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Review for TEWWG

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 33mins

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1.

Read the passage from Chapter 5 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins “Janie soon began to feel the impact ..." and ends "everybody had their say” (pages 46-bottom to page-48-bottom of first paragraph) carefully before you choose your answers.


Question- It can be inferred from the first paragraph that Janie

a)

feels alienated from the townspeople

b)

regards the townspeople disdainfully

c)

mediates between Starks and the community

d)

holds herself to a new standard of responsibility

e)

takes advantage of her position

2.

Read the passage from Chapter 5 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins “Janie soon began to feel the impact ..." and ends "everybody had their say” (pages 46-bottom to page-48-bottom of first paragraph) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: In the second paragraph, the phrase "bow-down” serves to suggest both

a)

Janie's respect for her husband and her growing distance from him

b)

Starks's status in the black community and his lack of it in the white community

c)

the history of black people as slaves and as independent citizens

d)

male dominance in the social hierarchy and women's criticism of it (

e)

Starks's own attitude and the way the townspeople view him

3.

Read the passage from Chapter 6 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins “Ah know uh few things” and ends "a bow to the outside of things” (pages 71-72) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q:In the third paragraph (beginning “Times and scenes”), Janie's thoughts about her

marriage serve to indicate her

a)

desire for revenge against her husband

b)

view of herself as inferior to Joe

c)

inability to overlook her husband's faults

d)

wish for independence from Joe

e)

resentment of Joe' belittlement

4.

Read the passage from Chapter 6 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins “Ah know uh few things” and ends "a bow to the outside of things” (pages 71-72) carefully before you choose your answers.


In context, the phrase "petal-open” in the fifth paragraph suggests

a)

freshness and vitality

b)

tenderness and vulnerability

c)

youth and beauty

d)

flattery and praise

e)

fragility and transience

5.

Passage Read the passage from Chapter 8 which begins “She cried often in the weeks ..." and ends “like some helpless thing seeking shelter” (pages 83-3rd paragraph to 85-top) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: Which of the following is true of the townspeople's attitude toward Janie throughout the passage?

a)

It changes from pity to satisfaction.

b)

It alternates between indifference and disdain

c)

It becomes less hostile

d)

It shifts from respect to suspicion

e)

It transforms into mockery.

6.

Read the passage from Chapter 9 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins “Janie found out very soon” and ends at the end of the chapter (page 90-2nd paragraph to page-93) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: With respect to the other would-be suitors, Ike Green most likely represents a man who...

a)

has more to offer financially

b)

is more sincerely concerned for Janie

c)

is hypocritical

d)

is typical of the group

e)

has known Janie longer

7.

Read the passage from Chapter 9 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins “Janie found out very soon” and ends at the end of the chapter (page 90-2nd paragraph to page-93) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: Janie's attitude toward Hezekiah's imitation of Joe could best be described as one of

a)

derision

b)

indulgence

c)

annoyance

d)

glee

e)

indifference

8.

Read the passage from Chapter 13 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins at the beginning of the chapter and ends "she worried time like a bone" (pages 111-113) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: In the first paragraph, the two sentences which begins "No need for Janie" and end "right from the train" represent...

a)

Janie's hopes for her future

b)

the narrator's hints about what is to come

c)

the content of Tea Cake's letter to Janie

d)

Janie's sense of what others expected of her

e)

an objective record of what occured

9.

Read the passage from Chapter 13 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins at the beginning of the chapter and ends "she worried time like a bone" (pages 111-113) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: In the third paragraph, the train is described primarily by means of...

a)

similie

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

e)

repetition

10.

Read the passage from Chapter 13 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins at the beginning of the chapter and ends "she worried time like a bone" (pages 111-113) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: By describing Pheoby's advice to Janie in the fourth paragraph, the narrator primarily

a)

illustrates Janie's gullibility regarding Tea Cake

b)

emphasizes Pheoby's practical perspective

c)

implies Janie's level of desperation

d)

suggests a conspiracy against Tea Cake

e)

reveals Pheoby's scheming disposition

11.

Read the passage from Chapter 14 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins with "Every day they were pracitising" and ends "went on around those two" (pages 125-127) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: In the fourth paragraph, the sentence "Next month and next year were other times" implies that the people

a)

know time are going to get worse

b)

believe they are spending for the future

c)

spend without considering the future

d)

are optimistic about the future

e)

assume they will always have work

12.

Read the passage from Chapter 18 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins with "Sometime that night the winds came back" and ends "but their eyes were watching God" (pages 150-151) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: In the sentence which begins with "Their decision" (second paragraph), the phrase "as always" emphasizes the "folks" persistent

a)

mistreatment

b)

passivity

c)

misfortune

d)

resolve

e)

foresight

13.

Read the passage from Chapter 18 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins with "Sometime that night the winds came back" and ends "but their eyes were watching God" (pages 150-151) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: In his conversation with Janie, Tea Cake reveals

a)

an inability to empathize with Janie

b)

his lack of confidence in their survival

c)

his feelings of insecurity and guilt

d)

a sense of humor amid difficulty

e)

his past regrets and future fears

14.

Read the passage from Chapter 19 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins with "The white women made a little applause" and ends at the end of the chapter (pages 178-180) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: In the third paragraph the sentence that begins "she had been through" suggests that Janie's testimony has been

a)

boring

b)

disjointed

c)

affecting

d)

passionate

e)

cursory

15.

Read the passage from Chapter 19 of Their Eyes Were Watching God which begins with "The white women made a little applause" and ends at the end of the chapter (pages 178-180) carefully before you choose your answers.


Q: In the context, the sentence "So the sun went down" does all of the following EXCEPT...

a)

characterize Janie's relief at being found innocent

b)

reiterate the author's symbolic use of light

c)

provide a conclusion to the day's events

d)

represent the close of a chapter in Janie's life

e)

suggest that nature empathizes with Janie's sorrow