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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the tenth Tuesday meeting, what did Morrie compare marriage to?
(a) A drug.
(b) A test.
(c) A disease.
(d) An accomplishment.

3. During the third interview, Morrie told Ted Koppel that the disease could have his body, but what was the disease not allowed to get?
(a) His money.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His spirit.
(d) His family.

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

5. Why did Morrie not want to be in his thirties anymore?
(a) Because his time to be in his thirties had come and gone.
(b) Because he thought people in their thirties were stupid.
(c) Because he didn't like it when he was in his thirties.
(d) Because he liked to be old.

6. On this fifth Tuesday, what did Morrie say is the foundation of everything?
(a) Health.
(b) Friends.
(c) Money.
(d) Family.

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

8. What did Morrie and Mitch talk about on the twelfth Tuesday?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Gratefulness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Pain.

9. What did Morrie say he would do when he's dead and Mitch talked to him at his grave site?
(a) Listen.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Understand.

10. 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?
(a) Because he wasn't hungry.
(b) Because he wanted to hurt Mitch's feelings.
(c) Because he didn't like the food Mitch brought.
(d) Because he could not chew his food anymore.

11. Morrie learned to enjoy being dependent and being treated by others. What did he compare this feeling to?
(a) He felt like a baby again.
(b) He felt like a teenager again.
(c) He felt like an adult.
(d) He felt healthy again.

12. At Morrie's funeral, Mitch tried out an imaginary conversation in his head. How did it feel?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Natural.
(c) Funny.
(d) Weird.

13. What do people in the hospital do when somebody dies?
(a) They cover the body with a sheet and remove it.
(b) They cremate the body.
(c) They bury the body.
(d) They spray the body and remove it.

14. According to Morrie, death ends a life. What does it not end?
(a) A disease.
(b) An adventure.
(c) A relationship.
(d) A fortune.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrie answer when Mitch asked him if he could live his life over, would he would have children again?

2. What is the reason, according to Morrie, that people always want something new?

3. When Mitch visited Morrie the fourteenth Tuesday, how did the nurse feel?

4. What did Morrie do more by "The Audiovisual, Part 3" once his body had deteriorated and he was so close to death?

5. What did the teachers at Brandeis encourage the students to do in the late 1950's?

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