Burmese Days Quizzes

Burmese Days Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed May 26, 2015

1 The novel is set in

Pakistan

Burma

China

India
2 The novel is during the days of

bohemianism

imperialism

totalitarianism

revolutionary war
3 The novel was written in

the 1920s

the 1930s

the 1960s

the 1940s
4 The protagonist is

Ellis

Elizabeth

Verrall

Flory
5 U Po Kyin is all of the following EXCEPT

manipulative

dumb

fat

smart
6 How does U Po Kyin plan to take care of his soul?

Join the Club

Do good works

Give money away

Have a child
7 The main target of U Po Kyin's wrath is

Flory

Elizabeth

Dr. Veraswami

Macgregor
8 Flory is most ashamed of his

height

birthmark

weight

complexion
9 Who hates the natives the most?

Westfield

Ellis

Verrall

Macgregor
10 The most common topic of the Club is

literature

the waning Empire

the weather

women
11 The doctor and Flory's joke is about

the English

the weather

the Empire as a patient

other natives
12 Flory's favorite topic of conversation with the doctor is

how great the English are

how lonely he is

the hypocrisies of the British Raj

how to help the doctor
13 Who warns Flory about U Po Kyin?

Veraswami

Elizabeth

Ko S'la

Ma Hla May
14 Who is Ko S'la?

One of U Po Kyin's associates

Flory's servant

The butler

A native who works for Macgregor
15 Flory thinks the only thing that can relieve the ennui is

praying

a real sweat

sex

alcohol
16 Flory's main sorrow is

his inability to nominate the doctor

loneliness

not being able to leave Burma

Ma Hla May
17 Why didn't Flory go off to WWI?

The East had corrupted him

He didn't want to die

He was sick

He was too busy
18 Flory says it is a corrupting thing to

to be lonely

have a mistress

live one's life in secret

be in the colony
19 Why doesn't Flory move back to England?

He has no ties there, and he sees that Burma is his home

He is too nervous to leave

He has no money

He does not want to see his family
20 The anonymous letter to Flory is probably from

U Po Kyin

Dr. Veraswami

Elizabeth

Ellis
21 One is allowed to love or have an affection for a native, but not

anger

jealousy

respect

friendship
22 Elizabeth is being menaced by a

tiger

snake

leopard

buffalo
23 What animal does Flory kill first?

A bird

A leopard

A tiger

A buffalo
24 The animal that Flory and Elizabeth kill together is a

buffalo

leopard

bird

tiger
25 What does Flory give to Elizabeth, hoping she will be impressed?

A gun

A shawl

A stuffed bird

The skin of the leopard

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