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Question 1
Who is Hanif Kureishi?
An American movie director
A British writer
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
Hanif Kureishi is a British playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist of South Asian and English descent.