This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Color Purple – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Color Purple Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happens to Sofia when she's in town? A) She is lynched by a mob. B) She is beaten and arrested. C) She gets sick and faints. D) She is kidnapped and held for ransom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is beaten and arrested. 2. What is the definition for the term:Salvation? A) The state of being saved or preserved from harm. B) Accept as inevitable. C) More important than anything else; supreme. D) The act of coming together again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The state of being saved or preserved from harm. 3. Who is the protagonist of The Color Purple? A) Nettie. B) Mr . C) Shug Avery. D) Celie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Celie. 4. Celie and Olivia A) Sisters. B) Cousins. C) Friends. D) Mother and daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mother and daughter. 5. Why does Miss Millie make Sofia leave her Christmas reunion with her family after only 15 minutes? A) Miss Millie gets sick and needs to go the doctor. B) Miss Millie refuses to be driven home by a black person she doesn't know. C) Miss Millie hates Sofia's children and wants to punish them. D) Miss Millie thinks Sofia's family will steal from her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miss Millie refuses to be driven home by a black person she doesn't know. 6. How many kids does Mr ..... have with Shug? A) 2. B) 7. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 7. Who comes to visit Celie and Mr ..... ? A) Kate and Carrie. B) Mr 's father and brother. C) Pa. D) Nettie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr 's father and brother. 8. What is the definition for the word Corral? A) Move or step in a lively, spirited, or showy way. B) Showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. C) Very good. D) Collect or gather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collect or gather. 9. What important news does Nettie share? A) That Celie's daughter (Olivia) and son (Adam) are alive and fine. B) That their Pa has died of the flu. C) That she is a mother now and has twins named Olivia and Adam. D) That Celie's children were taken back by Pa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That Celie's daughter (Olivia) and son (Adam) are alive and fine. 10. What does Shug say Celie should make for herself? A) Pants. B) A new dress. C) Overalls. D) A hat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pants. 11. How many children does Mr ..... have? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 12. Who is this about? "Till you do right by me, everything you think about gonna crumble." A) Harpo. B) Grady. C) Albert. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albert. 13. "I knew that if I cut a tree, my ..... would bleed" A) Heart. B) Mind. C) Arm. D) Soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arm. 14. Where does Shug want to take Celie? A) New York. B) Tennessee. C) I was. D) Alabama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tennessee. 15. Full name of the author. A) Alice Malsenior Tallulah Kate-Walker. B) Alice Mallory Kate Walker. C) Alice Walker. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alice Mallory Kate Walker. 16. What advise does Celie give as to how Sofia can be "controlled?" A) Beat her. B) Yell at her. C) Be patient with her. D) Love her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beat her. 17. Who says:Beat her! A) Harpo. B) Albert. C) Celie. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celie. 18. Who is Henrietta? A) Shug's eldest daughter. B) Sofia's youngest daughter. C) Sofia's sister. D) Squeak and Harpo's daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sofia's youngest daughter. 19. Who says this:I know what it like to wanna go somewhere and cain't. I know what it like to wanna sing ..... and have it beat out 'ya. A) Mary Agnes. B) Celie. C) Sofia. D) Shug. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sofia. 20. Celie's marital status is: A) Single. B) Divorced. C) Widow. D) Married. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Married. 21. What does Celie say when people tell her she has to "fight" ? A) "I'm trying.". B) "I can't.". C) "I'm just trying to survive." . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I'm just trying to survive." . 22. What is the definition for the word Swell? A) To take off or remove. B) Impose a penalty on. C) Expand abnormally. D) Manner of acting or controlling yourself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expand abnormally. 23. Harpo's new girlfriend's nickname: A) Shorty. B) Squeak. C) Tiny. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Squeak. 24. A novel written of letters is known as ..... A) Epilogue. B) Epistolary. C) Epistasis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epistolary. 25. How does Corrine try to prove that Nettie and Samuel are not Adam and Olivia's parents? A) By asking Nettie to swear on the bible. B) By checking Nettie's stomach. C) By asking Samuel to swear on the bible. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. True or False:Mr ..... 's father and brother approve of his and Shug's relationship. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 27. What is the definition for the word Ignorant? A) Render holy by means of religious rites. B) Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication. C) Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious. D) Someone who attempts to convert others to a doctrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication. 28. Samuel and Corrine A) Husband and wife. B) Father and daughter. C) Cousins. D) Uncle and niece. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Husband and wife. 29. What disease does Henrietta have? A) Cancer. B) Heart disease. C) Asthma. D) A blood disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A blood disease. 30. What is the definition for the word Strut? A) A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. B) Walk in a proud, confident way. C) Any of various church officers. D) Softly bright or radiant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walk in a proud, confident way. 31. Which of the following characters is not American? A) Corrine. B) Samuel. C) Adam. D) Catherine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catherine. 32. What is the definition for the term:Forthright? A) Characterized by directness in manner or speech. B) More important than anything else; supreme. C) The state of being saved or preserved from harm. D) Feel high regard for. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterized by directness in manner or speech. 33. Who is the first man that abuses Celie? A) Her brother. B) Her father. C) Her husband. D) Her brother-in-law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her father. 34. What is the definition for Trifling? A) Speak of in an irreverent or impious manner. B) Difficult to handle or use because of size or weight. C) The act of delaying and playing instead of working. D) Annoy continually or chronically. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The act of delaying and playing instead of working. 35. Celie is not attracted to men and tells Albert that, without clothes on, they all look like what creature? A) Frogs. B) Snails. C) Dogs. D) Bulls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frogs. 36. How old is Celie at the beginning of the novel? A) 13. B) 15. C) 14. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 37. How does Shug say she feels about Albert (Mr ..... )? A) She thinks he's talented and should perform with her. B) She frustrated that he doesn't want to have more children. C) She's upset that he's changed in a negative way. D) She wants to marry him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She's upset that he's changed in a negative way. 38. Who is the antagonist of the book A) Celia. B) Shug avery. C) Mr . D) Harpo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr . 39. Who said the following:I'm poor, I'm black, I may even be ugly, but dear Lord, here I am! Here I am! A) Celie. B) Mary Agnes/Squeak. C) Mister. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celie. 40. Which of the following characters is African? A) Corrinne. B) Tashi. C) Samuel. D) Olivia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tashi. 41. Who said this:Harpo, who dis woman? A) Shug. B) Celie. C) Mary Agnes. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary Agnes. 42. Why is Shug Avery in town? A) She is getting married. B) To meet Celie. C) She is performing. D) To see Mr . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is performing. 43. What is the definition for the word Plead? A) A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. B) Appeal or request earnestly. C) Judgment involved in the assignment of reward and punishment. D) Impudent aggressiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal or request earnestly. 44. True or False:Sofia leaves Harpo A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Who is the main character of the book A) Celia. B) Shug avery. C) Nettie. D) Harpo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celia. 46. Who is the speaker:I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. A) Celie. B) Nettie. C) Shug. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shug. 47. What is the definition for the word Missionary? A) Render holy by means of religious rites. B) A kindly and lenient attitude toward people. C) Something that provides direction or advice. D) Someone who attempts to convert others to a doctrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone who attempts to convert others to a doctrine. 48. Which duo are NOT blood related? A) Samuel and Adam. B) Mr and Harpo. C) Celie and Nettie. D) Nettie and Olivia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samuel and Adam. 49. What does Celie tell Harpo to do to make Sophia more like her? A) Treat her right. B) Love her. C) Beat her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beat her. 50. Who is the father of Celie's two children? A) Shug Avery. B) Pa. C) Harpo. D) Mr . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pa. 51. What is the definition for the term:Nudge? A) Push against gently. B) Lacking zest or vivacity. C) Accept as inevitable. D) The state of being saved or preserved from harm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Push against gently. 52. True or False:Corrine dies before she learns the truth about Adam and Olivia. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. How many people arrive at Celie's house at the end of the story? A) 1. B) 4. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 54. "I don't fight, I stay where I'm told. But I'm alive." A) Sofia. B) Celie. C) Harpo. D) Nettie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Celie. 55. Nettie dies on the ship ride back home. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 56. Who is this about:You sho is ugly! A) Harpo. B) Sofia. C) Mister/Albert. D) Celie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Celie. 57. Who says this:Celie, you has my sympathy. Ain't many women allow they husband's ho to lay up in they house. A) Grady. B) Mister/Albert. C) Harpo. D) Mister's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mister's father. 58. What is the definition for Shun? A) Weight down with a load. B) Cause to feel shame. C) Avoid and stay away from deliberately. D) Kill without legal sanction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avoid and stay away from deliberately. 59. Celie kisses Shug Avery. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 60. Which character dies at the end of the novel? A) Tashi. B) Samuel. C) Corine. D) Adam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corine. 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