On Beauty Quizzes

On Beauty Quiz 1

1 The Belsey residence originally belonged to
Harold Belsey

Kiki

Howard

Kiki's mother
2 Why are Monty and Howard so opposed to each other?
Their political ideologies

Differing artistic theories

Public disagreement

All of the above
3 What does Michael Kipps do for a living?
Business and software

A writer

Professor, like his father

He is unemployed
4 Why does Levi stop working at his Saturday job?
He quits after a built up anger

He is fired by Bailey

He rallies up a Christmas strike

LaShonda tricks him into being framed
5 What line does Carlene Kipps include on the back of her painting to Kiki?
"On beauty and being just"

"There is such a shelter in each other"

"Most of the cruelty in the world is just misplaced energy"

"That's a lot of symbolizing!"
6 How do Zora and Carl first meet?
She takes his Discman at the Boston concert

He steals her Discman at the Boston concert

Jerome introduces them

The Wellington swimming pool
7 Who suggests going to the Mozart Requiem concert?
Jerome

Levi

Howard

Zora
8 Which Belsey child is least academically inclined?
Levi

They are all uninclined

Jerome

Zora
9 What does the author say that "everyone wishes for?"
More fame

More time

More money

More glory
10 Of what background does Harold Belsey come from?
A butcher by trade

A street laborer

A factory worker

A professor
11 How is Carlene Kipps' funeral described?
A very closed, tight and stuffy kind of service

A very poised, elegant and antique church service

Open and filled with people of all different backgrounds

Open and filled with mostly people from Wellington
12 Why does Levi grow cold to Carl over time?
He is offended by Carl's behavior towards his sister

He believes he has moved on past Carl's type of coolness

He is jealous of Carl and Victoria

He is upset by Carl's rejection of Howard's values
13 Why is Monty ultimately unable to rid Wellington of the discretionary students?
He reconciles his views with Howard's committee

He and Claire Malcolm butt heads at the faculty meeting

He had been sleeping with Chantelle Williams

He realizes Carl is good for Victoria
14 What is one thing the Kipps are unafraid to talk about that the Belseys are?
Money

Art history

Their mothers

Aesthetics
15 What does Kiki believe is the reason Howard had an affair with Claire Malcolm?
Her own changed appearance

He wants to get back at her for something that happened years ago

Howard is unfulfilled with his position at Wellington

He has always loved Claire
16 What is the original story Howard tells Kiki about his infidelity?
That he and Claire Malcolm had been together since grad school

That he had a one-night stand at a conference

That he and Claire Malcolm have been together for three weeks

He and Victoria never actually slept together
17 What is the cause of Carlene Kipps' death?
Suicide

A car accident

A cancer

A train accident
18 What is the extremely valuable painting the Kippses own?
A portrait of a Haitian goddess

An etching of a nude

Hendrickje Bathing

A lesser known Rembrandt self-portrait
19 What is Victoria's allure?
She is incredibly intelligent

She is strikingly physically beautiful

She has a bookish, intelligent charm

She is remarkably eloquent
20 What characterizes Victoria's reception of Howard when they first hook up?
She pretends to be Kiki

She barely makes a sound

She is overly dramatic in her performance

She acts like a child
21 When do Victoria and Howard hook up for the second time?
In the hallway with the prison-like windows

In the hotel when they are interrupted by the maid

They do not hook up a second time

After the Emerson Hall dinner
22 Why is Kiki so uncomfortable around Monique?
Monique has been stealing from the Belseys

They are both from similar backgrounds and remind each other of that background

Monique was a childhood friend of Kiki's

They are both black women but one is in charge of the other
23 What prompts Howard to leave Harold's house after visiting him?
A rash comment Harold makes about his wife/Howard's mother

A racist comment Harold makes about Howard

A racist comment Harold makes about Kiki

A criticism of Howard's intellectual pursuits
24 What is Zora's reputation on campus?
She is a very lame person

She is a remarkably intelligent student

She is an activist

She is a very talented poet
25 How does Zora perpetuate her reputation on Wellignton's campus?
She sleeps in late past classes

She publishes poetry regularly

She writes opinionated news columns

She participates in as many classes as she can

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