Shame Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Shame Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Omar become after starting to attend the school?

2. What is the most prominent decoration in Eduardo Rodrigues' room?

3. What about Omar makes Farah incapable of returning his love?

4. How long after leaving Q for Karachi is Omar's brother born?

5. Who is the Chief Minister in the region of Q when Raza Hyder first arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the important nuances of the word "sharam" that are not carried over into the English "shame"?

2. What are the lasting effects of Omar's birthday request upon his mothers?

3. What is guaranteed to the Shakil sisters by the installation of their dumb-waiter?

4. How does Raza Hyder describe his courtship of Bilquis?

5. What theory does the author propose regarding the mysterious pregnancy of the sisters?

6. Why does the narrator appropriate the story of his friend, the poet?

7. According to the opinion of the narrator, why does Eduardo deem that Omar must study to be a doctor?

8. How is Omar initially greeted upon his exiting Nishapur?

9. What are the circumstances surrounding the death of Mistri Yakoob Balloch?

10. Why is Raza Hyder sent to the Needle Valley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a prominent female figure, Bilquis Hyder, always first hand to experience instability, reveals much about the position of women in Pakistani society as it is portrayed in Shame. How do the various positions into which Bilquis is put and the various attitudes she adopts throughout her life demonstrate the role of Pakistani women? What is significant about her physical appearance? What is significant about the manner in which she clothes herself throughout the story? What is significant about the inverted manner in which she is gradually clothed throughout her married life? What is her overall significance to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the story, there are many actions and sorts of behaviors that ought to cause shame in their actors and do cause shame in Sufiya Zinobia. These causes are usually not explicitly named as such. Thus, in a carefully developed analytical essay, present the primary causes of shame throughout the story and explain their significance to the major themes of the story:

1) Political instability;

2) The oppression of women;

3) Ignoring emotions and its consequences.

Essay Topic 3

Compose an insightful essay on the character of Raza Hyder. As one of the principal protagonists of the story's events, what is Raza's overall significance to the story and its main themes? What are his primary character traits and in what actions do they show themselves? Does he in any way change over the course of the story? How do the other characters think of him and act towards him throughout the story? In what ways does he represent universal human nature? Is his character one of virtue? If so, in what ways, and if not, in what ways?

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