Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man Quizzes

Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?
1965

1980

1970

1975
2 Who is the author of the novel?
U. R. Ananthamurthy

Rabindranath Tagore

R.K. Narayan

Amitav Ghosh
3 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Garuda

Naranappa

Praneshacharya

Chandri
4 What happens at the beginning of the novel?
Garuda attacks Lakshmana

Belli's parents die

Naranappa dies

Chandri falls in love with Praneshacharya
5 Where is the novel set?
Durvasapura

Calcutta

Bombay

New Dehli
6 What is the highest caste in Hinduism?
Kshatriyas

Vaishyas

Brahmin

Shudras
7 What was the novel adapted into?
A play

A film

A video game

An opera
8 What does the community fall into discord over?
Chandri's jewelry

Shripati's parentage

Garuda's inheritance

Naranappa's funeral rites
9 Who is feuding with Lakshmana?
Praneshacharya

Dasacharya

Belli

Garuda
10 What are people not allowed to do until Naranappa's body has been cremated?
Eat a meal

Dance

Sing

Go for a walk
11 What does Chandri offer as payment for the funeral rites?
Her jewelry

Cash

Her hand in marriage

Fine silk
12 Who is the spiritual leader of the community?
Garuda

Naranappa

Praneshacharya

Dasacharya
13 Which of the following things was Naranappa NOT criticized for?
Marrying another Brahmin

Drinking alcohol

Eating meat

Fishing in the temple pond
14 Who did Naranappa leave his wife for?
Belli

Padmatavi

It is unknown

Chandri
15 What religion is the caste system associated with?
Hinduism

Christianity

Judaism

Islam
16 When did the caste system begin to fall out of favor?
The 2000s

The 2010s

The 1990s

The 1950s
17 What film movement did the film adaptation of Samskara start?
The New Hollywood Movement

Poetic Realism

Parallel Cinema

New Wave Cinema
18 What is the genre of the book?
Science fiction

Naturalist fiction

Religious fiction

High fantasy
19 Who directed the film adaptation of the book?
Wes Anderson

Barry Jenkins

Martin Scorsese

Pattabhirama Reddy
20 What is the name of Praneshacharya's wife?
Belli

Bhagirathi

Chandri

Padmatavi
21 What was Praneshacharya's last conversation with Naranappa like?
Formal

Warm and friendly

Heated and unpleasant

Bittersweet
22 Who continually asks about being able to eat?
Belli

Dasacharya

Garuda

Lakshmana
23 Who is Shripati sleeping with?
Padmatavi

Putta

Belli

Garuda
24 What country does the novel take place in?
Israel

India

Yemen

Bangladesh
25 How does Naranappa treat Brahmin customs before he dies?
Acceptably

Indifferently

Honorably

Disrespectfully

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