1.4.1 Les Blancs (Lorraine Hansberry) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. Who wrote Les Blancs?

   • Samuel Beckett
   • Tennessee Williams
   • Lorraine Hansberry
   • Lynn Nottage

2. In which year did Lorraine Hansberry die before completing her play Les Blancs?

   • 1965
   • 1970
   • 1959
   • 1983

3. What is the central figure's name in Les Blancs?

   • Eric Matoseh
   • Eugene Gerard
   • Major Rice
   • Tshembe Matoseh

4. What event brings Tshembe Matoseh back to his African homeland in Les Blancs?

   • A political rally
   • A medical crisis
   • His father's funeral
   • His wedding

5. What central political conflict is dramatised in Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs?

   • Class struggle
   • Anti-colonial struggle
   • Industrialisation
   • Religious reformation

6. What internal conflict does Tshembe's European education cause him in Les Blancs?

   • Religious fanaticism
   • Loss of faith
   • Divided loyalty
   • Financial ruin

7. Which female playwright wrote the 1959 Broadway play A Raisin in the Sun?

   • Maya Angelou
   • Toni Morrison
   • Alice Walker
   • Lorraine Hansberry

8. Which dramatic technique does Hansberry primarily use to present political arguments in Les Blancs?

   • Silent pantomime
   • Ideological debate
   • Musical numbers
   • Slapstick comedy

9. What does the French title of Lorraine Hansberry's play Les Blancs mean in English?

   • The Strangers
   • The Liberators
   • The Blacks
   • The Whites

10. How does Hansberry primarily integrate political argument into the drama of Les Blancs?

    • Character relationships
    • Allegorical puppets
    • Abstract dance
    • Narrator commentary

11. Which choice defines Tshembe's central moral struggle in Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs?

    • Fame vs anonymity
    • Wealth vs poverty
    • Family vs duty
    • Art vs science

12. Who completed Lorraine Hansberry's unfinished play Les Blancs for posthumous production?

    • James Baldwin
    • Wole Soyinka
    • Langston Hughes
    • Robert Nemiroff

13. What do the ideological arguments between Tshembe and his brother Abioseh represent?

    • Romantic rivalries
    • Religious conversions
    • Differing political paths
    • Feuds over inheritance

14. How is anti-colonial revolution presented in Lorraine Hansberry's play Les Blancs?

    • Entirely senseless
    • Easily avoidable
    • Purely heroic
    • Morally complex

15. What fundamental dynamic defines coloniser-colonised relationships in Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs?

    • Equal partnership
    • Harmonious unity
    • Unequal power
    • Mutual trust

16. What key setting in Les Blancs represents the collision of colonial authority and African resistance?

    • The trading post
    • The coastal port
    • The royal palace
    • The mission station

17. What core subject dominated the dramatic works of American playwright Lorraine Hansberry?

    • Black political life
    • Industrial automation
    • Feudal class conflict
    • Classical mythology

18. What central ethical debate surrounding anti-colonial resistance is explored in Les Blancs?

    • Free trade
    • Divine right
    • Use of violence
    • Universal suffrage

19. Which concept is primarily embodied by the European characters in Les Blancs?

    • Marxist revolution
    • Feudal loyalty
    • Colonial mindset
    • Pan-Africanism

20. Which dramatic genre best categorises Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs?

    • Postcolonial drama
    • Jacobean tragedy
    • Absurdist comedy
    • Kitchen sink realism

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