Top 150+ Solved Commonwealth Literature MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Who does Tony Clarke have over for dinner?
a. His commanding officer: Winterbottom.
b. His commanding officer: John Wright.
c. His assistant, Winterbottom.
d. His friend and ally Ezeulu.
Q. What relative of Ezeulu’s seems to have a presence in his dream?
a. His father.
b. His half-brother.
c. His mother.
d. His dying son.
Q. What is the focus of the ritual performed in Chapter Seventeen?
a. Children honoring the spirits of their dead parents.
b. Widowers honoring the spirits of their dead wives.
c. Farmers honoring the spirits of their dead animals.
d. Widows honoring the spirits of their dead husbands.
Q. What seems to be the purpose of the Festival of New Pumpkin Leaves?
a. To celebrate the return of men from war with Okperi.
b. To cleanse the village of evil.
c. To celebrate the harvest of yams.
d. To cleanse the village of Ezeulu’s influence.
Q. Which of Ezeulu’s sons does he think is likely to replace him as high priest?
a. Obik
b. Matefi.
c. Nwafo.
d. Obiageli.
Q. Arrow of God won the first ever
a. Jock Campbell Prize for African Writing
b. Cecil Rhodes Scholarship Award
c. John Reilly Award for Commonwealth Writing
d. The African Laureate Award
Q. War between Umuaro and Okperi is settled by _____________.
a. white men
b. the natives
c. a court of law
d. the defeat of Okperi
Q. Which of the following men is not a priest in the novel, Cry the Beloved Country?
a. Msimangu
b. Father Vincent
c. Mr. Carmichael
d. Kumalo
Q. What money does Kumalo use for his trip to Johannesburg?
a. The money he and his wife have been saving for Absalom’s schooling
b. The money he had been saving to build a Church
c. Money given to him by Jarvis
d. Money given to him by Msimangu
Q. Why don’t black mine workers bring their families to Johannesburg?
a. Johannesburg is too dangerous for wives and children
b. Their families prefer to stay in the rural villages
c. There is no housing for the families
d. The mine workers prefer to live alone
Q. Why are the village children dying in, Cry, The Beloved Country?
a. They lack milk
b. They lack bread
c. They lack medicine
d. They lack water
Q. Who orchestrates the building of Shanty Town?
a. Tomlinson
b. Dubula
c. Arthur Jarvis
d. John Kumalo
Q. Why did Absalom’s wife run away from home?
a. She wanted to work by herself
b. She was pregnant and did not want anyone to find out
c. She fought with her brothers
d. Her mother drank too much and did not get along with her stepfather