Western critics might consider__________ as effective critique of colonial behavior.

A. A Tale of Two Cities
B. Heart of Darkness
C. Culture and Imperialism
D. A passage to India

Answer

B. Heart of Darkness

Lord Jim (1900) was a famous novel by:

A. Joseph Conrad
B. George Orwell
C. Dylan Thomas
D. James Baldwin

Answer

A. Joseph Conrad

Heart of darkness was published in:

A. 1802
B. 1902
C. 1801
D. 1901

Answer

B. 1902

Joseph Conrad was born and died in:

A. 1857-1924
B. 1867-1920
C. 1865-1934
D. 1924-1956

Answer

A. 1857-1924

Lord Jim (1899), in which Jim’s decision to save himself from a sinking ship ironically illustrates the “survival of the fittest”, was written by?

A. Joseph Conrad
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. James Joyce
D. Jack London

Answer

A. Joseph Conrad

Who wrote a preface to The Nigger of the “Narcissus” (1897)?

A. Joseph Conrad
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. James Joyce
D. Jack London

Answer

A. Joseph Conrad

Which writer’s novels are generally set in the background of the sea?

A. Joseph Conrad
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. James Joyce
D. Jack London

Answer

A. Joseph Conrad