Violence In The Color Purple
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This quiz will be a take-home quiz to help assess the students comprehension and understanding of how violence plays a major role in the novel The Color Purple.
- 1.The novel begins with Celie believing that she was raped by her father. Being that she mothered two children, where are they?
- A.
Her father took them away from her and she never saw them again.
- B.
They are with her throughout the novel.
- C.
Her father took them away from her and killed them.
- D.
Her mother stole them from her.
- E.
She put them up for adoption.
- 2.Celie's husband's name was
- 3.On her wedding night, what happened to Celie?
- A.
Her husband's friend raped her.
- B.
Her husband beat her.
- C.
She was treated like a queen.
- D.
She ran away.
- E.
She beat her husband.
- 4.Celie getting raped by her father was a foreshadow for what?
- A.
Violence to come.
- B.
A new beginning for Celie.
- C.
Celie to be a violent person.
- D.
Happiness for Celie and her family.
- E.
Overwhelming misfortune and violence to come.
- 5.What was Celie's husband's eldest son's name was
- 6.When Celie's husband's eldest son asked him for advice on handling his wife, what advice did he give?
- A.
Be kind to your wife son.
- B.
Buy her things and she will behave son.
- C.
Beat her and she will behave son.
- D.
Give her children and she will behave son.
- E.
Divorce her son.
- 7.Violence is a cycle that is difficult to break. In many families, the children grow up and think that violence is okay. Do you feel that violence is ever okay? If so, why?
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