Tuesdays with Morrie Part One QUIZ

What genre of novel is Tuesdays with Morrie?

• Memoir

• Autobiography

• Classical

• Fictional

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Morrie suffers from this neurological terminal disease:

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

• multiple sclerosis (MS)

• primary lateral sclerosis (PLS)

• tuberous sclerosis (TBS)

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What is Mitch's professional career?

• pianist

• journalist

• professor

• student

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What event in Mitch's life ultimately led him to his regular visits with Morrie on Tuesdays?

• The union at his work was on strike.

• His organization fired him.

• The union made him work from home.

• His organization no longer existed.

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What is Mitch's overall attitude toward being open about one's feelings and emotions?

• He likes to embrace his feelings completely.

• He likes to pretend they don't exist and bottle them up.

• He likes to share his feelings but only with those who he trusts.

• He likes to keep his feelings to himself because he doesn't trust anyone.

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Which of the following is NOT a subject Mitch puts on his list of things he wants to ask Morrie about?

• Death

• Society

• Marriage

• Money

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What ritual does Mitch like to uphold when he visits Morrie at his house each Tuesday?

• Bringing Morrie flowers

• Bringing Morrie food

• Bringing Morrie newspapers

• Bringing Morrie CDs to listen to

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Morrie mentions he uses this strategy to get through his self-pity:

• He cries to let out his emotions and then focuses on the positive in his life.

• He buries his emotions completely until he is alone at night and cries.

• He ignores his negative emotions completely and only focuses on the positive.

• He cries throughout the day when he is feeling sorry for himself.

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During the second interview with Ted Koppel, Morrie surprises Ted by weeping over an event that happened 70 years prior. What event was it?

• the death of his mother

• the death of his brother

• the death of thousands in the wars

• the death of his family members in Russia

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What is one thing throughout the first 100 pages that you have learned or that will stick with you?

(This can be advice, words to live by, a different perspective on life, etc. Be specific!)

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