This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Namesake – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Namesake Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What changes about the planned visit to Indiawhen Gogol is about a year old? A) Ashima's father dies, necessitating her going early. B) Another family from India joins them for the trip. C) Ashoke's schedule necessitates cancelling the trip. D) Gogol gets sick and is in the hospital for most of the visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashima's father dies, necessitating her going early. 2. Which theme does the following line from the novel represent? "He hates that his name is both absurd and obscure, that it has nothing to do with who he is, that it is neither Indian nor American but of all things Russian." A) Identity. B) Home. C) Family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identity. 3. Wealth A) Affluence. B) Flamboyant. C) Perspective. D) Vociferous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affluence. 4. Stian appeared ..... from his stay in the dungeon but otherwise clean and well-dressed. A) Pester. B) Perpetual. C) Crave. D) Gaunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gaunt. 5. Very sad; unable to be comforted A) Indiscretion. B) Commemorate. C) Fastidious. D) Inconsolable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inconsolable. 6. What is the main conflict explored in the passage? A) Gogol's desire to keep his informal name vs. his parents' insistence on a formal name. B) Gogol's struggle with schoolwork. C) Gogol's love for literature. D) Gogol's relationship with his friends tagsMain ideas and supporting details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gogol's desire to keep his informal name vs. his parents' insistence on a formal name. 7. How does Ashima's family keep in touch with herafter Gogol's birth? A) They write letters, once as many as three a week. B) They communicate sporadically. C) They exchange long letters about once a month. D) They call every evening at six, right after dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They write letters, once as many as three a week. 8. How does Ashima's character contribute to the themes in Chapter 1? A) Ashima's character highlights the importance of technology in modern society. B) Ashima's character symbolizes the power struggle within the family. C) Ashima's character showcases the challenges of adapting to a new culture and the conflict between tradition and modernity. D) Ashima's character represents the theme of environmental conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ashima's character showcases the challenges of adapting to a new culture and the conflict between tradition and modernity. 9. Why is the baby's name significant to Ashoke? A) It marks the first miracle of their lives. B) It marks the beginning of their American traditions. C) It marks the birth of the first great-grandchild. D) It marks the first and second miracles in Ashoke's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It marks the first and second miracles in Ashoke's life. 10. Paleness A) Perpetually. B) Pallor. C) Perspective. D) Frantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pallor. 11. Ashima's husband is named what? A) The name is not given. B) Farooq. C) Calcutta. D) Dal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The name is not given. 12. Gogol expresses his discomfort about his name when describing it as "the sound of a sneeze" . Name the literary device. A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 13. Who is Gogol's first girlfriend in college? A) Sarah. B) Ruth. C) Maxine. D) Rachel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruth. 14. What bhalonam do the Ganguli's choose for Gogol? A) Nikolai. B) Nikhil. C) Anton. D) Antony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nikhil. 15. Shiny fabric manufactured in West Bengal, wherein everything related to sericulture to weaving and printing takes place-making it the 'Silk Mecca' of East India. A) Sari. B) Betrothal. C) Batik. D) Murishidabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Murishidabad. 16. Gogol is a A) Girl. B) Boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boy. 17. Who lives above the Gangulis in their apartment in Cambridge? A) Their parents. B) Moshumi's parents. C) The Montgomerys. D) Mrs. Lahiri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Montgomerys. 18. Tiny A) Miniscule. B) Discreet. C) Pensive. D) Elusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miniscule. 19. To shorten A) Sabbatical. B) Obsolete. C) Truncate. D) Inscription. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Truncate. 20. How are Gogol and Sonia's Rice Ceremonies different? A) Gogol does not have one but Sonia has one. B) Gogol does not have any guests but many families come to Sonia's. C) Gogol does not choose anything at his Rice Ceremony and Sonia chooses everything at hers. D) Gogol does not eat the rice but Sonia eats all of her rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gogol does not choose anything at his Rice Ceremony and Sonia chooses everything at hers. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesThe Namesake Quiz 1The Namesake Quiz 2The Namesake Quiz 3The Namesake Quiz 4The Namesake Quiz 6The Namesake Quiz 7The Namesake Quiz 8The Namesake Quiz 9The Namesake Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books