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Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Introduction:
"Please enjoy a quiz on the ABC TV movie "Their Eyes Were Watching God", based on a novel by Zora Neale Hurston."


1. According to Janie, what are the two things everybody has to find out about for themselves?
    life and love
    love and living
    humanity and humility
    humility and healing


2. The story centers around a town called Eatonville. When was it that this town received its charter?
    1899
    1911
    1915
    1906


3. The first man we seeing Janie kiss in the movie is _____.
    Joe Starks
    Amos Hicks
    Logan Keelix
    Johnny Taylor


4. Janie met Joe Starks on his way to the new "all colored" town of Eatonville. Where had Janie's husband Logan gone off to at the time?
    deliver his crop of potatoes
    arrange to have a cow delivered
    buy a plow
    purchase seed potatoes


5. Upon first meeting Amos Hicks Janie says "I ain't kind in no kinda way."
    True
    False


6. Upon their arrival in town, Joe and Janie are told that Eatonville was a gift to the people by Captain Eaton. How many acres of land did the Captain give to the people to charter Eatonville?
    100
    50
    25
    125


7. The name of the Starks' enterprise in Eatonville was ____________.
    Eatonville Post and General Store
    Starks General and Post
    Starks General Store and Post Office
    Eatonville General and Post


8. What event caused Joe to banish Janie's free spirit, once and for all?
    She was seen swimming with another man
    Her laughter was not suitable for her position
    Another man kissed her
    Amos touched her hair


9. Janie to Joe on his death bed: "Something fell off the shelf ______. It was you."
    in my heart
    inside me
    in our life
    inside you


10. Was the last thing Joe ever said to Janie this? "I hope that thunder and lightening kill you. Get out!"
    Yes
    No


11. Which of these things did NOT occur when Janie first met Tea Cake?
    They shared a drink
    He kissed her
    He taught her checkers
    He hopped over the porch railing at the store


12. What was Tea Cake's real name?
    Samson
    Ulysses
    Walter
    Virgil


13. Pick out the true statement about Tea Cake.
    he is using Janie for her money
    he is 19 when he meets Janie
    he has blue eyes
    he is from Jamaica


14. What ultimately ended Tea Cake's life?
    he drowned during a Florida hurricane
    Janie shot him
    he acquired rabies from a rabid dog
    Tea Cake shot himself


15. As we watch the movie unfold, who is Janie telling this story to?
    no one, just the viewers
    Pearl
    Phoebe
    her journal


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