Untouchable Quizzes

Untouchable Quiz 1

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

Bulashah

Peshawar

Pune
2 What are “Tommies”?
British hockey players

British women

British private soldiers

Indian soldiers
3 Why is Bakha enamored with the Tommies?
He loves their clothes.

He is impressed by their military prowess.

He was treated well when he worked for them.

He has received money and food from them.
4 Who successfully gets Bakha to wake up completely?
Lakha

Sohini

Charat Singh

Ramanand
5 Charat Singh’s behavior towards Bakha can best be described as ___.
malicious

kind

condescending

petulant
6 Why does Bakha love European clothing?
He thinks it helps to disguise his untouchablility.

He thinks wearing it makes him a sahib too.

He is too tall for most Indian clothing.

It is more affordable than Indian clothing.
7 The different clothing of the Indian men best illustrates which theme?
Class struggle

You are what you wear

Religion

Cyclical oppression
8 What does “Kala admi zamin par hagne wala” mean?
“Black man, you who lives amongst the dirt and animals.”

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

“Black man, you who live in squalor.”

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

Structure

Parallelism

Alliteration
10 Which is NOT a reason the outcastes cannot get their own water?
The caste system forbids them from doing manual labor for their own gain.

The outcastes cannot afford to have their own well built.

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

The high castes think the outcastes would pollute the nearby stream.
11 Why does Gulabo hate Sohini?
Sohini is always rude to her.

She’s jealous of Sohini’s beauty.

Sohini is higher than her in the class hierarchy.

Sohini broke her son’s heart.
12 Which is NOT an adjective used to describe Sohini?
Peaceful

Patient

Beautiful

Resilient
13 Who is Waziro?
Gulabo’s sister

Chota’s mother

The leather maker’s wife

The weaver’s wife
14 Gulabo’s explosive anger at Sohini is an example of ___.
understatement

tone

paradox

hyperbole
15 In the face of Gulabo’s anger, Sohini ___.
cowers in fear.

snaps back at the woman.

cries and asks for help.

asks the woman to leave her alone.
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?
Saying “Jay deva” to him

Ignoring him

Asking him for a blessing

Bowing to him
18 What does Lakha call his daughter when she returns home?
A whore

A daughter of a pig

An ungrateful child

A bitch of a sweeper woman
19 Which word best describes Lakha calling his children the offspring of animals?
Comedic

Paradoxical

Hypocritical

Ironic
20 Why does Lakha bully his children?
To preserve his authority

To keep them in line

Because he blames them for his wife’s death

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

A terrible cold

A sore knee

Difficulty breathing
22 Where does Lakha tell Bakha to clean today?
The outskirts of Bulashah

The house of a Brahmin

The latrines

The temple courtyard
23 What do Lakha and Gulabo have in common?
Their caste level

Their laziness

Their use of violent language

Their hypocrisy
24 The dependence of the outcastes on the high castes for water is an example of which two themes?
Cyclical oppression and Religion

Charity and the Untouchable’s burden

Charity and Religion

Cyclical oppression and Charity
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.”

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

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

I'm not sure he is the ideal son. His position as an untouchable has resulted in high levels of self-deprecation and depression. Bakha can be judgmental and at times helps perpetuate the very system that keeps him oppressed. Paradoxically, he...

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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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