Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiiz Schedule

Chapters Date

1-4 Tuesday, April 5
5-6 Wednesday, April 6
7-11 Thursday, April 7
12-15 Monday, April 11
16-18 Tuesday, April 12
19-20 Wednesday, April 13

Final Test Thursday, April 14

We will also watch the video on Thursday, April 14 and hopefully finish it the Tuesday after spring break. (April 26)

5th Block "Eyes" Questions

Their Eyes Were Watching God
By Zora Neale Hurston

You will need to read chapters 1-11 in Their Eyes Were Watching God by April 5, 2011. You will also need to be sure to answer all study questions and be ready for a quiz on these chapters.

Chapters 1-4

1. Who is the main character?
2. What is her situation at the start of the novel?
3. What was Janie’s most noticeable physical characteristic?
4. Who is Janie’s best friend?
5. After chapter one how is the story told?
6. Why did Janie marry Logan Killicks?
7. What was Janie’s idea of love before she was married?
8. What happened to Nanny shortly after Janie was married?
9. How did Janie and Logan’s relationship change?
10. What did Janie discover about love?
11. Describe Joe Starks.
12. What did Janie do shortly after meeting Joe Starks?

Chapters 5 & 6

1. Who was Joe looking for when he first got to town?
2. What were the two names of the towns?
3. What actions did Joe take when he first got to town?
4. How did Joe want Janie to look and act?
5. What was the result of Joe’s suggestion that the town should elect a mayor?
6. What was Janie’s reaction when Joe told her she could not make a speech?
7. Which of Joe’s innovations was the first in a colored town?
8. How did Joe’s position affect Janie’s relationship with the other people in the town?
9. What was the “rock” against which Janie was battered?
10. What did Joe do about the mule?
11. What happened to Joe’s and Janie’s relationship during the seventh year of their marriage?
12. What was Janie’s comment to the men during their conversation about Mrs. Tony?


Chapters 7-11

1. What was the real reason behind the argument between Joe and Janie that started when she incorrectly cut the plug of tobacco?
2. How did Janie feel after their big argument in the store?
3. What did Janie tell Joe just before he died?
4. What was the only change that people saw in Janie after Joe's funeral?
5. What did Phoeby and the other townspeople think Janie should do?
6. What did Janie think of the idea of remarrying?
7. What did Janie say about mourning and grief?
8. How did Janie meet Tea Cake?
9. Describe Tea Cake.
10. What were the main concerns that Janie had about getting into a relationship with Tea Cake?
11. Why did Tea Cake visit Janie one early morning?
12. What did Tea Cake do that proved his serious intentions toward Janie?

Act III

1. Why didn't Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?
2. How did Asagai define "idealist"?
3. What does Asagai ask Beneatha to do?
4. What fault does Mama find with herself?
5. What solution does Walter have?
6. Why didn't Walter take the money Lindner offered?
7.Did they Youngers stay or move?

Act 1 Scene 2

1. Who is Joseph Asagai?
2. What did Ruth find out at the doctor's office?
3. Why is Asagai's present to Beneatha appropriate?
4. What is Asagai's nickname appropriate?
5. What does Mama say is "dangerous"?
6. Where did Ruth actually go instead of the doctor's office?
7. Why did Mama call Walter a disgrace to his father's memory?

Act 2 Scene 1

1. What was Beneatha's family doing when George came in?
2. What are "assimilationist Negroes"?
3. What did Mama do with her money?
4. What was Walter's reaction to Mama's purchase? Ruth's reaction?

Act 2 Scene 2

1. How did Ruth find out Walter hadn't been going to work?
2. Where had Walter been going instead of to work?
3. What did Mama do for Walter?

Act 2 Scene 3

1. Who was Karl Lindner, and why did he visit the Youngers' house?
2. What was Walter's reaction to Lindner?
3. What presents did Mama get?
4. What news did Bobo bring to Walter?