Human Acts Quizzes

Human Acts Quiz for Chapters 1-2

1 Who narrates the first chapter?
Jeong-mi

Dong-ho

Dong-ho's mother

Jeong-dae
2 What narrative perspective does the first chapter use?
Second-person point of view

Third-person omniscient point of view

First-person point of view

Third-person limited point of view
3 What kind of trees does Dong-ho see outside the Provincial Office?
Korean red pine

Ginkgo trees

Jolcham Oak

White forsythia
4 What do people sing during the funerals?
American pop

Traditional Korean folk hits

The National Anthem

A K-pop song
5 What is the practical purpose of candles in Chapter 1?
To have something to meditate on

To dispel the smell of death

To keep warm

To perform a ritual
6 What do candles symbolize?
Birds

Religious ritual

Mourning and imprints of departed people's souls

Nothing
7 Describe Dong-ho's work in Chapter 1.
Mostly administrative; he takes notes and helps direct people where to go.

He organizes protests.

He gives order to the other citizens at the Provincial Office,

Mostly physical; he does the heavy lifting with all the bodies.
8 What fundamental question does Dong-ho raise concerning the Taegukgi and national anthem?
Why does everyone have to love nationalist symbols?

How to not betray one's nation?

Why do the soldiers not represent the nation?

Why employ nationalist symbols at the funerals of those killed by the nation?
9 How does Eun-sook respond to Dong-ho questioning why they use the national anthem and flag for the funerals?
Eun-sook remains silent in the face of Dong-ho's angry questioning.

Eun-sook agrees with Dong-ho's critique.

Eun-sook thinks that using the flag and singing the anthem are like the moment of silence.

Eun-sook states that the generals seized power unlawfully and thus do not represent the nation.
10 Whose death does Dong-ho recall?
His grandmother's

His brother's

His mother's

His own
11 What imagery does Dong-ho use to speak about his grandmother's death?
He compares her soul to a flickering flame

He compares her soul to a bird

He sees his grandmother in the rain

He compares her body to the ginkgo trees
12 What does Eun-sook bring to Dong-ho?
A dead bird

A redacted manuscript

A sponge cake and yogurt

Forgiveness
13 What reason does Dong-ho give in refusing to come home?
He tells everyone about his survivor's guilt.

He wants to find Jeong-dae first.

He feels a sense of duty to stay until the end.

He misses Jeong-mi.
14 Who narrates Chapter 2?
Dong-ho

Jeong-dae

Jin-su

Jeong-mi
15 What differentiates Chapter 2 from the rest of the chapters?
The narrator is dreaming.

The narrator was traumatized.

The narrator has already died.

The narrator contemplates death.
16 What does Hang compare the pile of bodies to?
Babel

A monstrous, fantastical beast

A bird

A funeral pyre
17 Can Jeong-dae communicate with anyone?
He sees the living and feels the presence of other souls but cannot communicate.

He can speak to Dong-ho and his sister once he finds them.

He speaks to nature and nature responds, assuaging his loneliness.

He can only see the other recently deceased.
18 Define "zenith."
The time at which something is most powerful or successful

A deep wish or desire

The darkest hour of the night

A god or ruler on a throne
19 What does Jeong-dae think about to deal with his fear?
His death

The moon

Memories of his sister

The pile of bodies
20 What primary questions consume Jeong-dae?
Why are humans capable of violence?

Who killed him and his sister, and why?

Why doesn't nature comfort him?

Why sing the national anthem at their funeral?
21 Finish this quote: "I wanted to shuck off my body ___"
and be free to fly

like an ear of corn

like two peas in a pod

as a snake sheds its skin
22 What point of view is Chapter 2 written in?
First-person point of view

Second-person point of view

Third-person limited point of view

Third-person omniscient point of view
23 What do the soldiers do to the pile of bodies at the end of the chapter?
Set it on fire.

Let the bodies naturally decompose.

Bury everyone in a mass grave.

Perform funeral rites.
24 Where does Jeong-dae decide to go at the end of the chapter?
To his school

To his sister

To Dong-ho

To his parents
25 What does Jeong-dae realize about Dong-ho?
Jeong-dae can sense when Dong-ho dies.

Jeong-dae sees Dong-ho return home.

Jeong-dae blames Dong-ho for leaving him.

Jeong-dae sees Dong-ho searching for him.

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