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Wise Blood Quiz 1

By Alexander Lin · Edited by C. McKeever · Last reviewed October 22, 2016

1 Where is Hazel Motes headed in the beginning of the novel?

Eastrod

New York

Taulkinham

Atlanta
2 What color clothing is Mrs. Wally Bee Hitchcock wearing while sitting across from Hazel?

Green

Blue

Orange

Pink
3 What is the color of Hazel's first hat?

Black

Blue

Red

White
4 What is Hazel's most conspicuous feature?

Mouth

Eyes

Neck

Ears
5 What does Hazel confront the train porter about?

No reason.

Not making his bed fast enough.

Being from the same town.

Tripping him.
6 What was Hazel's grandfather?

A scientist

A missionary

A preacher

A businessman
7 According to Hazel, a preacher's power is in all but which of these body parts:

Foot

Tongue

Neck

Arm
8 When Hazel was young he imagined a shadowy figure stalking him. What was this?

His mother

Satan

Jesus

His grandfather
9 Whom does Hazel resemble facially?

His uncle

His grandfather

His father

His mother
10 Where does Hazel refuse to go to with his army friends?

A brothel

A cabaret

A strip show

The battlefront
11 What injury did Hazel sustain in the war?

Lost hearing

Lost sight

Shot in his foot

Shrapnel in his chest
12 What is the one piece of furniture remaining in the Motes household when Hazel returns?

His mother's chifforobe

The dinner table

His bed

His grandfather's stool
13 What does Hazel notice first about Taulkinham?

Signs and lights

Movie theaters

Crowds

Women
14 What is the first thing that makes the taxi driver think Hazel a preacher?

His glasses

His hat

His suit

His Bible
15 When Hazel looks in the window of Mrs. Leora Watts' house, what does he see?

Her breasts

Her nightgown

Her foot

Her knee
16 What does Mrs. Leora Watts do to Hazel his first night with her that prevents him from fleeing?

Turns off the light

Grabs his leg

Undresses

Grabs his arm
17 How does Hazel hold his neck?

Thrust forward

Leaning back

Off to the right side

Up straight
18 Where does Hazel first meet Enoch?

At the museum

In the park

At a movie theater

By the potato peeler seller
19 What color is Sabbath wearing when Hazel first meets her?

Blue

Black

Red

Pink
20 When Hazel first encounters Asa Hawks, what is Hawks doing?

Begging for money

Tearing pamphlets

Saying that he will blind himself

Preaching repentance
21 What does the potato peeler seller see Asa Hawks as competing with him for?

Hazel's attention

Money

The crowd's attention

The souls of people
22 Why does Hazel buy Sabbath a potato peeler?

To impress her

To find out her address

To bring along Enoch

She gave him a look
23 Why does Enoch seek friendship with Hazel?

He would be friends with anyone

He is religious

He thinks he has lots of money

He thinks his looks familiar
24 Why did Hazel walk with stones in his shoes when he was little?

To increase his endurance

Frustration at his mother

Guilt for going to the peep show

Resentment towards his grandfather
25 What does Hazel claim to preach?

Redemption

Love

The truth

Salvation

Why does Hazel Motes walk with pebbles in his shoes.

I think this has something to do with experiencing what Christ did.

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What makes Hazel a good christian?

Haunted by memories of his preacher grandfather and the terrifying image of Jesus his grandfather instilled in him, he begins to preach his own "Church Without Christ", professing there is no sin and no redemption, and that Jesus is a liar. Hazel...

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How was man made

I'm not sure what you mean here. Please specify your question and include a chapter.

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