Beloved Quizzes

Beloved Quiz 1

1 Sethe lives with Denver in
Pennsylvania

Alabama

Missouri

Ohio
2 Denver is Sethe's
mother

niece

daughter

friend
3 Sethe escaped from a farm called
Old Mill

High Hill

Wuthering Heights

Sweet Home
4 Sethe was once a(n)
African princess

slave

medicine woman

Underground Railroad agent
5 The farm from which Sethe escaped was located in
Kansas

Kentucky

South Carolina

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

124

228

321
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

borrowing money from the church

having sex with the stone carver

mending
9 Paul D spent time in prison in
New York, New York

Augustine, Florida

Dayton, Ohio

Alfred, Georgia
10 Sethe escaped from slavery with the help of
Ella, an Underground Railroad agent

Amy Denver, a white girl and former indentured servant

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?
Toronto

Atlanta

New York

Boston
12 Baby Suggs was Sethe's
aunt

mother-in-law

mother

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

the power of political dissent

the abuse of science and the role of science in justifying slavery

Christian charity
14 The scars on Sethe's back resemble a
tree

cross

ghost

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

museum

casino

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

an uncontrollable urge to urinate

a terrible and sudden fatigue

a burning pain in her old scars
17 Sethe's reaction on first seeing Beloved symbolically refers to
weariness of the hardships of life

childbirth, through the image of the water breaking

the pain left from Sethe's past suffering

rage at the atrocities of the past
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 pain of the past and the legacy of slavery

the joys of motherhood

the need for Christian faith

African tribal culture
20 Throughout the novel, Paul D's heart is most often said to have been replaced by
a savage beast

an empty void

a ball of stone

a tobacco tin with its lid rusted shut
21 Years ago, Sethe's baby died because
Sethe killed her rather than see the child returned to slavery

Sethe's family was massacred by the Klan

of a train accident

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

organize militias to fight the Klan

become more decadent

kill anyone who tries to hurt them
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
before she reached the North

3 years after she arrived in Cincinatti

one year after she arrived in Cincinatti

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 supernatural characteristics

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

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

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

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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