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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sixth Tuesday We Talk About Emotions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mitch's new job after finishing school again?
(a) Professor.
(b) Musician.
(c) Travel writer.
(d) Sports writer.

2. The phone rang a lot during Mitch and Morrie's first visit. Why did Morrie have his nurse take all the messages?
(a) He didn't want his time with Mitch being interrupted.
(b) He didn't want people calling him.
(c) He was too sick to pick up the phone himself.
(d) He was too lazy to pick up the phone himself.

3. How did Morrie think he would eventually die?
(a) He would get killed.
(b) He would have a heart attack.
(c) He would drown.
(d) He would suffocate.

4. During Mitch and Morrie's first visit, Morrie announced to Mitch that dying is just as sad as something else. What does he think is just as sad as dying?
(a) Living unhappily.
(b) Being sick.
(c) Not finding a job.
(d) Living with no money.

5. From which university did Mitch graduate the second time?
(a) Yale University?
(b) Brandeis University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Columbia University.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mitch was younger, he had a lot of conversations with Morrie. During one of those conversations, Morrie told him that people are pulled in two directions: what they know versus what they feel and what they need versus what they want. What did Morrie answer when Mitch asked him which side wins?

2. What did Mitch continue to rack up with his job?

3. Morrie felt somewhat lucky about the slow progression of his disease. Why?

4. On the sixth Tuesday, Mitch discovered that Morrie's fridge is full of food that he brought for his professor. Why did Morrie not eat the food Mitch brought?

5. When his mother was sick during his childhood, Morrie didn't want to get her medicine. Why?

(see the answer key)

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