Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?
1969

1972

1980

1995
2 The novel takes place in ___.
France

The US

Canada

Britain
3 We do not know the narrator's ___.
name

appearance

age

all of these
4 The narrator is a/an ___.
illustrator

poet

fine artist

author
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?
Joe

Paul

David

The narrator's father
6 Who is still alive in the narrator's family?
Her brother

Her mother

No one

Her father
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?
Two years

Nine months

Two months

Five months
8 What is "Random Samples?"
A poem David wrote

Anna's paperback

David and Joe's film

The book the narrator is illustrating
9 What was going on during the narrator's childhood?
Vietnam War

WWI

Iraq War

WWII
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?
Newspapers

Gossip

Bread

Vegetables
11 Her mother's diary was filled with ___.
emotional interludes

drawings

philosophical musings

factual information
12 At the beginning of the novel, the narrator seems to have ___.
a husband with whom she is together

a husband from whom she is separated

a child only

a husband and child
13 When she returns to the village, she thinks ___.
she never wants to leave again

it seems like it has changed

it has not changed at all

it seems hostile
14 What does David want to do on this trip?
Hike

Birdwatch

Rock climb

Fish
15 What of her mother's is still in the house?
A necklace

A leather jacket

A notebook

A shawl
16 What kind of book is NOT in the cabin?
Scottish poetry

Classics

Bibles

Old paperbacks
17 How long have David and Anna been married?
5 years

9 years

1 year

10 years
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?
She loves him.

She is afraid of him.

She likes him enough.

She detests him.
19 What were the pictures she'd drawn in her room of?
Trees

Glamorous women

Animals

Explosions
20 Her father can best be described as ___.
witty

creative

spiritual

logical
21 Her father hated ___.
art

women

nature

Christianity
22 Her mother loved what creature?
The herons

The crows

The loons

The jays
23 What does Anna say she has to do for David?
Be sexual

Dress nicely

Wear makeup

Be thin
24 What is the narrator illustrating?
Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Grimms Fairy Tales

Greek myths

Quebec Folk Tales
25 As a child, she wanted to go to ___.
a museum

the United States

the city

Sunday School

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