Beloved Quizzes

Beloved Quiz 1

1 Sethe lives with Denver in
Ohio

Alabama

Missouri

Pennsylvania
2 Denver is Sethe's
friend

daughter

niece

mother
3 Sethe escaped from a farm called
High Hill

Old Mill

Sweet Home

Wuthering Heights
4 Sethe was once a(n)
slave

Underground Railroad agent

African princess

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

Georgia

Kentucky

Kansas
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
Baby Suggs

a Civil War soldier

a lynched fugitive

one of Sethe's daughters
8 Sethe paid for the word "Beloved" on her deceased child's tombstone by
mending

having sex with the stone carver

selling a piece of jewelry

borrowing money from the church
9 Paul D spent time in prison in
Alfred, Georgia

Dayton, Ohio

Augustine, Florida

New York, New York
10 Sethe escaped from slavery with the help of
Amy Denver, a white girl and former indentured servant

Ella, an Underground Railroad agent

Stamp Paid, 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?
Boston

New York

Atlanta

Toronto
12 Baby Suggs was Sethe's
mother-in-law

mother

aunt

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

Christian charity

the power of political dissent

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

bird

cross

tree
15 Shortly after his arrival, Paul D takes Sethe and Denver to a
carnival

museum

Indian reservation

casino
16 Upon first seeing Beloved, Sethe feels
a terrible and sudden fatigue

an uncontrollable urge to urinate

an urge to hit the girl

a burning pain in her old scars
17 Sethe's reaction on first seeing Beloved symbolically refers to
the pain left from Sethe's past suffering

rage at the atrocities of the past

childbirth, through the image of the water breaking

weariness of the hardships of life
18 Beloved is
a con artist

the ghost of the dead baby, in the form of a living girl

a fugitive slave on the run

an escaped patient from a mental hospital
19 Beloved could be said most convincingly to represent
the need for Christian faith

African tribal culture

the pain of the past and the legacy of slavery

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 tobacco tin with its lid rusted shut

a ball of stone

a savage beast
21 Years ago, Sethe's baby died because
of a train accident

Sethe's family was massacred by the Klan

Sethe killed her rather than see the child returned to slavery

of artillery fire during the Civil War
22 Baby Suggs instructed her followers to love their bodies. Her command shows the need for former slaves to
reclaim themselves and overcome the self-loathing learned under slavery

become more decadent

organize militias to fight the Klan

kill anyone who tries to hurt them
23 After the tragedy of what happened to Sethe, Baby Suggs
became militant and organized militias to fight white oppression

became embittered and gave up her preaching

fled for Canada

resolved to help blacks learn to read and write
24 Sethe was hunted down and found by the schoolteacher
one year after she arrived in Cincinatti

3 years after she arrived in Cincinatti

28 days after she arrived in Cincinatti

before she reached the North
25 One of Sethe's most horrifying experiences was when she overheard the schoolteacher tell his nephews to list Sethe's 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 two columns: one for human characteristics and one for female 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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