A Separate Peace - Chapters 1-3

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This is a brief reading quiz on the opening chapters of John Knowles' novel, A Separate Peace

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1.

The narrator, is telling us the story in this year:
- A.
  
  1942
- B.
  
  1943
- C.
  
  1957
- D.
  
  1966
2.

Who hosted the afternoon tea party?
- A.
  
  Mr. Patch-Withers
- B.
  
  Mr. Ludsbury
- C.
  
  Mr. Prud'homme
- D.
  
  Leper Lepellier
3.

During what summer do the boys jump from the tree?
- A.
  
  1958
- B.
  
  1942
- C.
  
  1943
- D.
  
  1939
4.

What two places does Gene revist upon his adult return to the campus?
- A.
  
  A tree and a church
- B.
  
  A gymnasium and a classroom
- C.
  
  A tree and a set of marble stairs
- D.
  
  An athletic field and a French classroom
5.

What is the name of the school in the book?
- A.
  
  Exeter
- B.
  
  Devon
- C.
  
  Rye
- D.
  
  Cushing
6.

What is the name of the club Gene and Finny establish during the summer?
- A.
  
  The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session
- B.
  
  The Blitzball Club of Anarchists
- C.
  
  The Roustabouts
- D.
  
  The New Greeks
7.

FInny is based on these two ideas:
- A.
  
  Satan from a Mark Twain Story and a young JD Rockefeller
- B.
  
  Virgil from Dante and a young Ted Kennedy
- C.
  
  God's 74th angel and David Hackett from Milton Academy
- D.
  
  Oliver Twist and JOhn Knowles himself
8.

What does Finny wear that risks discipline at the tea party?
- A.
  
  A bright pink shirt
- B.
  
  A pair of striped suspenders
- C.
  
  A school tie as a belt
- D.
  
  A pair of army fatigues
9.

What is the name of the game that Finny invents?
- A.
  
  Anarchy
- B.
  
  Ultimate Frisbee
- C.
  
  Swimball
- D.
  
  Blitzball
10.

At every club meeting, all charter members were required to do this:
- A.
  
  Paint faces
- B.
  
  Chug cider
- C.
  
  Jump from the tree
- D.
  
  Sing a verse about Mabel
11.

'Everyone always won at --------------," according to Finny
- A.
  
  War
- B.
  
  Swimming
- C.
  
  Sports
- D.
  
  Life
12.

The President of the United States for Gene will always be:
- A.
  
  Woodrow Wilson
- B.
  
  Theodore Roosevelt
- C.
  
  Franklin Roosevelt
- D.
  
  John F. Kennedy
13.

What kind of school record does FInny break but refuses to do it officially?
- A.
  
  Long jump
- B.
  
  Badminton
- C.
  
  Touchdowns
- D.
  
  Swimming
14.

Finny and Gene take a day trip to:
- A.
  
  Boston
- B.
  
  The beach
- C.
  
  The war museum
- D.
  
  To the Smith girl's school
15.

Who says the following and to whom: " I hope you're having a good time here...you can't come with just anybody ...and at this teen-age period in life the proper person is your best pal."
- A.
  
  Finny to Gene
- B.
  
  Gene to Finny
- C.
  
  Leper to Brinker
- D.
  
  Finny to Brinker
16.

Who says the following and to whom: "...if he hadn't been there...I could have fallen on the bank and broken my back."
- A.
  
  Gene to Mr. Patch-Withers
- B.
  
  Finny to Gene
- C.
  
  Gene to Finny
- D.
  
  Gene to himself
17.

The idea of a narrator recollecting a story that happened in the past is called:
- A.
  
  Epistolary narration
- B.
  
  Omniscient narration
- C.
  
  Frame narration
- D.
  
  Third person narration
18.

Name two stories in the Bible that are obvious references in this novel:
- A.
  
  Noah/Cain and Abel
- B.
  
  Adam and Eve biting the apple/Jonah and the Whale
- C.
  
  David and Bathsheba/Adam and Eve biting the apple
- D.
  
  Cain and Abel/dam and Eve biting the apple
19.

What "form" are Gene and FInny to be in the fall?
- A.
  
  They will be Fourth formers
- B.
  
  They will be Fifth Formers
- C.
  
  They will be Sixth Formers
- D.
  
  They will be Lower Middlers
20.

The Duke of Wellington made this eerily relevant statement that ASP turns inside out:
- A.
  
  " A man may be destroyed but not defeated"
- B.
  
  " And they since they were not the ones dead, went about their affairs"
- C.
  
  "Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man."
- D.
  
  The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton"