MCQ & answers of 'Telephone Conversation' (B.A / B.Sc / B.Com Compulsory English of UGB)

MCQ & Answers of Telephone Conversation
                             -Wole Soyinka

1. The poem 'Telephone Conversation' is written by - 

 (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) John Keats (C) Wole Soyinka (d) P.B. Shelley

2. "Telephone Conversation' has often been described as a powerful and senior agent to-

 (A) social change (b) political change (c) economic change (d) religious change.

 3. "Telephone Conversation' is a- 

 (A) dramatic dialogue (b) political dialogue (c) economic dialogue (d) lyrical dialogue.

4. "Telephone Conversation is a conversation between-

 (a) two Americans (B) a Negro and a white lady (c) an Indian and a European (d) Two Africans. 

5 .The speaker's voice in "Telephone Conversation" is-

 (a) well educated (b) polished (C) well educated & polished(d) none

6. "Telephone Conversation" is a/an-

(a) fancied (B)imagined (c) conceived (d) expected conversation

7. The man in "Telephone Conversation' is a/an- 

 (A) African (b) European (c) American (d) Indian. 

 8. The landlady in "Telephone Conversation' is- 

 (a) black (b) brown (c) blue (D) white.

9. In 'Telephone Conversation' the conversation takes place between/among-

 (A) two (b) three (c) four (d) many.

10. The conversation in "Telephone Conversation is on -

 (a) bus fare (b) exam programme (C) rent (d) tax

11. The African, as revealed in "Telephone Conversation", is -

  (a) white (b) brown (c)  neither black nor white (D) black.

 12. The general geography of the poem, "Telephone Conversation', as - is marked

(a) America (b) Russia (c) Newyork (D) England 

 13. Some of the idioms of the poem, "Telephone conversation', point out the general geography of - 

(a) Washington (b) Mascow (c) Ducca  (D) London.

14. Which city is mentioned in the poem, "Telephone Conversation'-

 (A) London (b) NewYork (c) Tokyo (d) lslamabad.

15. The general geography of "Telephone Conversation England, most likely London, is marked by

(A) some of the idioms (b) some of the phrases (c) some of the phrasal verbs (d) some of the proverbs. 

 16. The city saw a substantial in flux of the immigrants of- 

(A) Africa (b) America (e) Russia (d) China. 

17. The city saw a substantial in flux of the African immigrants through out the post-war-

 (a) years (B) decades (c) months (d) days

18. The period of post-war decades saw a rise of- 

 (a) racial anxiety (b) racial conflict (c) racial tension  (D) racial relation 

19. Conversations in "Telephone Conversation" would not he have been -

 (a) familiar (B) unfamiliar (c) clear (d) identical 

  

20. which of the following is personified in "Telephone Conversation"-

  (a) nature (b) sight (C) city (d) villlage 

21. "Telephone Conversation' opens with the -

( a) American speaker (b) Russian speaker (C) African speaker (d) Indian speaker

  

22. The African speaker classifies the essential information about-

 (a) the location (b) the cost (c) similar business details (D) all the three.

  23. The landlady is described-

 (a) primarily (B) initially (c) finally (d) in the middle 

24. The landlady is initially described as being of-

 (A) good breeding (b) bad breeding (c) savage breeding (d) cultured breeding 

 25. The landlady asks the questions about-

( A) the colour of the speaker's skin (b) the profession of the speaker (c) the qualifcation of the speaker (d) the posting up the speaker

 26. The landlady's qeustions about the colour of the speaker's skin seem out of place- 

 (a) suddenly (b) dramatically (C) a+b (d) logically

 27. The landlady's specific question to the speaker is whether he is- 

 (a) light (b) very dark (C) (a) or (b) (d) white skinedAns. 

28. The skin colour of man whether light or very dark is - 

 (a) differentiation (B) distinction (c) clarification (d) separation. 

29. A distinction regarding the skin colour of the man seems to carry particular - 

(a) mass (B) weight (c) energy (d) capacity

 30. A distinction as regards the skin colour of the man seems to carry particular weight with the racial atmosphere of the - 

(a) morning (b) evening (C) day (d) night.

31. The question put by the land lady to the man is - 

(a) general (b) particular (C) specific (d) logical 

 32. The question of the landlady is - 

(a) pointed (b) clearly prejudicial (c) abnormal (D) a+ b. 

 33. From the pointed and clearly prejudicial question, the poem moves-

 (A) smoothly (b) slowly (c) fast (d) rapidly.

34. The speaker answers the woman with cool -

(a) mind (b)  brain (C) logic (d) reflection  

35. Cool logic with which the speaker answers the woman-

 (a) clouds (b) which rather than clarifies the situation (C) clouds rather than clarifies the situation (d) makes the situation easy. 

36. The speaker compares himself to-  (a) biscuit (b) cream (C) chocolate (d) sweet

37. The speaker compares himself to chocolate- 

 (A) at first (b) in the middle (c) at last (d) towards the conclusion. 

38. The speaker settles on describing himself as-

 (A) "West African sepia (b) East African sepia' (c) West Russian sepia (d) East American sepia 

39. The speaker knows that the term, 'West African sepia', will further - 

(Q) confuse his listener (b) delight his listener (c) entertain his listener (d) discourage his listener.

40. The speaker's tone is- 

 (a) comic (b) dramatic (C) ironic (d) satiric. 

41. The speaker begins to describe various (a) flowers (b) fruits (C) body parts (d) body lotions.

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