Tuesdays with Morrie Part One QUIZ

What genre of novel is Tuesdays with Morrie?

• Memoir

• Autobiography

• Classical

• Fictional

Morrie suffers from this neurological terminal disease:

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

• multiple sclerosis (MS)

• primary lateral sclerosis (PLS)

• tuberous sclerosis (TBS)

What is Mitch's professional career?

• pianist

• journalist

• professor

• student

What event in Mitch's life ultimately led him to his regular visits with Morrie on Tuesdays?

• The union at his work was on strike.

• His organization fired him.

• The union made him work from home.

• His organization no longer existed.

What is Mitch's overall attitude toward being open about one's feelings and emotions?

• He likes to embrace his feelings completely.

• He likes to pretend they don't exist and bottle them up.

• He likes to share his feelings but only with those who he trusts.

• He likes to keep his feelings to himself because he doesn't trust anyone.

Which of the following is NOT a subject Mitch puts on his list of things he wants to ask Morrie about?

• Death

• Society

• Marriage

• Money

What ritual does Mitch like to uphold when he visits Morrie at his house each Tuesday?

• Bringing Morrie flowers

• Bringing Morrie food

• Bringing Morrie newspapers

• Bringing Morrie CDs to listen to

Morrie mentions he uses this strategy to get through his self-pity:

• He cries to let out his emotions and then focuses on the positive in his life.

• He buries his emotions completely until he is alone at night and cries.

• He ignores his negative emotions completely and only focuses on the positive.

• He cries throughout the day when he is feeling sorry for himself.

During the second interview with Ted Koppel, Morrie surprises Ted by weeping over an event that happened 70 years prior. What event was it?

• the death of his mother

• the death of his brother

• the death of thousands in the wars

• the death of his family members in Russia

What is one thing throughout the first 100 pages that you have learned or that will stick with you?

(This can be advice, words to live by, a different perspective on life, etc. Be specific!)