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Tuesdays with Morrie Quiz
Tuesdays with Morrie Quiz
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1
What television show features a series of interviews with Morrie?
twenty/20
Dateline
Charlie Rose
Nightline
2
What is Morrie's favorite hobby?
Dancing
Playing checkers
Watching afternoon soap operas
Gambling
3
What does Morrie refuse to do until his final days, as he sees it as a form of surrender?
Stay in bed
Call his brother
Take off his hat
Write his will
4
Morrie repeatedly tells Mitch that he must create his own
Relationships
Culture
Life
Religion
5
If given the chance, Morrie would choose to be reincarnated as
A zebra
Another version of himself
Mitch's first child
A gazelle
6
How did Morrie hear of his Mother's death?
His father told him when he arrived home from school
He received a letter from his aunt
He read the telegram notice that announced she had died
His brother gently broke the news to him over dinner.
7
What does ALS stand for?
Amyotrophic Lung Seizure
Alzheimer's disease
A-typical Ligamentary Structure
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gherig's disease
8
On what topic does Mitch write his honors thesis at Brandeis?
Medieval religious art
Victorian-era feminism
Sports as a religion
Morrie's as a mentor
9
What does Mitch bring Morrie each week as a gift?
Food
Copies of his favorite books.
A box of expensive chocolates
Movies
10
Morrie is a professor of
Psychology
Molecular Biology
Comparative Literature
Sociology
11
Morrie's practice of "detachment" stems from the philosophy of which religion?
Buddhism
Taoism
Mormonism
Christianity
12
What event serves as a wakeup call to Mitch that his life is on the wrong track?
The OJ Simpson trial
Morrie's illness
A newspaper writers' strike
His wife's pregnancy
13
Morrie's lessons about life, love, and communication are an answer to and rejection of the established mores of ___.
His parents
Capitalism
Catholicism
Popular culture
14
What does Morrie mean by "tension of opposites"?
The good struggle against the bad
Love struggles against hate
Life is like a baseball game; love always wins
Life is like a wrestling match; love always wins
15
Why, one year, does Morrie give all of his male students A grades?
To spite the dean
To irritate the feminists
Because he believes that letter grades bear no meaning
To prevent them from being drafted to serve in the Vietnam War
16
Throughout the book, the deterioration of Morrie's body is symbolically compared to
The spruce tree outside his window
The pink hibiscus plant
The tank of goldfish
The orange cactus plant
17
Morrie continually emphasizes that
Love is more important than money
Money is less important than liking one's job
Money is more important than love
Love is less important than happiness
18
What has Morrie been encouraging Mitch to do since high school?
Work in publishing
Call him
Cry
Go to graduate school
19
Before his first interview with Ted Koppel, Morrie
Dresses nicely in a suit and tie
Has his picture taken with Koppel and his crew
Tells Koppel how honored he is to be the subject of his interview
Interviews Koppel
20
After surrendering to failure, Mitch gave up on is passion for
Music
Sociology
Writing
Sports
21
What gift does Mitch give to Morrie after his graduation from Brandeis?
A framed picture of them together
A monogrammed briefcase
A copy of his published honors thesis
A cassette tape of his favorite songs
22
What instrument did Mitch play when he was young?
The accordion
The violin
The bass drum
The piano
23
Growing up, Mitch's brother had a reputation as his family's ___.
Star athlete
Scholar
Bad boy
Baby
24
What is the catalyst for Mitch's surrender to the corporate world?
Marriage
His daughter's birth
His father's death
His uncle's death
25
What did Mitch do to look older in college?
Dated older women
Acted tough
Drank alcohol
Took a part-time job
26
"Love or perish," a quote often recited by Morrie, is attributed to which poet?
E.E. Cummings
Robert Frost
Sylvia Plath
W.H. Auden