This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Color Purple – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Color Purple Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is Eleanor Jane? A) The mayor's daughter. B) A friend of Shug's. C) Sofia's sister. D) The mayor's wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mayor's daughter. 2. True or False:Sofia and Harpo have more than one child. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What is the definition for the word Spiteful? A) Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt. B) A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation. C) Showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. D) Cause inconvenience or discomfort to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt. 4. True or False:Celie and Nettie's father was a blacksmith A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. Sofia's new boyfriend: A) Bunny. B) Bub. C) Buster. D) Bobby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buster. 6. What is the definition for the word Charity? A) Be fond of. B) A kindly and lenient attitude toward people. C) Something that provides direction or advice. D) The trait of being willing to give your money or time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A kindly and lenient attitude toward people. 7. What happens to Nettie and Samuel's relationship when they travel to England? A) They argue about whether or not to send the children to school in England or take them back to Africa. B) They realize their love for each other and get married. C) They realize it is too hard to be friends without Corrine around and decide to go their separate ways. D) They grow closer in their friendship and decide to always stay in touch no matter what happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They realize their love for each other and get married. 8. What are the last words of Celie's final letter? A) This the luckiest us ever felt. Amen. B) This the youngest us ever felt. Amen. C) This the happiest us ever felt. Amen. D) This the saddest us ever felt. Amen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This the youngest us ever felt. Amen. 9. What does Celie believe happened to her children? A) They were taken by God. B) Alphonso killed them. C) Mister killed them. D) They were adopted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alphonso killed them. 10. Who does Nettie live with after she left Mr ..... 's farm? A) She lives with Jonathan and Emily. B) She lives with Shug and Grady. C) She lives with Samuel and Corinne. D) She lives with Pa and her stepmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She lives with Samuel and Corinne. 11. What is the definition for the word Sulk? A) Take off or remove. B) Be in a huff and display one's displeasure. C) Manner of acting or controlling yourself. D) Expand abnormally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be in a huff and display one's displeasure. 12. Celie's "daughter's" name A) Sally. B) Olivia. C) Cindy. D) Princess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olivia. 13. What is the definition for the word Conscientious? A) Develop in a positive way. B) A specific piece of work required to be done. C) Characterized by extreme care and great effort. D) Having intellectual depth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterized by extreme care and great effort. 14. Mr ..... 's oldest son A) Herb. B) Frank. C) Harpo. D) Bub. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harpo. 15. The name of Pa's new wife: A) Odessa. B) Millie. C) Sally. D) Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daisy. 16. Mr ..... and Harpo A) Brothers. B) Friends. C) Father and son. D) Co-workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Father and son. 17. What is the only piece of mail Mr ..... puts directly into Celie's hands? A) He gives Celie a letter from Olivia. B) He gives her a telegram from the African government notifying Celie that Nettie was killed in Africa. C) He gives Celie a letter he found in the bottom of his trunk. D) He gives her a telegram from the Department of Defense notifying Celie that a German mine has sunk the ship on which Nettie's family was traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He gives her a telegram from the Department of Defense notifying Celie that a German mine has sunk the ship on which Nettie's family was traveling. 18. Celie's friend and Mr ..... 's lover: A) Nettie. B) Shug. C) Olivia. D) Clara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shug. 19. What is the definition for the word Luminous? A) Carry on or function. B) Softly bright or radiant. C) Walk in a proud, confident way. D) Not showing human feeling or sensitivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Softly bright or radiant. 20. What crushing news does Shug give Celie when she goes back to Memphis? A) Shug tells Celie she is going back to Albert to get married. B) Shug tells Celie she is in love with a 19 year old boy. C) Shug tells Celie she is going out on the road for a 3 year tour. D) She is slowly dying from cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shug tells Celie she is in love with a 19 year old boy. 21. Who is this about:The woman that shoulda been yo' mammy. A) Shug Avery. B) Mary Agnes. C) Nettie. D) Celie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shug Avery. 22. What happens when Sofia visits Harpo's jukejoint A) She gives Mary (her sister) a lot of money. B) She sings with Shug Avery (Mr 's mistress). C) She gets into a fight with Squeak (Harpo's girlfriend). D) She yells at Kate (Harpo's sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She gets into a fight with Squeak (Harpo's girlfriend). 23. What do Shug and Celie discover Mr ..... has been hiding? A) Mr has been hiding Nettie's money. B) Mr has been hiding Nettie's last will and testament. C) Mr has been hiding Nettie's death certificate. D) Mr has been hiding Nettie's letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr has been hiding Nettie's letters. 24. Which event happens first? A) Sofia goes to jail. B) Celie discovers that Nettie has been writing letters. C) Nettie is kicked out of Mr and Celie's 's house. D) Nettie and Celie discovers that Pa is not their real pa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nettie is kicked out of Mr and Celie's 's house. 25. What are Celie's childrens names? A) Nick & Charlette. B) Adam & Celie. C) Olivia and Adam. D) Michael and Stella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olivia and Adam. 26. Mister initially wanted to marry A) Nettie. B) Celie. C) Sophia. D) Celie's mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nettie. 27. Which of the following is NOT one of the settings of the novel? A) Alabama. B) Tennessee. C) I was. D) Georgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alabama. 28. Who is being addressed:Boy, you goin' let this ol' nappy-headed girl cuss you out like that? You sittin' at the head of your own dinner table and actin' like the waiter! A) Harpo. B) Albert. C) Grady. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Albert. 29. What is the definition for the word Riddle? A) Softly bright or radiant. B) Spread or diffuse through. C) Be fond of. D) Carry on or function. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spread or diffuse through. 30. Who is this about:Now you want a dead son-in-law? You just keep on advising him like you doing. A) Albert. B) Grady. C) Harpo. D) The mayor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harpo. 31. What is the definition for the term:Paramount? A) More important than anything else; supreme. B) The state of being saved or preserved from harm. C) Admit into a group or community. D) Headed or intending to head in a certain direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More important than anything else; supreme. 32. What is the definition for the word Sanctify? A) Give little or no attention to. B) Something that provides direction or advice. C) Render holy by means of religious rites. D) Feeling guilt or embarrassment or remorse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Render holy by means of religious rites. 33. Who said this:Shug like honey. And now, I's just like a bee. A) Harpo. B) Grady. C) Celie. D) Albert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celie. 34. Who said this:You see daddy? Sinners have souls too. A) Nettie. B) Harpo. C) Celie. D) Shug. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shug. 35. Why did the English steal the Olinka land? A) They want to build a shopping mall. B) They want to plant rubber trees. C) They want to get rid of the Olinka people's culture. D) They want to build schools and hospitals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They want to plant rubber trees. 36. Who said the following:Nothing but death can keep me from it! A) Mary Agnes. B) Celie. C) Nettie. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nettie. 37. Mr ..... 's first name: A) Franklin. B) Harpo. C) Albert. D) Shug. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albert. 38. Catherine and Tashi A) Sisters. B) Friends. C) Mother and daughter. D) Sister-wives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother and daughter. 39. What is the definition for Mutilated? A) Having a part of the body crippled or disabled. B) Cause to feel shame. C) Avoid and stay away from deliberately. D) Suffering from severe mental illness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having a part of the body crippled or disabled. 40. Who says this:Things is gonna be changin' around here. Pass me them peas, boy. A) Sofia. B) Albert's papa. C) Shug. D) Celie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sofia. 41. What is Mr ..... 's first wife's name? A) Susie Mae. B) Annie Julia. C) Carrie. D) Celie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annie Julia. 42. What is the definition for the word Dandy? A) Sharing the feelings of others, especially sorrow or anguish. B) Something intended as a guide for making something else. C) Very good. D) Cause inconvenience or discomfort to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very good. 43. Samuel and Corrine named a child Pauline but call her Olivia. Who actually names her Olivia? A) Alfonso. B) Samuel and Corrine. C) Nettie. D) Celie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Celie. 44. What is Mr ..... 's first name? A) Albert. B) Alfred. C) Alfonso. D) Armand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albert. 45. "i say what yall told me to say. Bout Sofia not being punish enough. Say she happy in prison, strong girl like her." A) The Warden. B) Mary Agnes. C) Shug. D) Albert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary Agnes. 46. What is the definition for the term:Upright? A) Having moral exellence. B) Cause to stop. C) Dress or groom with elaborate care. D) Characterized by directness in manner or speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having moral exellence. 47. Where does Nettie travel to for missionary work? A) England. B) Mexico. C) Africa. D) Senegal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Africa. 48. Who said the following quote:All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my brothers. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men, but I ain't never thought I'd have to fight in my own house! A) Celie. B) Shug. C) Nettie. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sofia. 49. Who is being spoken to:You kids are so clean. You wanna come work for me, be my maid? A) Celie. B) Shug Avery. C) Miss Millie. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sofia. 50. Who is this about:She black as tar, nappy-headed, got legs like baseball bats, and I hear she got that nasty women's disease. A) Sofia. B) Squeak. C) Shug. D) Celie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shug. 51. Which of the following is NOT true about Celie's family? A) Her father was hung. B) Her father was a successful tailor. C) Her mother went crazy. D) Nettie is her only blood sibling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her father was a successful tailor. 52. "All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men. But I never thought I'd have to fight in my own house." A) Shug. B) Celie. C) Nettie. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sofia. 53. Who creates a jukejoint? A) Mr . B) Shug Avery. C) Harpo. D) Grady. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harpo. 54. What is the definition for Clabber? A) Raw milk that has soured and thickened. B) Characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness. C) Everything that exists anywhere. D) Natural abilities or qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raw milk that has soured and thickened. 55. Who helps Celie sew? A) Shug. B) Sofia. C) Mr. D) Harpo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. 56. Who is the speaker:Your black, you're poor, you're ugly, you're a woman, you're nothing at all!" A) Grady. B) Albert. C) Alphonso. D) Harpo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Albert. 57. How many children does Celie have? A) 2. B) 1. C) None. D) 1 dead and 1 alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 58. What is Celie's explanation when Harpo says Mary Agnes is different? A) Celie tells Harpo it is just his imagination. B) Celie tells Harpo it is because Mary Agnes is drinking all the time. C) Celie tells Harpo it is because Mary Agnes smokes a lot of the reefer that Grady grows in the back yard. D) Celie tells Harpo it is because Mary Agnes is on her own now, and she can take care of herself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celie tells Harpo it is because Mary Agnes smokes a lot of the reefer that Grady grows in the back yard. 59. What does Celie inherit when Pa dies? A) Nothing. B) Over $ 5000 worth of debt and a stepsister. C) The house, land, and dry goods store. D) The farm land, a horse, and $ 10, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The house, land, and dry goods store. 60. What is the definition for the word Vouch? A) Give personal assurance; guarantee. B) Sharing the feelings of others, especially sorrow or anguish. 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