TELEPHONE CONVERSATION QUIZ

Who is the author of "Telephone Conversation"?

• Leopold Senghor

• Chinua Achebe

• Nadine Gordimer

• Wole Soyinka

Where is the setting of the poem?

• England

• Nigeria

• USA

• Mexico

Who are the two people exchanging conversations through telephone?

• an African man and a European landlady

• an Asian man and an African landlady

• an African man and an Indian landlady

• a Venezuelan man and a European landlady

What is implied by the line, “Nothing remained but self-confession”?

• The caller thought that being an African is a crime.

• The caller will inform the landlady that he is African to avoid being rejected again.

• The caller will confess to the landlady that he previously committed a crime.

• The caller will confess his crimes to the landlady.

Which of the following lines display imagery?

• ARE YOU DARK OR VERY LIGHT?

• You mean like plain or milk chocolate?

• Facially, I am brunette, but madam, you should see the rest of me.

• Red booth. Red pillar box. Red double-tiered omnibus squelching tar.

What object did the caller use to describe his skin color?

• wood

• chocolate

• milk

• ink

How did the narrator describe himself based on his passport?

• West Asian Sepia

• West African Sepia

• East African Sepia

• East Asian Sepia

Why is the word “dark” repeated in the poem "The Telephone Conversation"?

• it highlights the true color of Africans.

• it showcases the rude personality of the Europeans.

• it emphasizes how dark-skinned people are poor people.

• it emphasizes the issue on racial discrimination

Do you think that the poem “Telephone Conversation” is still relevant nowadays? Why or why not?

How can you, in your own ways, end discrimination?