Lesson C02.5.1
C02.5.1 The Immigrant Experience: contexts and themes Quiz: OCR English Literature, Unit 2
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What term describes the dispersion of a population from their original homeland across the globe?
- Assimilation
- Alienation
- Emigration
- Diaspora
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Which postcolonial theorist developed the concepts of cultural hybridity and mimicry?
- Gayatri Spivak
- Frantz Fanon
- Homi Bhabha
- Edward Said
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In what year did HMT Empire Windrush arrive in Britain, marking a key post-war immigration milestone?
- 1948
- 1962
- 1953
- 1971
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Which postcolonial critic authored the foundational 1978 text titled Orientalism?
- Paul Gilroy
- Homi Bhabha
- Edward Said
- Stuart Hall
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What term describes the process where a minority group adopts the dominant culture's values and customs?
- Assimilation
- Hybridity
- Marginalisation
- Segregation
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Which UK port did the HMT Empire Windrush dock at in June 1948?
- Liverpool Docks
- Southampton Docks
- Dover Docks
- Tilbury Docks
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Which term, coined by W.E.B. Du Bois, describes feeling an identity divided into two conflicting perspectives?
- Cultural hegemony
- Internalised racism
- Double consciousness
- Structural inequality
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Which 1956 novel by Sam Selvon depicts Caribbean immigrants navigating life in post-war London?
- The Lonely Londoners
- White Teeth
- Wide Sargasso Sea
- Second Class Citizen
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What literary term describes alternating between two or more languages or dialects within a single work?
- Stream of consciousness
- Free indirect discourse
- Polyphonic prose
- Code-switching
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Which British politician delivered the controversial 'Rivers of Blood' speech opposing Commonwealth immigration in 1968?
- Ted Heath
- Enoch Powell
- Clement Attlee
- Harold Macmillan
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Which term did Kamau Brathwaite use to describe Caribbean vernacular English and oral storytelling traditions?
- Pidgin English
- Standard English
- Nation Language
- Received Pronunciation
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Which act of parliament granted British nationality to all subjects of the British Empire in 1948?
- Commonwealth Immigrants Act
- Immigration Act
- British Nationality Act
- Aliens Act
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What postcolonial term refers to the feeling of being psychological unsettled or without a true home?
- Unhomeliness
- Essentialism
- Universalism
- Ethnocentrism
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Which postcolonial theorist introduced the concept of the 'subaltern' to describe marginalised and voiceless groups?
- Edward Said
- Paul Gilroy
- Frantz Fanon
- Gayatri Spivak
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Which 1962 British legislation restricted the entry of Commonwealth citizens into the United Kingdom?
- Commonwealth Immigrants Act
- Race Relations Act
- Aliens Restriction Act
- Immigration Act 1971
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What term describes the cultural space where different cultures meet, collide, and negotiate identity?
- Buffer zone
- Contact zone
- Borderland
- Monoculture
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Which cultural theorist authored the influential 1993 book The Black Atlantic on transnational identity?
- Frantz Fanon
- Stuart Hall
- C.L.R. James
- Paul Gilroy
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What term describes the state of living outside one's native country, often associated with longing and displacement?
- Exile
- Integration
- Naturalisation
- Enclave
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Which landmark UK legislation was passed in 1965 to outlaw racial discrimination in public places?
- Race Relations Act
- British Nationality Act
- Equal Pay Act
- Human Rights Act
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What postcolonial term describes dominant cultures representing colonised peoples as passive, inferior, and exotic?
- Othering
- Transculturation
- Hybridity
- Mimicry
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