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Chapters
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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