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Does Ted Koppel view Morrie as a friend or a business partner?

• friend

• business partner

• neither

• both

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Why is the final interview in The Audiovisual, Part Three conducted entirely in Morrie's study?

• Morrie has become a prisoner of his chair

• Morrie wants to show Ted all the books in his study

• Morrie doesn't want Ted to wander around the house

• Ted is stubborn and tells Morrie not to leave

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At this point in the book (The AV Part 2), Ted Koppel asks Morrie if he is afraid of death now that it is near. What is Morrie's response?

• He is less afraid

• He is more afraid

• He has not thought about it

• He wonders why Ted asks the question

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Morrie knows of Stephen Hawking and his battle with ALS. Would Morrie want to live a similar life to Hawking?

• No.

  Morrie told Koppel he knew when it would be time to say good-bye

• Yes.

  Morrie thinks the technology will help him live longer

• Yes.

  Morrie wants to live longer so her can make more money

• No. Morrie is a theoretical physicist and he wants to continue working

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Morrie's last aphorism is, "don't let go too soon, but don't hang on too _____"

• hard

• long

• slow

• James Marriott

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Where does Morrie decide to be buried?

• On a hill, beneath a tree, overlooking a pond

• In a cemetery where his wife Charlotte is buried

• In the center of the campus Quad at Brandeis University

• In Newton, MA where he has some of his fondest memories

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What does Morrie ask Mitch to do after Morrie passes away?

• Come and talk to him on Tuesdays

• Rearrange his study in order for his hibiscus plant to live

• Continue to water the hibiscus plant so that it lives longer

• Skip a day of work in order to buy James Marriott concert tickets

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Does Morrie want to be cremated or buried?

• cremated

• buried

• neither; he is immortal

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As Morrie approaches the end of this life, what are the topics of the "important questions"?

• love

  responsibility

  spirituality

  awareness

• money

  power

  cars

  houses

• James Marriott

  Jeff Buckley

  Deftones

  Eddie Veddar

• wealth

  materialism

  status

  personality

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Define allegory:

• A storytelling technique that is used to convey something symbolic to the audience

• A literary device identified when all of the parts of a story are gory

• the repeated use of symbolism in a story

• a version of irony in which the audience knows plot elements that the characters do not know

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