Woman at Point Zero Quizzes

Woman at Point Zero Quiz 1

By Amber Stewart · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed June 12, 2019

1 Woman at Point Zero was originally written in:

Egyptian

Persian

Arabic

English
2 Why did publishers originally refuse to publish Woman at Point Zero?

Because it’s written by a woman

Because Saadawi had no money

Because of its radical content

Because Saadawi didn’t have Firdaus’s consent to write about her
3 What’s the name of the prison Firdaus is imprisoned in?

Nangarhar

Qanatir

Qasr

Kandahar
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.”

Imagery

Hyperbole

Tone

Characterization
5 Who first tells the psychiatrist about Firdaus?

Another prison inmate

The prison doctor

The prison warder

The psychiatrist’s colleague
6 How could the tone of Chapter One best be described?

Confident and calm

Frenzied and panicked

Sad and depressing

Investigative and urgent
7 Why is Firdaus incarcerated?

Theft

Murder

Prostitution

Adultery
8 What major theme is introduced in Chapter One?

Self-Worth

Remembrance and Loss

Religion

Betrayal
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.”

Simile

Metaphor

Imagery

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

1931

1975

1956

1972
11 What does “neurosis” mean?

A mental illness that mostly afflicts women

A mental illness that is caused by organic disease

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?

A past love

Another inmate

An Egyptian princess

The Egyptian president
13 Who writes the appeal to get Firdaus’s sentence commuted?

The prison doctor

The prison warder

Firdaus

The psychiatrist
14 Why is the psychiatrist at the prison?

She is trying to get Firdaus’s sentence commuted

She came on behalf of the president

She’s conducting research

She also committed a crime and is being imprisoned
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 deep pool

A knife

A brick wall

The night sky
17 Why does the warder dislike the psychiatrist?

She distrusts all doctors

She fears the psychiatrist wants to hurt Firdaus

She’s jealous of the psychiatrist’s relationship to Firdaus

She knew the psychiatrist when they were both young girls
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.”

Hyperbole

Motif

Metaphor

Simile
19 What does the psychiatrist compare the prison warder’s mouth to?

A tightly sealed box

A leaky faucet

A trap

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

Elated

Happy

Smug

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

Introduction

Parallelism

Repetition

Characterization
22 What are Firdaus’s first words to the psychiatrist?

“Close the window”

“Hello, Doctor”

“Sit down on the ground”

“What do you want from me?”
23 What month is it in the novel?

October

January

December

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

A dream

The sea

Insects

Flying
25 What genre is Woman at Point Zero?

Creative nonfiction

Biography

Psychological thriller

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