Catch-22 Quizzes

Catch-22 Quiz 1

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

Dunbar

McWatt

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

Nately

Colonel Cathcart

General Peckem
3 Which officer enjoys torturing his son-in-law by having a beautiful nurse around and is considered coarse and unrefined by his rival?
Lieutenant Milo

General Dreedle

Colonel Moodus

General Peckem
4 Who is easily duped by Yossarian when he says the radio is broken and is later sliced in half at the beach?
The Soldier in White

The Texan

Dunbar

Kid Sampson
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

Orr

McWatt

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

Lieutenant Milo

Havermeyer

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

Havermeyer

Mudd

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

Orr

Yossarian

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

Nately's whore's kid sister

Nately's old man

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

Major Danby

Havermeyer
11 At which mission was Snowden killed?
Avignon

Pianosa

Bologna

La Spieza
12 What condition does Yossarian pretend to have?
A liver condition

Elephantitis

Ewing's tumor

Jaundice
13 Which strange habit is incorrectly matched with a major event?
Havermeyer's love for peanut butter brittle/the ostracization of the chaplain

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

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

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?
Venus de Milo

Thomas Kyd

Washington Irving

Karl Marx
15 How does General Dreedle react to seeing Yossarian naked at his own medal presentation?
He calls up ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen to play a prank on General Peckem.

He threatens to execute Yossarian for obscenity.

He compliments Colonel Cathcart for his diligence.

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 play jokes on him, pretending to be other people.

They make fun of him behind his back.

They avoid him and comment that he never speaks.

They confide their secrets to him.
18 Which of the following events is not a result of the work of M&M Enterprises?
Milo is elected as a mayor in Italy.

Milo persuades the officers to give him their planes for food transport.

Milo purchases all of the Egyptian cotton crop.

Milo bombs his own quarters.
19 How does Doc Daneeka respond to Yossarian's claims that he should be grounded?
Illness is transient, so Catch-22 makes grounding unacceptable.

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.
20 In which event is the medical institution not involved?
Yossarian's failure to be grounded

Dunbar's "disappearance"

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

The painting of nails with gentian violet
21 The chaplain's trial does not involve which of the following literary devices?
Satire

Exaggeration

Foreshadowing

Black humor
22 Which of the following events does not foreshadow future events?
Havermeyer's madness in flying all the dangerous missions

Orr's discovery of goods in the lifeboat

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?
Hypochondriac

Self-centered

Hypocritical

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

Colonel Korn

Colonel Cathcart

Lieutenant Milo
25 Which correctly describes Yossarian's response to the character?
Orr/apathy

Kid Sampson/admiration

Clevinger/pity

Milo/camaraderie