Top 150+ Solved Commonwealth Literature MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Where does Stephen meet Dubula?
a. At the bus boycott
b. At the city mission
c. In front of a local church
d. In the alleyways of Shanty Town
Q. Which character is not depicted as a man of charity and goodness?
a. Dubula
b. Father Vincent
c. John Kumalo
d. Mr. Carmichael
Q. Whose death sends Stephen into a period of such deep despair that he is unable to pray?
a. Absalom Kumalo
b. Arthur Jarvis
c. James Jarvis
d. Reverend Msimangu
Q. Why does Stephen feel betrayed by his son Absalom?
a. Absalom has changed his name.
b. Absalom has committed murder.
c. Absalom kidnapped a young girl.
d. Absalom married someone from another tribe.
Q. In The Vivisector, we see the protagonist Hurtle Duffield exploiting what for his art?
a. His friends
b. Money
c. His parents
d. Women
Q. On a trip to England, Alfreda Courtney is horrified to find the vivisection of what?
a. A child
b. A dog
c. A cat
d. A horse
Q. What is the name of the girl who lives next to the Courtneys who happens to be quite the match for Hurtle on the subject of manipulation?
a. Nance Lightfoot
b. Hero Pavloussi
c. KathyVolkov
d. Olivia Davenport
Q. At the end of the novel, The Vivisector, what happens to Hurtle Duffield?
a. He accepts a knighthood and regained wealth
b. He teaches his protégé everything he knows
c. He reconciles with his family
d. He dies with a paintbrush in his hand
Q. Who was born a hunchbacked female in The Vivisector?
a. Katherine Volkov
b. Rhoda Courtney
c. Alfreda Courtney
d. Hero Pavloussi
Q. Hurtle Duffield was born into a ________ Australian family.
a. middle-class
b. bourgeois
c. working class
d. high-class
Q. For the first time, Hurtle Duffield meets a woman in the streets by the name of –
a. Hero Pavloussi
b. Katherine Volkov
c. Alfreda Courtney
d. Nance Lightfoot
Q. Hero Pavloussi was the wife of a / an –
a. Australian merchant
b. Greek merchant
c. European merchant
d. American merchant
Q. Hurtle Duffield and Hero Pavloussi went on a pilgrimage to the sacred Island of Perialosin the
a. Aegean Sea
b. Arabian Sea
c. Ionian Sea
d. Mediterranean Sea