This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Namesake – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Namesake Quiz 4 (39 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In chapter 8, where does Gogol live? A) NYC. B) Chicago, Illinois. C) Boston, Massachusetts. D) Cambridge, Massachusetts. E) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NYC. 2. Gogol is married to ..... A) Seasonal. B) Sonia. C) Maxine. D) Ruth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seasonal. 3. Honor the memory of A) Encapsulate. B) Engage. C) Persuade. D) Commemorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commemorate. 4. When is the first time Gogol rebels against his name? A) Doing an art project at school. B) Meeting his extended family. C) His first day of Kindergarten. D) At a summer camp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His first day of Kindergarten. 5. What theme is the most recurrent throughout chapter 4? A) Disappointment. B) Compassion. C) Friendship. D) Alienation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alienation. 6. The people remained ..... , giving no indications of any eager dislike of the government policy. A) Oversight. B) Listless. C) Retreat. D) Tepid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listless. 7. In chapter 8, what is Gogol's job? A) He tutors students in math. B) He works in an architecture firm. C) He tutors students in Bengali. D) He is a university lecturer. E) He is unemployed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He works in an architecture firm. 8. Where does Ashoke attend school? A) Seattle State University. B) Yale. C) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. D) Harvard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 9. What year is Chapter 1 based in? A) 1979. B) 1968. C) 1997. D) 1689. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1968. 10. Gogol's name, his "namesake, " is A) Russian. B) American. C) Indian. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russian. 11. Explain what really happens when Gogol and his friends go to the party. A) Nikhil allows Gogol to be free of his family constraints and expectations. B) Gogol hides in the bathroom, ashamed to participate in such an American affair. C) Gogol convinces Nikhil to go home. D) Gogol and Kim start a relationship for the first time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nikhil allows Gogol to be free of his family constraints and expectations. 12. What grade was Gogol in when he went on his 8 month Calcutta trip? A) 8th Grade. B) 11th Grade. C) 10th Grade. D) 9th Grade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10th Grade. 13. What city did Ashoke move to after accepting a job as an engineering professor? A) Atlanta. B) Boston. C) Cleveland. D) Detroit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleveland. 14. Why does Ashoke have a limp? A) Childhood illness. B) Car accident. C) Train accident. D) Birth defect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Train accident. 15. What was the nickname that Sonia gave to Gogol? A) Nicky. B) Goggles. C) Gogol. D) Nick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goggles. 16. What country in Europe did Gogol and Moushimi visit together? A) Switzerland. B) France. C) Italy. D) Gibraltar, Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) France. 17. Formal engagement to be married A) Betrothal. B) Murishidabad. C) Batik. D) Sari. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Betrothal. 18. Why does Gogol enjoy the trip to the cemetery? A) He makes some friends that are in a different class. B) He introduces himself as Nikhil to some new students. C) He enjoys morbid places. D) He sees unique names on grave stones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He sees unique names on grave stones. 19. Jhumpa Lahiri was born in ..... A) America. B) Africa. C) Australia. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 20. In what ways do the characters in Chapter 1 struggle with their sense of identity and belonging? A) Political beliefs, religious views, educational background. B) Physical appearance, hobbies, career choices. C) Interactions with others, internal conflicts, societal expectations. D) Weather conditions, transportation issues, financial struggles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interactions with others, internal conflicts, societal expectations. 21. What do Gogol's American girlfriends symbolize in the novel? A) Gogol's desire to remove himself from his Indian heritage. B) Gogol's belief that Indian women are unattractive. C) Gogol's desire to disappoint his parents. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gogol's desire to remove himself from his Indian heritage. 22. What road did Ashoke and Ashima reside in for most of the novel? A) Amherst Street. B) Harvard Square. C) Aspen Road. D) Pemberton Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pemberton Road. 23. Gogol is born in the year ..... A) 2000. B) 1970. C) 1968. D) 2019. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1968. 24. How is the passage structured? A) As a persuasive argument. B) As a narrative. C) As a list of facts. D) As a comparison of ideas tagsUnderstanding text structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As a narrative. 25. What was the author's intent for writing this novel? A) To write about family. B) To showcase the immigrant experience. C) To relate to the experience of Bengalis living in the United States. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. Who will name Ashoke and Ashima's baby? A) They will ask an American because they want an American name. B) Ashoke, because Indian fathers always name their children. C) They have asked Ashoke's relatives in India to come up with a suitablename. D) Ashima's grandmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ashima's grandmother. 27. How do the characters of Ashima and Ashoke represent the clash of tradition and modernity in Chapter 1? A) Ashima embodies modernity, while Ashoke represents tradition. B) Both Ashima and Ashoke represent tradition. C) Ashima represents tradition, while Ashoke embodies modernity. D) Ashima and Ashoke both embody modernity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashima represents tradition, while Ashoke embodies modernity. 28. Which of Jhumpa Lahiri's real-life experiences inspired the character Gogol in The Namesake? A) Having a father who was a professor. B) Having an annaprasan ceremony. C) Having a pet name and a good name. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having a pet name and a good name. 29. The Namesake is Jhumpa Lahiri's ..... novel. A) Fourth. B) Third. C) First. D) Second. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First. 30. Who is the author of The Namesake? A) Jhumpa Lahiri. B) Jhumpa Lahiri. C) Jhumpa Lahiri. D) Jhumpo Lahiri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jhumpa Lahiri. 31. Why doesn't the Ganguli baby get the name it wassupposed to get before leaving the hospital? A) The grandmother's letter never arrived. B) Ashoke and Ashima couldn't agree on a name. C) Indian babies are never named so early in life. D) There was a mixup on the birth certificate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The grandmother's letter never arrived. 32. What literary device is primarily used to highlight the clash between Gogol's Bengali heritage and American upbringing? A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbolism. C) Irony. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 33. In Lines 18-21, what does Ashima do? A) She tells her parents she wants to continue her education. B) She tells her parents she wants to marry. C) She makes soup as delicious as his mother. D) She puts her feet into the man's shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She puts her feet into the man's shoes. 34. The description of the setting in the last paragraph of the story suggests that Gogol will- A) Have trouble fitting in with his new classmates. B) Change his mind about which name he prefers. . C) Continue to feel anxious when he speaks to Mrs. Lapidus. D) Become comfortable with the routines of kindergarten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Become comfortable with the routines of kindergarten. 35. In a persistent or recurring way A) Chronically. B) Vociferous. C) Affluence. D) Frantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chronically. 36. "And then he remembers that his parents can't possibly reach him:he has not given them the number, and the Ratliffs are unlisted. That here at Maxine's side, in this cloistered wilderness, he is ..... " A) Home. B) Free. C) Happy. D) Alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free. 37. What impacts Gogol the most on his trip to India? A) The train ride. B) His family. C) The people he meets. D) The Taj Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Taj Mahal. 38. When Gogol makes an etching from a gravestone, Ashima A) Screams at her son. B) Rushes to Ashoke to ask him his opinion of the art. C) Wonders why the school celebrates something so serious as death. D) Happily displays the art in the kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wonders why the school celebrates something so serious as death. 39. "We all came out of Gogol's overcoat" means what? A) The Ganguli family played together and wound up twisted in their son's jacket. B) Gogol had such a profound impact on his family that they are all changed because of him, and not for the better. C) Gogol, despite living such a short life, influenced his writing contemporaries more than anyone really realized. D) Sofia and Gogol created new identities after putting on his coat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gogol, despite living such a short life, influenced his writing contemporaries more than anyone really realized. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Namesake Quiz 1The Namesake Quiz 2The Namesake Quiz 3Frankenstein Mary Shelley QuizThe Awakening QuizThe Bell Jar QuizThe Color Purple QuizThe Great Gatsby Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books