This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Color Purple – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Color Purple Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:Celie's mother is dead A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. What is Mr ..... 's real name? A) James. B) Fonso. C) Albert. D) Tobias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albert. 3. Who said the following quote:The jail you plan for me who's the one you're gonna rot in. A) Celie. B) Shug Avery. C) Sofia. D) Mister/Albert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celie. 4. Which of the following is NOT true about Nettie? A) She is Celie's little sister. B) She ran away from home. C) She has lived with Celie and Mr . D) She has a child from Pa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She has a child from Pa. 5. What is the definition for the term:Listless? A) The act of clasping another person in the arms. B) Push against gently. C) Dress or groom with elaborate care. D) Lacking zest or vivacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lacking zest or vivacity. 6. Shug Avery used to have an affair with whom? A) Mister. B) Sofia. C) Harpo. D) Alphonso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mister. 7. Who is this about:You just a big ol heffa. A) Celie. B) Mary Agnes. C) Shug. D) Sofia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sofia. 8. Why is Celie writing to God? A) To cope. B) Because she is angry at God. C) Because she thinks he will help . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To cope. 9. Who is the narrator of the novel? A) Celie. B) Nettie. C) Shug Avery. D) Mr . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celie. 10. What makes Celie angry with Mister? A) He hid Nettie's letters. B) He makes advances on Shug. C) He hits Celie. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hid Nettie's letters. 11. "It just a scandless, a woman with five children hanging out in a jukejoint at night." A) Shug. B) Celie. C) Albert. D) Harpo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harpo. 12. True or false:A typical Olinka girl is discouraged from going to school. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. True or False:Pa is rich A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. Why does Nettie live with Mister and Celie for a brief period of time? A) She ran away from their father. B) She came to replace Celie as Mister's wife. C) She missed Celie. D) She came to help with the household. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She ran away from their father. 15. What is the first thing that Celie starts sewing? A) A quilt. B) A handkerchief. C) Albert's shirts. D) Pants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A quilt. 16. What is the definition for the term:Stricken? A) Having a preference, disposition, or tendency. B) Grievously affected especially by disease. C) The act of clasping another person in the arms. D) Lacking zest or vivacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grievously affected especially by disease. 17. Who is the speaker:I's married now! I's married now! A) Sofia. B) Celie. C) Shug. D) Nettie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shug. 18. Which one of Mr ..... 's sisters goes shopping with Celie? A) Carrie. B) Kate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kate. 19. What is the name of the tailored pants business that Celie establishes in Memphis? A) Unlimited Pants, Unlimited. B) Folkspants, Unlimited. C) Nettie Pots. D) Celie's Seams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folkspants, Unlimited. 20. Mister becomes a decent person. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. Who says this:Celie is coming with us to Memphis. A) Mary Agnes. B) Shug Avery. C) Harpo and Sofia. D) Nettie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shug Avery. 22. What is the definition for the word Grudge? A) The general condition of body and mind. B) A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation. C) Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt. D) Cause inconvenience or discomfort to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation. 23. Fonzo is Celie and Nettie's father. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. .What did Albert (Mr ..... ) do to Nettie when she left? A) He tried to assault her. B) He tried to convince her to come back. C) He accused her of stealing from him. D) He stole all her money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He tried to assault her. 25. Albert's ex-wife: A) Mary Agnes. B) Annie Julia. C) Sallie Mae. D) Eleanor Jane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annie Julia. 26. Everything in Celie's room is ..... , except for the floor. A) Yellow and purple. B) Purple and red. C) Red and yellow. D) Blue and green. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purple and red. 27. All of the following are true EXCEPT: A) Adam and Tashi get married. B) Albert asks Celie to marry him "for real" this time. C) Albert learns to sew. D) Sofia's youngest daughter Henrietta dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sofia's youngest daughter Henrietta dies. 28. What is the definition for the term:Inclined? A) Having a preference, disposition, or tendency. B) Grievously affected especially by disease. C) Accept as inevitable. D) A formal entry into an organization or position or office. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having a preference, disposition, or tendency. 29. What is the definition for the word Prance? A) Appeal or request earnestly. B) Be in a huff and display one's displeasure. C) Hold gently and carefully. D) Move or step in a lively, spirited, or showy way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Move or step in a lively, spirited, or showy way. 30. What is the definition for the term:Preen? A) Having moral exellence. B) Dress or groom with elaborate care. C) Push against gently. D) Cry weakly or softly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dress or groom with elaborate care. 31. What is the definition for Lynch? A) Weight down with a load. B) Difficult to handle or use because of size or weight. C) Unusual largeness in size or extent or number. D) Kill without legal sanction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kill without legal sanction. 32. What is the definition for the term:Resign? A) Accept as inevitable. B) Any instrument used in fighting or hunting. C) Assert or affirm strongly. D) A state of deep-seated ill-will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accept as inevitable. 33. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old with whom Shug elopes with toward the end of the novel? A) Gerald. B) Reptiles. C) Grady. D) Germaine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germaine. 34. What common experience do Celie and Mr ..... bond over, finally repairing their relationship? A) Love of Shug. B) Cooking and cleaning. C) Racial activism in Georgia. D) Love of their children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love of Shug. 35. Celie's husband: A) Harpo. B) Albert. C) Pa. D) Buster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Albert. 36. "You don't want her here, just say so, he say. Won't do no good. But if that the way you feel ..... " A) Celie. B) Fonso. C) Albert. D) Harpo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albert. 37. What is the definition for Cumbersome? A) Weight down with a load. 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: B) Difficult to handle or use because of size or weight. 38. What is the name of Harpo's wife? A) Shug. B) Sandra. C) Sofia. D) Susan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sofia. 39. At the beginning of the novel, Celie is pregnant with her ..... child. A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second. 40. What work is Sofia forced to do for Miss Millie? A) To work as a driver. B) To work as a farmer. C) To work as a maid. D) To work as a teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To work as a maid. 41. True or False:Sofia leaves Harpo and her kids and moves in with her sister. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 42. To whom is the first letter addressed to? A) Celie. B) Nettie. C) Pa. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) God. 43. What is the definition for the word Drudge? A) Give knowledge acquired by learning and instruction. B) A specific piece of work required to be done. C) Characterized by extreme care and great effort. D) A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. 44. Which of the following is NOT true about Celie? A) She is married to Mr . B) She has two children. C) She has a daughter named Olivia. D) She has a son named James. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She has a son named James. 45. Who is the author of The Color Purple? A) Andrew Walter. B) Andrew Walker. C) Alice Walker. D) Alice Walker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alice Walker. 46. Who says this:He beat me for not being you. A) Nettie. B) Celie. C) Sophia. D) Shug. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Celie. 47. "What you mean, Dis her house? She walk out on you. Walk away from the house. It over now, she say to Sofia." A) Harpo. B) Shug. C) Mary Agnes. D) Celie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary Agnes. 48. What is one of the topics Nettie learns about in her studies? A) Slavery. B) Brazilian history. C) Cooking. D) The Revolutionary War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slavery. 49. Who does Celie love? A) Mister. B) Harpo. C) Shug Avery . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shug Avery . 50. Who is this about:You a low down dirty dog, that's what's wrong. A) Albert's father. B) The mayor. C) Albert. D) Harpo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albert. 51. Which of the following does Mistter's sister advise Celie to do? A) Report Mister. B) Fight back against Mister. C) Tolerate Mister. D) Love Mister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fight back against Mister. 52. What is the definition for Blaspheme? A) Refuse to recognize or acknowledge. B) Speak of in an irreverent or impious manner. C) Reveal its presence or make an appearance. D) Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speak of in an irreverent or impious manner. 53. Who is Celie's real father? A) Alfonso. B) A warden at Sofia's jail. C) A prosperous black farmer. D) Albert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A prosperous black farmer. 54. What is the definition for the word Repent? A) Give little or no attention to. B) Feel sorry for; be contrite about. C) Be unwilling to accept. D) An attitude of admiration or esteem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feel sorry for; be contrite about. 55. What is the theme of the book A) Hard work. B) Individualism. C) Slavery. D) Feminism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individualism. 56. What food is good from someone with Henrietta's condition? A) Yams. B) Fish. C) Sweet Potatoes. D) Lemons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yams. 57. Who is Miss Millie? A) Sofia's aunt. B) The doctor's wife. C) The mayor's wife. D) The prison warden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The mayor's wife. 58. Celie has a purple frog perch on her mantlepiece, who carved it and gave it to her? A) Shug. B) Pa. C) Mr. D) Nettie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. 59. "I won't leave, she say, until I know Albert won't even think about beating you." A) Carrie. B) Shug. C) Nettie. D) Celie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shug. 60. On which holiday do Celie and Nettie reunite in Georgia? A) Christmas. B) The Fourth of July. C) Easter. D) Thanksgiving. 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