Tuesdays With Morrie Quizzes

Tuesdays With Morrie Quiz 1

By Katie Logan · Edited by Bella Wang · Last reviewed March 31, 2011

1 Where did Morrie teach?

Amherst College

Boston College

Boston University

Brandeis University
2 What gift did Mitch give Morrie on graduation day?

His notes from Morrie's classes

A journal

A monogrammed briefcase

A signed yearbook
3 What was Morrie's favorite past time?

Writing Novels

Movies

Puzzles

Dancing
4 What subject did Morrie teach?

Philosophy

Sociology

Biology

Pyschology
5 Why did Morrie go the the doctor in the first place?

Stomach Pain

Fell Dancing

Headache

Couldn't lift his arm
6 What does ALS stand for?

Armstrong Lincoln Stevens Sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Arms and Legs Syndrome

Alzheimers Diesease
7 Which well-known athlete also contracted ALS?

Jackie Robinson

Lou Gehrig

Barry Bonds

Babe Ruth
8 What was the first struggle from ALS for Morrie?

Couldn't undress himself

Couldn't walk without a cane

Lost ability to drive

Couldn't swim at the YMCA
9 How does ALS kill it's victim?

Lose ability to eat or drink

Muscles stop working

Organs fail

Lose ability to breathe
10 How long do most people live with ALS?

10 Years

5 Months

5 Years

2 Years
11 How did Morrie entertain visitors?

Led discussion groups on dying

Reading through books

Sitting outside

Looking at old photos
12 How did Morrie choose to celebrate his life with friends?

He wrote the script for his funeral

He wrote his obituary

He didn't want a funeral at all

He held a living funeral
13 Where did Mitch go after graduation?

Boston

New York City

Detroit

Chicago
14 What instrument did Mitch play?

Violin

Tuba

Guitar

Piano
15 What was Mitch's first failure in life?

Inability to be a famous musician

Getting a C in Morrie's class

Didn't get into graduate school

Couldn't pay rent at his first apartment
16 What was Mitch's first encounter with death?

His brother

His uncle

His father

His mother
17 What did Mitch think he would die of?

Lonliness

Cancer

ALS

Heart Disease
18 What was Mitch's graduate degree in?

Journalism

Drama

Musical Production

Creative Writing
19 What was Mitch's first job out of Graduate School?

Public Relations Manager

News Producer

Sports Writer

Custodian
20 Where was Mitch a columnist?

Columbus Dispatch

Tampa Observatory

Detroit Free Press

New York Times
21 How many children did Mitch and his wife have?

2

0

1

3
22 Where did Mitch here of Morrie again?

Dateline

20/20

Newspaper article

Nightline
23 Who interviewed Morrie for the television show?

Hugh Downs

Barbara Walters

Ted Koppel

Katie Couric
24 How did Dateline hear of Morrie?

Boston Globe article

Mitch called the producer

New York Times article

Student in Morrie's class
25 What did Morrie do upon meeting Ted Koppel?

Questioned him about life

Ignored him

Was an excited fan

Read him his journal

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