Deck 3: Characters and Themes in Literature

Question 1

Rosie reads about Marco's published book from _________.

A)the newspapers
B)a magazine
C)the news
D)a letter

Answer 1

a magazine

Question 2

What is Raju sent to prison for ?

A)robbery
B)defamation
C)forgery
D)impersonation

Answer 2

forgery

Question 3

The stranger whom Raju comes upon while sitting on the banks of the river is _____.

A)marco
B)nalini
C)velan
D)velayudan

Answer 3

velan

Question 4

How many years is Raju sentenced to prison ?

A)three
B)two
C)one
D)five

Question 5

Velan considers Raju to be a ________.

A)a holy man
B)a con man
C)a well-wisher
D)a marriage broker

Question 6

How long is Raju's fast to bring in the rains?

A)two weeks
B)three weeks
C)one week
D)five days

Question 7

Poems like "Gitanjali" and "The Child" have been authored by __________.

A)sarojini naidu
B)jawaharlal nehru
C)rabindranath tagore
D)vikram seth

Question 8

"A Rain of Rites", "A River", "Obituary" are poems by __________.

A)parthasarathy
B)a.k. ramanujan
C)jayanta mahapatra
D)meena alexander

Question 9

In "Midnight's Children", ________ is both the protagonist and the narrator of the story.

A)padma
B)saleem
C)aadam
D)amina

Question 10

Vanita is the wife of __________.

A)wee willie winkie
B)williams
C)methwold
D)pereira

Question 11

Which one of the characters in "Midnight's Children" is bestowed with blue eyes and a cucumber shaped nose?

A)padma
B)shiva
C)saleem
D)jamila

Question 12

Parvati is impregnated by _______.

A)shiva
B)saleem
C)ahmed
D)wee willie winkie

Question 13

_____________ declared a state of emergency in India and conducted mass sterilization camps in Rushdie's "Midnight's Children".

A)jawaharlal nehru
B)indhira gandhi
C)sonia gandhi
D)saleem sinai

Question 14

Parvati's son, Aadam, is endowed with a special feature. What is it?

A)blue eyes
B)long hair
C)enormous ears
D)tiny feet

Question 15

"Midnight's Children" is categorized under which of the following genres?

A)satire
B)realistic
C)magical realism
D)autobiography

Question 16

Which of the following is not a theme dealt with in Rushdie's "Midnight's Children"

A)national history
B)political reality
C)true love
D)religious orthodoxy

Question 17

What is the phrase used by the fortune teller to describe Saleem and Shiva?

A)nose and knees
B)eyes and feet
C)teeth and tummy
D)eyes and nose

Question 18

"The Sea of Poppies" and "The Hungry Tide" are novels written by ____________.

A)jhumpa lahiri
B)salman rushdie
C)amitav ghosh
D)amartya sen

Question 19

In "The Hungry Tide", the character Kanai is a ________ hailing from New Delhi.

A)businessman
B)translator
C)writer
D)cetologist

Question 20

In "The Hungry Tide",Kanai's aunt resides in ________ and he goes there to visit her.

A)delhi
B)canning
C)lusibari
D)morichjhapi

Question 21

Kanai and Kusum used to watch performances of the local legend titled _________.

A)the war of bon bibi
B)the glory of bon bibi
C)the times of bon bon
D)the victory of bibi bon

Question 22

Who took Kusum away claiming it's for her safety?

A)kanai
B)horen
C)nirmal
D)nilima

Question 23

Piya chooses ______ over the Forest guards alloted to take her in the river.

A)fokir
B)tutul
C)kanai
D)horen

Question 24

In "The Hungry Tide", ______ is Fokir's wife.

A)piya
B)moyna
C)nilima
D)kusum

Question 25

Piya returns to ______ after Fokir's death.

A)new delhi
B)lusibari
C)kolkata
D)morichjhapi