SEIZE THE DAY - QUIZ

Saul Bellow

1. The story of Seize the Day is set in __________

            a) 1950s           b) 1920s          c)1890s            d) 1970s

2. When the story of Seize the Day opens, Tommy is living _________

            a) in his father’s apartment     b) wotj Dr.Tamkin      c) in the Hotel Gloriana d) with          his wife, Margaret

3. How old is Tommy Wilhelm?

            a) 44    b) 34    c) 24    d) 54

4. With whom does Tommy entrust his last of his money?

            a) his father     b) Margaret     c) Mr Perls       d) Dr.Tamkin

5. From where did Tommy graduate?

            a) Penn State   b) University of Minnesota     c) New York University         d) did not        graduate

6. Dr.Adler calls his son ________

            a) ‘My son’      b) Wilky          c) Tommy        d) Dr.Wilhelm

7. Tommy’s true name is ________

            a) Tommy Wilhelm     b) Tommy Tamkin       c) Wilhelm Tamkin      d) Wilhelm Adler

8. When Tommy asks his father the year of his mother’s death,  Dr.Adler says that it is_____

            a) 1932            b) 1941            c) 1924            d) 1936

9. ______is in need of money as he has recently lost his job and has a wife and two children.

            a) Dr.Adler      b) Tommy        c) Mr.Perls       d) Dr.Tamkin

10. Tommy is unable to marry __________ as his wife will not grant him a divorce.

            a) Susan           b)Judith           c) Olive           d) Mary

11. Tommy has become unaccustomed to _________ and misses the country.

            a) Boston         b) Massachusetts         c) New York   d) Texas

12. Tommy always drink _________ in the morning.

            a) orange juice             b) coffee          c) coca-cola     d) tea

13. ______ always appears a bit dirty and untidy.

            a) Mr.Perls       b) Tommy Wilhelm     c) Dr.Adler      d) Philpa

14. Tommy’s father suggests that Tommy shall _____________

            a) go to the Baths        b) play the stock market          c) give him his bill for the hotel          d) apologize to Mr.Perls

15. Philpa wants to borrow money from Dr.Adler to ___________

            a) rent a gallery for a painting exhibition        b) invest in the share market c) to help               her brother   d) to help her husband

16. Philpa is the daughter of __________

            a) Dr.Adler      B0 Mr.Perls     c) Dr.Tamkin   d) Dr.Wilhelm

17. ___________ is Tommy’s dog.

            a) Puppy          b) Jimmy         c) Scissors       d) Berkley

18. What does Wilhelm do at breakfast that angers his father?

            a) he begins to choke himself  b) he spits at this father           c) he punches his father              across the table            d) he calls him a coward

19. Dr.Tamkin wrote a poem about_______

            a) himself        b) Tommy        c) Dr.Adler      d) Margaret

20. Tommy’s grandfather called him ______ when he was young.

            a) Wilky          b) Hippopotamus        c) Little Tommy          d) velvet

21. Tommy ends up at ___________ at the end of the novel

            a) his father’s death bed         b) a parlour      c) the funeral of a stranger d) graveyard

22. In the opening chapter, Tommy eats breakfast with ___________

            a) his wife       b) his father     c) Olive           d) Maurice Venice

23. ___________ gives Tommy the advice he sought from his father.

            a) Olive           b) Tamkin        c) Detroit Purple Gand           d) Maurice Venice

24. At the end of the novel, Tommy finds himself weeping at the funeral of ___________

            a) Maurice Venice       B0 Tamkin      c) Dr.Adler      d) a complete stranger

25. Tommy comes to New York to _________

            a) seek his father’s assistance  b) pursue his love        c) audition for an acting role               d) invest in a hotel

26. _________ serves as a backdrop of Tommy’s feelings of isolation.

            a) World War II          b) Vietnam War          c) Cold War    d) Great Depression

Answers

1.                   a

2.                   c

3.                   a

4.                   d

5.                   d

6.                   b

7.                   d

8.                   a

9.                   b

10.               c

11.               c

12.               c

13.               b

14.               a

15.               a

16.               a

17.               c

18.               a

19.               b

20.               d

21.               c

22.               b

23.               b

24.               d

25.               a

26.               a