Untouchable Quizzes

Untouchable Quiz 1

1 What is the name of Bakha’s town?
Pune

Calcutta

Bulashah

Peshawar
2 What are “Tommies”?
Indian soldiers

British hockey players

British women

British private soldiers
3 Why is Bakha enamored with the Tommies?
He was treated well when he worked for them.

He has received money and food from them.

He is impressed by their military prowess.

He loves their clothes.
4 Who successfully gets Bakha to wake up completely?
Charat Singh

Lakha

Ramanand

Sohini
5 Charat Singh’s behavior towards Bakha can best be described as ___.
petulant

kind

condescending

malicious
6 Why does Bakha love European clothing?
He thinks wearing it makes him a sahib too.

It is more affordable than Indian clothing.

He is too tall for most Indian clothing.

He thinks it helps to disguise his untouchablility.
7 The different clothing of the Indian men best illustrates which theme?
Religion

Cyclical oppression

Class struggle

You are what you wear
8 What does “Kala admi zamin par hagne wala” mean?
“Black man, you who live in squalor.”

“Black man, you who relieve yourself on the ground.”

“Black man, you who squat in the road.”

“Black man, you who lives amongst the dirt and animals.”
9 What literary element is illustrated in the following passage? “The burning flame seemed to ally itself with him. It seemed to give him a sense of power, the power to destroy. It seemed to infuse into him a masterful instinct somewhat akin to sacrifice. It seemed as if burning or destruction was for him a form of physical culture.”
Repetition

Parallelism

Structure

Alliteration
10 Which is NOT a reason the outcastes cannot get their own water?
The high castes think the outcastes would pollute the nearby stream.

The high castes think the outcastes would pollute the public well.

The caste system forbids them from doing manual labor for their own gain.

The outcastes cannot afford to have their own well built.
11 Why does Gulabo hate Sohini?
Sohini broke her son’s heart.

Sohini is always rude to her.

Sohini is higher than her in the class hierarchy.

She’s jealous of Sohini’s beauty.
12 Which is NOT an adjective used to describe Sohini?
Resilient

Patient

Beautiful

Peaceful
13 Who is Waziro?
Chota’s mother

The weaver’s wife

The leather maker’s wife

Gulabo’s sister
14 Gulabo’s explosive anger at Sohini is an example of ___.
tone

paradox

understatement

hyperbole
15 In the face of Gulabo’s anger, Sohini ___.
snaps back at the woman.

asks the woman to leave her alone.

cries and asks for help.

cowers in fear.
16 Who helps Sohini fill her water bucket?
A priest of the town temple

A sepoy

A Hindu water-carrier

A sahib
17 How does Lachman greet Pundit Kali Nath?
Bowing to him

Saying “Jay deva” to him

Asking him for a blessing

Ignoring him
18 What does Lakha call his daughter when she returns home?
A bitch of a sweeper woman

A whore

A daughter of a pig

An ungrateful child
19 Which word best describes Lakha calling his children the offspring of animals?
Paradoxical

Hypocritical

Comedic

Ironic
20 Why does Lakha bully his children?
Because he blames them for his wife’s death

To keep them in line

To preserve his authority

Because they treat him poorly
21 What illness does Lakha fake to get out of his sweeper duties?
A sore knee

A pain in his side

Difficulty breathing

A terrible cold
22 Where does Lakha tell Bakha to clean today?
The outskirts of Bulashah

The temple courtyard

The latrines

The house of a Brahmin
23 What do Lakha and Gulabo have in common?
Their laziness

Their hypocrisy

Their caste level

Their use of violent language
24 The dependence of the outcastes on the high castes for water is an example of which two themes?
Charity and the Untouchable’s burden

Cyclical oppression and Religion

Cyclical oppression and Charity

Charity and Religion
25 Which quote is an example of personification?
"... for Fate to ordain that he had time.”

“But I haven’t done anything to annoy her.”

“…came his father’s voice, sure as a bullet to its target. ”

“The clear-cut styles of European dress had impressed his naïve mind.”

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On which day does the novel takes place?

Tuesday... this is revealed on pg. 72 of the text.

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Bahak Carktar

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Untouchable

by Mulk Raj Anand

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