1. Which of the following book by V. S. Naipaul is subtitled The Caribbean Revisited?
(A) In a Free State
(B) A Bend in the River
(C) The Middle Passage
(D) An Area of Darkness
Answer: (C)
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The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited is a 1962 book-length essay and travelogue by V. S. Naipaul. It is his first book-length work of non-fiction.[1]
The book covers a year-long trip Naipaul took through Trinidad, British Guiana, Suriname, Martinique, and Jamaica in 1961. As well as giving his own impressions, Naipaul refers to the work of earlier travellers such as Patrick Leigh Fermor, who described a similar itinerary in The Traveller’s Tree (1950). Naipaul addresses a range of topics including the legacy of slavery and colonialism, race relations, the roles of immigrants from India in the various countries, and differences in language, culture, and economics.
The book was poorly received in Trinidad and other Caribbean nations on account of Naipaul’s “patronising attitude” towards these colonies and ex-colonies, his apparent approval of imperialism, and for other reasons.
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2. ‘Fluency’ in language is the same as
(A) The ability to put oneself across comfortably in speech and/or writing.
(B) The ability to command language rather than language commanding the user.
(C) Glibness
(D) Accuracy
Answer: (A)
3. Which of the following statements on Pathetic Fallacy is NOT TRUE?
(A) This term applies to descriptions that are not true but imaginary and fanciful.
(B) Pathetic Fallacy is generally understood as human traits being applied or attributed to non-human things in nature.
(C) In its first use, the term was used with disapproval because nature cannot be equated with the human in respect of emotions and responses.
(D) The term was originally used by Alexander Pope in his Pastorals (1709).
Answer: (D)
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💡 The phrase pathetic fallacy
is a literary term for the attribution of human emotion and conduct to things found in nature that are not human. It is a kind of personification
that occurs in poetic descriptions, when, for example, clouds seem sullen, when leaves dance, or when rocks seem indifferent. The British cultural critic John Ruskin
coined the term in Volume 3 of his work, Modern Painters
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