Beloved Quizzes

Beloved Quiz 1

1 Sethe lives with Denver in
Missouri

Alabama

Ohio

Pennsylvania
2 Denver is Sethe's
mother

niece

daughter

friend
3 Sethe escaped from a farm called
Old Mill

Wuthering Heights

High Hill

Sweet Home
4 Sethe was once a(n)
slave

African princess

Underground Railroad agent

medicine woman
5 The farm from which Sethe escaped was located in
South Carolina

Kentucky

Kansas

Georgia
6 The house in which Sethe and Denver now live is referred to throughout the book as
123

228

321

124
7 Sethe's home is now haunted by the ghost of
a Civil War soldier

a lynched fugitive

one of Sethe's daughters

Baby Suggs
8 Sethe paid for the word "Beloved" on her deceased child's tombstone by
selling a piece of jewelry

mending

borrowing money from the church

having sex with the stone carver
9 Paul D spent time in prison in
Dayton, Ohio

Alfred, Georgia

Augustine, Florida

New York, New York
10 Sethe escaped from slavery with the help of
Stamp Paid, an Underground Railroad agent

Amy Denver, a white girl and former indentured servant

Ella, an Underground Railroad agent

all of these people
11 Amy Denver was looking for carmine colored velvet. She believed she would be able to find the best velvet in a certain city. Which city was it?
Atlanta

Boston

Toronto

New York
12 Baby Suggs was Sethe's
mother-in-law

grandmother

aunt

mother
13 The schoolteacher could be said to represent
the kindness of some slave-owners

the power of political dissent

Christian charity

the abuse of science and the role of science in justifying slavery
14 The scars on Sethe's back resemble a
cross

tree

ghost

bird
15 Shortly after his arrival, Paul D takes Sethe and Denver to a
casino

carnival

Indian reservation

museum
16 Upon first seeing Beloved, Sethe feels
an urge to hit the girl

a burning pain in her old scars

a terrible and sudden fatigue

an uncontrollable urge to urinate
17 Sethe's reaction on first seeing Beloved symbolically refers to
rage at the atrocities of the past

childbirth, through the image of the water breaking

the pain left from Sethe's past suffering

weariness of the hardships of life
18 Beloved is
the ghost of the dead baby, in the form of a living girl

an escaped patient from a mental hospital

a con artist

a fugitive slave on the run
19 Beloved could be said most convincingly to represent
the pain of the past and the legacy of slavery

African tribal culture

the need for Christian faith

the joys of motherhood
20 Throughout the novel, Paul D's heart is most often said to have been replaced by
an empty void

a savage beast

a ball of stone

a tobacco tin with its lid rusted shut
21 Years ago, Sethe's baby died because
Sethe's family was massacred by the Klan

of artillery fire during the Civil War

Sethe killed her rather than see the child returned to slavery

of a train accident
22 Baby Suggs instructed her followers to love their bodies. Her command shows the need for former slaves to
become more decadent

organize militias to fight the Klan

kill anyone who tries to hurt them

reclaim themselves and overcome the self-loathing learned under slavery
23 After the tragedy of what happened to Sethe, Baby Suggs
fled for Canada

became embittered and gave up her preaching

resolved to help blacks learn to read and write

became militant and organized militias to fight white oppression
24 Sethe was hunted down and found by the schoolteacher
one year after she arrived in Cincinatti

3 years after she arrived in Cincinatti

before she reached the North

28 days after she arrived in Cincinatti
25 One of Sethe's most horrifying experiences was when she overheard the schoolteacher tell his nephews to list Sethe's characteristics
in two columns: one for human characteristics and one for female characteristics

in three columns: one for the Id, one for the Ego, and one for the Superego

in two columns: one for human characteristics and one for supernatural characteristics

in two columns: one for human characteristics and one for animal characteristics

In Beloved, why did Paul D get sent to prison?

After Paul D attempted to escape from Sweet Home, he was sold to a man he soon attempted to kill. As a result, Paul D was sent to a prison in Georgia.

Asked by Zack G #517473

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/27/2023 11:17 AM

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Why is Denver so jealous of Sethe?

Denver is jealous because she considers Beloved her possession. She is jealous because Beloved gives more attention to Sethe than she does to her (Denver).

Asked by Shiv R #558972

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/27/2023 11:12 AM

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Why is Sethe angry about her memories of Sweet Home?

Sethe's memories of Sweet Home include all of the men she has loved, but more importantly, her years as a slave.

Asked by Softball Q #682374

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/27/2023 11:08 AM

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