Woman at Point Zero Quizzes

Woman at Point Zero Quiz 1

1 Woman at Point Zero was originally written in:
Persian

English

Egyptian

Arabic
2 Why did publishers originally refuse to publish Woman at Point Zero?
Because of its radical content

Because Saadawi didn’t have Firdaus’s consent to write about her

Because it’s written by a woman

Because Saadawi had no money
3 What’s the name of the prison Firdaus is imprisoned in?
Kandahar

Nangarhar

Qanatir

Qasr
4 Which literary element does the following quote BEST represent? “I felt rejected, not only by him, not only by one person amongst the millions that peopled the vast world, but by every living being or thing on earth, by the vast world itself.”
Tone

Hyperbole

Imagery

Characterization
5 Who first tells the psychiatrist about Firdaus?
The prison warder

The psychiatrist’s colleague

The prison doctor

Another prison inmate
6 How could the tone of Chapter One best be described?
Investigative and urgent

Frenzied and panicked

Sad and depressing

Confident and calm
7 Why is Firdaus incarcerated?
Theft

Prostitution

Adultery

Murder
8 What major theme is introduced in Chapter One?
Remembrance and Loss

Self-Worth

Betrayal

Religion
9 Which literary element does the following quote BEST represent? “Compared to her, I was nothing but a small insect crawling upon the land amidst millions of other insects.”
Imagery

Metaphor

Simile

Anthropomorphism
10 What year was Woman at Point Zero originally published?
1931

1975

1972

1956
11 What does “neurosis” mean?
A mental illness that is caused by organic disease

A mental illness that mostly afflicts women

A mental illness that is not caused by organic disease

A mental illness that mostly afflicts men
12 To whom does the psychiatrist compare Firdaus?
The Egyptian president

A past love

An Egyptian princess

Another inmate
13 Who writes the appeal to get Firdaus’s sentence commuted?
The prison doctor

The psychiatrist

The prison warder

Firdaus
14 Why is the psychiatrist at the prison?
She also committed a crime and is being imprisoned

She came on behalf of the president

She is trying to get Firdaus’s sentence commuted

She’s conducting research
15 Which literary element does the following quote BEST represent? “The sound restored me to myself.”
Simile

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Anthropomorphism
16 What does the psychiatrist compare Firdaus’s eyes to?
A brick wall

A deep pool

A knife

The night sky
17 Why does the warder dislike the psychiatrist?
She fears the psychiatrist wants to hurt Firdaus

She knew the psychiatrist when they were both young girls

She distrusts all doctors

She’s jealous of the psychiatrist’s relationship to Firdaus
18 Which literary element does the following quote BEST represent? “A feeling heavier than the weight of the whole earth, as though instead of standing above its surface, I was now lying somewhere beneath it.”
Metaphor

Hyperbole

Simile

Motif
19 What does the psychiatrist compare the prison warder’s mouth to?
A leaky faucet

A tightly sealed box

A swing door

A trap
20 Which of the following is NOT an emotion the psychiatrist feels when she’s walking to Firdaus’s cell?
Elated

Smug

Happy

Proud
21 Which of the following is NOT a literary element used in Chapter One?
Repetition

Introduction

Characterization

Parallelism
22 What are Firdaus’s first words to the psychiatrist?
“Close the window”

“Hello, Doctor”

“What do you want from me?”

“Sit down on the ground”
23 What month is it in the novel?
October

February

December

January
24 Which of the following is NOT something the psychiatrist uses to describe her experiences at the prison?
A dream

Flying

The sea

Insects
25 What genre is Woman at Point Zero?
Historical fiction

Biography

Creative nonfiction

Psychological thriller

Symbolism of money in Woman at Point Zero?

Firdaus’s father gives her a piastre after she begs him and does extra chores. This is the first and only piece of money Firdaus holds in her own two hands until she gets her first ten-pound payment from a john. Firdaus compares the moment she...

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This is only a short answer space so it's difficult to help with the writing process. It is important to first isolate what about the text you are analysing. That becomes your thesis.

State thesis or argument

introduction (main points)

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Woman at Point Zero

by Nawal El Saadawi

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