The Quilt Quizzes

The Quilt Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "The Quilt"?
Eckhart Tolle

Hasan Manto

Ismat Chughtai

Sue Townsend
2 Who narrates "The Quilt"?
Manto

An unnamed first-person narrator

Begum Jaan

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

Rabbu

The unnamed narrator

Begum Jaan
4 What genre is "The Quilt"?
Science Fiction

Horror

Realism

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

Short story

Play

Novel
6 Who is the story's primary antagonist?
The narrator

Amma

Begum Jaan

Rabbu
7 What does the narrator's quilt's shadow resemble on the wall?
An elephant

A pig

A blanket

A dog
8 At the beginning of the story, how does the narrator characterize the story she is about to tell?
Joyful

Not romantic

Romantic

Empowering
9 In what country is the story set?
China

India

Canada

United States
10 In what language was the story originally written?
Chinese

Hindi

English

Urdu
11 How does the narrator characterize her younger self?
Angelic

Depressed

Prone to fighting

Happy-go-lucky
12 Where does the narrator's mother travel to?
Dehli

Sri Lanka

Amma

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

Her own home

The narrator's older sister's

Begum Jaan's
14 "Etched in memory like the scar left by a blacksmith's brand" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Superimposition

Metonymy

Metaphor
15 What does nawab (or Nawab when used as a title) mean?
Hindu royalty

Mrs.

Miss.

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

Mr.

wife of Muslim nobleman

Mademoiselle
17 How are Amma and Begum Jaan related?
Twins

Adopted sisters

Cousins

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

That he is always angry

That he is childish

That he is licentious with women
19 What is hajj?
Holy Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

A women's section of a traditional Muslim home

A type of blanket

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

Cockfighting

Pigeon breeding

Inviting young male students to live with him
21 What does the narrator imply the nawab does with young men?
Give them drugs

Train them to be athletes

Have sex with them

Tutor them in math
22 Who rescues Begum Jaan from her anguish when her husband ignores her?
Rabbu

No one

Amma

The narrator
23 What is Begum Jaan's complexion compared to?
A black hole

White snow

White marble

Black ash
24 What won't the reader find "even in the most exclusive magazines"?
Rabbu's special massage oil

Rabbu's dried mango recipe

Begum Jaan's photographs

Rabbu's sewing patterns
25 What does Begum Jaan's face sometimes look like to the narrator?
A young boy's

Amma's

An elephant's

The nawab'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...

Asked by Ibuing N #1272779

Answered by Aslan on 11/22/2022 9:05 PM

View All Answers

Summary of independence day by shashi deshpande

I don't have this title but check this out:

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

Asked by Riyana R #1047340

Answered by Aslan on 9/18/2020 5:55 AM

View All Answers

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’...

Asked by SAFIQUL S #1206416

Answered by Aslan on 1/16/2022 7:24 PM

View All Answers

The Quilt

by Ismat Chughtai

The Quilt Quiz 1

The Quilt Questions and Answers

Study Guide for The Quilt

Essays for The Quilt

Wikipedia Entries for The Quilt