Question 1

'A Bend in the River' was published in

Accepted Answer

A) 1979 
B) 1980 
C) 1981 
D) 1982 
A) 1979 
B) 1980 
C) 1981 
D) 1982 A

Question 2

What ethnicity was Soraya?

Accepted Answer

A) Muslim 
B) Afrikaner 
C) Dutch 
D) British 
A) Muslim 
B) Afrikaner 
C) Dutch 
D) British A

Question 3

Who is the 'big man' in the novel, A Bend in the River?

Accepted Answer

A) Raymond 
B) Nazruddin 
C) The President 
D) Théotime 
A) Raymond 
B) Nazruddin 
C) The President 
D) Théotime C

Question 4

Reading some of Raymond's articles, what does Salim conclude?

Accepted Answer

A) That Raymond will win the Nobel Prize for literature 
B) That Raymond's book will be a best seller 
C) That Raymond is a genius as a writer 
D) That Raymond had never visited the places he wrote about 
A) That Raymond will win the Nobel Prize for literature 
B) That Raymond's book will be a best seller 
C) That Raymond is a genius as a writer 
D) That Raymond had never visited the places he wrote about

Question 5

Why does Salim think Yvette married the much older Raymond?

Accepted Answer

A) She must have had an unhappy homelife. 
B) She must have been very lonely. 
C) She must have thought he was extraordinary. 
D) She must have thought he would be rich. 
A) She must have had an unhappy homelife. 
B) She must have been very lonely. 
C) She must have thought he was extraordinary. 
D) She must have thought he would be rich.

Question 6

What is the difference between Salim and Indar as they walk to the river after the party?

Accepted Answer

A) Indar sees the beauty of the place while Salim sees only garbage. 
B) Salim is confused, but Indar is sure of himself. 
C) Indar wants to meditate but Salim wants to talk. 
D) Salim is exhilarated by the evening but Indar is edgy. 
A) Indar sees the beauty of the place while Salim sees only garbage. 
B) Salim is confused, but Indar is sure of himself. 
C) Indar wants to meditate but Salim wants to talk. 
D) Salim is exhilarated by the evening but Indar is edgy.

Question 7

Why does Metty inform on Salim's black market activities?

Accepted Answer

A) Because Salim refused him money to leave the town 
B) Because Salim takes Theo's side againt him 
C) Because Metty has always hated Salim 
D) Because Salim did not bring back presents from Europe 
A) Because Salim refused him money to leave the town 
B) Because Salim takes Theo's side againt him 
C) Because Metty has always hated Salim 
D) Because Salim did not bring back presents from Europe

Question 8

What amazes Salim about Raymond?

Accepted Answer

A) He does not seem to love Yvette. 
B) He has no ambition to leave the country. 
C) He works on plans to overthrow the President. 
D) His position with the President is shaky but he remains loyal. 
A) He does not seem to love Yvette. 
B) He has no ambition to leave the country. 
C) He works on plans to overthrow the President. 
D) His position with the President is shaky but he remains loyal.

Question 9

What does the President in A Bend in the River do at a ruined suburb?

Accepted Answer

A) He builds a large complex. 
B) He builds a shoe factory. 
C) He builds a new barracks for his army. 
D) He levels it and makes a park. 
A) He builds a large complex. 
B) He builds a shoe factory. 
C) He builds a new barracks for his army. 
D) He levels it and makes a park.

Question 10

What has become of Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter whom Salim feared he might have to marry?

Accepted Answer

A) Kareisha has left the family and moved to America. 
B) Kareisha is married to a British man and has four children. 
C) Kareisha has gone to India and will marry a doctor. 
D) Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter, has become a pharmacist. 
A) Kareisha has left the family and moved to America. 
B) Kareisha is married to a British man and has four children. 
C) Kareisha has gone to India and will marry a doctor. 
D) Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter, has become a pharmacist.

Question 11

Why do people like to go to the Bigburger in A Bend in the River?

Accepted Answer

A) Mahesh has young girls working there. 
B) They develop a taste for French fried potatoes. 
C) To get inside an air conditioned building where they do not smell the garbage. 
D) There is no place else to go. 
A) Mahesh has young girls working there. 
B) They develop a taste for French fried potatoes. 
C) To get inside an air conditioned building where they do not smell the garbage. 
D) There is no place else to go.

Question 12

Why is Salim released from detention to fly back to his home?

Accepted Answer

A) His papers are all in order. 
B) He will be interrogated when he gets back to the town. 
C) Ferdinand comes to his rescue. 
D) The official keeping Salim has held up the flight and gets reprimanded. 
A) His papers are all in order. 
B) He will be interrogated when he gets back to the town. 
C) Ferdinand comes to his rescue. 
D) The official keeping Salim has held up the flight and gets reprimanded.

Question 13

Salim, starts narrating a story in the interior of an unnamed African country of what river?

Accepted Answer

A) The bend of the long river 
B) The bend of the dead river 
C) The bend of the great river 
D) The bend of the black river 
A) The bend of the long river 
B) The bend of the dead river 
C) The bend of the great river 
D) The bend of the black river

Question 14

Salim has a love affair with a women named

Accepted Answer

A) Annie. 
B) Yvette 
C) Florence 
D) Isabella 
A) Annie. 
B) Yvette 
C) Florence 
D) Isabella

Question 15

What is the name of the British Colonial policy Winterbottom is tasked with enforcing?

Accepted Answer

A) Direct Rule 
B) Development 
C) Indirect Rule 
D) Protectorship 
A) Direct Rule 
B) Development 
C) Indirect Rule 
D) Protectorship

Question 16

Why does Salim feel sorry for the president after returning from Europe

Accepted Answer

A) The President was attacked by the media in Europe 
B) He knows the future he has seen in Europe could not compare to the President's promise for Africa 
C) Salim likes the President and does not want to see him suffer 
D) The President was not as good a leader as the one in Europe. 
A) The President was attacked by the media in Europe 
B) He knows the future he has seen in Europe could not compare to the President's promise for Africa 
C) Salim likes the President and does not want to see him suffer 
D) The President was not as good a leader as the one in Europe.

Question 17

'A Bend in the River' is set in post-colonial

Accepted Answer

A) Europe 
B) America 
C) Africa 
D) None of the above 
A) Europe 
B) America 
C) Africa 
D) None of the above

Question 18

What confidence does Indar impart to Salim?

Accepted Answer

A) The Domain is about to become an officer training school for the army. 
B) The Domain is going to close for lack of funds. 
C) The President is going to replace Raymond at the Domain. 
D) The President is going his own way and no longer needs Raymond's help. 
A) The Domain is about to become an officer training school for the army. 
B) The Domain is going to close for lack of funds. 
C) The President is going to replace Raymond at the Domain. 
D) The President is going his own way and no longer needs Raymond's help.

Question 19

Salim is both the protagonist and the first-person

Accepted Answer

A) Business-man 
B) Hero 
C) President 
D) Narrator 
A) Business-man 
B) Hero 
C) President 
D) Narrator

Question 20

What is Indar doing in the town?

Accepted Answer

A) He is just passing through. 
B) He has decided to follow Salim's example. 
C) He is taking over the lycee. 
D) He is a guest lecturer at the Domain. 
A) He is just passing through. 
B) He has decided to follow Salim's example. 
C) He is taking over the lycee. 
D) He is a guest lecturer at the Domain.

'A Bend in the River' was published in

What ethnicity was Soraya?

Who is the 'big man' in the novel, A Bend in the River?

Reading some of Raymond's articles, what does Salim conclude?

Why does Salim think Yvette married the much older Raymond?

What is the difference between Salim and Indar as they walk to the river after the party?

Why does Metty inform on Salim's black market activities?

What amazes Salim about Raymond?

What does the President in A Bend in the River do at a ruined suburb?

What has become of Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter whom Salim feared he might have to marry?

Why do people like to go to the Bigburger in A Bend in the River?

Why is Salim released from detention to fly back to his home?

Salim, starts narrating a story in the interior of an unnamed African country of what river?

Salim has a love affair with a women named

What is the name of the British Colonial policy Winterbottom is tasked with enforcing?

Why does Salim feel sorry for the president after returning from Europe

'A Bend in the River' is set in post-colonial

What confidence does Indar impart to Salim?

Salim is both the protagonist and the first-person

What is Indar doing in the town?

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Exam 1: Bend in the river - V.S.Naipaul

'A Bend in the River' was published in

What ethnicity was Soraya?

Who is the 'big man' in the novel, A Bend in the River?

Reading some of Raymond's articles, what does Salim conclude?

Why does Salim think Yvette married the much older Raymond?

What is the difference between Salim and Indar as they walk to the river after the party?

Why does Metty inform on Salim's black market activities?

What amazes Salim about Raymond?

What does the President in A Bend in the River do at a ruined suburb?

What has become of Kareisha, Nazruddin's daughter whom Salim feared he might have to marry?

Why do people like to go to the Bigburger in A Bend in the River?

Why is Salim released from detention to fly back to his home?

Salim, starts narrating a story in the interior of an unnamed African country of what river?

Salim has a love affair with a women named

What is the name of the British Colonial policy Winterbottom is tasked with enforcing?

Why does Salim feel sorry for the president after returning from Europe

'A Bend in the River' is set in post-colonial

What confidence does Indar impart to Salim?

Salim is both the protagonist and the first-person

What is Indar doing in the town?

Arrow of God - Chinua Achebe

Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton

The Vivisector - Patrick White

Disgrace - John Maxwell Coetzee

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