Gilead Quizzes

Gilead Quiz 1

1 What year was the novel written?
2005

2000

2010

2004
2 What nationality is Robinson?
Irish

French

American

British
3 Where is the novel set?
Illinois

Iowa

Wisconsin

Ohio
4 What religion is dealt with?
Buddhism

Judaism

Islam

Christianity
5 What is Gilead?
A person

A poem

A town

An idea
6 Who is narrating the novel?
Ames

Ames's son

Third-person

Jack Boughton
7 The novel is in the form of
a diary

a letter

a poem

a book
8 What is Ames's profession?
Doctor

Lawyer

Artist

Preacher
9 What is Soapy?
A dog

A cow

A horse

A cat
10 Ames is in his
fifties

eighties

sixties

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

To his grandfather's grave

To a church

To the Capitol
12 Who is Louisa?
Boughton's daughter

Ames's first wife

Ames's daughter

The girl Jack was involved with
13 What is in the boxes in the attic?
Dried flowers

Sermons

Letters

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

Intelligence

Levity

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

Puppy

Piglet

Kitten
16 What philosopher does Ames respect?
Foucault

Feuerbach

Nietzsche

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

married to a German girl

a scholar

a preacher
18 Boughton is
young

not very religious

Ames's best friend

a doctor
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 Negro church

the local dry goods store

the diner

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

His wife

Boughton

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

the Spanish flu

Communism

the war
23 Ames's favorite sport is
badminton

baseball

football

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

A home run

A fight

A thunderstorm
25 Which character says he has visions?
Ames's father

Ames

Ames's grandfather

Boughton

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