The Quilt Quizzes

The Quilt Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "The Quilt"?
Sue Townsend

Ismat Chughtai

Hasan Manto

Eckhart Tolle
2 Who narrates "The Quilt"?
Manto

Begum Jaan

An unnamed first-person narrator

Chughtai
3 Who is the protagonist of "The Quilt"?
Rabbu

Amma

Begum Jaan

The unnamed narrator
4 What genre is "The Quilt"?
Horror

Science Fiction

Realism

None of these
5 What form does "The Quilt" take?
Short story

Novella

Novel

Play
6 Who is the story's primary antagonist?
Rabbu

The narrator

Amma

Begum Jaan
7 What does the narrator's quilt's shadow resemble on the wall?
A blanket

An elephant

A dog

A pig
8 At the beginning of the story, how does the narrator characterize the story she is about to tell?
Not romantic

Romantic

Joyful

Empowering
9 In what country is the story set?
India

United States

Canada

China
10 In what language was the story originally written?
Hindi

Urdu

English

Chinese
11 How does the narrator characterize her younger self?
Prone to fighting

Happy-go-lucky

Angelic

Depressed
12 Where does the narrator's mother travel to?
Sri Lanka

Amma

Agra

Dehli
13 At whose home does the narrator stay when her mother is away?
Her grandmother's

Begum Jaan's

Her own home

The narrator's older sister's
14 "Etched in memory like the scar left by a blacksmith's brand" is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor

Simile

Metonymy

Superimposition
15 What does nawab (or Nawab when used as a title) mean?
Miss.

Mrs.

Hindu royalty

Muslim nobleman
16 What does begum (Begum when used as a title) mean?
Mademoiselle

wife of Muslim nobleman

Mr.

Aunt
17 How are Amma and Begum Jaan related?
Adopted sisters

Twins

Cousins

Stepsiblings
18 What is the public's impression of the nawab?
That he is childish

That he is licentious with women

That he is always angry

That he is virtuous
19 What is hajj?
Holy Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

A type of blanket

A women's section of a traditional Muslim home

None of these
20 What is the nawab's "strange hobby"?
Pigeon breeding

Inviting young male students to live with him

Gambling

Cockfighting
21 What does the narrator imply the nawab does with young men?
Train them to be athletes

Have sex with them

Tutor them in math

Give them drugs
22 Who rescues Begum Jaan from her anguish when her husband ignores her?
Rabbu

The narrator

Amma

No one
23 What is Begum Jaan's complexion compared to?
A black hole

White marble

Black ash

White snow
24 What won't the reader find "even in the most exclusive magazines"?
Begum Jaan's photographs

Rabbu's special massage oil

Rabbu's sewing patterns

Rabbu's dried mango recipe
25 What does Begum Jaan's face sometimes look like to the narrator?
The nawab's

A young boy's

Amma's

An elephant's

Begum Jaan in the narrator’s aunt and the story's primary antagonist. A very beautiful woman who is married to a nawab (a Muslim nobleman), Begum Jaan finds that her husband has no interest in her and prefers to spend time behind closed doors with...

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Summary of independence day by shashi deshpande

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https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/childrens-books-about-indias-independence/article7540604.ece

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How did Rabbu help Begum Jaan?

From the text:

It was Rabbu who rescued her from the fall. Soon her thin body began to fill out. Her cheeks began to glow and she blossomed in beauty. It was a special oil massage that brought life back to the half-dead Begum Jaan. Sorry, you won’...

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The Quilt

by Ismat Chughtai

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