White Teeth Quizzes

White Teeth Quiz 1

1 What advice does Smith give the reader in the opening quote from E.M. Forster?
Pay attention to details.

Do not underestimate the power of the subconscious mind.

Read the book once forwards and once backwards.

Forget the past in favor of the future.
2 How does Archie attempt suicide?
By inhaling carbon monoxide.

With the cleaver Mo Hussein-Ishmael uses to kill pigeons.

He merely contemplates suicide, but does not attempt it.

By choking himself with a vacuum cleaner hose.
3 Why does Archie choose to die on Cricklewood Broadway?
His car runs out of gas there while he is driving to the cinema parking lot.

He thinks it fitting of his marriage: incongruous and loud.

He thinks it fitting of his life: quiet, urban, and unnoteworthy.

He wants Mo Hussein-Ishmael to be the one to find his body.
4 Why does Mo Hussein-Ishmael save Archie?
He is merely trying to ask Archie to help him kill pigeons.

He is merely enforcing the no-parking rule on his street.

Out of his deep sense of morality.

Archie is betrothed to his neice.
5 What spurred Archie's suicide attempt?
He lost his job.

He could no longer bear memories of the War.

His in-laws ridiculed him to the point of despair.

His first wife, Ophelia, left him.
6 What is wrong with Ophelia?
She is mentally unsound.

She is unfaithful.

She refuses to consummate her marriage.

She cannot bear children.
7 What is Archie's job at MorganHero?
He manages door-to-door Hoover vacuum sales.

He designs the way in which things should be folded.

He designs press releases for postage stamps.

He manages the affiliated Indian restaurant.
8 Which of the following does not apply to Horst Ibelgaufts?
He is a gynecologist.

He is Swedish.

He is Ophelia's former lover.

He tied Archie at the 1948 London Olympics.
9 Why does Archie like track cycling?
It allows him to remain seated.

The athlete can improve with each lap.

The athlete is pitted against only himself.

It is the only thing that has ever given him true joy.
10 What is Archie's unique talent in cycling?
He got precisely the same time on every lap.

He developed a one-of-a-kind folding bicycle.

He consistently improved each lap by .01 seconds.

He always came in thirteenth, no matter what.
11 Of whom does Archie last think before passing out in his car?
His future second wife, Clara Bowden.

Daria, the prostitute with whom he slept after the Olympics.

His best friend, Samad Iqbal.

His old cycling buddy, Horst Ibelgaufts.
12 Samad becomes a "parent-governer." What does that mean?
He is very involved in his children's education.

He is chairman of the school governer's meetings.

He keeps very strict rules in his household.

He no longer has to work in the restaurant.
13 Why is Samad against the Harvest Festival?
It occurs on a fast day, so his sons cannot join in.

He wants it replaced by a Hindu holiday.

He wants it replaced by a Muslim holiday.

It is pagan.
14 What does Poppy tell Samad she supports?
His introducing Indian music to her pupils.

His strict parenting.

His motion against the Harvest Festival.

His prioritization of Magid over Millat.
15 Why does Samad feel guilty when he is talking to Poppy?
Alsana is waiting in the parking lot.

He knows she fancies him.

He gets an erection.

He thinks she is ugly.
16 What does Samad do to try to make his erection subside?
He repeats his favorite sayings in his head.

He recites passages from the Qu'ran.

He brings Archie into the conversation.

He thinks of Alsana.
17 What saying does Samad use to justify masturbation?
"To the pure all things are pure."

"Can't say fairer than that..."

"All work and no play make Jack a dull boy."

"Spare the rod, spoil the child."
18 What saying does Samad use to justify exchanging masturbation for drink?
"To the pure all things are pure."

"The early bird gets the worm."

"Can't say fairer than that..."

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
19 According to Shiva, why don't relationships with English women work out?
English women expect too many material things.

Historical and cultural differences.

English women are accustomed to asexual Englishmen.

English women are all liars.
20 Why does Samad offer to drive the children to school?
To be closer to Poppy.

Because he misses them.

To see to their education personally.

To stop the budding romance between Magid and Irie.
21 Why do Magid and Irie take a vow of silence?
In remembrance of Indira Gandhi.

In protest of the shortening of summer vacation.

Because they hate Music class with Poppy.

In protest of the Harvest Festival's demise.
22 What did Magid do in order to defy his parents?
Brought cornucopias to school for the Harvest Festival.

Made his friends call him Mark Smith.

Spoke openly against them at a school governer's meeting.

Promised himself in marriage to Irie.
23 What does Samad do in Poppy's office?
Declares his love for her.

Renounces his love for Alsana.

Kisses her.

Masturbates.
24 Why do the children visit J.P. Hamilton?
As charity in honor of the Harvest Festival.

As community service for their demerits at school.

He is an old friend of Archie's from the Olympics.

As charity on behalf of Irie's church.
25 On what does J.P. Hamilton lecture the children?
The Second Coming of Christ.

The dangers of living in his neighborhood.

The importance of caring for their teeth.

The ravages of war.

In Patois, Irie means "Ok, cool, peaceful."

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Samad Miah Iqbal: Bangladesh

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