Cours The Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi
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Question 1

Who is Hanif Kureishi?

An American movie director

A British writer

Hanif Kureishi is a British playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist of South Asian and English descent.

A French artist

Question 2

For which movie was Hanif Kureishi nominated for the Oscar of the Best Screenplay?

My Beautiful Laundrette

Hanif Kureish was nominated for the Oscar of the Best Screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette. It was broadcasted on Channel 4 in 1985.

The Buddha of Suburbia

Dead End

Question 3

When was The Buddha of Suburbia published?

In 1980

In 1990

The Buddha of Suburbia was published in 1990.

In 2000

Question 4

On what is the novel The Buddha of Suburbia based on?

On the other’s own experience

The Buddha of Suburbia is based on the other’s own experience.

On our dying experience

On an epic experience

Question 5

Which award did The Buddha of Suburbia won?

A Nobel

A Goncourt

A Whitbread

The Buddha of Suburbia won the Whitbread Award for a first novel.

Question 6

When and where does the story of The Buddha of Suburbia takes place?

In 1990, in America

In 1980, in France

In 1970, in England

The story narrated in The Buddha of Suburbia takes place in 1970, in England.

Question 7

Who was the English Prime Minister in 1990?

Boris Johnson

Margaret Thatcher

In 1990, the English Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher.

Winston Churchill

Question 8

What is the genre of the novel The Buddha of Suburbia?

The bildungsroman

The novel falls into the literary tradition of the bildungsroman in that it explores the personal development of its protagonist, in this case in relation to issues of ethnic, cultural and sexual identity. Also representative of Teenage Skaz.

A classic novel

A spy novel

Question 9

Who is the narrator of the story?

A 17 year old girl

A 17 year old boy

The narrator of the story is a 17 year old boy. He asks himself several questions any teenager could wonder about and relate to.

A 42 year old man

Question 10

Who wrote the preface of the book and the following quote?

"In the memory, Buddha is a lot about race. In the rereading it’s actually far more concerned with what Karim’s director, Pyke, calls 'the only subject there is in England.'"

Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith wrote the preface of the book and the quote.

Hanif Kureishi 

Harper Lee