This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Namesake – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Namesake Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 50 The descriptions of Mrs. Lapidus and Gogol in paragraph 3 create a contrast between a- A) F professional adult and an ordinary child. B) G strict principal and a nervous kindergartner. C) H dependable adult and a playful boy. D) J busy administrator and a carefree student. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F professional adult and an ordinary child. 2. The word 'Diaspora' has been derived from the Greek word ..... A) Diasperia. B) Diasperein. C) Diasporine. D) Diaspiria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diasperia. 3. Who did Moushimi have an affair with while married to Gogol? A) Alan. B) Jerald. C) Graham. D) Dimitri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dimitri. 4. 49 The description of the setting in the last paragraph of the story suggests that Gogol will- A) C change his mind about which name he prefers. B) A continue to feel anxious when he speaks to Mrs. Lapidus. C) B have trouble fitting in with his new classmates. D) D become comfortable with the routines of kindergarten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D become comfortable with the routines of kindergarten. 5. True or False:Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize in the year 2000 A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. Two men had rejected Ashime before she met her current suitor. The first one was widower with three children. The second one was ..... A) A widower with four children and a big house. B) A Ph.D holder from Boston. C) A cartoonist who knew her father. He was hit by a bus and lost his arm. D) A short, overweight man with black straight hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A cartoonist who knew her father. He was hit by a bus and lost his arm. 7. The novel starts in ..... A) 1980s. B) 1960s. C) 1990s. D) 1970s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1960s. 8. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her firsthome in America? A) She didn't like the neighbors. B) It was smaller than Ashoke had described. C) It was not at all what she had expected. D) She was delighted with the sunny, spacious rooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was not at all what she had expected. 9. Where does Gogol introduce himself as Nikhil for the first time? A) In Calcutta, India when the family visits for the summer. B) At a college party talking to a girl. C) At his fourteenth birthday party to a girl names Moushumi. D) Junior year to his Language Arts class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At a college party talking to a girl. 10. Continually, constantly A) Frantic. B) Perpetually. C) Vociferous. D) Pallor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perpetually. 11. What does the acronym ABCD stand for in this quote, "Teleologically speaking, ABCDs are unable to answer the question 'Where are you from?" ' A) Angry Bears Can Demolish (houses). B) American Born Confused Deshi. C) Angry Birds Cause Death. D) Asian Born Country Denial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American Born Confused Deshi. 12. What literary device is used to create a contrast between cultures? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Flashback. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 13. Because of Gogol's name, what story does his English teacher assign? A) Biography of Nickolai Gogol. B) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. C) "A Collection of Short Stories". D) "The Overcoat". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "The Overcoat". 14. "At least I don't ..... peanut butter anymore, " she murmured as she went through the contents of the fridge. A) Retreat. B) Prominent. C) Oversight. D) Crave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crave. 15. What does Mr. Lawson do that embarrasses Gogol? A) Calls him "Google" on accident. B) Creates an entire unit based on The Short Stories of Nikolai Gogol and the class hates it. C) Tells the class that Gogol's family is from Calcutta. D) Reveals that Gogol will have to repeat the 10th grade because he missed so much time visiting family in Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creates an entire unit based on The Short Stories of Nikolai Gogol and the class hates it. 16. How does Ashoke earn money? A) He works as a waiter by day, professor at night classes. B) He is a graduate teaching assistant at university. C) He is an assistant medical practitioner. D) He works as an engineer for a major tech company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is a graduate teaching assistant at university. 17. Comforts and conveniences A) Admonished. B) Fastidious. C) Emitting. D) Amenities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amenities. 18. A period of paid leave for study or travel A) Miniscule. B) Sabbatical. C) Obsolete. D) Elusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sabbatical. 19. How does Gogol feel after learning more about Nikolai Gogol? A) He is mad his parents never told him anything about Nikolai Gogol. B) He is uncomfortable finding out this information. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 20. What is the baby's name? A) Nikolai. B) Ghosh. C) Gogol. D) Ashoke, Jr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gogol. 21. In which point of view is The Namesake narrated? Use the lines below for support. "Ashima never thinks of her husband's name when she thinks of her husband, even though she knows perfectly well what it is." A) First-person limited. B) Second person. C) Third-person omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third-person omniscient. 22. How old is Gogol when Ashima becomes pregnant with Sonia? A) Eight. B) Eleven. C) He is an infant. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eleven. 23. How is Ashoke saved from the wreckage of the train? A) Ghosh finds him holding a page of "The Overcoat" by Dostoyevsky. B) The Russians find him clutching a page from Tolstoy. C) The rescuers spot him because he is clutching a torn page from "The Overcoat" by Gogol. D) Ghosh finds him holding a page of "The Overcoat" by Gogol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rescuers spot him because he is clutching a torn page from "The Overcoat" by Gogol. 24. What role does the setting of the story play in highlighting the themes in Chapter 1? A) The setting of the story in Chapter 1 is too detailed and distracts from the themes. B) The setting of the story in Chapter 1 plays a crucial role in highlighting the themes by providing context, mood, and atmosphere. C) The setting of the story in Chapter 1 has no impact on the themes. D) The setting of the story in Chapter 1 is irrelevant to the themes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The setting of the story in Chapter 1 plays a crucial role in highlighting the themes by providing context, mood, and atmosphere. 25. What train does Gogol ride numerous times throughout the novel? A) Amtrak. B) That. C) Goal. D) Flying Scotsman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amtrak. 26. When Ashoke gives Gogol a copy of Nikolai Gogol's stories in high school, Gogol is A) Made to laugh. B) Eager to read them. C) Largely uninterested. D) Angered by the gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Largely uninterested. 27. Why does Gogol present himself as Nikhil to Kim? A) His friends call him that. B) He feels it is his proper name. C) His parents changed it again. D) It is his new nick name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He feels it is his proper name. 28. Boston is a city located in the state of ..... A) Ohio. B) Massachusetts. C) Mississippi. D) Road cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Massachusetts. 29. What difference does Ashima notice in her daysbefore and after Gogol's birth? A) Now she can't seem to organize her days. B) Now friends stop by at all hours to see Gogol. C) Now she isn't the center of attention when Ashoke is home. D) Now she has something to occupy her time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Now she has something to occupy her time. 30. In India, is it necessary to come up with a name for a child immediately after birth? A) Only if the child is in poor health and may not live long. B) Yes, because announcements cannot be sent out until the child has a name. C) No, because Indians believe names can wait. D) Yes, because a name is extremely important in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, because Indians believe names can wait. 31. The action is very rapid, and the product, which rises to the top of the acids, is separated and washed successively with cold and then ..... water, A) Prominent. B) Tepid. C) Pester. D) Impoverished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tepid. 32. Ashoke tells Gogol he feels a kinship with Nikolai Gogol the author. What reason does he give for this kinship? A) He met him once on a train. B) Ashokes middle name is Nikolai so they share the same namesake. C) He feels indebted to him becuase he helped Ashokes family when he was a boy. D) He feels a kinship with him because they both spent most of their adult life in a foreign country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He feels a kinship with him because they both spent most of their adult life in a foreign country. 33. What is posted on Gogol's bulletin board in his room? A) A picture of the Taj Mahal. B) An art project from the cemetery field trip. C) John Lennon's Obituary. D) The Short Stories of Nikolai Gogol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Lennon's Obituary. 34. Who decides that Gogol will not be called Nikhil in kindergarten? A) No one. B) Mrs. Lapidus, the Principal. C) Ashoke. D) He appreciates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Lapidus, the Principal. 35. A minor misdeed or lapse in judgement A) Pleasantry. B) Infallible. C) Indiscretion. D) Circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indiscretion. 36. Difficult to catch, find, or achieve A) Discreet. B) Elusive. C) Truncate. D) Melancholy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elusive. 37. The Namesake was published in ..... A) 2000. B) 2021. C) 2003. D) 2007. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2003. 38. [Gogol] is a sturdily built child, with full cheeks but already pensive features. When he poses for the camera he has to be coaxed into a smile. Use context clues to determine the meaning of pensive in the above passage. A) Serious. B) Funny. C) Happy. D) Silly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serious. 39. What school did his parents want him to go to for the architecture program? A) Columbia. B) Cornell. C) WITH. D) Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WITH. 40. What mode of transportation crashed that almost cost Ashoke his life? A) Car. B) Bicycle. C) Train. D) Plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Train. 41. Nikoloi Gogol is a ..... author. A) Russian. B) Greek. C) Polish. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russian. 42. Where was Jhumpa Lahiri born? A) Calcutta. B) New York. C) Paris. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London. 43. What did Ashima do before she got married? A) Math teacher. B) English tutor. C) Nurse. D) Reporter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) English tutor. 44. Which work by Nicolai Gogol was presented in the Namesake? A) The Portrait. B) The Overcoat. C) Dead Souls. D) The Nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Overcoat. 45. Who is the protagonist of The Namesake? A) Sonia. B) He appreciates. C) Gogol. D) Ashoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gogol. 46. Gogol reads that some famous people have changed their names. The list includes all of the following except A) John Lennon. B) Gerald Ford. C) Bob Dylan. D) Engelbert Humperdinck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Lennon. 47. Suitor (in this story) means A) Someone who arranged a marriage for the future. B) Someone who is getting to know someone else for marriage purposes. C) Men and women getting married for money. D) The clothing worn while you date someone for marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who is getting to know someone else for marriage purposes. 48. Who is the second woman Gogol has a relationship with? A) It's already a stain. B) Bridget. C) Ruth. D) Maxine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maxine. 49. Gogol receives all of the following gifts for his birthday except A) Instamatic camera. B) Ugly sweaters. C) A Rubik's Cube. D) A dictionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Rubik's Cube. 50. Who is the first woman Gogol has a relationship with? A) Bridget. B) Ruth. C) Maxine. D) It's already a stain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruth. 51. On the plane, why is Gogol happy to sit apart from his parents? A) He's glad because Sonia irritates him with her questions. B) He isn't happy, he's secretly afraid. C) Because he enjoys being on his own. D) Because he thinks no one will know they are related to him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he enjoys being on his own. 52. True or False:The Namesake is a New York Times Bestseller A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 53. During their first phone call from India, Ashoke and Ashima learn what news? A) Ashoke's brother ran away from home and needs to stay with them. B) Ashima's sister has married a friend of their father's. C) Ashoke's professor died in a train accident. D) Ashima's father has passed away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ashima's father has passed away. 54. The word 'Diaspora' has been derived from a ..... word. A) Italian. B) Polish. C) Greek. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek. 55. What does Gogol bring home from the fieldtrip to the cemetery that other kids trash? A) Soil. B) His lunch. C) A book. D) An art project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An art project. 56. What was Ashima's first job when she came to America A) Public Library Worker. B) Gas Station Worker. C) Servant. D) Janitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public Library Worker. 57. Ashima met Ashoke at a friend's house, breaking the arranged marriage rule in India. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. What does Ashoke do for work? A) He is a professor at a university. B) He is a postman. C) He is an author of novels. D) He is a doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is a professor at a university. 59. What does the passage primarily focus on? A) Character development. B) Plot twists. C) Historical context. D) Dialogue analysis tagsUnderstanding text structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character development. 60. 46-In paragraph 26, Ashoke can best be described as A) Optimistic and irritable. B) Caring and critical. C) Compassionate and stern. D) Insightful and authoritarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compassionate and stern. Next →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Namesake Quiz 2The Namesake Quiz 3The Namesake Quiz 4Frankenstein Mary Shelley QuizThe Awakening QuizThe Bell Jar QuizThe Color Purple QuizThe Great Gatsby Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books