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?

Boston University

Brandeis University

Boston College

Amherst College
2 What gift did Mitch give Morrie on graduation day?

A monogrammed briefcase

A journal

A signed yearbook

His notes from Morrie's classes
3 What was Morrie's favorite past time?

Movies

Writing Novels

Dancing

Puzzles
4 What subject did Morrie teach?

Biology

Philosophy

Pyschology

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

Headache

Fell Dancing

Stomach Pain

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

Armstrong Lincoln Stevens Sclerosis

Alzheimers Diesease

Arms and Legs Syndrome

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
7 Which well-known athlete also contracted ALS?

Babe Ruth

Jackie Robinson

Barry Bonds

Lou Gehrig
8 What was the first struggle from ALS for Morrie?

Couldn't walk without a cane

Couldn't undress himself

Couldn't swim at the YMCA

Lost ability to drive
9 How does ALS kill it's victim?

Lose ability to breathe

Organs fail

Lose ability to eat or drink

Muscles stop working
10 How long do most people live with ALS?

5 Years

10 Years

5 Months

2 Years
11 How did Morrie entertain visitors?

Led discussion groups on dying

Reading through books

Looking at old photos

Sitting outside
12 How did Morrie choose to celebrate his life with friends?

He held a living funeral

He wrote the script for his funeral

He wrote his obituary

He didn't want a funeral at all
13 Where did Mitch go after graduation?

Chicago

Boston

New York City

Detroit
14 What instrument did Mitch play?

Piano

Tuba

Guitar

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

Didn't get into graduate school

Couldn't pay rent at his first apartment

Inability to be a famous musician

Getting a C in Morrie's class
16 What was Mitch's first encounter with death?

His mother

His uncle

His brother

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

ALS

Cancer

Heart Disease

Lonliness
18 What was Mitch's graduate degree in?

Journalism

Creative Writing

Drama

Musical Production
19 What was Mitch's first job out of Graduate School?

Sports Writer

Custodian

News Producer

Public Relations Manager
20 Where was Mitch a columnist?

Detroit Free Press

Tampa Observatory

New York Times

Columbus Dispatch
21 How many children did Mitch and his wife have?

0

2

3

1
22 Where did Mitch here of Morrie again?

20/20

Nightline

Dateline

Newspaper article
23 Who interviewed Morrie for the television show?

Barbara Walters

Hugh Downs

Ted Koppel

Katie Couric
24 How did Dateline hear of Morrie?

Mitch called the producer

Boston Globe article

Student in Morrie's class

New York Times article
25 What did Morrie do upon meeting Ted Koppel?

Ignored him

Questioned him about life

Read him his journal

Was an excited fan

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