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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 40

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Global Perspectives on Literary Studies: Anglophone literatures (British, American, Canadian and other postcolonial literatures) · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which of the following novels by Chinua Achebe derives its title from W. B. Yeats’s poem “The Second Coming”?

  1. Arrow of God
  2. No Longer at Ease
  3. A Man of the People
  4. Things Fall Apart

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Correct answer: (D) Things Fall Apart

Explanation

The title comes from “things fall apart; the centre cannot hold” in Yeats's poem.