II. Choose the correct answer to each of the following.
1. ___________ suggests that the idea of survival can be seen as the central
symbol of Canadian literature.
(a) Margaret Laurence
(b) Margaret Atwood
(c) Michael Ondaatje
(d) Ted Allan
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2. Cultural survival is shown in the following ways except _____________.
(a) the attempt to maintain a Canadian
identity
(b) persistence of native Canadian
people to maintain their distinctive cultures
(c) dealing with the harsh natural
environment
(d) the survival of a French-Canadian
identity in Quebec after the English had conquered the French in
Quebec
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3. Which of the following authors did NOT belong to the period
of nation-building?
(a) Susanna Moodie.
(b) William Kirby.
(c) Robert Service.
(d) Duncan Campbell Scott.
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4. ________ wrote the book, The Scalpel, The Sword.
(a) F. R. Scott
(b) Norman Bethune
(c) Ted Allan
(d) Mordecai Richler
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5. "Triple alliance" in Jean-Charles Harvey's novel refer
to the following except __________.
(a) capitalists
(b) politicians
(c) church
(d) French separatism
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6. In which period have Canada's most famous and successful writers
appeared?
(a) Post-war period.
(b) Period of nation-building.
(c) Early colonial period.
(d) Pre-European period.
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7. _________ is most powerfully presented in Margaret Laurence's
work, making her highly representative of contemporary Canada?
(a) Self-analysis
(b) Women's position
(c) Cultural difference
(d) Political environment
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8. Which of the following novels was made into an extremely successful
film in 1997?
(a) Lost in the Barrens.
(b) The Two Solitudes.
(c) The Handmaid's Tale.
(d) The English Patient.
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