Quiz on The Color Purple Pages 1-61

What is an epistolary novel?

• A novel written as a series of letters

• A novel set in the future

• A novel with a first-person narrative

• A novel that tells the story through diary entries

Which word does NOT best describe Mr. as a husband

• Affectionate

• Abusive

• Selfish

• Disrespectful

This quote has an example of _________: '“But she’ll make the better wife. She ain’t smart either, and I’ll just be fair, you have to watch her or she’ll give away everything you own. But she can work like a man. (p. 8).”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Who is the author of the color purple?

• Toni Morrison

• Alice Walker

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Maya Angelou

Based on your knowledge of the story, the phrase “Git Big” means

• Get Fat

• To be pregnant

• Growing Up

To whom are the letters addressed to?

• Nettie

• Mr.

• Celie's Dead Mother

• God

Mr. and Celie's Relationship can best be described as:

• Abusive and controlling

• Supportive and loving

• Indifferent and distant

• Mutually respectful and equal

Based on what we read, we can determine that Celie's relationship with Sofia can be best described as:

• Competitive

• Indifferent

• Supportive

• Hostile

What does this passage tell us about gender roles in the relationship of Sofia and Harpo:

“He seem so much to love it. To tell the truth, he love that part of housekeeping a heap more ‘en me. I rather be out in the fields or fooling around with the animals.Even chopping word. Be he love cooking and cleaning and doing little things round the house. He sure is a good cook…” (p. 59-60)

• They are in a transitional relationship

• They are in a traditional relationship

• They are in an abusive relationship

• Sofia looks down on Harpo

Who said this quote: “ All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men, but I ain't never thought I'd have to fight in my own house!”

• Celie

• Harpo

• Sofia

• Nettie