Mahasweta Devi: Short Stories Quizzes

Mahasweta Devi: Short Stories Quiz 1 (Breast-Giver)

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1 Jashoda is a "professional ____"

cook

wife

mother

housekeeper
2 Jashoda is known for her

breasts

butt

eyes

hair
3 Jashoda is pregnant ___ times.

15

10

20

30
4 Kangali is injured by a/an

car

bicycle

dog

gun
5 The Haldar householdis said to exist in the ____ century.

17th

16th

20th

19th
6 Who is the first to die?

Haldar

Kangali

Jashoda

Mrs. Haldar
7 Nabin is a/an

landowner

religious leader

pilgrim guide

shopkeeper
8 Jashoda gets a job as a/an

cook

nurse

wet nurse

nanny
9 How is Jashoda viewed while she is a wet nurse?

With hatred

With suspicion

With reverence

With indifference
10 Kangali lives at the temple for

Durga

Vishnu

Shiva

Rama
11 Whose death highly affects Jashoda?

The son-in-law

Haldar

The daughter-in-law

Mrs. Haldar
12 The daughters-in-law can be described as

traditional

pious

modern

educated
13 Jashoda's second position in the household is that of

maid

cook

gardener

nurse
14 How does Kangali act toward Jashoda after she is no longer a wet nurse?

Suspiciously

Rudely

Lovingly

Playfully
15 Where does Jashoda develop cancer?

In the kidney

In the breast

In the ovaries

In the uterus
16 Who blames Jashoda for her cancer getting worse?

The doctor

The youngest son

The eldest son

The eldest daughter-in-law
17 Who is with Jashoda when she dies?

No one

Kangali

The eldest son

The daughter-in-law
18 Jashoda's death is "also the death of _____"

God

her progeny

women

Kangali
19 The Lionseated is

Lakshmi

Durga

Parvati

Saraswati
20 Jashoda is best described as

selfish

long-suffering

charitable

witty
21 The daughters-in-law

respect Jashoda

all move into the Haldar household

do not want a lot of children

are more traditional
22 Kangali becomes a professional

father

shopkeeper

husband

singer
23 The story was written in the

1990s

1950s

1980s

1970s
24 The story is a commentary on

capitalism

religion

art

gender
25 Jashoda is valued for

her art

her mind

her money

her body

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Later he is distressed, remembering how much he loved her. Bhagirath is astonished and frightened that his father talked to a bayen, as doing so is supposed to mean sudden death. He has heard bayens are not human beings and he cannot fathom how he...

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