MCQs - "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
SET-I
1. Where is 124 located?a) Alfred, Georgia
b) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
c) Just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio
d) Wilmington, Delaware
Answer: c) Just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio
2. How many children did Sethe and Halle have together?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
Answer: c) Four
3. What caused Paul D to shut down his heart and head in Alfred, Georgia?
a) Experiences in prison
b) Beatings as a slave
c) Survival in the wild
d) Longing for Sethe
Answer: a) Experiences in prison
4. Who was the slave who would walk thirty miles to meet his girlfriend?
a) Paul A
b) Paul D
c) Paul F
d) Sixo
Answer: d) Sixo
5. What does Denver call the ring of boxwood bushes that smells of cologne?
a) Emerald Closet
b) Fairy Land
c) Hidden Wood
d) Sweet Home
Answer: a) Emerald Closet
6. What did Halle witness at Sweet Home that drove him crazy?
a) A slave being murdered
b) Sethe being raped
c) A child being tortured
d) A man molesting cattle
Answer: b) Sethe being raped
7. What overpowering smell is associated with the carnival?
a) Rotting Roses
b) Popcorn
c) Manure
d) Sweat
Answer: a) Rotting Roses
8. What does Beloved walk out of when she first appears?
a) Cave
b) Barn
c) Stream
d) Fire
Answer: c) Stream
9. Who preached to the black community of Cincinnati in "the Clearing"?
a) Sethe
b) Denver
c) Baby Suggs
d) Halle
Answer: c) Baby Suggs
10. What did Sethe jingle to entertain her first daughter?
a) Keys
b) Bells
c) Chains
d) Earrings
Answer: d) Earrings
11. Why didn't anyone in the community warn Sethe that schoolteacher was coming for her?
a) They were jealous
b) They didn't know
c) They had been threatened
d) They worked for him
Answer: a) They were jealous
12. What does Paul D do after he confronts Sethe about killing her daughter?
a) He chases Beloved away
b) He hits her
c) He cries
d) He leaves
Answer: d) He leaves
13. What did Baby Suggs want added to her room during her last days?
a) Color
b) Flowers
c) Air
d) Darkness
Answer: a) Color
14. What symbol did Sethe's mother have burned into her skin?
a) Star
b) Vine and Thorns
c) Tree
d) Cross and Circle
Answer: d) Cross and Circle
15. Where did Sethe and Halle first have sex?
a) A barn
b) The forest
c) A cornfield
d) Mrs. Garner's bedroom
Answer: c) A cornfield
16. What is Stamp Paid's term for the anger that white people plant in black people?
a) The Fury
b) The Wolf
c) The Sickness
d) The Jungle
Answer: d) The Jungle
17. Which character thinks you should love everything just a little bit, so when someone dies you still have some love left?
a) Sethe
b) Paul D
c) Denver
d) Baby Suggs
Answer:b)Paul D
18. What prompted Sethe's two sons to run away from home?
a) Desire for adventure
b) Their dying grandmother
c) Fear of slavery
d) Their dead sister's ghost
Answer: d) Their dead sister's ghost
19. What does Beloved describe as "the place I am"?
a) Silence in the Clearing
b) Darkness in cold house
c) Memories of Sweet Home
d) The rusted tobacco box
Answer: b) Darkness in cold house
20. What happened to Sethe's mother?
a) She was lynched
b) She ran away
c) She died of pneumonia
d) She drowned
Answer: a) She was lynched
21. How is Paul D's heart described?
a) A burning ember
b) A steel bear trap
c) A twisted briar
d) A rusted tobacco tin
Answer: d) A rusted tobacco tin
22. What did Denver ingest along with her mother's milk?
a) Her mother's tears
b) Her father's sweat
c) Her sister's blood
d) Her grandmother's whiskey
Answer: c) Her sister's blood
23. Why was Paul D sent to prison?
a) Murder
b) Attempted murder
c) Burglary
d) Rape
Answer: b) Attempted murder
24. What did Sethe use to kill her first daughter?
a) Pillow
b) Saw
c) Poison
d) Gun
Answer: b) Saw
25. What phrase does Paul D repeat after having sex with Beloved?
a) "Red Heart"
b) "Baby Ghost"
c) "Tobacco Tin"
d) "Sweet Home"
Answer: a) "Red Heart"
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26. Where was Sethe when her water broke to give birth to Denver?
a) In a barn
b) In a boat
c) Under a bush
d) Atop a hill
Answer: b) In a boat
27. Whose gaze sustains and completes Denver?
a) Sethe's
b) Beloved's
c) Paul D's
d) Here Boy's
Answer: b) Beloved's
28. What makes Beloved wonder if her entire body will begin to fall apart?
a) Her hair falls out
b) Her fingers go numb
c) A tooth falls out
d) She goes blind
Answer: c) A tooth falls out
29. Jenny Whitlow is the name given on whose slavery bill of sale?
a) Sethe's
b) Denver's
c) Lady Jones's
d) Baby Suggs'
Answer: d) Baby Suggs'
30. Who speaks of spending time among "men without skin"?
a) Sethe
b) Beloved
c) Denver
d) Paul D
Answer: b) Beloved
31. What do Sethe's whip scars resemble?
a) Railroad tracks
b) Iron gate
c) Crying face
d) Chokecherry tree
Answer: d) Chokecherry tree
32. How much does Paul D learn that he was worth as a slave?
a) 9
c) 900
Answer: c) $900
33. Who made Paul D question the legitimacy of his manhood at Sweet Home?
a) Sethe
b) Mr. Garner
c) Halle
d) Schoolteacher
Answer: d) Schoolteacher
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86. Whose life force is Beloved draining?
a) Sethe's
b) Denver's
c) Paul D's
d) Her own
Answer: a) Sethe's
87. Who becomes Sethe's lover?
a) Paul A
b) Paul D
c) Paul F
d) Sixo
Answer: b) Paul D
88. The death of Sethe's daughter and Beloved's exorcism occur due to ___.
a) The slave owners
b) Paul D
c) The black community
d) Denver
Answer: c) The black community
89. Who bought a cologne (perfume) for Denver and Sethe on Christmas?
a) Baby Suggs
b) Miss Bodwin
c) Paul D
d) Mrs Garner
Answer: b) Miss Bodwin
90. Who is the protagonist of the novel?
a) Beloved
b) Denver
c) Sethe
d) Paul D
Answer: c) Sethe
91. Which historical period is the setting for Beloved?
a) The Great Depression
b) The Civil Rights era
c) Reconstruction
d) The Civil War
Answer: c) Reconstruction
92. Who was an agent of the Underground Railroad?
a) Halle
b) Mrs. Garner
c) Stamp Paid
d) Schoolteacher
Answer: c) Stamp Paid
93. How does Sethe handle Beloved's departure?
a) She goes to church
b) She leaves 124
c) She hires a servant
d) She waits to die
Answer: d) She waits to die
94. What religion is referenced throughout the novel?
a) Christianity
b) Judaism
c) Islam
d) Buddhism
Answer: a) Christianity
95. Who hates her own blonde hair?
a) Sethe
b) Denver
c) Beloved
d) Lady Jones
Answer: d) Lady Jones
96. What is the name of the plantation where Sethe and Paul D first met?
a) Locust Grove
b) Sweet Home
c) Pleasant Prospect
d) Rose Glenn
Answer: b) Sweet Home
97. The townspeople come to see Beloved as a representative of ___.
a) Implacable loneliness
b) Unforgivable violence
c) Racial tension
d) Family connectedness
Answer: a) Implacable loneliness
98. Who does Sethe name her daughter after?
a) Mrs. Garner
b) Halle
c) Amy Denver
d) Ella
Answer: c) Amy Denver
99. The novel ends with the townspeople forgetting which character?
a) Sethe
b) Denver
c) Baby Suggs
d) Beloved
Answer: d) Beloved
100. How do characters react to supernatural events?
a) Surprise
b) Horror
c) Acceptance
d) Dismissal
Answer: c) Acceptance
SET-II
Q.101. Which is
the most dynamic character in Beloved?
1. Beloved
2. Denver
3. Paul D
4. Sethe
Answer: 4
Explanation:
Sethe undergoes the most psychological and emotional transformation in the
novel, making her the most dynamic character.
Q.102. Which
historical period is the setting for Beloved?
1. The Great Depression
2. The Civil Rights era
3. Reconstruction
4. The Civil War
Answer: 3
Explanation:
The novel is set during the Reconstruction era after the American Civil War,
reflecting the aftermath of slavery.
Q.103. Why does
Stamp Paid feel guilty?
1. For killing his slave owner
2. For knocking over a child on his
horse
3. For telling Paul D about Sethe
4. For leaving his wife
Answer: 3
Explanation:
Stamp Paid feels guilty because revealing Sethe’s past to Paul D contributes to
emotional conflict.
Q.104. What
does Paul D do the first night he comes to 124?
1. Exorcises Baby Ghost
2. Kicks out Here Boy
3. Sleeps with Denver
4. Fixes broken furniture
Answer: 4
Explanation:
Paul D attempts to bring order and stability by repairing broken furniture in
the house.
Q.105. Who is
the protagonist of the novel?
1. Beloved
2. Denver
3. Sethe
4. Paul D
Answer: 3
Explanation:
Sethe is the central figure whose past and actions drive the narrative.
Q.106. Sethe
considers Denver to be a ___ child.
1. Cursed
2. Charmed
3. Worthless
4. Perfect
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Sethe believes Denver is “charmed” because she survived traumatic
circumstances.
Q.107.
According to most characters, what is Beloved?
1. An escaped slave
2. A spirit
3. A con artist
4. A demon
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Most characters interpret Beloved as the spirit of Sethe’s dead child.
Q.108. Which
character prompts the most growth in other characters in the novel?
1. Beloved
2. Denver
3. Sethe
4. Paul D
Answer: 1
Explanation:
Beloved’s presence forces characters to confront their past trauma, leading to
growth.
Q.109. Which
colors symbolize hope, emotion, vitality, and loss?
1. Reds
2. Greens
3. Blues
4. Yellows
Answer: 1
Explanation:
The color red symbolizes intense emotions, vitality, blood, and memory
throughout the novel.
Q.110. The
death of Sethe's daughter and Beloved's exorcism occur due to:
1. The slave owners
2. Paul D
3. The Black community
4. Denver
Answer: 3
Explanation:
The Black community plays a crucial role both in the tragic event and later in
the collective exorcism.
Q.111. What is
the significance of the number 124?
1. It is the favourite number of
Beloved
2. It symbolizes the missing of the
third baby, Beloved
3. It is an auspicious number in their
culture
4. All the above
Answer: 2
Explanation:
The number sequence skips “3,” symbolizing the absence of the third child,
Beloved.
Q.112. What
religion is referenced throughout the novel?
1. Christianity
2. Judaism
3. Islam
4. Buddhism
Answer: 1
Explanation:
Christian imagery and biblical references appear frequently in the narrative.
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Q.145. How does
Paul D’s “tobacco tin” heart symbolize his trauma?
1. He locks away his emotions to
survive
2. It signifies his greed
3. It represents his love for Sethe
4. It is a literal object from Sweet
Home
Answer: 1
Explanation:
Paul D imagines his heart as a rusted tobacco tin to show emotional repression
caused by trauma.
Q.146. What
does Beloved’s disappearance symbolize?
1. The end of slavery
2. The unresolved nature of historical
trauma
3. Sethe’s redemption
4. Denver’s maturity
Answer: 2
Explanation:
The disappearance does not erase trauma, suggesting history cannot be fully
forgotten.
Q.147. How does
Morrison use symbolism in the novel?
1. To connect personal trauma to
collective history
2. For decorative prose
3. To obscure the plot
4. Solely for supernatural elements
Answer: 1
Explanation:
Symbols such as the ghost, scars, and colors link individual pain to national
history.
Q.148. What
does the chokecherry tree scarring Sethe’s back represent?
1. The brutality of slavery and growth
through pain
2. A literal tree from Sweet Home
3. Sethe’s love for nature
4. Denver’s innocence
Answer: 1
Explanation:
The scar symbolizes violence yet also endurance and survival.
Q.149. How does
the novel explore freedom?
1. As an incomplete struggle beyond
physical emancipation
2. As a guaranteed right post-slavery
3. Solely through legal battles
4. Through Paul D’s wealth
Answer: 1
Explanation:
Freedom is shown as psychological as well as physical, requiring healing from
trauma.
Q.150. What is
the significance of Beloved’s final words: “This is not a story to pass on”?
1. A warning about forgetting history
2. A call to action for abolition
3. A celebration of survival
4. A critique of oral traditions
Answer: 1
Explanation:
The line suggests the paradox of remembering painful history while resisting
its repetition.
Q.151. Sethe
escaped from a farm called:
1. High Hill
2. Old Mill
3. Wuthering Heights
4. Sweet Home
Answer: 4
Explanation:
Sweet Home plantation in Kentucky is where Sethe was enslaved.
Q.152. The
house where Sethe and Denver live is referred to as:
1. 228
2. 123
3. 321
4. 124
Answer: 4
Explanation:
124 Bluestone Road is the haunted house central to the story.
Q.153. Sethe
paid for the word “Beloved” on her child’s tombstone by:
1. Mending clothes
2. Having sex with the stone carver
3. Borrowing money from the church
4. Selling jewelry
Answer: 2
Explanation:
This act reflects Sethe’s desperation and sacrifice to honor her child.
Q.154. Denver
chooses the round empty place surrounded by five boxwood bushes and names it
as:
1. Emerald Closet
2. Chokecherry tree
3. Diamond Closet
4. Golden Threshold
Answer: 1
Explanation:
The Emerald Closet is Denver’s private sanctuary and space of imagination.
Q.155. What was
the first thing Denver heard after she went deaf?
1. Paul D laughing
2. Beloved crying
3. A cat whining
4. The baby’s ghost climbing the stairs
Answer: 4
Explanation:
The sound marks the return of supernatural presence and Denver’s reconnection
to reality.
Q.177. What did
the schoolteacher tell Mr. Garner’s slaves?
1. That they may as well be dead
2. That they were free
3. That they were tigers
4. That they weren’t men
Answer: 4
Explanation: Paul
D has contrasted schoolteacher’s emasculating and dehumanizing treatment of him
and his fellow enslaved men with the more humane treatment of Mr. Garner. Mr
Garner calls them as "real
men". School teacher treats them as property and reduced their humanity.
Q.178. Why did
Halle break down?
1. He saw Sethe trying to kill their
children
2. He saw Sethe caressing a white boy
3. He saw Sethe being beaten
4. He saw Sethe being raped in the barn
Answer: 4
Explanation:
Witnessing the assault destroys Halle psychologically.
Q.179. What
does Paul D presume Beloved is?
1. A mental patient
2. An escaped slave
3. A ghost
4. A prophet
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Initially, Paul D believes Beloved is simply a runaway slave.
Q.180. What
does Beloved do while sitting in the kitchen with Denver?
1. She pulls off a fingernail
2. She removes her hair
3. She pulls out a tooth
4. She takes out an eye
Answer: 3
Explanation:
The unsettling act emphasizes Beloved’s mysterious and disturbing nature.
Q.181. What
happens as Denver tells the story of her birth?
1. Beloved faints
2. Beloved falls into a trance
3. It comes alive before her eyes
4. Her mother begins to scream
Answer: 3
Explanation: As
Denver narrates, the memory becomes vivid and almost physically present,
reflecting the novel’s blending of memory and reality.
Q.182. What did
Sethe do to her baby?
1. Hung her
2. Cut her throat
3. Drowned her
4. Cut out her eyes
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Sethe kills her daughter by cutting her throat with a saw to prevent her return
to slavery.
Q.183. What is
the name of Sethe’s dog?
1. Abe
2. Sinatra
3. Badger
4. Here Boy
Answer: 4
Explanation:
Here Boy disappears when the ghostly presence intensifies at 124.
Q.184. Why
could Paul D not help his friend?
1. He was not there
2. He was wearing a bit in his mouth
3. He was chained up
4. He was being beaten
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Paul D was forced to wear an iron bit, symbolizing extreme humiliation and
helplessness.
Q.185. The
place where Baby Suggs preaches is called:
1. The Meadow
2. The Clearing
3. The Grove
4. The Chapel
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Baby Suggs gathers former slaves in the Clearing to preach self-love and
healing.
Q.186. Who is
referred to as the "nigger with the flower in her hat"?
1. Sethe
2. Baby Suggs
3. Denver
4. Ella
Answer: 2
Explanation:
The phrase refers to Baby Suggs, highlighting racial hostility toward her
spiritual authority.
SET-III
Q.201 Who does
Paul D take to the local carnival's “colored Thursday”?
1. Sethe and Denver
2. Sethe and Halle
3. Sethe and Beloved
4. Sethe and Baby Suggs
Answer: 1
Explanation:
Paul D takes Sethe and Denver to the carnival, marking a brief moment of joy
and unity before Beloved’s arrival.
Q.202 Why does
Sethe remember Howard?
1. He had a beaming smile.
2. He had big cow like eyes.
3. He had an oddly shaped head.
4. He had a huge nose.
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Sethe remembers Howard for his “big cow like eyes,” highlighting her deep
maternal memory.
Q.203 What does
Sethe believe the “shadows holding hands” signify?
1. That the ghost of the baby has
finally left.
2. A good omen indicating that she,
Denver, and Paul D can become a family.
3. That she is losing her mind and
seeing things.
4. That Schoolteacher is following
them.
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Sethe sees the shadows as a hopeful sign of forming a complete family with Paul
D and Denver.
Q.204 The
narrative structure of Beloved is best described as
1. Strictly chronological
2. Epistolary
3. Non-linear and fragmented
4. Dramatic monologue
Answer: 3
Explanation:
The novel shifts between past and present, reflecting the persistence of memory
and trauma.
Q.205 Sethe’s
mother was executed because she
1. Tried to escape
2. Poisoned her master
3. Participated in a rebellion
4. Refused to work
Answer: 3
Explanation:
She was hanged for taking part in a slave revolt.
Q.206 Denver’s
growth in the novel symbolizes
1. Revenge
2. Isolation
3. Hope and future renewal
4. Religious devotion
Answer: 3
Explanation:
Denver’s movement toward the community signals healing and hope for the future.
Q.207 What is
the primary purpose of the dedication “Sixty Million and more”?
1. To honor Toni Morrison’s personal
ancestors
2. To provide a census count of
enslaved people in 1873
3. To serve as a memorial for the
unnamed victims of the Atlantic slave trade
4. To dedicate the book to the citizens
of Cincinnati
Answer: 3
Explanation:
The dedication memorializes the millions who died during the transatlantic
slave trade.
Q.208 The
Fugitive Slave Act significantly affects the events of the novel because it
1. Abolishes slavery
2. Forces escaped slaves to return
South
3. Grants citizenship to freed slaves
4. Provides land to former slaves
Answer: 2
Explanation: It
allowed slave catchers to seize escaped slaves even in free states, triggering
Sethe’s desperate act.
Q.209 The iron
bit placed in Paul D’s mouth at Sweet Home symbolizes
1. Silence and loss of identity
2. Physical strength
3. Social privilege
4. Punishment for theft
Answer: 1
Explanation:
The bit dehumanizes Paul D, symbolizing silencing and animalization.
Q.210 Stamp
Paid gets his name because he
1. Delivers mail
2. Paid off a debt
3. Gave up his wife to his master and
considered the debt “paid”
4. Escaped slavery legally
Answer: 3
Explanation: He
believed surrendering his wife to prevent violence meant he had “paid” his
dues.
Q.230. Beloved
is the ____ novel by Toni Morrison.
1. First
2. Fourth
3. Fifth
4. Second
Answer: 3
Explanation:
Beloved (1987) is Morrison’s fifth novel.
Q.231. Which
publishing house originally published Beloved (1987)?
1. Harper & Row
2. Alfred A. Knopf
3. Penguin Books
4. Random House
Answer: 2
Explanation:
The novel was first published by Alfred A. Knopf.
Q.232. In which
year did Toni Morrison win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Beloved?
1. 1987
2. 1988
3. 1993
4. 1998
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for Beloved.
Q.233. In what
year was the film adaptation of Beloved, starring Oprah Winfrey and Danny
Glover, released?
1. 1987
2. 1993
3. 1998
4. 2004
Answer: 3
Explanation:
The film adaptation was released in 1998.
Q.234.
Structurally, the novel Beloved is divided into:
1. 2 Parts and 24 Sections
2. 4 Parts and 32 Sections
3. 3 Parts and 28 Sections
4. 5 Parts and 20 Sections
Answer: 3
Explanation:
The novel consists of three parts and twenty-eight sections.
Q.235. What is
the famous opening line of Beloved?
1. “It was a bright cold day in April…”
2. “124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s
venom.”
3. “Ships at a distance…”
4. “The house stood on its own…”
Answer: 2
Explanation:
The novel famously begins with “124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom.”
Q.236. What is
the final sentence of Beloved?
1. “It was not a story to pass on.”
2. “They forgot her like a bad dream.”
3. “Certainly no clamor for a kiss.
Beloved”
4. “She is mine.”
Answer: 3
Explanation:
The novel ends with the haunting line, “Certainly no clamor for a kiss. Beloved”
Q.237. What is
the very last word of the novel, printed on its own line?
1. Remembered
2. Beloved
3. Forgotten
4. Solitude
Answer: 2
Explanation:
The final word printed alone is “Beloved.”
Q.238. Baby
Suggs lived to be 70 years old. How was her life divided?
1. Thirty years a slave and forty years
free
2. Fifty years a slave and twenty years
free
3. Sixty years a slave and ten years
free
4. Sixty-five years a slave and five
years free
Answer: 3
Explanation:
She spent sixty years enslaved and only ten years in freedom.
Q.239. Who
spoke the words “Dearly Beloved” at the funeral?
1. Baby Suggs
2. The Preacher
3. Stamp Paid
4. Edward Bodwin
Answer: 2
Explanation:
The preacher used the phrase during the funeral service.
Q.240. What was
the last color Sethe truly remembered before everything became “gray and
white”?
1. Emerald green
2. Pink
3. Carmine red
4. Golden yellow
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Pink symbolizes a fleeting moment of beauty in Sethe’s otherwise colorless
life.
Q.270 Why is
Sixo shot while he is being burned alive after his attempted escape?
1. He tried to attack the schoolteacher
2. He was singing and laughing
3. He tried to put out the fire
4. He refused to speak
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Sixo laughs and
sings even while being burned, demonstrating his defiance and spiritual
freedom, which enrages the captors and leads them to shoot him.
Q.271 What
specific help does Denver seek from Lady Jones?
1. A place to hide
2. Food for her family
3. To exorcise the Ghost
4. Money to leave Cincinnati
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Denver
approaches Lady Jones to seek help because Sethe becomes physically and
emotionally weak under Beloved’s influence. They need food to survive.
Q.272 Who
encounters a naked woman with “fish for hair” in the woods?
1. Paul D
2. Stamp Paid
3. Ella
4. A boy
Answer: 4
Explanation:
A young boy
discovers the mysterious naked woman in the woods, who is later associated with
Beloved, suggesting her supernatural origin.
Q.273 When Paul
D tells Sethe, “You your best thing,” at the end of the novel, how does she
respond?
1. She laughs in disbelief
2. She asks him to leave
3. She asks, “Me? Me?”
4. She remains silent
Answer: 3
Explanation:
Sethe’s
response shows her difficulty believing in her own worth after years of trauma
and guilt.
Q.274 What is
the ultimate conclusion regarding the memory of Beloved in the final chapter?
1. She is canonized as a saint
2. She returns to Sweet Home
3. She is forgotten like a bad dream
4. She becomes a local legend
Answer: 3
Explanation:
The ending
suggests that Beloved’s story becomes a fading memory, emphasizing the theme of
how traumatic histories can be both remembered and forgotten.
Q.275 Joshua is
the original name of which character?
1. Paul D
2. Halle
3. Stamp Paid
4. Sixo
Answer: 3
Explanation:
Before renaming
himself Stamp Paid, the character’s original name was Joshua. He changed it to
symbolize his belief that he had already paid his moral debt to the world.
Q.276 Who
expresses doubt about whether Sethe is actually the wife of Halle?
1. Stamp Paid
2. Baby Suggs
3. Ella
4. Lady Jones
Answer: 3
Explanation:
In Beloved by
Toni Morrison, Ella questions whether Sethe is truly Halle’s wife when he first
encounters her after many years.
Q.277 In their
differing philosophies on survival, Paul D believes in “closing” the heart to
protect it, while Baby Suggs argues one should “open” it to love what?
1. Only the children
2. The spirit of the ancestors
3. Their own mouth, heart, and body
4. The path to the North
Answer: 3
Explanation:
Baby Suggs
preaches self-love and spiritual healing in the Clearing. She urges formerly
enslaved people to love their own mouth, heart, and body, parts of themselves
that slavery had taught them to hate. This contrasts with Paul D, who believes
survival requires emotionally “closing” the heart like a “tin tobacco box.”
Q.278 What is
Paul D's strategy for surviving the trauma of slavery?
1. To remember every detail
2. To shut down his heart (a “tin box”)
3. To seek revenge on Schoolteacher
4. To pray for deliverance
Answer: 2
Explanation:
Paul D
describes his emotional survival strategy as locking painful memories inside a
“tin tobacco box” in his chest. By closing off his heart, he tries to prevent
the overwhelming trauma of slavery from destroying him. This metaphor is
central to understanding his psychological coping mechanism in the novel.
Q.279 Who, at
the end, wants to “sleep like the drowned”?
1. Denver
2. Baby Suggs
3. Sethe
4. Paul D
Answer: 3
Explanation:
In Beloved by
Toni Morrison, Sethe becomes emotionally and physically exhausted after
Beloved’s return and the intense psychological burden it brings. Overwhelmed by
guilt, memory, and Beloved’s demands, Sethe expresses a desire to “sleep like
the drowned,” symbolizing her longing for deep rest and escape from trauma and
suffering.
Q.280 What is
the conclusion of Beloved?
1. Beloved permanently stays with Sethe
and Denver
2. Sethe leaves 124 and moves to
another city
3. The community drives Beloved away
and Sethe begins to heal
4. Paul D returns to Sweet Home
Answer: 3
Explanation:
At the end of
Beloved by Toni Morrison, the women of the Black community gather outside 124
Bluestone Road and perform a spiritual exorcism-like act that causes Beloved to
disappear. After this event, Sethe collapses emotionally but Paul D returns and
comforts her, telling her that she herself is her “best thing.” The novel ends
with the idea that Beloved becomes a fading memory—“not a story to pass on”,
emphasizing themes of trauma, memory, and healing.
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SET-I- KEY- Beloved (1-100) |
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1 |
C |
2 |
C |
3 |
A |
4 |
D |
5 |
A |
6 |
B |
7 |
A |
8 |
C |
9 |
C |
10 |
D |
|
11 |
A |
12 |
D |
13 |
A |
14 |
D |
15 |
C |
16 |
D |
17 |
B |
18 |
D |
19 |
B |
20 |
A |
|
21 |
D |
22 |
C |
23 |
B |
24 |
B |
25 |
A |
26 |
B |
27 |
B |
28 |
C |
29 |
D |
30 |
B |
|
31 |
D |
32 |
C |
33 |
D |
34 |
D |
35 |
A |
36 |
C |
37 |
B |
38 |
B |
39 |
C |
40 |
A |
|
41 |
B |
42 |
C |
43 |
D |
44 |
C |
45 |
B |
46 |
D |
47 |
A |
48 |
A |
49 |
A |
50 |
D |
|
51 |
B |
52 |
C |
53 |
A |
54 |
D |
55 |
D |
56 |
A |
57 |
D |
58 |
C |
59 |
D |
60 |
A |
|
61 |
D |
62 |
A |
63 |
B |
64 |
C |
65 |
D |
66 |
B |
67 |
A |
68 |
A |
69 |
C |
70 |
B |
|
71 |
A |
72 |
C |
73 |
B |
74 |
D |
75 |
B |
76 |
B |
77 |
A |
78 |
A |
79 |
A |
80 |
C |
|
81 |
D |
82 |
C |
83 |
C |
84 |
B |
85 |
C |
86 |
A |
87 |
B |
88 |
C |
89 |
B |
90 |
C |
|
91 |
C |
92 |
C |
93 |
D |
94 |
A |
95 |
D |
96 |
B |
97 |
A |
98 |
C |
99 |
D |
100 |
C |
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SET-II- KEY- Beloved (101-200) |
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|
101 |
D |
102 |
C |
103 |
C |
104 |
D |
105 |
C |
106 |
B |
107 |
B |
108 |
A |
109 |
A |
110 |
C |
|
111 |
B |
112 |
A |
113 |
A |
114 |
D |
115 |
A |
116 |
D |
117 |
B |
118 |
B |
119 |
C |
120 |
B |
|
121 |
A |
122 |
B |
123 |
B |
124 |
D |
125 |
A |
126 |
A |
127 |
A |
128 |
B |
129 |
C |
130 |
D |
|
131 |
B |
132 |
A |
133 |
B |
134 |
B |
135 |
B |
136 |
A |
137 |
B |
138 |
B |
139 |
A |
140 |
A |
|
141 |
B |
142 |
A |
143 |
B |
144 |
A |
145 |
A |
146 |
B |
147 |
A |
148 |
A |
149 |
A |
150 |
A |
|
151 |
D |
152 |
D |
153 |
B |
154 |
A |
155 |
D |
156 |
B |
157 |
A |
158 |
C |
159 |
D |
160 |
D |
|
161 |
B |
162 |
C |
163 |
B |
164 |
C |
165 |
B |
166 |
B |
167 |
A |
168 |
B |
169 |
B |
170 |
B |
|
171 |
C |
172 |
A |
173 |
A |
174 |
B |
175 |
C |
176 |
D |
177 |
D |
178 |
D |
179 |
B |
180 |
C |
|
181 |
C |
182 |
B |
183 |
D |
184 |
B |
185 |
B |
186 |
B |
187 |
A |
188 |
A |
189 |
A |
190 |
B |
|
191 |
B |
192 |
A |
193 |
A |
194 |
B |
195 |
B |
196 |
A |
197 |
A |
198 |
A |
199 |
A |
200 |
A |
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SET-III- KEY-Beloved (201-280) |
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|
201 |
A |
202 |
B |
203 |
B |
204 |
C |
205 |
C |
206 |
C |
207 |
C |
208 |
B |
209 |
A |
210 |
C |
|
211 |
C |
212 |
B |
213 |
B |
214 |
B |
215 |
C |
216 |
B |
217 |
C |
218 |
B |
219 |
B |
220 |
B |
|
221 |
A |
222 |
C |
223 |
B |
224 |
C |
225 |
B |
226 |
B |
227 |
A |
228 |
B |
229 |
D |
230 |
C |
|
231 |
B |
232 |
B |
233 |
C |
234 |
C |
235 |
B |
236 |
C |
237 |
B |
238 |
C |
239 |
B |
240 |
B |
|
241 |
B |
242 |
C |
243 |
C |
244 |
B |
245 |
B |
246 |
D |
247 |
B |
248 |
D |
249 |
C |
250 |
B |
|
251 |
C |
252 |
C |
253 |
B |
254 |
B |
255 |
D |
256 |
C |
257 |
B |
258 |
C |
259 |
B |
260 |
B |
|
261 |
B |
262 |
C |
263 |
C |
264 |
C |
265 |
C |
266 |
B |
267 |
C |
268 |
D |
269 |
D |
270 |
B |
|
271 |
B |
272 |
D |
273 |
C |
274 |
C |
275 |
C |
276 |
C |
277 |
C |
278 |
B |
279 |
C |
280 |
C |
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