The Empire writes back revision

What is the meaning of the term "post colonial"?

• We use the term ‘post-colonial’ to cover all the culture affected by the imperial process from the moment of colonization to the present day.

• We use the term to talk about people who live in another country.

The literatures of African countries, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada,Caribbean countries, India, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Pakistan,Singapore, South Pacific Island countries, and Sri Lanka are all postcolonial literatures.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A major feature of post-colonial literature is the concern with

• Place and displacement

• Love and power

More than ______________ of the people living in the world today have had their lives shaped by the experience of colonialism.

• three quarters

• two quarters

• four quarters

Which countries are there in the UK?

• Republic of Ireland

  England

• Scotland

  England

  Wales

  Northern Ireland

• Island

  England

  Northern Ireland

A surname beginning with Mac comes from

• England

• Scotland

• Argentina

What type of government does the UK have?

• Federal Government

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

The current population of the United Kingdom is estimated at over

• 100 million

• 40 million

• 67 million

Post-colonial societies sought to establish their difference from Britain by:  

1) breaking the link between language and literary study

  2) questioning many of the assumptions on which the study of ‘English’ was based.

• FALSE

• TRUE

The periphery immersed themselves in the imported culture and

                            

• became more English than the English

• wanted to be anything but English