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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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1
The novel was written as a part of this period in time
Civil War Period
Harlem Renaissance
American Revolution
1992
2
Though Janie has a lot to say, she is often this.
sad
angry
silent
vocal
3
At the end of the book mother nature shows the destructive fury of nature by using
a hurricane
a blizzard
a trial
a tornado
4
TEWWG has ____ diction since it uses African American vernacular at the time
Gilded Age
jargon
colloquial
mysterious
5
"When you pull down yo' britches, you look lak de change uh life."
Janie
Nanny
Mrs. Turner
Phoebe
6
Janie breaks her silence on the store porch to say this
the porch men don’t know as much about women as they think
She never speaks up on the porch
to tell Joe that he is fat and saggy
that Joe is dead and she's leaving town
7
"They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin’ fuh theyselves.”
Janie
Nanny
Phoebe
Halle Berry
8
"What killed this man?" "Bare, bare fat!"
Joe Starks
Janie
The buzzards
Motor Boat
9
In the end Janie ends up alone and feels this.
independent and poor
free and independent
angry and bitter
sad and alone
10
This symbol represents Janie's motivations for her journey: pure love and sexual satisfaction
a butterfly
sailboats at sea
pear tree
water pump
11
This novel is an example of a _____ ______ because it's a story within a story?
framed narrative
interesting story
bildungsroman
person omniscient
12
What does Joe buy for Eatonville with his own money, which the town is proud of
street lamp
a mule
a car
a karaoke machine
13
Who is the author?
Nora Zeale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
Cormac McCarthy
Oprah
14
Tea Cake treats Janie like this. Logan and Jody never did
a helper
a woman
an animal
an equal
15
The first thing Tea Cake shows Janie to do
play dice
play checkers
roll a cigarette
play guitar
16
The woman who looks down upon African Americans and is friends with Janie because she is light
Motor Boat
Mrs. Turner
Logan
Zora Neale Hurston
17
Why was the mule important?
don't pick this answer
no importance
humorous interlude
black women and how they carry the "weight of the world"
18
Janie's true love
Joe Starks
Tea Cake
Logan Killicks
Phoebe
19
Janie's hair is a symbol of her identity and this.
power
vanity
greed
happiness
20
“Ah told you in de very first beginnin’ dat Ah aimed tuh be uh big voice. You oughta be glad...
Logan Killicks
Joe Starks
Tea Cake
Johnny Taylor
21
What does Tea Cake die from?
Rabies
He doesn't die
drowning
White walkers
22
“Come help me move dis manure pile befo’ de sun gits hot."
Joe Starks
Logan Killicks
Nanny
Tea Cake
23
Ah wanted to preach a sermon about colored women sittin' on high, but they wasn't no pulpit
Mrs. Turner
Janie
Phoebe
Nanny
24
Janie's best friend in Eatonsville
Phoebe
Hezikiah
Joe
Mrs. Turner
25
The girl who flirts with Tea Cake in the Everglades
Chunkie
Flunky
Bunkie
Nunkie
26
Jody tries to win Janie's heart with this.
dinner reservations
love poems
Mules
money and power
27
"Don't stand dere rollin' yo' pop eyes at me wid yo' rump hangin' nearly to yo' knees!"
Tea Cake
Nanny
Logan Killicks
Joe Starks
28
What does Janie do right after Joe dies?
does the running man
calls Nanny
takes off her head rag
cries with Joe's body
29
What does the symbol of the horizon represent?
limitations
hope
The Sun Also Rises
The Great Gatsby
30
What Janie is wearing when she returns to Eatonville
a ball gown
a blue dress
Ironic T-Shirt
dirty overalls