A Small Place Quizzes

A Small Place Quiz 1

1 Which nation colonized Antigua?
Spain

Britain

The United States

France
2 When did Antigua gain independence?
2001

1999

1965

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

Barbuda and Redonda

Dominica and Grenada

Sint Maartin and Nevis
4 Which two bodies of water surround Antigua?
The Black Sea and the Pacific Ocean

The Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf

The Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea

The Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
5 Who is the "you" that author Jamaica Kincaid speaks to?
her younger self

a tourist visiting Antigua

her mother

the Antiguan government
6 After whom is Antigua's airport named?
V.C. Bird

Lester Bird

Princess Margaret

Queen Elizabeth II
7 An Antiguan taxi driver would most likely drive a brand-new vehicle from which country?
Japan

South Korea

Britain

The United States
8 Which building no longer exists in Antigua?
the hospital

the library

the hotel training academy

the school
9 How was this building destroyed?
a riot

a tsunami

a hurricane

an earthquake
10 What year did this disaster happen?
1974

2003

1999

1983
11 What does Kincaid think of tourists who visit Antigua?
She wants to become one of them.

She admires them for helping the island's economy.

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 revere them.

They dislike them, believing they are bad-mannered.

They are indifferent to them, minding their own business.
13 In the Antigua of Kincaid's youth, all the streets were named after...
former slaves.

famous black Antiguans.

English maritime criminals.

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

the Bank of England

Barclays Bank

Barbuda Bank
15 What was the Mill Reef Club?
An upscale vacation club started by Americans.

an insurgent group intent on overthrowing the government.

an association of former slave traders.

a poker club for local Antiguans to play.
16 According to Kincaid, local Antiguans thought these bad-behaved foreigners were...
"pigs"

"scoundrels"

"dogs"

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

government workers

servants

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

Refusing black Antiguans treatment altogether.

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

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 government workers.

Children of colonists.

Children born out of wedlock.

Kincaid and her sisters.
20 Kincaid is extremely frustrated that only which language is spoken in Antigua?
Portuguese

English

French

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

Queen Margaret

Queen Victoria

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

Princess Margaret

Princess Elizabeth

Princess Victoria
23 Kincaid insists that modern Antiguans learned things like imprisonment, murder, and poor government from...
Television shows.

Their own ancestors.

Themselves.

The colonists.
24 According to Kincaid, why do Antiguans not want to be called capitalists?
Because they believe in socialism.

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

Because they do not like labels.

Because they do not want to think of themselves as similar to their colonizers.
25 What type of tone does Kincaid use when discussing colonialism?
Admiring

Dejected

Accusatory

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...

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