This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Their Eyes Were Watching God > Their Eyes Were Watching God – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. God, they call this a town?What device is this? A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhetorical question. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 2. Chapter 2 goes back in time to when Janie was a child. What is this called in literature? A) A cliffhanger. B) The rising action. C) The setting. D) A flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A flashback. 3. Which comma rule is being used here? "Thank you for your compliments, but Mrs. Mayor Starks don't know about no speech-makin'." 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: A) Before a conjunction (FANBOY) to combine 2 sentences. 4. They had a ceremony for the mule A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. What does the O in RADIO represent? A) Only multiple choice questions are tricky. B) Only SAE and proper grammar should be used in writing. C) Overall is a transition word that you can start your conclusion sentence with. D) Only narratives should include dialect and slang to characterize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overall is a transition word that you can start your conclusion sentence with. 6. Sam concluded that A) Janie was too old for Tea Cake. B) Tea Cake was after Janie's money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea Cake was after Janie's money. 7. I read ..... , and that's why I have such a large vocabulary. A) Profusely. B) Scantly. C) Maliciously. D) Ponderously. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profusely. 8. What does the reaction of the people to Janie's beating reveal about attitudes toward domestic violence? A) Beatings were common. B) Beatings showed manhood. C) Beatings showed love. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. What does the D in RADIO represent? A) Don't use first person in literary analysis. B) Discuss Your Thoughts. C) Detail (Text Evidence) Needed. D) Don't write in slang in formal writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detail (Text Evidence) Needed. 10. How does Pheoby react to the locals' criticism of Janie? A) She sticks up for her friend. B) She joins in, but secretly envies Janie. C) She pretends that she cannot hear them. D) She storms off to tell her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She sticks up for her friend. 11. What did Janie hope to discover once she was married A) Hate. B) Love. C) Kindness. D) Loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love. 12. How does Janie feel about Tea Cake at the end of Chapter 10? A) She thinks he is a thief. B) She is afraid of him. C) She feels like she's known him all her life. D) She is annoyed with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She feels like she's known him all her life. 13. Janie's youngest husband who takes her down to the Everglades. A) Tea Cake. B) Logan. C) Joe. D) Amos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tea Cake. 14. How does Janie act when Jody hits and criticizes her? A) He is never violent with her. B) She starts crying. C) She hits him back. D) She doesn't do anything about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She doesn't do anything about it. 15. Joe holds a barbecue to celebrate which of the following? A) The lighting of the street lamp. B) His election as mayor. C) The opening of the store. D) His marriage to Janie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The lighting of the street lamp. 16. How does Janie feel about being the mayor's wife? A) She is excited to be in this position. B) She feels that it is difficult to be pretty and well dressed all the time, but someone has to do it. C) She believes the other women are jealous of her and desire her husband so that they can take her spot. D) She thinks it is a strain and hopes it will be over soon. She doesn't like being separated from the other people in the town. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She thinks it is a strain and hopes it will be over soon. She doesn't like being separated from the other people in the town. 17. How does Janie's journey contribute to her self-discovery? A) Janie's journey only focuses on her physical appearance and not her identity. B) Janie's journey allows her to experience different relationships and environments, helping her understand her own desires, dreams, and identity. C) Janie's journey has no impact on her self-discovery. D) Janie's journey makes her more confused about her desires and dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Janie's journey allows her to experience different relationships and environments, helping her understand her own desires, dreams, and identity. 18. What do the townspeople think as Jody grows sicker? A) That Janie is cheating on him. B) That his years of high living have finally caught up to him. C) That God is punishing him for his sins. D) That Janie is poisoning him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That Janie is poisoning him. 19. Who do the people of Eatonville hold an elaborate funeral for in Ch 6? A) Janie's daughter. B) Matt Bonner's donkey. C) The town mayor. D) Jody Starks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Matt Bonner's donkey. 20. What significant detail about Janie's past is revealed in the first chapter? A) She has recently come into a large inheritance. B) She has been away for a considerable time, and her return sparks a lot of gossip. C) She has a background in criminal activities. D) She is coming back from a successful business deal. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She has been away for a considerable time, and her return sparks a lot of gossip. 21. What is the name of the story you've been working on? A) The eyes of the Cardinal. B) The eyes of the Blue Jay. C) Their eyes were watching God. D) Their eyes were on the Sparrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their eyes were watching God. 22. Summarize Janie's experiences and journey in the first chapter. A) In the first chapter, Janie becomes a successful businesswoman. B) In the first chapter, Janie travels to Europe. C) In the first chapter, Janie joins a circus. D) In the first chapter, Janie returns to Eatonville and reflects on her past experiences and relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the first chapter, Janie returns to Eatonville and reflects on her past experiences and relationships. 23. Janie's fate was compared to A) Ms Tyler. B) Phoeby Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ms Tyler. 24. In Chapter 5, when the crowd asked Janie to speak, Joe refused and told them that Janie's "place" was where? A) In the home. B) By her man's side. C) In the kitchen. D) In the shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the home. 25. What is the first thing that Joe Starks does in Eatonville to establish himself as a powerful man? A) Buys 200 acres of land for the town. B) Tears down the old mayor's house. C) Buys every family a new barn. D) Digs out a well in the town square. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buys 200 acres of land for the town. 26. Theme Analysis:How are societal norms and gender roles depicted in the first chapter? A) The theme is not discussed in the first chapter. B) Through Joe's character and his interactions with the townspeople. C) Through Janie's character and her interactions with the townspeople. D) The theme is only depicted through the character of Pheoby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through Janie's character and her interactions with the townspeople. 27. A surprising unknown fact A) Sanctum. B) Bellowed. C) Resignation. D) Revelation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revelation. 28. How is Tea Cake injured at the end of the reading? A) He is cut by a piece of flying debris. B) A tree falls on him. C) Someone shoots him. D) He is bitten by an animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is bitten by an animal. 29. How are other men treating Janie after Joe's death? A) They are suspicious of her. B) They are angry with her. C) They refuse to shop at a store run by a woman. D) They are nicer than ever and come around more often. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are nicer than ever and come around more often. 30. What role does dialect and language play in the novel? A) Dialect and language are irrelevant to the plot of the novel. B) Dialect and language add authenticity and cultural context to the novel. C) Dialect and language confuse the reader. D) Dialect and language have no impact on the novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialect and language add authenticity and cultural context to the novel. 31. What was Joe's illness? A) Kidney disease. B) Heart condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kidney disease. 32. When do the townspeople take notice of Janie's spending so much time with Tea Cake? A) After she is late opening the store every day. B) After the picnic. C) After he starts working at the store. D) After he is seen leaving her house one morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the picnic. 33. People these days seem so ..... to others' feelings. It's hurtful. A) Profuse. B) Inevitable. C) Oblivious. D) Ponderous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oblivious. 34. Why does Janie want to sell the store? A) Tea Cake asked her to sell it. B) She hated Joe. C) She is afraid the town will compare Tea Cake to Joe Starks. D) She needs the money to leave town. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is afraid the town will compare Tea Cake to Joe Starks. 35. One of Janie and Tea Cake's best friends in the Everglades. A) Motor Boat. B) Pheoby. C) Amos. D) Logan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor Boat. 36. WHO WROTE THE STORY THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD? A) Christopher Tea Cake Bell. B) Zeale Neal Hurston. C) Zela Nowe Harrison. D) Janie Starks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeale Neal Hurston. 37. What does Janie do after Joe's death? A) Gives an elaborate funeral for him, dresses appropriately, and then burns her headrags. B) Leaves Eatonville and vows never to return. C) Tells the entire town how brutal he was. D) Builds a monument to him to recognize his contributions to Eatonville. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gives an elaborate funeral for him, dresses appropriately, and then burns her headrags. 38. Define the term "Wean" . A) Gradually deprive of mother's milk. B) Very generous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradually deprive of mother's milk. 39. The story is told in the context of which literary structure? A) Drama. B) Frame Narrative. C) Autobiographical Narrative. D) Personal Essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frame Narrative. 40. What did Joe set up after he bought the land? A) A store. B) A post office. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A store. 41. What does Joe intend to do? A) Become a big man with a big voice. B) Have multiple wives. C) Be a reverend. D) Become the first black opera singer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Become a big man with a big voice. 42. What did Joe do about the mule? A) He killed it. B) He bought it and freed it from work. C) He sold it to a man who was traveling through town. D) He put it in the woods, hoping it would wander away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He bought it and freed it from work. 43. Point of high land, a natural elevation A) Oblige. B) Prostrate. C) Promontory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Promontory. 44. "I thought I was gonna have, flower dust and springtime, sprinkled over everything." Keep the commas OR delete the commas? A) Delete the commas. B) Keep the commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delete the commas. 45. The vocab word that means extremely large. A) Boisterous. B) Expound. C) Distended. D) Immensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immensity. 46. Janie's best friend's name is ..... A) Pheoby. B) Mrs. Turner. C) Nanny. D) Jodie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pheoby. 47. Where do Janie and Tea Cake run off to after they get married? A) Orlando. B) Everglades. C) Palm Beach. D) New Orleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everglades. 48. Define:Hindrance A) Can't be defined or explained. B) Obstacle or barrier. C) Extremely painful. D) Boldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obstacle or barrier. 49. Janie said Tea Cake had hurt her heart and would now hurt her A) Ears. B) Brain. C) Hand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ears. 50. What do the townspeople envy about Janie? A) Her tall, noble figure. B) Her quick, sharp wit. C) Her long, straight hair. D) Her light, creamy skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her long, straight hair. 51. Explain how the use of dialect and language enhances the authenticity of the characters. A) The use of dialect and language is only important for minor characters, not main characters. B) The use of dialect and language enhances the authenticity of the characters. C) The use of dialect and language makes the characters seem less realistic. D) The use of dialect and language has no impact on the authenticity of the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The use of dialect and language enhances the authenticity of the characters. 52. Why does Jody use his purchasing power to express his emotions towards Janie? A) Because he believes money can solve all problems. B) Because he wants to show off his wealth. C) Because he is unable to express his emotions verbally. D) Because he thinks it is the most effective way to please Janie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because he thinks it is the most effective way to please Janie. 53. Which word means a conclusion based on guesswork? A) Dilated. B) Indiscriminate. C) Sanctum. D) Conjecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjecture. 54. What advice does Nanny give to Janie about Logan? A) To appreciate his wealth and status. B) To treat him like a spoiled child. C) To remember that he is her master. D) To try to bend him to her will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To appreciate his wealth and status. 55. Who Flung told Annie to come to ..... with him A) Jacksonville. B) Tampa. C) Winter Park. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tampa. 56. Why did the people of of the Everglades not like Janie at first? A) She insulted them on the first day. B) She kept herself away from them and sat on the porch. C) People thought Tea Cake had led her to believe she was "too good" for them. D) The stories she told were often offensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People thought Tea Cake had led her to believe she was "too good" for them. 57. What does Janie witness at the store that prompts her to speak up? A) Jody slapping another customer. B) Jody arguing with the men on the porch. C) Jody giving meat to Tony Robbins's wife. D) Jody ordering Janie to fetch him a checkerboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jody giving meat to Tony Robbins's wife. 58. The thunder growled, and the windows shook.What type of figurative language does this sentence contain? A) Personification. B) Assonance. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 59. Define Incredulous A) Bothersome. B) Unable to believe something. C) Real can be touched. D) Showy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unable to believe something. 60. What was Janie's name during childhood? A) Eleanor. B) Washburn. C) Mayrella. D) Alphabet. 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