The narrative structure of Coolie is most closely aligned with which literary technique?

• Stream of consciousness
• Social realism
• Magic realism
• Postmodern metafiction

Sidney describes poetry as being superior to philosophy and history because:

• It is more factual
• It teaches moral virtue by example
• It uses simpler language
• It avoids imaginative elements

Sidney uses the term “golden world” to describe:

• The utopian society envisioned by Plato
• The idealized reality created by the poet’s imagination
• The perfect poetic form of the sonnet
• The golden age of Elizabethan drama

According to Sidney, the highest kind of poet is:

• The religious poet
• The moral poet
• The philosophical poet
• The poet who creates both delight and instruction

In the Book of Job, which figure’s speeches are not answered directly by God in the final chapters?

• Eliphaz
• Elihu
• Bildad
• Zophar

The prologue and epilogue of the Book of Job are written in:

• Aramaic prose
• Hebrew prose
• Greek prose
• Syriac prose

Ravi’s migration from his village to the city reflects which post-independence Indian literary theme in handful of rice?

• Colonial nostalgia
• Urban alienation and rural displacement
• Partition trauma
• Socialist utopianism

Which female character represents the endurance of traditional values amidst poverty in handful of rice ?

• Nalini
• Savitri
• Parvathi
• Kamala

Kamala Markandaya’s A Handful of Rice is often compared with which of her other novels for its treatment of hunger and survival?

• Nectar in a Sieve
• Possession
• Some Inner Fury
• Two Virgins

In which year was Every Man in His Humour first performed?

• 1594
• 1598
• 1601
• 1605