WorksheetsTuesdays with Morrie final quiz
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 32mins
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Class
Date
1.
Finish Morrie's quote: "Our culture..."
a)
Does not make people feel good about themselves
b)
is the only things that matters
c)
is full of good examples
d)
should be out moral compass
2.
Morrie knew that he would die from _____ as part of the ALS.
a)
cancer
b)
suffocation
c)
a heart attack
d)
falling
3.
Which religious term best describes Morrie's belief system?
a)
Athiest
b)
Buddhist
c)
a Religious Mutt
d)
Catholic
4.
Morrie performs something called the "lung test" to determine....
a)
how long a person can hold his breath
b)
if you are a good singer or not
c)
how long you will live
d)
how much lung capacity you have left
5.
According to Morrie, the _______ is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you know you should do something else. Kind of like a wrestling match.
a)
tension of opposites
b)
tug-o-war
c)
life battle
d)
conflicts of the ages
6.
Why is Mitch able to visit Morrie EVERY TUESDAY?
a)
He quit his job
b)
His boss is very understanding
c)
His newspaper went on strike
d)
He is unemployed
7.
Morrie decides to make death his "final project" because...
a)
he wants to show that even though he is dying, he is not useless
b)
his wife is making him
c)
he feels guilty about all of the bad things he has done in his life
d)
Mitch is paying him to do it
8.
Morrie says that self-pity...
a)
it okay, but then you gotta DETACH and let it go
b)
is for the weak
c)
is something he never shows
d)
all of the above
9.
In order to get meaning into your live, you must devote yourself to all of the following EXCEPT ______________.
a)
your community
b)
loving others
c)
something that gives you purpose and meaning
d)
the culture
10.
Finish the aphorism: Don't assume it's too late...
a)
to get involved
b)
to start over
c)
to try again
d)
to meet a friend
11.
Finish the aphorism: Love is how you stay alive...
a)
for a year
b)
for a little while
c)
even after you're done
d)
after death
12.
Finish the aphorism: There is no such thing as...
a)
a free lunch
b)
too late in life
c)
starting over
d)
revenge
13.
Finish the aphorism: Don't cling to things...
a)
because everything is impermanent
b)
because soon enough you gotta let go
c)
because it is a slippery slope
d)
if you know what is good for you
14.
Finish the aphorism: The most important thing in life is to....
a)
learn how to give out love and let it come in.
b)
make money
c)
get married
d)
love each other
15.
Finish the aphorism: If you accept you are going to die...
a)
Then you might not be as ambitious as you are.
b)
Then you will be at peace.
c)
Then you can let go.
d)
You will be happier.
16.
Finish the aphorism: Death ends a life....
a)
not a relationship.
b)
and that's the truth.
c)
and it sucks.
d)
forever and ever amen.
17.
Name the literary device: ...and the countless cups of coffee I drank to get through it-- I closed my computer, cleaned out my cubicle, and went back to the apartment…
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
characterization
18.
Name the literary device: The room was dark and hot, windows covered with filth, the machines were packed tightly together.
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
19.
Name the literary device: Without love, we are birds with broken wings.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
20.
Name the literary device: and his mind was vibrating with a million thoughts.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
21.
Name the literary device: .Unable to move, like a prisoner in leg irons.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
22.
Name the literary device: He has sparkling blue-green eyes, thinning silver hair that spills onto his forehead, big ears, a triangular nose, and tufts of graying eyebrows.
a)
characterization
b)
hyperbole
c)
alliteration
d)
simile
23.
Name the literary device: "And I suppose tapes, like photographs and videos, are a desperate attempt to steal something from death's suitcase."
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
24.
Name the literary device: ALS is like a lit candle.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopoeia
25.
Name the literary device: Morrie would walk that final bridge between life and death and narrate the trip.
a)
metaphor
b)
characterization
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
26.
Name the literary device: ...The union leaders swore, sounding like soldiers.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
imagery
27.
Finish the aphorism: Sometimes you can’t believe what you see...
a)
You have to believe what you feel.
b)
Ya gotta have faith.
c)
You gotta sense it.
d)
You have to trust in others.
28.
Name the literary device: Sometimes you could hear a passing truck or a whip of the wind.
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
29.
Why doesn't Morrie worry about being forgotten?
a)
He has been involved with so many people in close and special relationships.
b)
Because he doesn't care what people think of him.
c)
Because people told him they won't forget him.
d)
Because he knows that he can visit the people he left behind, in ghost form.
30.
According to Morrie, "_____ is how you stay alive, even after you're gone."
a)
love
b)
mourning
c)
visiting a grave
d)
money
31.
Morrie wants the words "_______________" on his tombstone.
a)
A Teacher to the Last
b)
Don't Forget Me
c)
Love each other or Perish
d)
Love wins
32.
Choose the quote which best characterizes Morrie as a man who had fun and did not worry about what other's thought of him,
a)
"He is a sall man who takes small steps, as if a strong wind could, at any time, whisk him up into the clouds."
b)
"He has sparkling blue-green eyes, thinning silver hair that spills onto his forehead, big ears, a triangular nose, and tufts of graying eyebrows."
c)
"Although his teeth are crooked and his lower ones are slanted... when he smiles, it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth."
d)
"He'd do the lindy to Jimi Hendrix. he twisted and twirled, he waved his arms like a conductor on amphetamines, until sweat was dripping down the middle of his back. No one there knew he was a prominent doctor of sociology... they just thought he was an old nut."
33.
"ALS is like a lit candle: it melts our nerves and leaves ou body a pile of wax. Often it begins with the legs and works its way up."
How does this simile above help develop the mood of the reader?
How does this simile above help develop the mood of the reader?
a)
The simile above creates a somber mood for the reader, as they discover just how hopeless of a disease ALS is. It is all consuming, leaving the patient paralyzed.
b)
The simile above creates a mood of nostalgia. It leaves the reader hoping for better days from the past.
c)
The simile above creates a moof of excitement as the reader begins to anticipate what will happen to Morrie.
34.
What was Morrie referring to when he said to Mitch "One of these days, I'm going to get to you"?
a)
Morrie walking over to Mitch
b)
Mitch understanding what he was saying
c)
Mitch crying
d)
Morrie physically assaulting Mitch
35.
Why does Morrie choose the spot where he wants to be buried?
a)
He believes it will be a quiet, relaxing resting place.
b)
He thinks it will be a good thinking spot for those who come to visit him.
c)
He wants to be on a hill so he can keep an eye on things going on in the world.
d)
He's afraid of being forgotten, so if he is in this beautiful place, people are bound to be around and come visit.
36.
Which quote best shows Mitch's change from the person who he was during his college days?
a)
"Over the years, I threw away any mail from Brandeis University, figuring they were only asking for money. So I did not know of Morrie's illness."
b)
"I would wake up in the morning, brush my teeth and sit down at the typewriter in the same clothes I had slept in."
c)
"I stopped renting. I started buying. I bought a house on a hill. I bought cars. I invested in stocks and built a portfolio. I was cranked to the fifth gear, and everything I did, I did on a deadline... I made more money than I had ever figured to see."
d)
"I was failing for the first time in my life."
37.
What is the effect of the quote, "The disease owned him," on your mood as the reader?
a)
This quote allows you to see that Morrie had become completely undone by the disease. He continually cried over his final moments.
b)
This quote allows you to see Morrie's helpless state in which he is totally consumed by his disease.
c)
This quote allows the reader to see how incapable Morrie is of being happy. His mood has turned from positive to negative.
38.
How does Morrie believe you live on after you die?
a)
Morrie believes your spirit comes back to those who still remain on earth and protects them.
b)
Morrie believes that you live on through memories you shared with the ones you loved.
c)
Morrie believes you are reincarnated and come back as a similar life form.
d)
Morrie believes your spirit in not able to live on after you have died.
39.
What does the story about the waves crashing in the ocean represent to Morrie?
a)
Morrie believes that waves are helpless and destined to crash, break, and die.
b)
Morrie believes the waves are gentle and loving.
c)
Morrie believes waves are destructive and represent his painful battle with death.
d)
Morrie believes it shows that we are bigger than ourselves. We are all a part of something bigger.
40.
After what Tuesday with Mitch does Morrie pass away?
a)
11th
b)
14th
c)
20th
d)
9th
41.
Why does Mitch end the story much like he begins it: "The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week, in his home, by a window in his study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink flowers. The class met on Tuesdays. No books were required. The subject was the meaning of life. It was taught from experience. The teaching goes on."
a)
He can't think of a good conclusion to his story, so he just repeats what he used in his introduction.
b)
Morrie died before Mitch could finish the book, so since Mitch was so heartbroken, his publisher had to finish it for him.
c)
This is Morrie's final thesis, and Mitch is defending it for him, like a student defends his work to his teacher.
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