Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man Quizzes

Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?
1980

1970

1965

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

Rabindranath Tagore

Amitav Ghosh

R.K. Narayan
3 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Garuda

Naranappa

Chandri

Praneshacharya
4 What happens at the beginning of the novel?
Chandri falls in love with Praneshacharya

Belli's parents die

Naranappa dies

Garuda attacks Lakshmana
5 Where is the novel set?
New Dehli

Bombay

Calcutta

Durvasapura
6 What is the highest caste in Hinduism?
Brahmin

Kshatriyas

Shudras

Vaishyas
7 What was the novel adapted into?
A film

An opera

A play

A video game
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?
Dasacharya

Praneshacharya

Garuda

Belli
10 What are people not allowed to do until Naranappa's body has been cremated?
Sing

Go for a walk

Dance

Eat a meal
11 What does Chandri offer as payment for the funeral rites?
Cash

Her jewelry

Fine silk

Her hand in marriage
12 Who is the spiritual leader of the community?
Naranappa

Garuda

Dasacharya

Praneshacharya
13 Which of the following things was Naranappa NOT criticized for?
Fishing in the temple pond

Eating meat

Marrying another Brahmin

Drinking alcohol
14 Who did Naranappa leave his wife for?
Belli

Padmatavi

It is unknown

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

Judaism

Islam

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

The 1950s

The 1990s

The 2010s
17 What film movement did the film adaptation of Samskara start?
Parallel Cinema

The New Hollywood Movement

Poetic Realism

New Wave Cinema
18 What is the genre of the book?
High fantasy

Religious fiction

Naturalist fiction

Science fiction
19 Who directed the film adaptation of the book?
Barry Jenkins

Pattabhirama Reddy

Martin Scorsese

Wes Anderson
20 What is the name of Praneshacharya's wife?
Belli

Chandri

Bhagirathi

Padmatavi
21 What was Praneshacharya's last conversation with Naranappa like?
Heated and unpleasant

Bittersweet

Formal

Warm and friendly
22 Who continually asks about being able to eat?
Lakshmana

Dasacharya

Garuda

Belli
23 Who is Shripati sleeping with?
Garuda

Putta

Belli

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

Bangladesh

Yemen

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

Disrespectfully

Indifferently

Honorably

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