The Marrow of Tradition Quizzes

The Marrow of Tradition Quiz 1

By Lane Davis · Edited by Bella Wang · Last reviewed January 30, 2011

1 What is the name of the newspaper that Major Carteret operates?

The Evening Star

The Morning Chronicle

The Morning Journal

The Wilmington Gazette
2 In what army did Major Carteret serve in?

God's Army

the United States Army

the Confederate Army

the Union Army
3 Who kicked Julia and her child out of Mr. Merkell's house?

Aunt Polly

Olivia Carteret

Dr. Miller

Major Carteret
4 Who now owns the Carteret family estate?

Dr. Miller

Major Carteret

Mr. Merkell

Mammy Jane
5 For how long is Mrs. Carteret in labor with her first child?

two hours

nine hours

two days

three hours
6 What is Dodie Carteret's given name?

Matthew Paul

Felix Paul

Theodore Felix

Matthew Thomas
7 What is Lee Ellis' job at the town's newspaper?

reporter

copy boy

printer

editor
8 Where did Aunt Polly get the coins she used to pass out to Tom and Clara as children?

her bank

her apron

her mattress

her pine chest
9 For whom does Sandy work?

Old Mr. Delamere

Tom Delamere

Aunt Polly

the Carteret family
10 What traditional celebration does Major Carteret's news paper staff participate in after the birth of his son?

smoking a cigar

giving him a small sum of money

drinking a glass of wine

eating a corn cake
11 Why does Major Carteret not shake Jerry's hand?

he is uneducated

he is a laborer

he is a Republican

he is black
12 What military rank has Mr. Belmont attained?

General

Major

Private

Captain
13 What style of beard does Mr. Belmont wear?

Goatee

Clean-shaven

Burnside

Vandyke
14 Major Carteret's newspaper is the "organ" for which political party?

Democratic

Bull Moose

Whigs

Republican
15 Which man lets Jerry keep the change from their drink order?

Private Benjamin

Captain McBane

General Belmont

Major Carteret
16 How much does Dodie weigh after six months?

nine pounds

eighteen pounds

thirty four pounds

twenty four pounds
17 Why does Mammy Jane have to leave the Carteret residence?

rheumatism

the flu

her obstinate behavior

a bad back
18 What name does the narrator give for the Southern stage of race relations where there is an "imperfect blending of old with new..."

chip-on-the-shoulder

out-with-the-old

new wineskins

tossing-and-turning
19 According to Mammy Jane and Major Carteret, what is "spoiling" the "young negroes?"

money

jobs

education

self confidence
20 What does Mammy Jane put in the vial she buries in the Carteret's front yard?

bath water

blood

spit

dirt
21 What does Dodie accidentally swallow?

a hard piece of candy

a piece of plastic

a piece of wood

a piece of his rattle
22 From what city is Dr. Burns from?

New York

Wilmington

Philadelphia

Washington, D.C.
23 Where did Dr. Miller study medicine?

North Carolina

Chicago

Europe

New York
24 What system of laws designated strict seperation between races in the post Civil War South?

Plessy v. Ferguson Laws

The Virginia Laws

The Mosaic Laws

Jim Crow Laws
25 The book's title is based on a poem by what writer?

Robert Frost

William Wordsworth

Lord Byron

Charles Lamb

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