This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Namesake – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Namesake Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 48-The author uses figurative language in this sentence to reveal that A) The letter failed to reach Ashima because it was lost in the mail. B) Ashima was too upset to read the letter when it finally arrived. C) The letter had expressed the last wish of Ashima's grandmother. D) Ashima's grandmother had hoped that the letter would unite the two cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The letter failed to reach Ashima because it was lost in the mail. 2. What were the names of Maxine's parents? A) Lydia and Gerald. B) Mary and Bob. C) Barbara and Tom. D) Jeanette and Jason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lydia and Gerald. 3. Who else visits the baby Gogol in the hospital? A) A couple the Gangulis met and a professorfriend of Ashoke. B) Neighbors of the Gangulis. C) No one, they don't know anyone in America yet. D) Ashoke's fellow students from college. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A couple the Gangulis met and a professorfriend of Ashoke. 4. The Namesake is a ..... A) Bildungsroman. B) Romantic novel. C) Historical novel. D) Gothic novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bildungsroman. 5. Gogol is the nickname of ..... A) Akhil. B) Ashoke. C) Shakeel. D) Nikhil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nikhil. 6. A method (originally used in Java) of producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed. A) Sari. B) Batik. C) Betrothal. D) Murishidabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Batik. 7. How do we learn about Ashima and Ashoke's past? A) They talk about it it while Ashima is about to give birth. B) Ashoke mentions it to a doctor. C) Through their memories (flashback). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through their memories (flashback). 8. 49-The description of the setting in the last paragraph of the story suggests that Gogul will ..... A) Continue to feel anxious when he speaks to Mrs. Lapidus. B) Change is mind about which name he prefers. C) Have trouble fitting in with his new classmates. D) Become comfortable with the routines of kindergarten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Become comfortable with the routines of kindergarten. 9. What does Ashima accidentally forget on the train? A) The stroller. B) Presents for their family in India. C) A book. D) New clothes for Gogol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Presents for their family in India. 10. In chapter 8, what job does Ashima have that is helping her to appreciate her solitude, and which has introduced her to middle-aged women in the neighborhood? A) Working part time at the library. B) Selling books in a bookstore. C) Working part time in the corner shop. D) Tutoring children in Hindi. E) Volunteering at the food bank helping immigrants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working part time at the library. 11. What does Gogle's parents want to change? A) His grades. B) His name. C) His appearance. D) What grade he is going into. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His name. 12. The time span of The Namesake is between ..... and ..... A) 1968, 2020. B) 1968, 2000. C) 1968, 2010. D) 1968, 2005. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1968, 2000. 13. Who is Gogol named after? A) His father. B) A Russian author. C) His grandfather. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Russian author. 14. Unpleasantly loud and harsh A) Raucous. B) Restricted. C) Acute. D) Morose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raucous. 15. How does this experience affect Ashima? A) It proves that Americans can't be trusted. B) It makes her miss her home even more. C) It gives her a positive image of America. D) It devastates her, and she returns to India alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It gives her a positive image of America. 16. Where was Gogol's first dorm room? A) New Haven. B) New Hampshire. C) New York. D) Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Haven. 17. What does Gogol decide to buy for Moushumi? A) A hat for her birthday. B) A new cooking pot. C) A plane ticket. D) Nothing; he decides not to buy her anything in the end. E) A ritual mourning scarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hat for her birthday. 18. What gift does Gogol purchase for Moushimi? A) A hat. B) A scarf. C) A pen. D) A flask. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hat. 19. Discuss the role of Gogol in shaping the events of Chapter 1. A) Gogol is a symbol of peace and harmony in Chapter 1. B) Gogol is the main antagonist driving the conflict in Chapter 1. C) Gogol is a minor character with no impact on the events of Chapter 1. D) Gogol introduces the theme of identity crisis and sets the tone for the chapter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gogol introduces the theme of identity crisis and sets the tone for the chapter. 20. What do books symbolize? A) One's past life (memories). B) Wisdom and Intellect. C) Education. D) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One's past life (memories). 21. What did Gosh tell Ashoke was his greatest regret? A) Gosh regreted leaving India. B) Gosh regretted leaving England. C) Gosh said he didn't have any regrets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gosh regretted leaving England. 22. What does Ashima's father do for a living? A) Doctor. B) Engineer. C) Writer. D) Illustrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illustrator. 23. When does Gogol's learn the truth about his name? A) Through a phone call with his dad. B) At home. C) When his dad picks him up from the train station. D) Ashima tells Gogol the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When his dad picks him up from the train station. 24. What is ironic about the ending of chapter 2? A) Ashima has acclimated to her new life in the US and isn't very excited about returning to India. B) Ashima has prepared herself for her grandmother's death but that is not who dies. C) After Ashima's lost bags are returned to her, she loses some of the items again. D) There is nothing ironc at teh end of the chapter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashima has prepared herself for her grandmother's death but that is not who dies. 25. What does Gogol feel when his teacher talks about Nikolai Gogol's life? A) Excitement. B) Connected. C) Shame. D) Surprised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shame. 26. How does Ashoke feel about his job as a professor? A) He always wanted to be an engineer, but he could not get hired because of his citizenship so he became a professor. B) He always preferred to be a professor over working for a corporation. C) He feels like he is underprepared and is nervous teaching American students. D) He only plans on teaching for a few years and then will return to Calcutta and become an engineer there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He always preferred to be a professor over working for a corporation. 27. Where has the story MOSTLY taken place? A) Calcutta. B) Boston. C) New York City. D) New Hampshire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boston. 28. What literature did Ashoke enjoy reading? A) French. B) Russian. C) Spanish. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russian. 29. What is Gogol's passion in high school? A) Art. B) Math. C) Reading. D) Music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Music. 30. How does Ashima like life in the suburbs? A) She wishes they could have stayed in the city. B) She enjoys it so far, but is worried about the friends her children will make. C) She loves having a big house to herself. D) She thinks the house is too small and wishes they would have moved to the historic district. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wishes they could have stayed in the city. 31. What bhalonam and daknam do the Ganguli's choose for their daughter? A) Ashima, Mithu. B) Nikhil, Nicki. C) Sonali, Sonia. D) M Oushu honey, MI number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonali, Sonia. 32. Who exhibits characteristics of a fastidious person? A) He appreciates. B) Gogol. C) Ghosh. D) Ashoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ashoke. 33. From what perspective is The Namesake written in? A) 3rd Person objective. B) 1st Person. C) 2nd Person. D) 3rd Person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd Person objective. 34. Which theme is not present in The Namesake? A) Family and Tradition. B) Independence and Rebellion. C) Music and Rhythm. D) Love and Marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Music and Rhythm. 35. What was Ashoke doing at the time when the train crashed? A) Reading. B) Sleeping. C) Eating an apple. D) Talking to Ghosh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading. 36. Ashoke meets a man named Ghosh. What does Ghosh say that Ashoke should do? A) Get married. B) Go to America. C) Travel to other parts of India. D) Become an engineer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go to America. 37. What name does the principal decide Gogle should go by? A) His old name (Google). B) His new "good" name (Nikhil). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His old name (Google). 38. Who is Moushumi? A) Gogol's new love interest. B) A married woman with whom Gogol has an affair. C) Gogol's aunt in India. D) The maid. E) One of Ashoke's former students. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gogol's new love interest. 39. What is the main character about to begin? A) A new job. B) He is starting high school. C) He is starting kindergarten. D) He is about to get married. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is starting kindergarten. 40. What kind of home does Gogol live in as aninfant? A) A fully furnished apartment near Harvard and MIT. B) An apartment in the slums, surrounded by noisy neighbors. C) A two-story Georgian home the Ganguli family purchased. D) A sunny, comfortable home shared by three immigrant families. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fully furnished apartment near Harvard and MIT. 41. Sonia's nickname for Gogol is A) Nicky. B) Google. C) Goggles. D) Gee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goggles. 42. Explain the significance of the relationship between Ashoke and Ashima in Chapter 1. A) The relationship is insignificant and adds no depth to the story. B) Their relationship is purely based on materialistic gains. C) Ashoke and Ashima have a toxic and abusive relationship. D) The significance lies in portraying the complexities of their relationship and the blending of tradition with modernity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The significance lies in portraying the complexities of their relationship and the blending of tradition with modernity. 43. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child? A) She tells them that a child is a fragile thing. B) She leaves them alone for a while. C) She shows them how to change his diapers. D) She makes sure their wrist bands match. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She leaves them alone for a while. 44. A garment consisting of a length of cotton or silk elaborately draped around the body, traditionally worn by women from South Asia. A) Sari. B) Betrothal. C) Batik. D) Murishidabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sari. 45. What possessions does Ashoke value most? A) His shoes. B) His rare coins. C) His wife's jewelry. D) Books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Books. 46. What does Ashima's husband do? A) Writer. B) Doctor. C) Graduate student. D) It doesn't say. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graduate student. 47. Where does Ruth move to attend school? A) England. B) Canada. C) Texas. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 48. ..... is the real name of Jhumpa Lahiri. A) Priyanj's advice. B) Anjana Sudeshna. C) Jhumpa Sudeshna. D) Nilanjana Sudeshna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nilanjana Sudeshna. 49. Gogol receives a ..... album for his birthday. A) One Direction. B) Def Leppard. C) Motley Crue. D) Beatles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beatles. 50. What does Gogol's principal do with the paperwork the Ganguli's filled out with Gogol's new name? A) Document it for the future. B) Refer it to a higher authority. C) Tear it up. D) Return it home with Gogol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tear it up. 51. Where does Gogol think Ashokes limp came from? A) Slipping on ice during his first year in Boston. B) A soccer accident. C) Something he was born with. D) A train accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A soccer accident. 52. The item(s) is/are returned to Ashima. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. Why does Ashoke travel to see his grandfather? A) His grandfather is bed-ridden. B) His grandmother has died. C) His grandfather is blind. D) He must help out on the farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His grandfather is blind. 54. What age did Gogol turn when he obtained The Short Stories of Nikolai Gogol from his father? A) 15. B) 13. C) 14. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 55. What literary device does Lahiri utilize to provide hints of future events? A) Symbolism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Alliteration. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 56. 45-These sentence imply that Mrs. Lapidus- A) Has worried about how the Gangulis will fit into the Indian American community at school. B) Wants to reassure the Gangulis that Gogol will feel welcome among his Indian classmates. C) Is familiar with the Indian naming traditions that the Gangulis follow. D) Has made assumptions about the Gangulis because they are Indian American. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has made assumptions about the Gangulis because they are Indian American. 57. Which memory does Gogol look back upon? A) When his family went to Disneyland. B) His family trip to Cape Cod. C) When his family went to India. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His family trip to Cape Cod. 58. Who does Gogol end up marrying? A) Ruth. B) Seasonal. C) Maxine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seasonal. 59. What does Ashima do immediately after she gives birth to Gogol? A) She begins to shiver profoundly. B) She gives thanks for a healthy child. C) She cries from the pain. D) She asks the nurse to give her child to her immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She begins to shiver profoundly. 60. What ceremony do Gogol and Sonia partake in at the age of six months? A) The rice ceremony. B) A bris. C) Baptism. D) Marriage Arrangement. 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