The Quilt Quizzes

The Quilt Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "The Quilt"?
Eckhart Tolle

Sue Townsend

Ismat Chughtai

Hasan Manto
2 Who narrates "The Quilt"?
Manto

Begum Jaan

Chughtai

An unnamed first-person narrator
3 Who is the protagonist of "The Quilt"?
Begum Jaan

The unnamed narrator

Amma

Rabbu
4 What genre is "The Quilt"?
Realism

Horror

Science Fiction

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

Novel

Novella

Short story
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?
A dog

A blanket

A pig

An elephant
8 At the beginning of the story, how does the narrator characterize the story she is about to tell?
Romantic

Joyful

Not romantic

Empowering
9 In what country is the story set?
China

India

United States

Canada
10 In what language was the story originally written?
Urdu

Hindi

English

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

Happy-go-lucky

Prone to fighting

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

Amma

Dehli

Agra
13 At whose home does the narrator stay when her mother is away?
The narrator's older sister's

Begum Jaan's

Her own home

Her grandmother's
14 "Etched in memory like the scar left by a blacksmith's brand" is an example of what literary device?
Superimposition

Metaphor

Simile

Metonymy
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

wife of Muslim nobleman

Mademoiselle

Mr.
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 always angry

That he is licentious with women

That he is virtuous

That he is childish
19 What is hajj?
A women's section of a traditional Muslim home

Holy Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

A type of blanket

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

Pigeon breeding

Inviting young male students to live with him

Gambling
21 What does the narrator imply the nawab does with young men?
Give them drugs

Have sex with them

Tutor them in math

Train them to be athletes
22 Who rescues Begum Jaan from her anguish when her husband ignores her?
The narrator

No one

Amma

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

White snow

Black ash

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

Begum Jaan's photographs

Rabbu's dried mango recipe

Rabbu's sewing patterns
25 What does Begum Jaan's face sometimes look like to the narrator?
The nawab's

An elephant's

Amma's

A young boy'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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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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