A Small Place Quizzes

A Small Place Quiz 1

1 Which nation colonized Antigua?
France

Britain

The United States

Spain
2 When did Antigua gain independence?
1965

2001

1999

1981
3 Which two islands are also part of the independent nation of Antigua?
St. Thomas and St. Kitts

Dominica and Grenada

Sint Maartin and Nevis

Barbuda and Redonda
4 Which two bodies of water surround Antigua?
The Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea

The Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean

The Black Sea and the Pacific Ocean

The Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
5 Who is the "you" that author Jamaica Kincaid speaks to?
her younger self

her mother

a tourist visiting Antigua

the Antiguan government
6 After whom is Antigua's airport named?
Queen Elizabeth II

V.C. Bird

Princess Margaret

Lester Bird
7 An Antiguan taxi driver would most likely drive a brand-new vehicle from which country?
Britain

Japan

The United States

South Korea
8 Which building no longer exists in Antigua?
the library

the school

the hospital

the hotel training academy
9 How was this building destroyed?
a riot

an earthquake

a hurricane

a tsunami
10 What year did this disaster happen?
1999

1974

1983

2003
11 What does Kincaid think of tourists who visit Antigua?
She admires them for helping the island's economy.

She wants to become one of them.

She believes they are ugly human beings.

She is indifferent to them.
12 How do local Antiguans feel about the tourists?
They loathe them and often attack them.

They are indifferent to them, minding their own business.

They dislike them, believing they are bad-mannered.

They revere them.
13 In the Antigua of Kincaid's youth, all the streets were named after...
former Kings of England.

famous black Antiguans.

English maritime criminals.

former slaves.
14 What was the name of the bank started by slave traders in colonial Antigua?
the Bank of Antigua

the Bank of England

Barbuda Bank

Barclays Bank
15 What was the Mill Reef Club?
a poker club for local Antiguans to play.

an association of former slave traders.

an insurgent group intent on overthrowing the government.

An upscale vacation club started by Americans.
16 According to Kincaid, local Antiguans thought these bad-behaved foreigners were...
"pigs"

"vermin"

"scoundrels"

"dogs"
17 The only local Antiguans allowed inside the Mill Reef Club were...
celebrities

managers

servants

government workers
18 Kincaid tells a story about a doctor who...
fled Antigua and moved to Barbuda.

charged exorbitant prices for his services that prevented black Antiguans from getting treatment.

Refusing black Antiguans treatment altogether.

makes black Antiguans wash dirt off their skin before they can see him.
19 The headmistress of the colonial girls' school forbid whom from enrolling?
Kincaid and her sisters.

Children born out of wedlock.

Children of government workers.

Children of colonists.
20 Kincaid is extremely frustrated that only which language is spoken in Antigua?
English

French

Portuguese

Spanish
21 Which deceased English queen's birthday did they celebrate every year in colonial Antigua?
Queen Margaret

Queen Victoria

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth II
22 Which English princess visited Antigua?
Princess Victoria

Princess Charlotte

Princess Elizabeth

Princess Margaret
23 Kincaid insists that modern Antiguans learned things like imprisonment, murder, and poor government from...
Themselves.

Their own ancestors.

The colonists.

Television shows.
24 According to Kincaid, why do Antiguans not want to be called capitalists?
Because they do not like labels.

Because they don't think they have achieved true capitalism.

Because they do not want to think of themselves as similar to their colonizers.

Because they believe in socialism.
25 What type of tone does Kincaid use when discussing colonialism?
Accusatory

Dejected

Admiring

Indifferent

Tourists are described as marveling at the "simple" way the local people live.... often struggling and in poverty. In the meantime, the locals are often barred from holding better jobs. She also notes that the locals find the tourists' invasion...

Asked by Manisha T #950826

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/13/2019 3:10 PM