Season of Migration to the North Quizzes

Season of Migration to the North Quiz 1

1 Where was the narrator's favorite place to play as a child?
His family's I[diwan] (reception room)

The acacia tree by the Nile

His grandfather's house

The village square
2 How long did the narrator study in England?
Four years

One semester

Two years

Seven years
3 What kind of fruit does Mustafa bring when he introduces himself to the narrator?
Peaches and pears

Berries

Watermelon and oranges

Apples and bananas
4 After finding out that the narrator has a doctorate in English poetry, Mustafa remarks that a more practical discipline would be more useful to the country. Which of these subjects does he NOT suggest as a better choice for the narrator?
Diplomacy

Agriculture

Engineering

Medicine
5 What famous anti-war poem does Mustafa Sa'eed recite that arouses the narrator's suspicion?
"Antwerp" by Ford Madox Hueffer

"Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen

"MCMXIV" by Philip Larkin

"How to Die" by Siegfried Sassoon
6 On what condition does Mustafa Sa'eed promise to tell the narrator his life story?
Total secrecy

That the narrator will not tell Hosna

That the narrator will be his executor when he dies

The narrator's fortune
7 Where was Mustafa Sa'eed born?
London

Cairo

Khartoum

Wad Hamid
8 When the narrator first returns from England, what does Mahjoub ask him?
Whether there are farmers in Europe

If it's true that the British live in sin without getting married

What Europeans do when it snows in the winter

Whether British women are circumcised
9 When the narrator was homesick while studying in England, whom did he dream of?
Bint Majzoub

Hosna bint Mahmoud

His father

His grandfather
10 Who is the president of the Agricultural Project Committee?
The narrator's father

The narrator

Mustafa Sa'eed

Mahmoud
11 Why does Mustafa Sa'eed want to go to school as a boy?
Because he wants to study abroad

Because he likes the hat of the social worker who is enrolling children in school

Because he is in love with the social worker who is enrolling children in school

He wants to make money to support his mother
12 After enrolling in school, how long does it take Mustafa to learn to write?
Three months

One week

One year

Two weeks
13 When describing his time in school, Mustafa repeatedly compares his mind to what object?
The thirsty Sahara

A shiny razor

A sharp knife

A mirror
14 How old is Mustafa when he goes to high school in Cairo?
Fourteen

Twelve

Eight

Fifteen
15 What is the name of the headmaster of Mustafa's elementary school?
Professor Maxwell Foster-Keen

Mr. Stockwell

Mahmoud Effendi

Mr. Robinson
16 Fill in the blank of this repeated refrain: "And the train carried me to Victoria Station and to the world of _____________."
women

Jean Morris

Ann Hammond

Oxford
17 How does Mustafa meet Jean Morris?
At a party

At a book signing

Through a classified ad

At a lecture
18 What pseudonym does Mustafa use with Isabella Seymour?
Abdul Asad

Ismail Nadir

Amin Hassan

Wazir Miyaz
19 In Chapter 1, Mustafa says to the narrator, "Your grandfather knows the secret." What is the secret?
Where the key to Mustafa's private room is.

That simplicity is the key to a happy life.

That a loving marriage is the key to a happy life.

That faith in God is the key to a happy life.
20 Which of Mustafa's lovers is married when they have their affair?
Isabella Seymour

Ann Hammond

Jean Morris

Sheila Greenwood
21 When they cannot find Mustafa Sa'eed's body after the flood, what do the villagers assume happened to him?
He is hiding in the village

He killed himself

He was eaten by crocodiles

He ran off with Bint Majzoub
22 What was Mustafa Sa'eed's nickname in elementary school?
The black Englishman

The brilliant beggar

The police-in-training

Four-Eyes
23 What is the Mamur's main complaint about the British rule of Sudan?
That the best government jobs were given to "nobodies"

That the education system was inefficient

That the British forced the local population into slave labor

That the civil servants were all corrupt
24 Before working for the government, which subject did the narrator teach in secondary schools?
English poetry

Pre-Islamic poetry

Writing

Modern Arabic poetry
25 What accusation does Richard make about Mustafa's academic work?
That he plagiarized it

That he fudged his statistics

That he cherry-picked his sources

That he wrote badly

Mustafa Sa'eed looms in the narrator's thoughts throughout the novel. In his forties, Mustafa moved to Wad Hamid and remained a mysterious figure there, marrying a village woman, Hosna bint Mahmoud, but never speaking to anyone about his past. The...

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A scientist want to confirm that a specimen is a living thing. Which would be the best evidence to support her conclusion that it is a living thing?

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What does it tell us about the character, the situation, the overall meaning of the story…?

In context, this quote illustrates the darkness and anger that permeate the speaker. His hatred has encompassed him, and he is unable to see beyond that hatred to the point where he can no longer see himself.

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