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

English

Persian

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

Because it’s written by a woman

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

Because Saadawi had no money

Because of its radical content
3 What’s the name of the prison Firdaus is imprisoned in?

Kandahar

Nangarhar

Qasr

Qanatir
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.”

Characterization

Imagery

Hyperbole

Tone
5 Who first tells the psychiatrist about Firdaus?

The prison warder

Another prison inmate

The psychiatrist’s colleague

The prison doctor
6 How could the tone of Chapter One best be described?

Investigative and urgent

Confident and calm

Sad and depressing

Frenzied and panicked
7 Why is Firdaus incarcerated?

Theft

Adultery

Prostitution

Murder
8 What major theme is introduced in Chapter One?

Betrayal

Self-Worth

Remembrance and Loss

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

Simile

Metaphor

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

1975

1931

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

Another inmate

An Egyptian princess

A past love
13 Who writes the appeal to get Firdaus’s sentence commuted?

The prison warder

Firdaus

The prison doctor

The psychiatrist
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?

The night sky

A brick wall

A deep pool

A knife
17 Why does the warder dislike the psychiatrist?

She fears the psychiatrist wants to hurt Firdaus

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

She distrusts all doctors

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

Simile

Metaphor

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

A tightly sealed box

A trap

A leaky faucet

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

Proud

Happy

Elated

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

Characterization

Parallelism

Introduction

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

“Sit down on the ground”

“Close the window”

“Hello, Doctor”

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

October

February

January

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

Insects

A dream

Flying

The sea
25 What genre is Woman at Point Zero?

Psychological thriller

Creative nonfiction

Biography

Historical fiction

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