Postcolonial Theory: Who's Who? Quiz
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Postcolonial Theory? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What author has been issued a fatwa (an Islamic death sentence)?
Fat Albert
Salman Rushdie
Bill Ashcroft
Arundhati Roy
Q. Which postcolonial thinker also translated a book by Jacques Derrida?
Edward Said
Homi Bhabha
Gayatri Spivak
That's clearly a trick question because Derrida is impossible to translate.
Q. Who argued that "'It is the fight for national existence which sets culture moving and opens to it the doors of creation"'?
Frantz Fanon
Gayatri Spivak
Barack Obama
Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Q. Who came up with the whole idea of "'Orientalism"'?
Western academics and writers
Bruce Lee
Frantz Fanon
Edward Said
Q. Who's the person behind the concept of "'hybridity"'?
Homi Bhabha
Chinua Achebe
Edward Said
the CEO of Toyota