Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1969

1980

1995

1972
2 The novel takes place in ___.

Britain

Canada

France

The US
3 We do not know the narrator's ___.

appearance

age

name

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

poet

illustrator

author

fine artist
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

David

The narrator's father

Paul

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

No one

Her father

Her brother

Her mother
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Two months

Nine months

Two years

Five months
8 What is "Random Samples?"

A poem David wrote

Anna's paperback

The book the narrator is illustrating

David and Joe's film
9 What was going on during the narrator's childhood?

WWI

WWII

Vietnam War

Iraq War
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Vegetables

Gossip

Newspapers

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

factual information

philosophical musings

drawings

emotional interludes
12 At the beginning of the novel, the narrator seems to have ___.

a husband with whom she is together

a husband from whom she is separated

a child only

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

she never wants to leave again

it seems hostile

it has not changed at all

it seems like it has changed
14 What does David want to do on this trip?

Hike

Fish

Birdwatch

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

A necklace

A leather jacket

A shawl

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

Classics

Bibles

Old paperbacks

Scottish poetry
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 is afraid of him.

She loves him.

She detests him.

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

Trees

Explosions

Glamorous women

Animals
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

witty

spiritual

creative

logical
21 Her father hated ___.

women

art

nature

Christianity
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The jays

The crows

The herons

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

Dress nicely

Be thin

Wear makeup

Be sexual
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Grimms Fairy Tales

Quebec Folk Tales

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

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

the United States

Sunday School

the city

a museum

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