Alas, Babylon Quizzes

Alas, Babylon Quiz 1

1 The novel begins from which character's perspective?
Malachai Henry

Mark Bragg

Randy Bragg

Florence Wechek
2 What does Florence initially think of Randy?
He is a handsome, charming man.

He is a despicable person and he should leave Fort Repose immediately.

He is a Peeping Tom who is constantly spying on her.

She has never met him.
3 In which state is Fort Repose?
Florida

Nebraska

Colorado

Georgia
4 Who is Randy Bragg's current girlfriend?
Rita Hernandez

Lib McGovern

Alice Cooksey

Florence Wechek
5 Where does Mark Bragg and his family live?
Denver, Colorado

Fort Repose, Florida

Washington, D.C.

Omaha, Nebraska
6 What is the Air Force base near Orlando that Randy meets Mark at called?
McDonald

McLean

McMillan

McCoy
7 In which two seas is the Soviet Union increasing their presence?
Black and Baltic

Baltic and Red

Mediterranean and Arctic

Mediterranean and Caribbean
8 What does Mark ask Randy to do?
come to the Hole with him

take care of his wife and kids

take charge of Fort Repose

reason with Soviet representatives
9 Who are the Henrys?
the family that founded Fort Repose

undercover Soviet spies

the family that owns the Fort Repose bank

the black family that lives next door to Randy
10 How does Mark warn Randy of the impending attack?
a phone call

a letter

a telegram

a radio message
11 Who is Edgar Quisenberry?
a returned war admiral

president of the First National Bank of Fort Repose

a drug addict who robs the clinic

a storekeeper in the local supermarket
12 Which Henry does Randy choose to warn about the attack?
Malachai

Preacher

Missouri

Two-Tone
13 What do the Henrys have that will help them survive in the wake of an attack?
a communication line outside of Florida

a massive stockpile of automobile gas

a bomb shelter

an endless supply of artesian water from the ground
14 Who is Randy's best friend, and what is his role?
Pete Hernandez; he is the shopkeeper.

Porky Logan; he is a politician.

Dan Gunn; he is Fort Repose's physician.

Edgar Quisenberry; he is the bank president.
15 Who does Alice invite to stay at her house on River Road for a while?
Rita Hernandez

Helen Bragg

Alice Cooksey

Lib McGovern
16 What disease is Lib's mother, Lavinia, afflicted with?
Diabetes

Alzheimer's

Pneumonia

Cancer
17 What does Lib's father think about Randy's warning of the approaching attack?
He is angry that Randy hadn't told them sooner.

He is worried, and insists they leave Fort Repose immediately.

He does not believe it will happen.

He says he knew all along that it would happen.
18 What happens in the Mediterranean that incites the attack?
A U.S. fighter jet blows up an entire Soviet naval fleet.

A U.S. submarine sinks a Soviet passenger vessel.

A U.S. navy aircraft accidentally bombs the important Syrian port of Latakia.

A Soviet submarine sinks a U.S. submarine.
19 How does the government in Moscow respond to this?
They are outraged and announce their plans for an immediate attack.

They apologize.

They are completely silent.

They begin to mobilize their troops.
20 What are the names of Helen and Mark's children?
Patty and Franklin

Priscilla and Billy

Paula and John Adams

Peyton and Ben Franklin
21 At what time of day does the first bomb hit?
around noon

late afternoon

early in the morning

after sunset
22 What happens to Peyton?
She goes up onto the roof to watch and falls off.

She has a panic attack.

She is thrown through a glass window by the blast.

She stares into the bomb flash and is blinded.
23 What causes Randy to question his morality?
He sees a woman's body in a car wreck on the side of the road.

He sees armed convicts walking down the street.

He sees hundreds of people in need at the Riverside Inn.

He sees a crowd of refugees coming into Fort Repose from Orlando.
24 Where does Florence work?
First National Bank of Fort Repose

the library

the grocery store

Western Union
25 Why does Edgar Quisenberry commit suicide?
He has run out of food and supplies.

His wife was killed by the bombing.

He is robbed.

He cannot imagine a world where the dollar is worthless.

Why was Ben Franklin not underground?

Ben Franklin knew they would need water to survive, so he remained outside to collect water.

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Alas Babylon

Bill owns a bar. Randy goes to Bill's bar to purchase whiskey.

He stopped at Bill Cullen's bar, short-order grill, package store, and fish camp, just outside the town limits. There was space for two cases in the front seat, so he'd lay in his...

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how had warfare changed

Admiral Hazzard is saying is that the mere existence of nuclear weapons changed the game entirely.

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