This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Namesake – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Namesake Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Namesake was published in ..... A) 2000. B) 2003. C) 2021. D) 2007. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2003. 2. [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) Silly. C) Happy. D) Funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serious. 3. What school did his parents want him to go to for the architecture program? A) Columbia. B) Brown. C) WITH. D) Cornell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WITH. 4. What mode of transportation crashed that almost cost Ashoke his life? A) Train. B) Car. C) Plane. D) Bicycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Train. 5. Nikoloi Gogol is a ..... author. A) Russian. B) Polish. C) Greek. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russian. 6. Where was Jhumpa Lahiri born? A) Calcutta. B) London. C) Paris. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) London. 7. What did Ashima do before she got married? A) English tutor. B) Nurse. C) Reporter. D) Math teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English tutor. 8. 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. 9. Who is the protagonist of The Namesake? A) Ashoke. B) He appreciates. C) Gogol. D) Sonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gogol. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. Who is the second woman Gogol has a relationship with? A) Maxine. B) It's already a stain. C) Ruth. D) Bridget. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxine. 13. Gogol receives all of the following gifts for his birthday except A) A Rubik's Cube. B) Instamatic camera. C) Ugly sweaters. D) A dictionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Rubik's Cube. 14. Who is the first woman Gogol has a relationship with? A) Maxine. B) It's already a stain. C) Ruth. D) Bridget. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ruth. 15. On the plane, why is Gogol happy to sit apart from his parents? A) He isn't happy, he's secretly afraid. B) He's glad because Sonia irritates him with her questions. 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. 16. True or False:The Namesake is a New York Times Bestseller A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. 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. 18. The word 'Diaspora' has been derived from a ..... word. A) Greek. B) Italian. C) Polish. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greek. 19. What does Gogol bring home from the fieldtrip to the cemetery that other kids trash? A) His lunch. B) An art project. C) Soil. D) A book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An art project. 20. Warned A) Amenities. B) Admonished. C) Morose. D) Haphazard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admonished. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesThe Namesake Quiz 1The Namesake Quiz 2The 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