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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Morrie, when do you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it?
(a) When you're surrounded by people who say "Let's be friends."
(b) When you're surrounded by people who say "I want to share."
(c) When you're surrounded by people who say "I give you everything you want."
(d) When you're surrounded by people who say 'I want mine now,'

2. When Mitch visited Morrie on the seventh Tuesday, Morrie had finally lost one of the only battles he dreaded. What is Morrie not able to do anymore?
(a) Talk.
(b) Wipe his behind.
(c) Breath.
(d) Walk around.

3. What did the teachers at Brandeis encourage the students to do in the late 1950's?
(a) To be hippies.
(b) To become active.
(c) To study harder.
(d) To be lazy.

4. When Ted Koppel asked Morrie about his previous comments about someone having to wipe his backside for him, what did he get instead of humor?
(a) The truth.
(b) A lie.
(c) A laugh.
(d) No answer.

5. In the Book of Job from the Bible, what does God do to test Job's faith?
(a) He makes him sick.
(b) He takes away everything Job has.
(c) He kills Job.
(d) He gives him good health.

6. On this eleventh Tuesday, Morrie and Mitch did something else while they talk. What did they do?
(a) They cried.
(b) They hugged.
(c) They ate.
(d) They held hands.

7. What is the profession of Stephen Hawking?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Physicist.
(c) Professor.
(d) Psychopath.

8. Morrie began teaching at Brandeis in the late 1950's. There, the sociology department was heavily involved in which movement?
(a) The antiwar movement.
(b) The friendship movement.
(c) The antipolitics movement.
(d) The communist movement.

9. Morrie's nights were getting difficult by the sixth tuesday visit. He was awake a lot. Why?
(a) Because he wanted to talk to his wife.
(b) Because he was coughing a lot.
(c) Because he was sneezing a lot.
(d) Because he had to go to the bathroom a lot.

10. On the eighth Tuesday, Morrie and Mitch talked about money and values. What is, according to Morrie, the result of people valuing the wrong thing?
(a) They lead rich lives.
(b) They are happy.
(c) The don't care about anything.
(d) They lead disillusioned lives.

11. What was the topic for the tenth Tuesday meeting?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Companionship.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Love.

12. What did Morrie want his tombstone to read?
(a) "Death by disease."
(b) "A teacher to the last."
(c) "Alive until the end."
(d) "The best teacher ever."

13. According to Morrie, what allows a person to be on the same level as everyone else?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) An open house.
(c) Money.
(d) An open heart.

14. How long did Morrie work in the mental institute?
(a) Three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Six years.
(d) One year.

15. What shirt did Morrie wear on the day of his third interview with Nightline?
(a) His favorite shirt.
(b) The same shirt as the previous interview.
(c) The same shirt as the day before.
(d) The same shirt as the week before.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Morrie's first jobs was in a mental institution where he was supposed to just observe. Instead of just observing, what did he do?

2. What did Morrie want to happen to his body when he died?

3. Morrie's disease was progressing and Mitch had to touch Morrie more and more to adjust the microphone. How did Morrie feel about that physical contact?

4. Morrie learned to enjoy being dependent and being treated by others. What did he compare this feeling to?

5. Why did Morrie not want to be in his thirties anymore?

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