The Hungry Tide Quizzes

The Hungry Tide Quiz

1 What country is the novel set in?
India

Bangladesh

United States

Pakistan
2 When was Amitav Ghosh born?
1940

1967

1928

1956
3 Which poet is repeatedly referenced in Nirmal's writing?
Edgar Allen Poe

William Butler Yeats

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Rainer Marie Rilke
4 Who is Nilima's husband?
Fokir

Nirmal

Horen

Kanai
5 Where did Piya grow up?
Seattle

Boston

Sacramento

Miami
6 Where is Kanai from?
New Delhi

Mumbai

The Sundarbans

Lahore
7 What does Piya study?
Philosophy

Monkeys

Psychology

Marine mammals
8 What is the name of the Scottish man who set up a (temporarily) successful egalitarian society in the Sundarbans?
Sir Michael MacCharles

Sir Daniel Hamilton

Sir Edward Lynch

Sir Peter Matthews
9 Who did NOT know Kusum when she was alive?
Kanai

Nirmal

Piya

Fokir
10 What is NOT a main theme of the novel?
Theory and practice

Death

Language

Education and experience
11 What is Nirmal's political ideology?
Neoliberalism

Classical liberalism

Marxism

Anarchism
12 Who is the goddess who protects the Sundarbans?
Oladevi

Bon Bibi

Saraswati

Kali
13 What does Nilima create in the Sundarbans as her life's work?
A temple

A hospital

A university

A grade school
14 When was the massacre that killed Kusum?
1979

2001

1988

1992
15 When was the book published?
2015

2010

2000

2005
16 Who does Piya plan to name her project after at the end of the novel?
Fokir

Tutul

Moyna

Nilima
17 Which is NOT a significant symbol in the novel?
The cyclone shelter

Flowers

Gamchhas

Tigers
18 Why do Nilima and Nirmal move to the Sundarbans?
A job

Political persecution

The weather

To be closer to their family
19 What is Kanai's occupation?
Politician

Doctor

Translator and interpreter

Journalist
20 Which example is a metaphor?
“The quiet was more like a fog or a mist, creeping in slowly, from a distance”

"She was like an orchid in a way, frail and beautiful and dependent on the love and labor of many, many people.”

“And now, like some misplaced, misgendered Scheherezade, I am trying to stave the night off with a flying, fleeting pen…”

"...speech was only a bag of tricks that fooled you into believing that you could see through the eyes of another being."
21 What is situational irony?
An occurrence at odds with the reader’s or audience’s expectation

When a character’s understanding of their situation contrasts with the reader’s knowledge of their situation

A contrast between what a speaker means and what they actually say

None of these
22 What animal features as a significant symbol in the novel?
Crocodile

Lion

Tiger

Snake
23 Which adjective would Piya be least likely to use to describe herself?
Ambitious

Independent

Brave

Curious
24 Which character(s) is NOT alive for the main events of the novel?
Nilima

Nirmal and Kusum

Kusum

Nirmal
25 About how old is Kanai?
In his 40s

In his 30s

In his 20s

In his 60s