Mitch
Morrie
The Professor
Quotes
Vocab
100
This is the name of the university Mitch attended.
What is Brandies?
100
What secret did Morrie have to keep from his younger brother?
Their real mom died and Eva was their stepmother.
100
This is the name of the university Morrie taught at.
What is Brandies?
100
"Who is Morrie Schwartz?"
This quote from a Ted Koppel interview caught Mitch's attention and made him call Morrie.
100

what is an aphorism?

What is kind of like a brief situation

200
This caused Mitch to go back to school for his master’s degree in journalism?
What is his uncle's death?
200
How did David die?
What is polio
200
This is the subject Morrie taught at Brandies University.
What is Sociology?
200
What does Morrie mean by "detachment"?
What is to let go of a certain emotion and get over it. To learn from an experience not dwell on it.
200

what does blissful mean

To be really happy

300

Who is Janine?

Who is Mitch's wife

300
How did Eva influence Morrie’s life?
She taught him the importance of education.
300
This person sent Morrie’s aphorisms to the Boston Globe which resulted in the interviews.
Who is Maurie Stein?
300
This is how Morrie answers Mitch's question, "How does one prepare to die?"
What is, "Once we learn how to die we learn how to live." OR "Learn to let go."
300

what does prominent mean

To be notable and important

400
What does Mitch do with the money from "Tuesdays with Morrie"?
He helps pay off Morrie's medical bills.
400
How did Morrie’s father die?
He was mugged, ran away, and died of a heart attack.
400
This is the nickname Mitch gave Morrie.
What is Coach?
400
What does Morrie mean by "Love or Perish"?
Without love a person will suffer
400

what does comandeer mean

To take control of something

500
What happened to Peter, Mitch's brother?
Moved to Spain, pancreatic cancer, sought treatment without help from family. Cut off contact.
500
Describe the factory Morrie's father brought him to.
dusty, textiles, asthma attack, didn't want to benefit from other people's misery
500
This is where Morrie does an internship before becoming a professor.
What is a mental hospital?
500
The story of the wave crashing into the shore is symbolic of what?
Morrie's beliefs about reincarnation.
500

what does Profound mean

intensity 

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