This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Their Eyes Were Watching God > Their Eyes Were Watching God – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One of the original settlers of Eatonville. A) Logan. B) Amos. C) Tea Cake. D) Dr. Simmons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amos. 2. True False:Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers contains alliteration. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 3. Why does Janie tie her hair up and wear a hair rag in the store? A) Because she wants to. B) Joe is jealous that the other men are looking at her. C) Joe doesn't like to look at her hair. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joe is jealous that the other men are looking at her. 4. As Jody's aging becomes increasingly evident, he loses the ability to A) Sit and walk. B) Drive a car. C) Use the restroom on his own. D) Verbally abuse Janie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sit and walk. 5. Joe overhears Janie saying that she wishes the people would leave the mule alone because he's been worked to the bone. What does he do afterwards to please his wife? A) He ignores her. B) He goes out and kills.the mule. C) He asks Matt to keep the mule at home. D) He buys it from Matt to let it rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He buys it from Matt to let it rest. 6. In order to protect their borders, the countries formed ..... A) Insinuations. B) Promontories. C) Counterpanes. D) Alliances. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliances. 7. Mrs Turner wanted Janie to have a realtionship with her A) Uncle. B) Brother. C) Son. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brother. 8. *BONUS 5* What was apparently Janie's father's profession? A) A schoolteacher. B) A local merchant. C) A farmhand. D) A baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A schoolteacher. 9. Which comma rule is being used here? "Tomorrow after the sun come up, I'm gonna be waitin' on you." A) Before a conjunction (FANBOY) to combine 2 sentences. B) After an introduction. C) Around extra information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After an introduction. 10. In Their Eyes Were Watching God Janie is first attracted to Joe Starks because A) He has more land than her current husband, Logan. B) He reminds her of the first boy she has ever kissed. C) He is an ambitious, handsome entrepreneur. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is an ambitious, handsome entrepreneur. 11. Tea Cake's house was a magnet is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. Joe buys the mule to make Janie feel better; however, he doesn't allow her to attend the funeral. Why not? A) He makes her stay in the house all day. B) He makes her tend to the store in his absence. C) He doesn't allow her to go where other men are present. D) He makes her cook food for a banquet after the service. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He makes her tend to the store in his absence. 13. What year was the first official African American town in the U.S. established? A) 1930. B) 1910. C) 1863. D) 1887. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1887. 14. What was Janie required to wear? A) Steel toed boots. B) A headrag. C) An apron. D) A dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A headrag. 15. How does Tea Cake earn Janie's money back? A) He wins it gambling. B) He steals it. C) He borrows it from a friend. D) He gets a job picking crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wins it gambling. 16. What did Janie learn about love from her marriage to Logan? A) She discovered that she isn't capable of love. B) She discovered that marriage doesn't create love. C) She discovered that she doesn't like being in love. D) She discovered that she loves Logan deeply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She discovered that marriage doesn't create love. 17. Who comes into the store while everyone is away? A) Hezekiah. B) Pheoby. C) Joe. D) Tea cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tea cake. 18. It is important that Luke and Anakin Skywalker always carry ..... lightsabers for protection from Darth Vader. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 19. What is the main focus of chapters 1-5 in 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'? A) The protagonist's journey of self-discovery and her search for love and independence. B) The exploration of the protagonist's family dynamics. C) The protagonist's struggle with a debilitating illness. D) The historical context of the novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The protagonist's journey of self-discovery and her search for love and independence. 20. The whole town shows up when Jody buys and installs what first for the town? A) A street lamp. B) A traffic light. C) A radio antenna. D) A fire hydrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A street lamp. 21. To ease the anger or agitation A) Pacify. B) Fractious. C) Desecrate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacify. 22. What two things does Janie tell Phoeby at the end? A) A person's got to go to God, and got to find out about living for themselves. B) Shopping and good chips and salsa cure any aliment. C) Marriage won't make you fall in love with someone, but love must come first. D) Hope and the horizon are always with us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person's got to go to God, and got to find out about living for themselves. 23. The medicine Jake took altered his hyperactive behavior into more ..... actions. A) Mien. B) Sodden. C) Languid. D) Malice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Languid. 24. "I was a proper married woman, but I was still waiting for love to begin." Keep the comma OR delete the comma? A) Keep the comma. B) Delete the comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep the comma. 25. What did Janie want in her marriage? A) A dressed up dude. B) A man who washes his feet. C) Things sweet like sitting under a pear tree. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. What does Janie tell her husband just before he dies? A) She wants him to know that he isn't the man she runs down the road with. B) He is a man who wants to hear only his own voice. C) He is going to die and there is not hope of recovery. D) Janie tells him everything that is in the other answer choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Janie tells him everything that is in the other answer choices. 27. What was a difference between Joe's funeral and Tea Cake's funeral? A) Janie wore the clothing of a mourning wife to Joe's, and overalls to Tea Cake's. B) She played a tribute to Tea Cake on his guitar. C) No one attended Joe's funeral. D) She was relieved that Tea Cake was finally gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Janie wore the clothing of a mourning wife to Joe's, and overalls to Tea Cake's. 28. What word best describes the attitude of the women on the porch when Janie returns to town? (Chapter 1) A) Compassionate. B) Kind. C) Judgemental. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judgemental. 29. In Chapter 8, how long had Janie and Joe been married? A) 7 years. B) 35 years. C) 17 years. D) 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20 years. 30. How much older is Janie than Tea Cake? A) 18 years. B) 12 years. C) 8 years. D) 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12 years. 31. What is Janie not allowed to do? A) Host parties. B) Listen to mule talk on the porch. C) Run the store. D) Wear pants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listen to mule talk on the porch. 32. Tea Cake taught Janie how to A) Beatbox. B) Shoot a gun. C) Tie a rope. D) Lower her mile time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shoot a gun. 33. Why did Janie marry Logan Killicks? A) She wanted his land and his money. B) She thought she was pregnant and wanted a father for the baby. C) She wanted to get away from her grandmother. D) Her grandmother made her marry him for security. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her grandmother made her marry him for security. 34. What does the word "rig" mean in the context of "Joe Starks was waiting for her with a hired rig." ? A) Make ready for sailing by providing it with sails and rigging. B) A vehicle that he rented. C) The pullys on a sailing ship. D) A knight's horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A vehicle that he rented. 35. Who tooks news of Joe's condition to Janie? A) Sam Watson. B) Laady Davis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam Watson. 36. How does Sop-De-Bottom's wife respond when he beats her? A) She cries. B) She calls the police. C) She gets her brothers to beat him up. D) She knocks his teeth out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She knocks his teeth out. 37. What happened to Nanny shortly after Janie was married? A) She went to Tampa to visit her sister. B) She moved in with Janie and Logan. C) She died. D) She had a stroke and Janie put her in the nursing home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She died. 38. The female author of Their Eyes Were Watching God is A) Asian American. B) Native American. C) British. D) African American. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) African American. 39. Where does Tea Cake ask Janie to meet him? A) Winter Park. B) The Everglades. C) Jacksonville. D) Palm Beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jacksonville. 40. Why is Janie afraid to ask Hezekiah about Tea Cake? A) She doesn't know what he is going to say. B) She thinks Tea Cake may have a girlfriend. C) Tea Cake is very handsome and makes her nervous. D) Tea Cake is too young for her, and he looks as if he doesn't have any money or property. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tea Cake is too young for her, and he looks as if he doesn't have any money or property. 41. Feel or express sympathy or compassion A) Reconcile. B) Pacify. C) Commiserate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commiserate. 42. How does Hurston (our author) establish the setting of the book? A) Through the journey of Janie when she comes back into town. B) Through the stories of Janie's ex-husbands. C) Through the the stories of Janie's grandmother. D) Through the journey of Tea Cake as he comes into town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through the journey of Janie when she comes back into town. 43. When the novel begins our protagonist is A) A young girl living with her grandmother. B) About to marry Logan Killicks. C) Arriving in Eatonville with her new husband for the first time. D) A middle-aged woman returning to Eatonville alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A middle-aged woman returning to Eatonville alone. 44. What did Tea Cake do with Janie's money? A) Bought a car. B) Threw a huge party. C) Bought new clothes. D) Bought a house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Threw a huge party. 45. Pheobe was worried that if Janie ran off with Tea Cake she would end up like A) Ms Tyler. B) Sam Watson. C) Nanny. D) Leafy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ms Tyler. 46. ''creaked and cried all night under the weight of loneliness" A) The bed. B) The porch. C) The big house. D) Janie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The big house. 47. The description of the street lamp installation as being like God bring light to the humans is which type of literary device? A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 48. "Even now, you got to die with me bein' obedient." Which comma rule tells you to keep the comma? A) Before a conjunction (FANBOY) to combine 2 sentences. B) After an introduction. C) Around extra information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After an introduction. 49. What novel is Hurston known for? A) The Old Man and the Sea. B) Their Eyes Were Watching God. C) Janie's tale. D) The Great Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their Eyes Were Watching God. 50. How does the character of Janie's grandmother, Nanny, influence Janie's perception of love and marriage? A) Nanny's strict and traditional views on love and marriage shape Janie's perception and influence her choices. B) Nanny's views on love and marriage have a positive impact on Janie's perception. C) Nanny's absence has no impact on Janie's perception of love and marriage. D) Nanny's carefree and modern views on love and marriage influence Janie's perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nanny's strict and traditional views on love and marriage shape Janie's perception and influence her choices. 51. I had to ..... my son for his rude behavior. A) Cease. B) Profuse. C) Insinuate. D) Chastise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chastise. 52. What is something Jody forbids Janie from doing? A) Spitting in a spitting pot. B) Handling money in the store. C) Gossiping and joking with the others in town. D) Buying clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gossiping and joking with the others in town. 53. What does Janie do while visiting Jody on his deathbed? A) She mercilessly berates him. B) She remains silent. C) She tells him she loves him. D) She forgives him for the way he treated her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She mercilessly berates him. 54. Janie stopped attending church after she started hanging out with Tea Cake. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 55. How does Logan eventually come to view Janie? A) He thinks she is spoiled. B) He begins to love her. C) He fears she doesn't love him. D) He believes she is shallow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He thinks she is spoiled. 56. Identify Joe Starks A) Janie's first kiss. B) Janie's first husband. C) Janie's second husband. D) Janie's third husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Janie's second husband. 57. How does the pear tree symbolize Janie's desires and aspirations? A) The pear tree symbolizes Janie's desires and aspirations through its thorns and trunk. B) The pear tree symbolizes Janie's desires and aspirations through its roots and branches. C) The pear tree symbolizes Janie's desires and aspirations through its blossoms and fruit. D) The pear tree symbolizes Janie's desires and aspirations through its leaves and bark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The pear tree symbolizes Janie's desires and aspirations through its blossoms and fruit. 58. Why does Janie get a job picking crops? A) They need the money because she's broke now. B) Tea Cake is unable to work. C) She wants to be with Tea Cake all day. D) She's saving money for a car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wants to be with Tea Cake all day. 59. How long did Joe wait to seek "real" medical attention from a "real" doctor? A) 2 years. B) 3 weeks. C) 1 year. D) 6 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 years. 60. How much money did Janie bring with her? A) $ 100. B) $ 20. C) $ 200. D) $ 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $ 200. Next →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesTheir Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 2Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 3Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 4Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 5Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 6Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 7Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 8Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books