Music and Literature in Politics

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Which famous opera was used as a propaganda tool by the Nazis during World War II?

  1. Carmen

  2. La Bohème

  3. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

  4. Tosca


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Nazis used Wagner's opera as a symbol of German cultural superiority.

Which American folk song became an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement?

  1. We Shall Overcome

  2. This Land Is Your Land

  3. Blowin' in the Wind

  4. The Times They Are A-Changin'


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The song was first sung by African American tobacco workers in the 1940s and was later adopted by the Civil Rights Movement.

Which novel by George Orwell was inspired by the Spanish Civil War?

  1. Animal Farm

  2. 1984

  3. Homage to Catalonia

  4. Keep the Aspidistra Flying


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Orwell fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War and his experiences there inspired him to write the novel.

Which poem by Bertolt Brecht was written in response to the rise of Nazism in Germany?

  1. The Threepenny Opera

  2. Mother Courage and Her Children

  3. The Good Person of Szechwan

  4. Saint Joan of the Stockyards


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The play was written in 1928 and satirizes the corruption and greed of the Weimar Republic.

Which song by Bob Dylan was banned by the BBC for its political content?

  1. Blowin' in the Wind

  2. The Times They Are A-Changin'

  3. Masters of War

  4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The song was banned in 1963 because it was seen as too critical of the military-industrial complex.

Which novel by Salman Rushdie was banned in India for its alleged blasphemy?

  1. Midnight's Children

  2. Shame

  3. The Satanic Verses

  4. Haroun and the Sea of Stories


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The novel was banned in India in 1988 after it was accused of being blasphemous towards Islam.

Which play by Arthur Miller was written as a response to the McCarthy era?

  1. Death of a Salesman

  2. The Crucible

  3. A View from the Bridge

  4. After the Fall


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The play was written in 1953 and is an allegory of the McCarthy era.

Which poem by Pablo Neruda was written in support of the Spanish Civil War?

  1. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

  2. Residence on Earth

  3. Spain in Our Hearts

  4. The Heights of Macchu Picchu


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The poem was written in 1936 and is a passionate defense of the Republican cause.

Which novel by Chinua Achebe was banned in Nigeria for its political content?

  1. Things Fall Apart

  2. No Longer at Ease

  3. Arrow of God

  4. A Man of the People


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The novel was banned in Nigeria in 1966 after it was accused of being critical of the government.

Which song by John Lennon was used as an anti-war anthem during the Vietnam War?

  1. Imagine

  2. Give Peace a Chance

  3. Power to the People

  4. Instant Karma!


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The song was written in 1969 and became a popular anthem of the anti-war movement.

Which novel by Margaret Atwood was inspired by the Watergate scandal?

  1. The Handmaid's Tale

  2. Oryx and Crake

  3. The Blind Assassin

  4. Cat's Eye


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The novel was written in 1985 and is a dystopian vision of a totalitarian society.

Which play by Bertolt Brecht was written in response to the rise of Stalinism in the Soviet Union?

  1. The Threepenny Opera

  2. Mother Courage and Her Children

  3. The Good Person of Szechwan

  4. Saint Joan of the Stockyards


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The play was written in 1939 and tells the story of a woman who is forced to sell her children in order to survive.

Which poem by Langston Hughes was written in support of the Harlem Renaissance?

  1. The Weary Blues

  2. I, Too, Sing America

  3. The Negro Speaks of Rivers

  4. Mother to Son


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The poem was written in 1926 and is a celebration of African American culture.

Which novel by George Orwell was inspired by the Spanish Civil War?

  1. Animal Farm

  2. 1984

  3. Homage to Catalonia

  4. Keep the Aspidistra Flying


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Orwell fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War and his experiences there inspired him to write the novel.

Which song by Bob Dylan was banned by the BBC for its political content?

  1. Blowin' in the Wind

  2. The Times They Are A-Changin'

  3. Masters of War

  4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The song was banned in 1963 because it was seen as too critical of the military-industrial complex.

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