Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1969

1972

1995

1980
2 The novel takes place in ___.

Canada

France

The US

Britain
3 We do not know the narrator's ___.

appearance

age

name

all of these
4 The narrator is a/an ___.

fine artist

illustrator

poet

author
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

Paul

David

Joe

The narrator's father
6 Who is still alive in the narrator's family?

Her brother

Her father

No one

Her mother
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Two years

Two months

Nine months

Five months
8 What is "Random Samples?"

David and Joe's film

A poem David wrote

The book the narrator is illustrating

Anna's paperback
9 What was going on during the narrator's childhood?

WWII

WWI

Vietnam War

Iraq War
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Newspapers

Gossip

Vegetables

Bread
11 Her mother's diary was filled with ___.

emotional interludes

drawings

philosophical musings

factual information
12 At the beginning of the novel, the narrator seems to have ___.

a husband from whom she is separated

a husband and child

a husband with whom she is together

a child only
13 When she returns to the village, she thinks ___.

it has not changed at all

it seems like it has changed

it seems hostile

she never wants to leave again
14 What does David want to do on this trip?

Fish

Birdwatch

Hike

Rock climb
15 What of her mother's is still in the house?

A shawl

A leather jacket

A necklace

A notebook
16 What kind of book is NOT in the cabin?

Scottish poetry

Bibles

Old paperbacks

Classics
17 How long have David and Anna been married?

9 years

1 year

10 years

5 years
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She loves him.

She is afraid of him.

She likes him enough.

She detests him.
19 What were the pictures she'd drawn in her room of?

Glamorous women

Trees

Animals

Explosions
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

spiritual

creative

witty

logical
21 Her father hated ___.

nature

women

art

Christianity
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The loons

The jays

The herons

The crows
23 What does Anna say she has to do for David?

Wear makeup

Be thin

Dress nicely

Be sexual
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Quebec Folk Tales

Grimms Fairy Tales

Greek myths
25 As a child, she wanted to go to ___.

the United States

Sunday School

a museum

the city

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