Top 50+ Solved Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Rev. Stephen Kumalo’s brother John Kumalo’s occupation is
a. bus driver
b. lawyer
c. doctor
d. carpenter
Q. Stephen Kumalo goes to Johannesburg because
a. he has been summoned by the bishop of his diocese
b. he has been subpoenaed to appear in court
c. to take part in the growing protest over racial injustice
d. his sister Gertrude is sick
Q. Above Stephen Kumalo’s village there is a farm owned by a white family. What is this farm called?
a. White Farm
b. Animal Farm
c. High Place
d. Diepkloof
Q. From which European language did Afrikaans, one of the two major South African languages, develop?
a. Dutch
b. German
c. English
d. Italian
Q. When James Jarvis goes through his son Arthur's possessions he notes the prevalence of a certain American president in his sons' books and writings. Which president is this?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. George Washington
c. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
d. Thomas Jefferson
Q. One of the most forceful themes of Cry the Beloved Country is Paton's pairing of the Native (black) peoples' condition with that of what?
a. the economy
b. the land
c. the sea
d. the overall welfare of tribes across the African continent
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