Mahasweta Devi: Short Stories Quizzes

Mahasweta Devi: Short Stories Quiz 1 (Breast-Giver)

1 Jashoda is a "professional ____"
mother

wife

cook

housekeeper
2 Jashoda is known for her
breasts

butt

eyes

hair
3 Jashoda is pregnant ___ times.
15

10

20

30
4 Kangali is injured by a/an
car

dog

bicycle

gun
5 The Haldar householdis said to exist in the ____ century.
16th

19th

17th

20th
6 Who is the first to die?
Haldar

Mrs. Haldar

Kangali

Jashoda
7 Nabin is a/an
pilgrim guide

religious leader

landowner

shopkeeper
8 Jashoda gets a job as a/an
wet nurse

nurse

cook

nanny
9 How is Jashoda viewed while she is a wet nurse?
With reverence

With suspicion

With hatred

With indifference
10 Kangali lives at the temple for
Vishnu

Shiva

Durga

Rama
11 Whose death highly affects Jashoda?
The daughter-in-law

The son-in-law

Mrs. Haldar

Haldar
12 The daughters-in-law can be described as
educated

pious

traditional

modern
13 Jashoda's second position in the household is that of
gardener

maid

nurse

cook
14 How does Kangali act toward Jashoda after she is no longer a wet nurse?
Rudely

Lovingly

Suspiciously

Playfully
15 Where does Jashoda develop cancer?
In the uterus

In the ovaries

In the kidney

In the breast
16 Who blames Jashoda for her cancer getting worse?
The eldest daughter-in-law

The doctor

The youngest son

The eldest son
17 Who is with Jashoda when she dies?
No one

The daughter-in-law

Kangali

The eldest son
18 Jashoda's death is "also the death of _____"
Kangali

her progeny

women

God
19 The Lionseated is
Durga

Saraswati

Lakshmi

Parvati
20 Jashoda is best described as
long-suffering

charitable

witty

selfish
21 The daughters-in-law
respect Jashoda

all move into the Haldar household

are more traditional

do not want a lot of children
22 Kangali becomes a professional
husband

shopkeeper

singer

father
23 The story was written in the
1980s

1970s

1990s

1950s
24 The story is a commentary on
art

religion

gender

capitalism
25 Jashoda is valued for
her money

her mind

her body

her art

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Stylistic analysis of breast giver by mahasweta devi

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Later he is distressed, remembering how much he loved her. Bhagirath is astonished and frightened that his father talked to a bayen, as doing so is supposed to mean sudden death. He has heard bayens are not human beings and he cannot fathom how he...

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