This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Their Eyes Were Watching God > Their Eyes Were Watching God – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who helps Janie around the store and becomes like a brother to her? A) Tripp. B) Ike. C) Jody. D) Hezekiah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hezekiah. 2. Where did Teacake take Janie in the middle of the night A) To cook in the fire pit at the party. B) To fish in the pond. C) To swim in the creek. D) To dance in the streets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To fish in the pond. 3. Janie embarrasses Joe by doing which of the following? A) Going dancing without him. B) Threatening to leave him. C) Insulting his manhood in public. D) Sleeping with other men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insulting his manhood in public. 4. What is the main theme in the first two chapters of "Their Eyes Were Watching God" ? A) The quest for personal identity. B) The significance of financial security . C) The influence of community on an individual. D) The fight for racial equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The quest for personal identity. 5. What main theme is highlighted by Janie's return to Eatonville in Chapter One? A) The pursuit of wealth. B) The search for identity. C) The struggle for gender equality. D) The impact of natural disasters . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The search for identity. 6. Why did Janie go to work in the fields? A) Tea Cake made her because he thought they should both provide. B) Tea cake asked her to because he was lonely without her. C) Janie missed working at the store and figured this was close enough. D) Janie loved the smell of freshly harvested beans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea cake asked her to because he was lonely without her. 7. Why does Jody refuse to allow Janie to attend the mock funeral for the mule? A) Because he thinks it would be improper for a woman of her status. B) Because he wants to keep her away from the town's festivities. C) Because he is jealous of the attention she might receive. D) Because he thinks she doesn't care about the mule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he thinks it would be improper for a woman of her status. 8. According to Jaine, "mourning oughtn't tuh last no longer'n ..... " A) Fear. B) Grief. C) Happiness. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grief. 9. How many years ago was the law allowing women the right to vote passed in the U.S.? A) 70. B) 99. C) 120. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 99. 10. What dessert do Tea Cake and Janie enjoy on the porch? A) Oranges and lemonade. B) Pound cake and lemonade. C) Milk and cookies. D) Ice cream and coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pound cake and lemonade. 11. The whole town shows up to celebrate the street lamp, an item that is most likely symbolic of A) The resurrection of Jesus. B) Janie's role as Joe's wife. C) Joe appearing to be the creator or god-like. D) Joe's similarities to Abraham Lincoln. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joe appearing to be the creator or god-like. 12. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence. Mikey waited in the cold until his fingers were icicles. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. What was the real reason Joe did not want Janie's hair down? A) It would cause poor sanitation. B) It was not hygenic. C) He was jealous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was jealous. 14. Janie wanted to crow over Nunkie? What does crow mean in this context? A) Celebrate. B) Tease. C) Mourn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celebrate. 15. She was ..... of her friend's relationship with her boyfriend. A) Earnest. B) Malicious. C) Boisterous. D) Envious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Envious. 16. What is Tea Cake's given name? A) Logan Killicks. B) Vergible Woods. C) Sam Malone. D) Sam Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vergible Woods. 17. When the protagonist returns home, there is gossip from the town but people do not actually talk to the protagonist face to face. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. True or False:The main character's birth name was Janie Logan. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. What does Joe do that surprises the townspeople? A) He has a beautiful wife. B) He moved from Georgia to Florida. C) He buys two hundred acres of land and pays for it in cash. D) He buys 500 acres of land and pays for it with cash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He buys two hundred acres of land and pays for it in cash. 20. The supervisor of Walmart walked out in high ..... because the employees broke some expensive merchandise. A) Dudgeon. B) Ponderous. C) Fractious. D) Bridled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dudgeon. 21. Act of retiring or giving up a position A) Resignation. B) Sanctum. C) Bellow. D) Dwindled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resignation. 22. What happened to Joe and Janie's relationship over time? A) Janie got pregnant. B) Janie asked for a divorce. C) It got worse as Joe got more controlling. D) It got better as they learned to communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It got worse as Joe got more controlling. 23. What did Joe maen when he said, "Ah aimed to be a big voice." A) He intended to be powerful. B) He wanted to use a deep voice. C) He wanted to be the loudest voice in the town. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He intended to be powerful. 24. Why did Tea Cake go after Janie? A) She took his work tickets. B) She took his lunch tickets. C) She took his lunch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She took his work tickets. 25. Who was Janie's bossom friend? A) Nanny. B) Phoeby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phoeby. 26. When Janie sees the pear tree and the pollination of the blossoms, what does she automatically think of? A) She sees that her youth is only here for a short moment. B) She thinks of Tea Cake and his handsome body. C) She thinks of how hungry she is. D) She thinks of romance and the possibilities romance holds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She thinks of romance and the possibilities romance holds. 27. Why does Janie compare Tea Cake to the pear tree? "He could be a bee to a blossom-a pear tree blossom in spring" A) The tree represents growth and their relationship has grown over time. B) The tree represents her freedom from Jody Starks. C) The pear tree represents trust. She trusts Tea Cake enough to be with him. D) He represents what she's always dreamed of:romantic love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He represents what she's always dreamed of:romantic love. 28. Describe the significance of the pear tree in 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'. A) The pear tree symbolizes Janie's connection to nature and her desire for a simple life. B) The pear tree symbolizes Janie's search for love, fulfillment, and self-discovery. C) The pear tree represents Janie's struggle for power and control in her relationships. D) The pear tree represents Janie's fear of commitment and desire for independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The pear tree symbolizes Janie's search for love, fulfillment, and self-discovery. 29. Finishing the race in last place, the runner came to the ..... that he was no longer in good shape. A) Sanctum. B) Cosmic. C) Revelation. D) Disillusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revelation. 30. What is one of Janie and Tea Cake's first dates? A) They go swimming at the lake. B) Fishing at midnight. C) Going to the movies. D) Dinner at the one restaurant in town. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fishing at midnight. 31. What does Janie like best about her job as cashier at the store she and Jody run? A) That the locals sit on the porch, gossiping and telling stories that make her laugh. B) That the locals admire and envy her wealth and power. C) That it keeps her away from Jody. D) That she can read and write when no one's there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That the locals sit on the porch, gossiping and telling stories that make her laugh. 32. What year was the story published? A) 1970. B) 1939. C) 1937. D) 1971. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1937. 33. What is the role of the character of Vergible 'Tea Cake' Woods in Janie's journey of self-discovery? A) Tea Cake causes Janie to become more dependent and submissive. B) Tea Cake helps Janie in her journey of self-discovery by allowing her to experience true love, freedom, and independence. C) Tea Cake has no impact on Janie's self-discovery. D) Tea Cake hinders Janie's self-discovery by controlling and restricting her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea Cake helps Janie in her journey of self-discovery by allowing her to experience true love, freedom, and independence. 34. What did Annie Tyler tell the young man who rescued her? A) She had lost her bank card. B) Someone had stolen her purse. C) She had fallen ill on the train. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone had stolen her purse. 35. Which comma rule is being used here? "These hands, Lord knows, these hands." 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: C) Around extra information. 36. Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities. A) Reconstruction. B) Freedman's Bureau. C) Black Codes. D) Jim Crow Laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jim Crow Laws. 37. Who is older, Janie or Tea Cake? A) Janie. B) Tea Cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Janie. 38. After Chapter 1, how is the story told? A) Skipping ahead to the future. B) From the perspective of Janie's family. C) As a story Janie is making up on the spot. D) As a flashback, Janie telling the story of Pheoby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As a flashback, Janie telling the story of Pheoby. 39. Bold without shame A) Oblige. B) Conceivable. C) Brazen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brazen. 40. Story Recap:What significant events influence Janie's life in the first chapter? A) Janie hits the jackpot. B) Janie becomes a medical practitioner. C) The significant events that influence Janie's life in the first chapter include her return to Eatonville, her dialogue with Pheoby, and her introspection on her past experiences. D) Janie relocates to a different town. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The significant events that influence Janie's life in the first chapter include her return to Eatonville, her dialogue with Pheoby, and her introspection on her past experiences. 41. Why does Janie reject so many suitors after Jody's death? A) Because she is too upset about Jody's death. B) Because she is secretly dating Tea Cake. C) Because she loves her new-found independence. D) Because they only want her money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because she loves her new-found independence. 42. Why won't the other men marry the wodows in town? A) They are old. B) They don't have wealth. C) They don't love them. D) They are not independent like Janie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They don't have wealth. 43. What did Nunkie make Janie learn in chapter 15? A) How to be a true friend. B) How to be jealous. C) The proper way to pick beans. D) How to run the fitness gram pacer test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How to be jealous. 44. Hurston's characters spend much time gossiping and telling stories on the porch. Which literary genre is this a nod to? A) Memoirs. B) Folktales/storytelling. C) Children's stories. D) Hero's journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folktales/storytelling. 45. When Nanny says "[y]ou don't even know where harm is at", what does this show about Janie's character? A) She is naive. B) Nothing. It shows that Nanny is close to death. C) She is worldly. D) She is ignorant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is naive. 46. Jody does all of the following in Eatonville EXCEPT ..... A) Builds a store. B) Buys a couple hundred acres of land. C) Establishes a post office. D) Makes himself deputy sheriff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Makes himself deputy sheriff. 47. Whom did Janie allow to get a doctor to help Joe?-And what was the doctor's response? A) Sam Watson; He should have seen a doctor two years ago. B) Sam Watson; He should have seen a doctor a year ago. C) Hezekiah; He should have seen a doctor two years ago. D) Lige Moss; He should have seen a doctor two years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam Watson; He should have seen a doctor two years ago. 48. Why does Janie hate Logan? A) His head is long one way and flat on the sides, and he has nasty toenails. B) He stinks. C) He's fat. D) He doesn't love her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His head is long one way and flat on the sides, and he has nasty toenails. 49. Speak in a slow, lazy way with prolongede vowel sounds A) Cosmic. B) Resignation. C) Sodden. D) Drawl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drawl. 50. Who makes Janie wear a head rag? A) Joe. B) Tea Cake. C) Phoeby. D) Logan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joe. 51. Which is something Joe did NOT do when he got to Eatonville? A) Bought the town's first streetlamp. B) Opened a store and post office. C) Paid cash for 200 acres of land. D) Bought the town's first automobile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought the town's first automobile. 52. In chapter 1, who is the one person Janie is able to confide in? This person is her "kissing friend" or best friend. This is the friend she is telling her life story to. A) Mrs. Washburn. B) Pheoby. C) Nanny. D) Tea Cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pheoby. 53. Theme Exploration:Let's talk about the theme of independence and freedom as shown in the first chapter. A) The main character's wish to escape from what society expects and follow her own way. B) The theme of independence and freedom is less noticeable than other themes in the first chapter. C) The theme of independence and freedom is not shown in the first chapter. D) The main character is happy to follow what society expects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main character's wish to escape from what society expects and follow her own way. 54. To Nanny, Logan Killicks represents which of the following? A) Danger. B) Romance. C) Security. D) Evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Security. 55. What does Janie's hair symbolize in the novel? A) Her connection to nature and natural beauty. B) Her rebellion against societal norms. C) The complexity of her racial identity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. Janie specifically mentions liking all of the following thing about Tea Cake EXCEPT ..... A) He has nice eyelashes and a slim waist. B) It's easy to talk to him. C) He wears expensive-looking clothes that look really nice on him. D) He thought it natural for her to be included in things men typically did without her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wears expensive-looking clothes that look really nice on him. 57. What did Joe make Janie do? A) Cook for the town. B) Cover her head. C) Put on make up. D) Wear pants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Put on make up. 58. How long were Janie and Joe married? A) 20 years. B) 7 years. C) 10 years. D) 15 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20 years. 59. At the end of chapter 7, when Sam Watson exclaims, "Yall really playin' de dozens tuhnight." He is commenting on A) The drop in price of something Sam wanted to buy. B) A southern expression about married life. C) The respect he has for Jody. D) The intensity of Janie and Jody trading insults. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The intensity of Janie and Jody trading insults. 60. What is Joe made when he gets to Eatonville? A) Mayor. B) Deputy. C) Governor. D) Sherriff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mayor. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesTheir Eyes Were Watching God Quiz 1Their 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books