Catch-22 Quizzes

Catch-22 Quiz 1

By Jordan Berkow and Kendrick Strauch · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed May 31, 2008

1 Which character spends his time indulging in eccentric hobbies, such as putting apples in his cheeks and fixing a gas valve?

McWatt

Appleby

Dunbar

Orr
2 Who falls violently in love with a whore but is tragically killed at the La Spieza mission?

Colonel Cathcart

Nately

General Peckem

Colonel Korn
3 Which officer enjoys torturing his son-in-law by having a beautiful nurse around and is considered coarse and unrefined by his rival?

General Peckem

General Dreedle

Lieutenant Milo

Colonel Moodus
4 Who is easily duped by Yossarian when he says the radio is broken and is later sliced in half at the beach?

Kid Sampson

The Soldier in White

Dunbar

The Texan
5 Who constantly interferes with the military correspondence and is punished by having to dig a hole each time he goes AWOL?

Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen

Yossarian

Orr

McWatt
6 Who is promoted to be squadron commander but is forced to sign useless paperwork in his new job?

Major Major

Havermeyer

Nately

Lieutenant Milo
7 Which officer enjoys shooting field mice and refuses to engage in evasive action during missions?

Appleby

Havermeyer

Mudd

Dunbar
8 Which of the following characters does not run away or mysteriously disappear by the end of the book?

Appleby

Orr

Yossarian

Clevinger
9 Who tries to kill Yossarian with a knife after hearing about Nately's death?

Nately's old man

Nately's whore's kid sister

Nately's whore

Dunbar
10 Who persuades Yossarian that he should run away if he does not give into the deal proposed by Colonels Korn and Cathcart?

Major Major

Lieutenant Milo

Havermeyer

Major Danby
11 At which mission was Snowden killed?

La Spieza

Bologna

Pianosa

Avignon
12 What condition does Yossarian pretend to have?

Elephantitis

Jaundice

A liver condition

Ewing's tumor
13 Which strange habit is incorrectly matched with a major event?

Colonel Cathcart's love for plum tomatoes/the chaplain's trial

Havermeyer's love for peanut butter brittle/the ostracization of the chaplain

Milo's acquisition of Egyptian cotton/the bombing of his own quarters

Major -- de Coverley's love for spacious apartments and beautiful women/Nately's romance with the whore
14 Which of the following names was used as a pseudonym when signing military correspondence?

Washington Irving

Karl Marx

Venus de Milo

Thomas Kyd
15 How does General Dreedle react to seeing Yossarian naked at his own medal presentation?

He threatens to execute Yossarian for obscenity.

He compliments Colonel Cathcart for his diligence.

He calls up ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen to play a prank on General Peckem.

He snarls that he does not care.
16 Which of the following events does not occur in Rome?

Nately falls in love with the whore.

Michaela is murdered.

Hungry Joe takes photos of Nurse Duckett and Yossarian having sex.

Milo decides to engage in the illegal tobacco trade.
17 How does everyone react when they see the soldier in white?

They make fun of him behind his back.

They confide their secrets to him.

They avoid him and comment that he never speaks.

They play jokes on him, pretending to be other people.
18 Which of the following events is not a result of the work of M&M Enterprises?

Milo bombs his own quarters.

Milo is elected as a mayor in Italy.

Milo purchases all of the Egyptian cotton crop.

Milo persuades the officers to give him their planes for food transport.
19 How does Doc Daneeka respond to Yossarian's claims that he should be grounded?

Catch-22 allows doctors to do as they wish.

Catch-22 prevents him from accepting the request whether Yossarian is sane or not.

Doctors are not responsible for grounding people--only those who can violate Catch-22 can do it.

Illness is transient, so Catch-22 makes grounding unacceptable.
20 In which event is the medical institution not involved?

The painting of nails with gentian violet

Dunbar's "disappearance"

Colonel Cathcart's intent to increase of the number of missions

Yossarian's failure to be grounded
21 The chaplain's trial does not involve which of the following literary devices?

Exaggeration

Black humor

Satire

Foreshadowing
22 Which of the following events does not foreshadow future events?

Orr's discovery of goods in the lifeboat

Havermeyer's madness in flying all the dangerous missions

Milo's strange bargain for a quarter of a bedsheet

Corporal Whitcomb's accusations of the chaplain to Colonel Cathcart
23 Which of the following traits does Doc Daneeka not have?

Bloodthirsty

Hypocritical

Self-centered

Hypochondriac
24 Which of the following officers does not display a lack of regard for human life?

Colonel Cathcart

Colonel Moodus

Lieutenant Milo

Colonel Korn
25 Which correctly describes Yossarian's response to the character?

Milo/camaraderie

Kid Sampson/admiration

Clevinger/pity

Orr/apathy