This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Namesake – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Namesake Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Thoughtful A) Elusive. B) Pensive. C) Discreet. D) Miniscule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pensive. 2. 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. 3. Who is Maxine? A) Gogol's roommate. B) Gogol's friend. C) Gogol's girlfriend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gogol's girlfriend. 4. The word 'Diaspora' has been derived from the Greek word ..... A) Diasperia. B) Diasporine. C) Diasperein. D) Diaspiria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diasperia. 5. 50-The descriptions of Mrs. Lapidus and Gogol in paragraph 3 create a contrast between a A) Professional adult and an ordinary child. B) Strict principal and a nervous kindergartner. C) Dependable adult and a playful boy. D) Busy administrator and a carefree student. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Professional adult and an ordinary child. 6. Who did Moushimi have an affair with while married to Gogol? A) Alan. B) Graham. C) Dimitri. D) Jerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dimitri. 7. 49 The description of the setting in the last paragraph of the story suggests that Gogol will- A) A continue to feel anxious when he speaks to Mrs. Lapidus. B) B have trouble fitting in with his new classmates. C) C change his mind about which name he prefers. D) D become comfortable with the routines of kindergarten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D become comfortable with the routines of kindergarten. 8. True or False:Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize in the year 2000 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. 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. 10. The novel starts in ..... A) 1990s. B) 1960s. C) 1970s. D) 1980s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1960s. 11. 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. 12. Where does Gogol introduce himself as Nikhil for the first time? A) Junior year to his Language Arts class. B) In Calcutta, India when the family visits for the summer. C) At a college party talking to a girl. D) At his fourteenth birthday party to a girl names Moushumi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At a college party talking to a girl. 13. Continually, constantly A) Frantic. B) Perpetually. C) Vociferous. D) Pallor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perpetually. 14. 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 Birds Cause Death. B) Asian Born Country Denial. C) Angry Bears Can Demolish (houses). D) American Born Confused Deshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American Born Confused Deshi. 15. 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. 16. Because of Gogol's name, what story does his English teacher assign? A) "The Overcoat". B) "A Collection of Short Stories". C) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. D) Biography of Nickolai Gogol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Overcoat". 17. "At least I don't ..... peanut butter anymore, " she murmured as she went through the contents of the fridge. A) Crave. B) Retreat. C) Oversight. D) Prominent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crave. 18. 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. 19. How does Ashoke earn money? A) He works as a waiter by day, professor at night classes. B) He is an assistant medical practitioner. C) He works as an engineer for a major tech company. D) He is a graduate teaching assistant at university. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is a graduate teaching assistant at university. 20. Comforts and conveniences A) Admonished. B) Amenities. C) Emitting. D) Fastidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amenities. Next →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesThe Namesake Quiz 2The Namesake Quiz 3The Namesake Quiz 4The Namesake Quiz 5The Namesake Quiz 6The Namesake Quiz 7The Namesake Quiz 8The Namesake Quiz 9The Namesake Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books