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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrie want to happen to his body when he died?
(a) He wanted it to be buried.
(b) He wanted it to be cremated.
(c) He wanted it to be frozen.
(d) He wanted it to be used for experiments.

2. On this thirteenth Tuesday, what did Morrie compare his body with?
(a) An animal.
(b) A box.
(c) A shell.
(d) A grave.

3. Why did so many students from Brandeis visit Morrie during his final days?
(a) Because they want the food from the fridge.
(b) Because they truly cared about Morrie and thought he was a special professor.
(c) Because they want to teach him now.
(d) Because they want to find out what it is like to die.

4. When did Morrie want Mitch to start forgiving?
(a) Now.
(b) Next Tuesday.
(c) When he was dying.
(d) Never.

5. 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?
(a) He didn't think anything about it.
(b) He enjoyed it.
(c) He hated it.
(d) He was embarrassed.

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

7. When did Morrie stop breathing?
(a) The first time that he was completely alone since falling into the coma.
(b) When his family was around him.
(c) When Morrie was standing next to his bed.
(d) When his friends were around him.

8. On the eleventh Tuesday, what did Morrie claim is a major problem in society?
(a) That people are quicker to see their mistakes than their accomplishments.
(b) That people are quicker to see their gains than their losses.
(c) That people are quicker to see their differences than their similarities.
(d) That people are quicker to see their similarities than their differences.

9. Morrie believed in reincarnation. How did he want to come back?
(a) As a leopard.
(b) As a deer.
(c) As a gazelle.
(d) As a better person.

10. According to Morrie, what is the biggest defect humans being have?
(a) Shortsightedness.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Poorness.

11. 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) Wipe his behind.
(b) Breath.
(c) Talk.
(d) Walk around.

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

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

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

15. What happened to Morrie two days before he died?
(a) He smiled.
(b) He wiped his own behind.
(c) He had a bad dream.
(d) He lapsed into a coma.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the ninth Tuesday, Morrie's condition was rapidly deteriorating, but he had a new saying. What was his new saying?

2. Morrie began teaching at Brandeis in the late 1950's. There, the sociology department was heavily involved in which movement?

3. At the end of the interview, Koppel asked if there was anything Morrie would like to say to the millions of people watching. What did Morrie tell them?

4. What was the topic for the tenth Tuesday meeting?

5. 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?

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