The God of Small Things Quizzes

The God of Small Things Quiz 1

1 What town is the primary setting for the novel?
Kottayam.

Cochin.

Ayemenem.

New Delhi.
2 What is Kerala?
The God of Small Things.

A traditional South Indian form of dance.

The name of Estha's twin sister.

A state in Southern India.
3 What is notable about Roy's diction in the novel's opening?
It is incorrect grammatically.

It is overtly sensuous.

It is subtly religious.

It makes words shorter than they need be.
4 What is our first impression of the natural world in the novel?
It is quiet and fades away.

It is completely absent.

It is sexual and rebellious.

It is effectively hemmed in by society.
5 What kind of twins are Estha and Rahel?
Spiritual.

Siamese.

Fraternal.

Identical.
6 What is unique about Rahel's and Estha's relationship as children?
Rahel is the favorite child, while Estha is shunned.

They ally with one another against Baby Kochamma.

Rahel can read into Estha's thoughts and experiences.

They are separated until the age of seven.
7 What incident serves as the focal point for the rest of the story?
Sophie Mol's death.

Rahel's return to Ayemenem.

Chacko's divorce.

Estha's leaving Ayemenem.
8 How many years have elapsed since Rahel and Estha last saw each other?
None.

Thirty-one.

Seven.

Twenty-three.
9 What is unique about the ceiling of the cathedral where Sophie's funeral is held?
It is painted in detail to look like a clear sky.

It is a replication of the Sistine Chapel.

It is covered with baby bats.

It is treacherous.
10 According to Rahel, what is special about Sophie Mol at her funeral?
She is still alive.

Her body is bloated from being drowned.

She is wearing Rahel's best holiday clothes.

She looks English instead of Indian.
11 What did Ammu tell the police officer?
That Sophie Mol was buried alive.

That Rahel and Estha needed a new guardian.

That Babu beat her.

That there had been a terrible mistake.
12 What did Estha learn to do from a young age?
Read his sister's thoughts.

Coerce adults into fulfulling his desires.

Go through life unnoticed.

Make love to a woman.
13 What does Estha stop doing as a child?
Talking.

Walking alone.

Washing his clothing.

Loving Ammu.
14 What effect does Rahel's arrival in Ayemenem have on Estha?
It makes him want to run away again.

It makes him suddenly remember being molested.

It makes the noise of the world infiltrate his mind.

None of the above.
15 What did Rahel study in college?
Writing.

Architecture.

Ornamental Gardening.

Communism.
16 Why did Rahel and Larry McCaslin get divorced?
Because Rahel cheated on Larry.

Because Rahel wanted to return to India.

Because of a sense of disconnection.

Because Larry cheated on Rahel.
17 What did Baby Kochamma study in college?
Architecture.

Ornamental Gardening.

Communism.

Shakespeare.
18 Who was Father Mulligan?
A golf instructor at a nearby resort.

Baby Kochamma's young uncle.

The patriarch of the Syrian Christian Church.

A priest who worked with Baby Kochamma's father.
19 To what length did Baby Kochamma go to impress Father Mulligan?
She swore to convert to Christianity.

She joined the Communist Party.

She fasted for thirty days.

She joined a convent.
20 How does the twins' return to Ayemenem make Baby Kochamma feel?
Relieved.

Thrown off guard.

Excited.

Anxious.
21 What is Baby Kochamma's relationship to the twins?
Cousin.

Baby aunt.

Baby grandaunt.

Close family friend.
22 Who runs Paradise Pickles & Preserves at the present time?
Chacko.

Pappachi.

Mammachi.

Comrade Pillai.
23 According to Rahel, what event in the family's history began its strangeness?
Sophie Mol's death.

Pappachi's death.

Estha's being sent to live with Babu.

Estha's molestation.
24 What do Baby Kochamma and Kochu Maria have in common?
They both hate the twins.

They are both Mammachi's daughters.

They both live sedentary lives and watch television.

They have both stolen jewels from the family safe.
25 What did Estha say when he looked into the face of a "young man with an old man's mouth?"
"Please."

"Kerala."

"No."

"Yes."

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Ammu said that Pappachi was an incurable British-CCP, which was short for chhi-chhi poach and in Hindi meant shit-wiper. Chacko said that the correct word for people like Pappachi was Anglophile. He made Rahel and Estha look up...

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Q.Roy refers to Velutha as both "The God of Small Things" and "The God of Loss." Using specific examples from the novel?

Velutha, "The God of Small Things," slips from place to place undetected, enjoying life's small pleasures without paying attention to the "Big" fact that he is an Untouchable and should not be playing with the twins or sleeping with their mother....

Asked by Sakura R #1226212

Answered by Aslan on 11/22/2022 8:51 PM

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comparison between "the god of the small things" and "a passage to india ?"

They are very different books. Both are set in India but the time and context are different. Is their something particular that you are comparing?

Asked by aminah k #529595

Answered by Aslan on 6/22/2022 12:54 AM

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