Quiz #1 (First Half Of Book)
Using matching, multiple choice, and simple open-response questions. Quiz #1 challenges your knowledge of each character, tests you on the vocabulary in the book, and catechize you on your overall understanding of the first half of Catch 22!
- 1.Who falls violently in love with a whore but is tragically killed at the La Spieza mission?
- A.
A.) Colonel Catch Hart
- B.
Nately
- C.
Colonel Korn
- D.
General Peckem
- E.
John Yossarian
- 2.When Yossarian first enters the hospital, at the beginning of the book...why is he allowed to stay there, even though he is technically HEALTHY?
- A.
John Yossarian happens to be a fantastic faker, and before the war, was a successful actor
- B.
Yossarian was NOT faking it. He really DID have liver pains
- C.
Yossarian had recently undergone a violent mission, and was allowed to rest because of that.
- D.
Because Yossarian was friends with the Chaplain, and is therefore allowed to stay in the hospital
- E.
Because Yossarian always has a fever of 101
- 3.Which officer enjoys torturing his son-in-law by having a beautiful nurse around and is considered coarse and unrefined by his rival?
- A.
General Peckem
- B.
General Dreedle
- C.
Colonel Moodus
- D.
Major Major
- E.
Lieutenant Milo
- 4.Fill in the blank for the correct vocabulary word used in this quote, you will be given the diffinition:"Yossarian might have remained at the hospital until doomsday had it not been for that patriotic Texan with his (shaped like a tunnel) jowls and..."(pg 22)
- 5.Who tries to kill Yossarian with a knife after hearing about Nately's death?
- A.
Dunbar
- B.
Nately's whore
- C.
Nately's whore's kid sister
- D.
Nately's mother
- E.
Nately's father
- 6.In chapter 5, who shares a tent with Doc Daneeka?
- A.
Appleby
- B.
Pilot McWatt
- C.
An alcoholic Native American named Chief White Halfoat
- D.
Snowden
- 7.Who explains the meaning of CATCH-22 to Yossarian?
- 8.Fill in the blank for this character: decides to live as long as possible by making time pass as slowly as possible, so he treasures boredom and discomfort.
- 9.is Yossarian’s navigator, even though he gets lost wherever he goes. He infuriates Yossarian by pretending that he cannot hear Yossarian’s orders during bombing runs.
- 10.Explain the definition of desiccated
- 11.What is Yossarian's goal (or own personal moral) he lives by during the war?
- A.
Yossarian doesn't have any morals. He believes morals are IMMORAL
- B.
Yossarian is cowardly, his motto is :To live forever, or die in attempt
- C.
Yossarian is clever in his understanding of the military, his motto is: Rise above principal and do what's right.
- D.
Yossarian firmly believes in such concepts as country, loyalty, and duty, his motto is that he only regrets he has but one life to give his country.
- E.
Yossarian is opposed to violence but understands the message, the motto SHOOT OR BE SHOT
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