Tuesdays with Morrie Quiz 2 Review

What is the most important thing in life to Morrie?

• Rising to the top of his career

• His community

• Being able to retire

• Leaving his family with financial security

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Food, like movement, used to be a positive symbol of community in Morrie's life. As his disease has progressed, why does food now have a negative connotation?

• Morrie can no longer eat solid foods.

• Mitch keeps bringing food that Morrie doesn’t like.

• Morrie has developed multiple new food allergies.

• Charlotte doesn’t have time to cook the food on top of caring for Morrie.

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What does Morrie think that society brainwashes people about?

• Morrie thinks that society brainwashes people to fear true love.

• Morrie thinks that society brainwashes people to think that working isn’t important.

• Morrie thinks that society brainwashes people to trust anyone.

• Morrie thinks that society brainwashes people to want more material things in life.

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What statement does Morrie decide he wants on his tombstone?

• A teacher and mentor to all

• A family man through the end

• A teacher to the last

• In love and life lessons

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Why does Morrie insist on appearing on “Nightline” despite his disapproval of the media and their insensitivity towards his condition in his final days?

• Mitch confided in Morrie that Morrie’s appearance on the show would help Mitch get a promotion at work.

• “Nightline” offered to pay for Morrie’s medical bills if he did the show.

• “Nightline” offered Morrie’s family one million dollars if Morrie did the show.

• Morrie needs “Nightline” for their audience so he can send his message to millions of people.

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What is an aphorism?

• a short clever saying that is intended to express a general truth

• the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

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Morrie says, "When you’re in bed, you’re dead" (131). What is the context/meaning behind this quote? What does it tell us about the person who said it?

• Morrie associates life with movement, so if he is no longer getting out of bed each day, he considers himself to be dead.

• Morrie thinks sleeping is the most important part of life.

• Morrie is afraid of going to bed at night.

• Morrie enjoys spending most of his time resting.

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Morrie says, "Love each other or parish." What is the context/meaning behind this quote?

• Morrie associates life with movement, so if he is no longer getting out of bed each day, he considers himself to be dead.

• Morrie is talking about the importance of family love and support in sickness and in health.

• Morrie is afraid of going to bed at night.

• Morrie enjoys spending most of his time resting.

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Mitch says, “I had this vision of me kneeling over at my desk one day, halfway through a story, my editors snatching the copy even as the medics carried my body away” (64). What is the context/meaning behind this quote?

• Mitch means that if he died, he would be replaceable at work.

• Mitch dislikes his job and wants to quit.

• Mitch is indifferent about his career.

• Mitch is planning to change his profession soon.

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Mitch says, “Learn how to die and you learn how to live” (64). What is the context/meaning behind this quote?

• Morrie is explaining that once you know that you are dying and come to terms with it, you can finally learn how to live.

• Morrie thinks that you learn how to live after death.

• Morrie thinks that you must be reincarnated to have a good life.

• Morrie thinks that dying has nothing to do with living happily.

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