Chapter: Shadow Lines
1.

Who is the narrator in ‘The Shadow Lines’

A. A fictional character born and raised in Calcutta
B. Tridib
C. Tha’mma
D. Ila
Answer» A. A fictional character born and raised in Calcutta
2.

‘The Shadow Lines’ explores the political and economical growth of India through the lives of two families:

A. One English and one Punjabi
B. One Bengali and one English
C. One Gujarati and one English
D. One Assamese and one English
Answer» B. One Bengali and one English
3.

The Protagonist in the novel ‘The Shadow Lines’ is

A. May Price
B. Justice Datta Chaudhari
C. Tridib Mayadebi’s son
D. Jethamoshai
Answer» C. Tridib Mayadebi’s son
4.

Ila is the narrator’s cousin who lives in

A. Calcutta
B. Dhaka
C. Stockwell London
D. Delhi
Answer» C. Stockwell London
5.

Tha’mma (the narrator’s grandmother) worked as

A. The headmistress of a girls’ school in Calcutta
B. The hindi Teacher of a girls’ school in Calcutta
C. The Warden of a hostel in Calcutta
D. The owner of girls’ school in Calcutta
Answer» A. The headmistress of a girls’ school in Calcutta
6.

Tridib dies in

A. The London Bombings
B. The Bay of Bengal
C. A car crash
D. A communal riot in Dhaka
Answer» D. A communal riot in Dhaka
7.

What was Mrs. Price addicted to?

A. Alcohol
B. Church- sales
C. Collecting stamps
D. Cleaning
Answer» B. Church- sales
8.

Who was the narrator in love with?*

A. May Price
B. Tridib
C. Magda
D. Ila
Answer» D. Ila
9.

Who was the man who still lived in Tha’mma’s ancestral home?*

A. Khalil
B. Mayadebi
C. Jethamoshai
D. Tridib
Answer» C. Jethamoshai
10.

Who among these characters was not killed in the communal riot in Dhaka?

A. Tridib
B. Jethamoshai
C. Khalil
D. Tha’mma
Answer» D. Tha’mma
11.

Who is Nick?

A. May Price’s brother
B. May Price’s father
C. Ila’s brother
D. Tridib’s friend
Answer» A. May Price’s brother
12.

The narrator’s grandmother Thamma was the headmistress of all-girl school in

A. London
B. Chennai
C. Paris
D. Calcutta
Answer» D. Calcutta
13.

The Shadow Lines by Amitav Gosh explores the political and economic growth of India through the lives of two families

A. the Datta-Chaudhuris and the Price family
B. the Singh family and the Peterson family
C. the Sharma family and the Price family
D. the Patels and the Dawson family
Answer» A. the Datta-Chaudhuris and the Price family
14.

A recurring nightmare haunts Robi for decades because he witnessed the riot that killed

A. May
B. Tridib
C. Thamma
D. The narrator
Answer» B. Tridib
15.

The Shadow Lines is divided into two sections

A. ‘Moving Away’ and ‘Coming Home’
B. ‘ The Window’ and ‘Time Passes’
C. ‘Reaping’ and ‘Garnering’
D. ‘Going Away’ and ‘Coming Home’
Answer» D. ‘Going Away’ and ‘Coming Home’
16.

__________ is set against the backdrop of major historical events such as- Freedom movement in Bengal, Second World War, partition of India in 1947 and Communal riots in Bangladesh and India

A. Tara
B. The Shadow Lines
C. Untouchables
D. Hayavadana
Answer» B. The Shadow Lines
17.

Through her characteristic pose Ila’s mother earned a nickname of

A. Queen Elizabeth
B. Princess Camilla
C. Queen Victoria
D. Lady Windsor
Answer» C. Queen Victoria
18.

The Shadow Lines takes the form of

A. bildungsroman tradition
B. historical fiction
C. gothic tradition
D. romanticism
Answer» A. bildungsroman tradition
19.

The Shadow Lines was published in

A. 1984
B. 1986
C. 1988
D. 1990
Answer» C. 1988
20.

The Shadow Lines spans around

A. Two generations
B. Three generations
C. Four generations
D. Five generations
Answer» B. Three generations
21.

Who can talk on length about issues as diverse as the sloping roofs of Columbian houses and culture of the Incas with equal case in The Shadow Lines?

A. Tridip
B. Jatin
C. Robi
D. Ila
Answer» A. Tridip
22.

Who realize the reality of the Partition when planning to visit his/her sister in Dhaka while undergoing the usual procedure of compiling the immigration papers in The Shadow Lines?

A. Tha’mma
B. Mayadebi
C. Ila
D. Tridib
Answer» A. Tha’mma
23.

The Upside Down House in The Shadow Lines represent

A. Polarising power of borders
B. The backward movement of the family
C. Binary representation of power
D. None of the above.
Answer» A. Polarising power of borders
24.

Jatin marries a woman affectionately known as

A. Queen Priya
B. Queen Victoria
C. Queen Lakshmi
D. Queen Rita
Answer» B. Queen Victoria
25.

Mayadebi and the Shaheb have a third son

A. Robi
B. Ajay
C. Kamal
D. Vijay
Answer» A. Robi
26.

The main setting of The Shadow Lines takes place in two cities. What are they?

A. Dhaka-Delhi
B. London-Dhaka
C. Calcutta-Delhi
D. Calcutta-London
Answer» D. Calcutta-London
27.

What memory does Robi want to be free of?

A. The memory of travelling everywhere with his parents
B. The memory of Tridib’s death
C. The memory of his college life
D. The memory of the war
Answer» B. The memory of Tridib’s death
28.

What is the relationship between Tridib and the narrator?

A. Friends
B. Cousins
C. Uncle-Nephew
D. Father-son
Answer» C. Uncle-Nephew
29.

In her youth, what did Tha’mma want to do in order to gain freedom?

A. Fight in a war
B. Join a terrorist group
C. Kill an English diplomat
D. Start a riot
Answer» B. Join a terrorist group
30.

Ila chose to live in London because she ____________.

A. Wanted to be free
B. Wanted to have all the comfort and luxury
C. Wanted to marry an Englishman
D. Wanted to be away from her family
Answer» A. Wanted to be free
31.

Where did Lionel Tresawsen and Mr. Justice Chandrashekhar Datta-Chaudhuri meet and become friends?

A. At a seance
B. At a diplomatic conference
C. While they were travelling
D. At a restaurant
Answer» A. At a seance
32.

Tridib’s family first went to England in ______

A. 1939
B. 1942
C. 1917
D. 1930
Answer» A. 1939
33.

May Price, despite her wealth, volunteered as a ______

A. A nurse
B. a teacher
C. A famine relief worker
D. a cleaner
Answer» C. A famine relief worker
34.

Ila’s mother is jokingly referred to as _____

A. Queen Victoria
B. Mayadebi
C. Tha’mma
D. May
Answer» A. Queen Victoria
35.

Ila cried when recounting how Nick has saved her from bullies because__

A. She was overwhelmed with love for him
B. Nick had died during the Blitz
C. Nick had never defended her in reality
D. The bullies had beaten him up too
Answer» C. Nick had never defended her in reality
36.

When Tha’mma’s father and Jethamoshai divided their house in Dhaka, the result was ___

A. Peace on both sides
B. They realised how much they loved each other
C. a legal battle over property ownership
D. a strange eerie silence that continued for years
Answer» D. a strange eerie silence that continued for years
37.

After the death of her husband, Tha’mma had worked in a school in Calcutta for ____ years.

A. 27
B. 30
C. 25
D. 20
Answer» A. 27
38.

The nightmare that haunts Robi is that _____

A. He is unable to find a secure, respectable job
B. He keeps getting lost in cities all over the world
C. He is unable to stop Tridib from getting out of the car in Dhaka
D. He is unable to protect Ila
Answer» C. He is unable to stop Tridib from getting out of the car in Dhaka
39.

Tha’ama wants to bring back ____ to India to reunite her family.

A. Queen Victoria
B. May
C. Tridib
D. Jethamoshai
Answer» D. Jethamoshai
40.

Tha’ama is unable to understand border divides because

A. She believes India and Dhaka are one
B. There are no physical barriers between countries
C. She is barely educated and cannot read or write properly
D. Her heart still belongs to the land in which she is born
Answer» B. There are no physical barriers between countries
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