Gilead Quizzes

Gilead Quiz 1

1 What year was the novel written?
2000

2004

2010

2005
2 What nationality is Robinson?
American

French

British

Irish
3 Where is the novel set?
Wisconsin

Ohio

Illinois

Iowa
4 What religion is dealt with?
Islam

Buddhism

Judaism

Christianity
5 What is Gilead?
A person

An idea

A poem

A town
6 Who is narrating the novel?
Jack Boughton

Third-person

Ames's son

Ames
7 The novel is in the form of
a poem

a book

a diary

a letter
8 What is Ames's profession?
Preacher

Doctor

Lawyer

Artist
9 What is Soapy?
A horse

A dog

A cat

A cow
10 Ames is in his
sixties

seventies

eighties

fifties
11 Where did Ames and his father travel?
To a battlefield

To the Capitol

To a church

To his grandfather's grave
12 Who is Louisa?
Boughton's daughter

Ames's first wife

The girl Jack was involved with

Ames's daughter
13 What is in the boxes in the attic?
Clothes

Dried flowers

Sermons

Letters
14 What is the most conspicuous characteristic of Lila, Ames's wife?
Wit

Levity

Intelligence

Seriousness
15 What animal did Ames baptize as a kid?
Puppy

Kitten

Piglet

Chick
16 What philosopher does Ames respect?
Foucault

Kierkegaard

Feuerbach

Nietzsche
17 Ames's brother Edward is all of the following except
an atheist

a preacher

a scholar

married to a German girl
18 Boughton is
Ames's best friend

young

a doctor

not very religious
19 Ames's grandfather is described as all of the following except
lacking in eccentricity

forbidding

generous

angry
20 There was a fire at
the diner

the local dry goods store

the Negro church

the cotton field
21 Who is the only person Ames said he would allow to comfort him?
His wife

Jack Boughton

His congregation

Boughton
22 Ames's infamous sermon that he never gave addressed
the war

Communism

the Depression

the Spanish flu
23 Ames's favorite sport is
badminton

baseball

lacrosse

football
24 What happens at the baseball game that Ames's grandfather takes him to?
A fight

A conversion

A thunderstorm

A home run
25 Which character says he has visions?
Ames's grandfather

Ames

Ames's father

Boughton

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