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Ti-Jean and His Brothers

by Derek Walcott Buy Study Guide

Ti-Jean and His Brothers

Prologue and Act 1
1. Who is Ti-Jean?

THE OLDEST BROTHER, THE STRONG BROTHER

THE MIDDLE BROTHER, THE CLEVER BROTHER

THE YOUNGEST BROTHER, THE UNAMBITIOUS BROTHER

THE OLDEST BROTHER, THE UNAMBITIOUS BROTHER

2. Who is Gros Jean?

THE YOUNGEST BROTHER, THE STRONG BROTHER

THE MIDDLE BROTHER, THE CLEVER BROTHER

THE YOUNGEST BROTHER, THE CLEVER BROTHER

THE OLDEST BROTHER, THE STRONG BROTHER

3. Which of the following does NOT

describe Mother as she appears at the
beginning of the play?
DYING

PESSIMISTIC

POOR

COLD

4. Who is the Bolom?

A DEVIL

AN ANIMAL

A FETUS

A DEMON

5. What is a framing device?

A LITERARY DEVICE WHICH EMPHASIZES AN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT

MOMENT

THE USE OF ANIMALS TO TELL A STORY

A SECONDARY STORY WHICH SURROUNDS THE PRIMARY PLOT OF A WORK

A LITERARY DEVICE WHICH OFFSETS ONE PLOT POINT FROM THE REST OF
THE STORY

6. Which of the following is NOT an

example of folk storytelling?
TALKING ANIMALS

MORAL MESSAGE

REPETITIVE STRUCTURE

HUMANIZED DEVIL

7. What is the Devil's original challenge?

THE DEVIL AND THE BROTHERS WILL EACH TRY TO MAKE EACH OTHER MAD.
WHOEVER GETS MAD FIRST WINS, AND GETS TO EAT THE OTHER.

THE BROTHERS MUST TRY TO MAKE THE DEVIL LAUGH, WHILE THE DEVIL
MUST TRY TO MAKE THE BROTHERS MAD. WHOEVER LOSES GETS EATEN.

THE DEVIL AND THE BROTHERS WILL EACH TRY TO MAKE EACH OTHER MAD.
WHOEVER GETS MAD FIRST LOSES, AND GETS EATEN.

THE DEVIL AND THE BROTHERS WILL EACH TRY TO MAKE EACH OTHER
LAUGH. WHOEVER LAUGHS FIRST LOSES, AND GETS EATEN.

8. Why does Gros Jean leave first to

challenge the Devil?
HE IS THE OLDEST BROTHER

HE IS THE STRONGEST BROTHER

HE IS THE PROUDEST BROTHER

HE IS THE MOST AFRAID OF DEATH

9. What does Mother mean when she tells

Gros Jean, "The arm which digs a grave
Is the strongest arm of all."
DEATH IS STRONGER THAN ANY MAN

GRAVEDIGGERS ARE THE STRONGEST PROFESSION

THE ARM THAT WORKS IS STRONGER THAN THE ARM THAT RESTS

GROS JEAN SHOULD TRY TO AVOID GRAVEDIGGERS

10. How does the old man harm Gros Jean?

HE CONVINCES HIM TO GIVE UP HOPE

HE TRICKS HIM INTO MISTREATING THE ANIMALS

HE CONVINCES HIM TO FIND THE PLANTER

HE MAKES HIM ANGRY, SO HE LOSES THE BET

11. What is Gros Jean's strategy to defeat

the Devil?
HE WILL BE MORE PATIENT

HE WILL BEAT HIM IN A FIGHT

HE WILL OUTSMART HIM

HE WILL WORK HARD AND WIN HIS APPROVAL

12. How does the Devil finally defeat Gros

Jean?
HE IS CONDESCENDING TOWARDS HIM

HE BOTHERS HIM WHILE HE IS TRYING TO REST

HE MAKES HIM DO IMPOSSIBLE TASKS

HE MAKES FUN OF MOTHER

13. Who is speaking at the beginning of the

play?
MOTHER

THE BROTHERS

THE DEVIL

THE ANIMALS

14. Which of the following best describes

Walcott's portrayal of the animals?
THEY ARE MORE FOOLISH THAN HUMAN BEINGS, BUT DESERVE TO BE
PROTECTED

THEY ARE WISE, BUT STILL ACT LIKE NON-HUMAN ANIMALS IN MANY WAYS

THEY ARE DANGEROUS TO HUMAN BEINGS, AND SO NEED TO BE APPEASED

THEY ARE JUST LIKE HUMAN BEINGS

15. How does Walcott stage the opening

scene?
THE ANIMALS INTRODUCE THE SCENE, AND EXIT TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE
JEAN FAMILY

THE ANIMALS MOVE AMONG THE JEAN FAMILY

THE JEAN FAMILY ARE SHOWN FIRST, BUT EXIT TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE
ANIMALS

THERE ARE ANIMALS SPEAKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STAGE, AND A HUT ON
THE OTHER

16. The dialect used throughout the play is

an example of what?
INCORRECT ENGLISH

A PATOIS

MIDDLE ENGLISH

STANDARD ENGLISH

17. How does Mother try to console the

Bolom?
SHE TELLS HIM SHE STILL LOVES HIM EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NEVER BORN

SHE TELLS HIM GOD WILL STILL SAVE HIM

SHE TELLS HIM THAT HE IS LUCKY NOT TO BE ALIVE

SHE TELLS HIM HE WILL BE BORN ONE DAY

18. Why is emotion related to mortality in the

play?
EMOTIONS DEPEND ON FINITE TIME

TRUE EMOTIONS ONLY HAPPEN IN RESPONSE TO DEATH

EMOTIONS ARE A CURSE LIKE MORTALITY

ONLY HUMANS CAN FEEL EMOTIONS

19. Which of the following best describes

the mood of the prologue?
CHEERFUL, UNAWARE

UNCANNY, SURREAL

WHIMSICAL, SILLY

DEPRESSING, PESSIMISTIC

20. Who is the first son to speak to the

Bolom?
MI-JEAN

NONE OF THE SONS SPEAK TO HIM

GROS JEAN

TI-JEAN

21. Why does Ti-Jean seem like an unlikely

hero at the beginning of the play?
HE IS GENTLE BUT COWARDLY

HE IS LAZY AND UNAMBITIOUS

HE IS STUPID AND RUDE

HE IS VIOLENT AND CRUEL

22. What is Mi-Jean unable to do?

COOK

READ

FISH

HUNT

23. The prologue suggests that the

relationship between the three brothers
could best be described as:
TRANQUIL

DISTANT

CODEPENDENT

QUARRELSOME

24. When complaining about Ti-Jean, Mi-

Jean says he is "As useless as a bone."
Why is this ironic?
TI-JEAN DOESN'T REALIZE THAT HIS BROTHER IS FRUSTRATED WITH HIM

IT IS MI-JEAN WHO THE DEVIL WILL EAT DOWN TO HIS BONES

LATER, THE DEVIL LITERALLY EATS TI-JEAN DOWN TO THE BONE

TI-JEAN IS ACTUALLY VERY HARDWORKING

25. Which of the following best describes

Mother's attitude towards God in the
prologue?
UNBELIEVING, INDIFFERENT

PIOUS, PROPER

RESENTFUL, PERPLEXED

LOVING, PASSIONATE

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