak is tried and sentenced
C) Makak reveals his dream and identity crisis
D) Lestrade joins Makak’s rebellion
Answer: C) Makak reveals his dream and identity crisis


37. Who bails Makak out of jail in the epilogue?
A. Lestrade
B. Tigre
C. Moustique
D. Souris
Answer: C. Moustique


38. What triggers Moustique’s downfall?
A) His preaching in the name of Makak
B) His escape attempt
C) His challenge to Lestrade
D) His love for the White Woman
Answer: A) His preaching in the name of Makak


39. What is the dramatic climax of the play?
A) Makak burning the White Woman in his vision
B) Moustique’s death
C) Lestrade’s resignation
D) The riot in the village
Answer: A) Makak burning the White Woman in his vision


40. What marks the resolution in the final scene?
A) Makak returns to prison
B) Makak chooses to return to his village and reclaim his real identity
C) Lestrade arrests everyone
D) Tigre and Souris are crowned kings
Answer: B) Makak chooses to return to his village and reclaim his real identity


41.The Play opens and ends with?
A. Makak’s speech
B. Chorus singing
C. Dance of the apparition
D. Moustique’s dream
Answer: B. Chorus singing

 SET-III

 

1.Who pretends to be Makak? (from Act 1 Scene 3)   

Answer: Moustique.

2.To whom does Moustique apologize?  (from Epilogue)                      

Answer: The Corporal.

3.Who shouts for Makak to stop the fighting?(from Act 2 Scene 2 Part 2)  

Answer: Souris.

4.When the Corporal asks Souris and Tigre how Makak has behaved, what is their response?(Epilogue)

Answer: He is delirious.

5.What does the person pretending to be Makak do with the water?(Act 1 Scene 3) 

Answer: Sprinkles the crowd.

6.Who comments that the sun is rising? (from Epilogue) 

Answer: Souris.

7. Who calls for Moustique to be taken away?(from Act 2 Scene 3) 

Answer: The Chorus.

8.Moustique says he might be worried if Basil was a what?(from Act 1 Scene 2)            

Answer: Spider.

9.Who cries out that he has "killed and tasted blood"?(from Act 2 Scene 1)            

Answer: Makak.

10.Why does Makak say he is lost in Act 2?(from Act 2 Scene 2 Part 2)      

Answer: It is unclear.

11.What does the family in the market discuss? (from Act 1 Scene 3)   

Answer: Makak's miracles.

12.What does Souris make and put on Makak's head?(from Act 2 Scene 2 Part 1) 

Answer: A crown of thorns.

13.Where does Moustique say Makak belongs? (from Epilogue)                      

Answer: At home.

14.Who stabs the Corporal?(from Act 2 Scene 1)     

Answer: Makak.

15.By torturing Makak, who do Tigre and Souris suggest the Corporal is actually torturing?(Act 2 Scene 1)       

Answer: His grandfather.

16.From whom does the Corporal beg forgiveness in Act 2?(from Act 2 Scene 2 Part 1)         

Answer: Makak.

17.Makak says that he and Tigre are what "in the mind of white men"? (Act 2 Scene2 Part 2)

Answer: Black shadows.

18.Who is brought out after Moustique is taken away? (from Act 2 Scene 3)   

Answer: The Woman in White.

19.Who does Makak try to bribe by saying he has money?(from Act 2 Scene 1)    

Answer: The Corporal.

20.Who bullies Makak into begging for food?(from Act 2 Scene 1) 

Answer: The Corporal.

21.Who claims that Makak, unlike white men, is not helpless in the face of illness?(Act 1 Scene 2)

Answer: Moustique.

22.Who makes a crude comment about Makak dreaming of white women?(from Epilogue)        

Answer: Tigre.

23.What does Moustique say he will give the Peasants in exchange of bread?(Act 1 Scene 2)

Answer: The power of healing.

24.Who takes Basil's hat?(from Act 1 Scene 2)         

Answer: Moustique.

25.Who acts as the prosecutor in the mock trial?(from Act 1 Scene 3)       

Answer: The Corporal.