Top 150+ Solved Commonwealth Literature MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In keeping with Cry, the Beloved Country’s theme of young people leaving their villages for work or for other purposes, where do most of them end up, besides the city slums?
a. crews building the railroad
b. the mines
c. prison
d. America
Q. James Jarvis and Stephen Kumalo have both lost their sons. In what way is this signifigant?
a. The two sons were executed together as co-defendants
b. Kumalo's son murdered Jarvis' son
c. They both died in the same traffic accident
d. They were both shot by police in a protest against the racial injustices present in South Africa
Q. After Stephen Kumalo has returned to Ndotsheni at the end of the novel, who offers him assistance in revitalizing the village?
a. a neighboring village
b. UNICEF
c. Jarvis
d. the church
Q. Stephen Kumalo's sister Gertrude has been supporting herself via illegal means. Fromwhich of the following criminal enterprises did she earn her livelihood?
a. extortion
b. counterfeiting money
c. selling illegal alcohol
d. robbery
Q. On the day Absolom is scheduled to be executed, Stephen Kumalo goes into the mountains around Ndotsheni to pray. Who does he meet while there?
a. the village chief
b. his wife
c. James Jarvis
d. Arthur Jarvis
Q. After returning to Ndotsheni, Stephen Kumalo encounters Arthur Jarvis' son. Later, as a result of his conversation with the boy, the Jarvis farm sends a gift to the village. What is this gift?
a. rice for the people
b. grain for the cows
c. milk for the children
d. seed for the planters
Q. Msimangu confides his fear that "by the time the white man learns to love, the black man will have _______________." ?
a. lost all hope
b. mostly died out
c. turned to violence
d. learned to hate
Q. When Stephen Kumalo returns from Johannesburg to Ndotsheni, he brings two people with him. Who are these people?
a. his son Absolom and his wife
b. his sister Gertrude and his son Absolom's wife
c. his sister Gertrude's son and his son Absolom's wife
d. his sister Gertrude and her son
Q. Napoleon Letsitsi, an agricultural expert hired by James Jarvis to assist the people of Ndotsheni, states that he works for whom?
a. the people of Africa
b. the people who pay his salary
c. the villagers of Ndotsheni
d. the nation of South Africa
Q. Obsession over what substance has led many people into a frenzy over the state of their stocks in Cry, the Beloved Country?
a. Coal
b. Gold
c. Oil
d. Opals
Q. Stephen first travels by bus from his native district to what city?
a. Fordsburg
b. Ixopo
c. Johannesburg
d. Springs
Q. What does Stephen learn about his sister Gertrude when he visits the mission?
a. She has become a nanny for a white family.
b. She has become a prostitute.
c. She has been sent to prison.
d. She has died from a mysterious illness.
Q. What is the outcome of Absalom's trial?
a. He is found guilty and sentenced to life in solitary confinement.
b. He is found guilty and sentenced to death.
c. He is found not guilty and set free.
d. His trial is found to be corrupt and must be reschedule
Q. What natural phenomenon does Alan Paton use to symbolize the wounded African culture?
a. A flock of red birds so thick that it obscures the sun from view
b. Deep cracks appearing in the parched red earth
c. The birth of a baby with pronounced red birth marks covering its torso
d. The erosion of the red soil, which colors the rivers blood red
Q. What prevents John Harrison from understanding or imitating the ideals of Arthur Jarvis?
a. John believes that Arthur's son killed his brother.
b. John disagrees with Arthur's religious views.
c. John regards Arthur as too much of a dreamer.
d. John's family is entrenched in a bitter feud with Arthur's family.