A Small Place Quizzes

A Small Place Quiz 1

1 Which nation colonized Antigua?
The United States

Spain

France

Britain
2 When did Antigua gain independence?
1981

1965

1999

2001
3 Which two islands are also part of the independent nation of Antigua?
Dominica and Grenada

Barbuda and Redonda

St. Thomas and St. Kitts

Sint Maartin and Nevis
4 Which two bodies of water surround Antigua?
The Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf

The Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea

The Black Sea and the Pacific Ocean

The Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
5 Who is the "you" that author Jamaica Kincaid speaks to?
a tourist visiting Antigua

her mother

her younger self

the Antiguan government
6 After whom is Antigua's airport named?
Lester Bird

Queen Elizabeth II

Princess Margaret

V.C. Bird
7 An Antiguan taxi driver would most likely drive a brand-new vehicle from which country?
The United States

Britain

South Korea

Japan
8 Which building no longer exists in Antigua?
the school

the library

the hospital

the hotel training academy
9 How was this building destroyed?
an earthquake

a hurricane

a riot

a tsunami
10 What year did this disaster happen?
2003

1983

1999

1974
11 What does Kincaid think of tourists who visit Antigua?
She believes they are ugly human beings.

She wants to become one of them.

She admires them for helping the island's economy.

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...
English maritime criminals.

former Kings of England.

former slaves.

famous black Antiguans.
14 What was the name of the bank started by slave traders in colonial Antigua?
the Bank of England

the Bank of Antigua

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...
"scoundrels"

"pigs"

"dogs"

"vermin"
17 The only local Antiguans allowed inside the Mill Reef Club were...
managers

celebrities

government workers

servants
18 Kincaid tells a story about a doctor who...
charged exorbitant prices for his services that prevented black Antiguans from getting treatment.

Refusing black Antiguans treatment altogether.

fled Antigua and moved to Barbuda.

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?
Children of colonists.

Kincaid and her sisters.

Children of government workers.

Children born out of wedlock.
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 Margaret

Princess Victoria

Princess Elizabeth

Princess Charlotte
23 Kincaid insists that modern Antiguans learned things like imprisonment, murder, and poor government from...
The colonists.

Their own ancestors.

Themselves.

Television shows.
24 According to Kincaid, why do Antiguans not want to be called capitalists?
Because they do not want to think of themselves as similar to their colonizers.

Because they believe in socialism.

Because they do not like labels.

Because they don't think they have achieved true capitalism.
25 What type of tone does Kincaid use when discussing colonialism?
Admiring

Indifferent

Accusatory

Dejected

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...

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