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

• friend

• business partner

• neither

• both

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

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

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

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

• hard

• long

• slow

• James Marriott

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

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

Does Morrie want to be cremated or buried?

• cremated

• buried

• neither; he is immortal

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

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