This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Their Eyes Were Watching God > Their Eyes Were Watching God – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Joe convinces Janie to do which of the following? A) Kill Logan Killicks. B) Have a baby together. C) Run off with him. D) Work on the farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run off with him. 2. What was Janie's response to Joe's death? A) She finally felt free to experience life as she pleased. B) She was upset because even on his deathbed he still had the last word. C) She was destroyed because even with his death she felt that he held her under his thumb. D) She finally knew what springtime really felt like. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She finally felt free to experience life as she pleased. 3. Joe makes Janie work. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Tea Cake taught Janie to A) Play the guitar. B) Drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drive. 5. In Chapter 1, "Janie [was] full of that oldest human longing." What is that? A) Self-revelation. B) Desire. C) Innocence. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-revelation. 6. WHO THOUGHT THEY WOULD MARRY JANIE? A) Michael Tiller. B) Marcus Lady. C) John Taylor. D) Amos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amos. 7. Who was the new friend Janie met? A) Phoeby Watson. B) Sop de Bottom. C) Mrs. Turner. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mrs. Turner. 8. The lit term that refers to a perspective from which to analyze a text. A) Cultural context. B) Theme. C) Dialect. D) Literary lens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Literary lens. 9. Where is everyone headed in Chapter 10? A) To Orlando for the season. B) To a barbecue in Janie's honor. C) To church. D) To a ball game in Winter Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To a ball game in Winter Park. 10. Jody says all women need telling, just like ..... (Fill in the blank) A) Servants. B) Black people. C) Men. D) Children and chickens and cows. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Children and chickens and cows. 11. How old was Zora Neale Hurston when her mother died? A) 20. B) 13. C) 36. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13. 12. Why does Janie decide to sell the store and leave town with Tea Cake? A) Janie always hated Eatonville. B) The people in Eatonville ran him out of town. C) He would be forever compared to Joe Starks. D) He had a job opportunity in Jacksonville that would pay A LOT of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He would be forever compared to Joe Starks. 13. In the Everglades, Janie learns to do which of the following? A) Cook. B) Sew. C) Gamble. D) Shoot a gun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoot a gun. 14. What warning does Ike Green give Janie about other men? A) Be careful not to let anyone take advantage of her when she remarries. B) She should never remarry. C) She should marry for love next time. D) She should only marry a rich man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be careful not to let anyone take advantage of her when she remarries. 15. In Chapter 3 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie goes to visit her grandmother after she marries Logan because ..... A) Logan is beating her. B) She wants to tell her grandmother she is pregnant. C) Her grandmother is sick. D) She is disappointed that she doesn't love Logan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She is disappointed that she doesn't love Logan. 16. Who stayed at home and their house floated away in the storm while they slept? A) Ms. Turner. B) Motor Boat. C) Phoeby. D) Sam Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor Boat. 17. The book implies that woman can only gain power through ..... ? A) Children. B) Career. C) Marriage. D) Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marriage. 18. Why does Janie get in trouble with Nanny? A) She was spending too much time laying around. B) She refused to go to school. C) She was kissing Johnny Taylor. D) She refused to help Nanny at Mrs. Washburn's place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was kissing Johnny Taylor. 19. True or false tea cake is younger than janie? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. When Janie was on trial for murder, who wanted her found guilty? A) The men of the town. B) White women. C) Black people. D) Sam Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black people. 21. An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incorrect information A) Conjecture. B) Ceased. C) Dwindled. D) Languid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjecture. 22. Showing a disclination for phys8ical effort, slow, relaxed A) Mien. B) Dilate. C) Delusion. D) Languid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Languid. 23. What does the pear tree symbolize for Janie? A) The dangers of nature. B) Her hopes and dreams for true love. C) The complexity of family relationships. D) The importance of financial stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her hopes and dreams for true love. 24. What was Tea Cake very skilled in? A) Playing Chess. B) Gambling. C) Playing piano. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gambling. 25. To force somebody to do something A) Tangible. B) Oblige. C) Mien. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oblige. 26. Who was Janie's best friend? A) Joe Starks. B) Mae Washburn. C) Phoeby Watson. D) Jody Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phoeby Watson. 27. ..... cheated Annie Tyler of her money A) Joe Fling. B) Whi Flung. C) Flung Who. D) Who Flung. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who Flung. 28. What led to Janie wearing a headrag? A) Her hair got caught on a shelf. B) Walter was playing in it. C) It was too long and getting in the way. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walter was playing in it. 29. How does Phoeby respond to the Porch-Sitters when they gossip about Janie? A) She goes to check on Janie. B) She tells them that Janie ran off with Tea Cake. C) She goes to be nosey about Janie. D) She tries to guess what happened along with them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She goes to check on Janie. 30. Eric and Kane put ..... phones on the teacher's desk. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 31. True or false. Janie told the men they would be surprised if they ever found out they didn't know half as much about women as they thought. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. What does the Horizon mean for Janie? A) All the possibles that life has to offer. B) That time is running short and she needs to be happy. C) Love is only available to a certain few. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the possibles that life has to offer. 33. How does Tea Cake get Mrs. Turner back for trying to convince Janie to leave him? A) He tells her husband. B) He beats her. C) He runs her away from town. D) He curses her out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He runs her away from town. 34. Why was the town called Eatonviille A) The land was donated by Mrs Eaton. B) The land was donated by Captain Eaton. C) The people who owned the land like dto eat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The land was donated by Captain Eaton. 35. Which of the following does not describe Joe when he first meets Janie? A) From Georgie. B) Citified. C) Married. D) Well-dressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Married. 36. Within the time that Janie and Joe were married did they seem to have a connection? Did they really KNOW each other? A) NO. B) YES. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO. 37. Why was Janie not allowed to make a speech? A) She was nervous. B) She was feeling ill. C) Joe did not allow her to. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joe did not allow her to. 38. Why does Janie leave her first husband? A) To go to the Everglades with Tea Cake. B) To marry Jody Starks and go to Eatonville. C) To care for her ailing grandmother. D) To search for her missing mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To marry Jody Starks and go to Eatonville. 39. According to Chapter 6, Janie's realized that marriage did not make what? A) Best Friends. B) True Commitment. C) Love. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love. 40. What does Jody do when he hears Janie mutter her disapproval of the men irritating Matt Bonner's mule? A) He scolds her for speaking out. B) He ignores her. C) He joins the men in irritating the mule. D) He buys the mule for five dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He buys the mule for five dollars. 41. What did Janie realize about marriage and love? A) Marriage always leads to love. B) Love can only be found outside of marriage. C) Love is not guaranteed in marriage. D) Marriage is the key to happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love is not guaranteed in marriage. 42. How does Janie meet Tea Cake? A) She sees him play at a ball game. B) He comes into the store and plays checkers with her. C) He comes to her house to fix her car. D) He is Joe's relative who came in town for the funeral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He comes into the store and plays checkers with her. 43. " ..... big beans, big cane, big weeds, big everything ..... "What is Janie describing here? A) Eatonville. B) The Everglades. C) Belle Glade. D) Tampa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Everglades. 44. Who owns a 60 acre farm? A) Tea Cake. B) Logan. C) Joe. D) Nanny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logan. 45. Joe stood on the belly of the mule A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Identify Pheoby Watson A) Janie's former best friend who cheated with Joe. B) Janie's sworn enemy who tries to steal Tea Cake. C) Janie's best friend who died at the end of the story. D) Janie's best friend to whom she is telling the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Janie's best friend to whom she is telling the story. 47. Why was Janie always looking up A) She was watching God. B) She wanted to tell the weather. C) To keep hope. D) She believe it was a strength from GOd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was watching God. 48. Did Janie really believe that Tea Cake was involved with Nunkie? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 49. As Janie leaves Logan's farm, she breaks free from her apron. What symbolically does this represent? A) Janie breaking free from her pear tree daydream. B) Janie breaking free from Logan's tyranny. C) Janie breaking free from the Washburns. D) Janie breaking free from the life Nanny dreamt for her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Janie breaking free from the life Nanny dreamt for her. 50. Janie's first husband, Logan, has a cute nickname for her. What is it? A) LilBit. B) Honeybun. C) Baby Cakes. D) Tiny One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LilBit. 51. Where was the author born? A) Chattanooga Tennessee. B) Dallas Texas. C) Nota Sulga Alabama. D) Tallahassee Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nota Sulga Alabama. 52. Who is the protagonist, or main character? A) Josie. B) Julie. C) Janie. D) Jody. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Janie. 53. It was like the end of a war is an example of: A) Simile. B) Parallelism. C) Euphemism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 54. Janie's grandmother was A) A store owner. B) A teacher. C) A maid. D) A freed slave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A freed slave. 55. What was Janie impressed with when she looked at Joe? A) His speech. B) His appearance. C) His age. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His appearance. 56. What do Tea Cake's nickname and real name, Verigible Woods symbolize? A) Janie will get lost in the woods again. B) Sweetness and truth the real deal. C) Green forest. D) Sickeningly sweet and the danger of the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sweetness and truth the real deal. 57. What effect does the use of dialect have on the reader's understanding of the story? A) The use of dialect confuses the reader's understanding of the story. B) The use of dialect has no effect on the reader's understanding of the story. C) The use of dialect makes the reader lose interest in the story. D) The use of dialect enhances the reader's understanding of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The use of dialect enhances the reader's understanding of the story. 58. How old do the neighbors think Janie is when she returns home in Chapter 1? A) 55. B) 40. C) 25. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40. 59. Who raised Janie? A) Logan. B) Nanny. C) Her mom. D) Leafy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nanny. 60. Where did Jane find Tea Cake and Junkie? A) In the muck. B) At the movies. C) In the canefields. D) None of above. 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