The Tiger’s Wife Quizzes

The Tiger's Wife Quiz 1

1 What is the name is of the novel's main narrator?
Gavo

Galina

Zora

Natalia
2 Who serves as a secondary narrator in the novel?
Zora

Zora's grandfather

Natalia

Natalia's grandfather
3 In what region does the action of the novel take place?
France

The Middle East

Eastern Europe

Siberia
4 What animal has a special meaning for Natalia's grandfather?
Rhinoceros

Zebra

Lion

Tiger
5 What ritual is observed by Natalia's grandfather during her youth?
He goes fishing and re-reads The Jungle Book.

He writes sonnets based on his early life.

He walks to the city zoo to see the tigers.

He drives into the country to visit a monastery.
6 What is the nickname of the narrator's grandmother?
Barba

Glaka

Gavo

Bako
7 What is the occupation of the narrator's grandfather?
Lawyer

Literature professor

Doctor

Architect
8 In the novel, Zora and Natalia are active in what field of study?
Political science

Sociology

Medicine

Civil engineering
9 Why are Zora and Natalia traveling to Brejevina?
To meet one of Natalia's family friends

To administer medicine to children

To perform a census

To escape warfare in a larger town
10 What book does the narrator's grandfather regularly carry with him?
The Jungle Book

The Poems of Thomas Hardy

The Poems of Rudyard Kipling

Jude the Obscure
11 Which of the following statements is true of Zora?
She is pursuing medicine mainly for financial gain.

Her outspoken personality gets her into trouble.

Her dislike of violence has compromised her medical studies.

She wants to abandon medicine and leave her home country.
12 Who hosts Natalia and Zora in Brejevina?
Dure

Boro

Nada

Gavo
13 Who or what is Bis?
A nickname for Barba Ivan's son

Barba Ivan's parrot

A nickname for one of Barba Ivan's lodgers

Barba Ivan's dog
14 What do Natalia and Zora encounter in Brejevina?
A family reunion that has resulted in a murder

A political protest

A forest fire

A group of people digging up an orchard
15 Who is M. Dobravka?
An artist whose works Zora imitated and admired

A teacher who has fallen on hard times due to her political beliefs

An official who persecuted Natalia's grandfather

A woman who held an important position at the city zoo
16 What meaningful action does M. Dobravka perform in the novel?
She saves an important political leader from death.

She drives Zora and Natalia to perform a secret task.

She organizes a political demonstration at the zoo.

She uses a real pair of lungs to teach her class.
17 What does Natalia call the man who interrogates her grandfather?
The "shoes"

The "cane"

The "umbrella"

The "hat"
18 What do Natalia and her grandfather see during a nighttime excursion?
A mirage of the Deathless Man

A tiger trapped in a basement

An elephant walking through the streets

A mirage of the Tiger's Wife
19 When does Natalia's grandfather meet the Deathless Man for the first time?
In the course of a routine walk to the zoo

In the course of a leisurely trip to the country

On an assignment to investigate a illness in a village

On a trip to revisit the site of his honeymoon
20 How is the Deathless Man wounded, just before he meets the grandfather for the first time?
One of his hands is impaled with a knife.

He has bullets lodged in his skill.

One of his feet is stuck in a length of barbed wire.

His throat is slit and bleeding.
21 What indicates the immortality of the Deathless Man?
When he drinks coffee, the grit disappears from the cup.

When he sings, forest animals begin to make noise.

When he drinks wine, his senses are heightened.

When he walks through mud, he does not leave footprints.
22 How does Natalia's grandfather test the immortality of the Deathless Man?
He stabs the Deathless Man in the stomach.

He shoots the Deathless Man in the neck.

He sees if the Deathless Man can survive hanging.

He sees if the Deathless Man can survive under water.
23 What does Natalia's grandfather pledge against the Deathless Man?
A bottle of treasured liquor

A wedding ring

A large amount of money

A copy of The Jungle Book
24 For how long, according to the novel, will a soul continue to circulate in the world?
Forty days

Twenty-five days

Seven days

One hundred and twelve days
25 Excluding his death, Natalia's grandfather meets the Deathless Man how many times?
Two

Five

Three

Four

Natalia's grandfather, a doctor, would carry a copy of The Jungle Book with him to the zoo.

Asked by Tenicia C #447239

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Why do Dure and his men break the thighbones of the body they dig up?

The thighbones were broken in order to keep the body from walking in death..... to keep it from bringing illness to the living.

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What connection does Oberht make between the deathless man and the diggers in the vineyard?

Over the course of the story, Natalia comes to believe that her grandfather's soul was taken by the Deathless Man, who collects souls such as those recently released in the digger's ritual. She believes that if she participates in the ritual, she...

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