Half-caste by John Agard

Half-caste by John Agard

9th - 11th Grade

20 Qs

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Half-caste by John Agard

Half-caste by John Agard

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 11th Grade

Medium

Created by

Lily Pace

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where was John Agard born?

Barbados

Guyana

Cuba

Havana

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Complete the statement: Agard became angry when people referred to him as _______-caste.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or false: half-caste is an offensive term to denote a person whose parents are of different races.

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does 'half-caste' have connotations of?

impure

intelligent

inferior

impeccable

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which themes are key in Agard's poem?

Family

War

Experience

Identity

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What imagery does Agard use to make comparisons?

Picasso mixing paint

Tchaikovsky playing black and white keys

The colours of a rainbow

The English weather

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or false: Agard writes in his Caribbean dialect and doesn't use Standard English.

True

False

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