Brick Lane Quizzes

Brick Lane Quiz 1

1 In what year is Nazneen born?
1967

1954

1985

1971
2 What kind of food is Rupban planning to prepare when she goes into labor?
A salad of mangos and fresh herbs

Chicken

Roast pig

A special sweet eaten only during festivals
3 Where is Hamid when he hears his wife screaming from labor pains?
In the latrine

Asleep on a porch

In the study

In the garden
4 What is the name of the midwife who delivers Nazneen?
Mumtaz

Hasina

Banesa

Razia
5 What does Nazneen's father often say about her mother?
She is the most beautiful woman in the world.

She is a saint.

She is a torment to him.

She could have been a scholar if she had not been born a woman.
6 What option does Rupban reject when it comes to her infant daughter?
Abandoning her in order to save resources for sons

Sending her to a temple to be raised to be a nun

Sending her to be fostered by a wealthy family

Sending her to a hospital
7 How old is Hasina when she elopes?
Sixteen

Fourteen

Seventeen

Twenty
8 How old is Chanu when Nazneen marries him?
About 18

About 25

About 40

About 30
9 What news are Mrs. Islam and Razia gossiping about when they arrive to visit Nazneen?
A family who has lost money due to fraud

Adultery

A divorce

A suicide
10 What is the name of Chanu's supervisor at the start of the novel?
Mr. Darnley

Mr. Donaldson

Mr. Dalloway

Mr. Dickinson
11 What medical condition does Chanu suffer from?
Tremors in his hands

Ulcers

Asthma

Diabetes
12 Who finds Rupban after her sudden death?
Hasina

Hamid

Nazneen

Mumtaz
13 What are the names of Razia's children?
Jorina and Shefali

Chanu and Hasina

Malek and Tariq

Tariq and Shefali
14 Why does Hasina leave her husband?
He has been beating her.

She feels guilty about having run away and believes the marriage is cursed.

She misses her parents and hometown.

She is in love with someone else.
15 How does Nazneen respond to her husband's refusal to try and help Hasina?
She starts planning to leave him.

She is persuaded to believe that he is correct.

She becomes very angry and fights with him often.

She silently rebels in small ways.
16 Where does Hasina plan to work after she leaves her husband?
As a schoolteacher

A match factory

An ice cream shop

A garment factory
17 What does Razia's husband do for work?
He works at a garment factory.

He owns a small grocery store.

He works at a factory making dolls.

He drives a cab.
18 What does Razia want to study?
Law

Engineering

English

Finance
19 Why does Chanu tell Nazneen she cannot attend college with Razia?
It will cost too much money.

She is not intelligent enough to learn anything.

It will make him appear incompetent as a provider.

She will need to devote her time to the baby.
20 When does Nazneen tend to eat?
When she and her husband enjoy meals together

When she is with her female friends

When she is alone and unwatched by Chanu

When she buys food for herself at local restaurants and pubs
21 What feature does baby Ruku share with his aunt Hasina?
Full, pouty lips

Long fingers

Fair skin

Almond shaped eyes
22 What interests Chanu most about his son?
His prospective good looks

His prospective intelligence

His prospective piety

His prospective physical strength
23 Who tries to dominate Nazneen and control how to take care of the baby?
Mumtaz

Razia

Mrs. Islam

Jorina
24 How does Chanu's attitude towards his work change over time?
He comes to believe Nazneen has a better chance of earning money for the family.

He becomes less certain that he will get promoted.

He thinks he could find better work in America.

He becomes fixated on the idea of going to medical school.
25 From what Shakespeare play does Chanu recite lines for Nazneen?
Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

Richard II

Macbeth

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How did the writer represent Nazeen?

Nazneen is the protagonist in the book. She lives in a village in Bangladesh until she is eighteen and then moves to London when she gets married to Chanu. Nazneen is the sister of Hanisa, and the mother of Raqib (who dies as an infant), Shahana,...

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How was the light of expatriate bring changes in their mission and vision in ''brick lane'' novel which is written by Monica Ali?

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