Woman at Point Zero Quizzes

Woman at Point Zero Quiz 1

1 Woman at Point Zero was originally written in:
Arabic

Persian

Egyptian

English
2 Why did publishers originally refuse to publish Woman at Point Zero?
Because Saadawi had no money

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

Because it’s written by a woman

Because of its radical content
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.”
Tone

Hyperbole

Imagery

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

The psychiatrist’s colleague

The prison warder

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

Investigative and urgent

Sad and depressing

Frenzied and panicked
7 Why is Firdaus incarcerated?
Adultery

Theft

Murder

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

Self-Worth

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.”
Anthropomorphism

Simile

Imagery

Metaphor
10 What year was Woman at Point Zero originally published?
1972

1931

1975

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?
Another inmate

The Egyptian president

A past love

An Egyptian princess
13 Who writes the appeal to get Firdaus’s sentence commuted?
The prison warder

Firdaus

The psychiatrist

The prison doctor
14 Why is the psychiatrist at the prison?
She came on behalf of the president

She also committed a crime and is being imprisoned

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.”
Anthropomorphism

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Simile
16 What does the psychiatrist compare Firdaus’s eyes to?
A knife

A deep pool

A brick wall

The night sky
17 Why does the warder dislike the psychiatrist?
She’s jealous of the psychiatrist’s relationship to Firdaus

She fears the psychiatrist wants to hurt 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.”
Simile

Hyperbole

Motif

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

A trap

A swing door

A tightly sealed box
20 Which of the following is NOT an emotion the psychiatrist feels when she’s walking to Firdaus’s cell?
Proud

Smug

Happy

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

Introduction

Repetition

Characterization
22 What are Firdaus’s first words to the psychiatrist?
“Sit down on the ground”

“What do you want from me?”

“Close the window”

“Hello, Doctor”
23 What month is it in the novel?
December

January

October

February
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

Psychological thriller

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