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White Teeth Quiz 1
1.
What advice does Smith give the reader in the opening quote from E.M. Forster?
Do not underestimate the power of the subconscious mind.
Forget the past in favor of the future.
Pay attention to details.
Read the book once forwards and once backwards.
2.
How does Archie attempt suicide?
By inhaling carbon monoxide.
By choking himself with a vacuum cleaner hose.
He merely contemplates suicide, but does not attempt it.
With the cleaver Mo Hussein-Ishmael uses to kill pigeons.
3.
Why does Archie choose to die on Cricklewood Broadway?
He wants Mo Hussein-Ishmael to be the one to find his body.
He thinks it fitting of his marriage: incongruous and loud.
He thinks it fitting of his life: quiet, urban, and unnoteworthy.
His car runs out of gas there while he is driving to the cinema parking lot.
4.
Why does Mo Hussein-Ishmael save Archie?
Archie is betrothed to his neice.
He is merely enforcing the no-parking rule on his street.
Out of his deep sense of morality.
He is merely trying to ask Archie to help him kill pigeons.
5.
What spurred Archie's suicide attempt?
His first wife, Ophelia, left him.
He lost his job.
His in-laws ridiculed him to the point of despair.
He could no longer bear memories of the War.
6.
What is wrong with Ophelia?
She is mentally unsound.
She is unfaithful.
She cannot bear children.
She refuses to consummate her marriage.
7.
What is Archie's job at MorganHero?
He designs the way in which things should be folded.
He manages the affiliated Indian restaurant.
He designs press releases for postage stamps.
He manages door-to-door Hoover vacuum sales.
8.
Which of the following does not apply to Horst Ibelgaufts?
He is a gynecologist.
He is Ophelia's former lover.
He tied Archie at the 1948 London Olympics.
He is Swedish.
9.
Why does Archie like track cycling?
The athlete can improve with each lap.
It is the only thing that has ever given him true joy.
The athlete is pitted against only himself.
It allows him to remain seated.
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 always came in thirteenth, no matter what.
He consistently improved each lap by .01 seconds.
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