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?
Orr

Appleby

McWatt

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

Colonel Korn

Nately

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

General Dreedle

Lieutenant Milo

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

Kid Sampson

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

Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen

Yossarian

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

Nately

Havermeyer

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

Dunbar

Havermeyer

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

Orr

Clevinger

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

Nately's whore

Dunbar

Nately's old man
10 Who persuades Yossarian that he should run away if he does not give into the deal proposed by Colonels Korn and Cathcart?
Havermeyer

Major Danby

Lieutenant Milo

Major Major
11 At which mission was Snowden killed?
Pianosa

La Spieza

Bologna

Avignon
12 What condition does Yossarian pretend to have?
Ewing's tumor

A liver condition

Jaundice

Elephantitis
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

Major -- de Coverley's love for spacious apartments and beautiful women/Nately's romance with the whore

Colonel Cathcart's love for plum tomatoes/the chaplain's trial
14 Which of the following names was used as a pseudonym when signing military correspondence?
Venus de Milo

Karl Marx

Thomas Kyd

Washington Irving
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 snarls that he does not care.

He threatens to execute Yossarian for obscenity.

He compliments Colonel Cathcart for his diligence.
16 Which of the following events does not occur in Rome?
Hungry Joe takes photos of Nurse Duckett and Yossarian having sex.

Milo decides to engage in the illegal tobacco trade.

Michaela is murdered.

Nately falls in love with the whore.
17 How does everyone react when they see the soldier in white?
They confide their secrets to him.

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.
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 bombs his own quarters.

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

Milo purchases all of the Egyptian cotton crop.
19 How does Doc Daneeka respond to Yossarian's claims that he should be grounded?
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.

Catch-22 allows doctors to do as they wish.
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?
Satire

Foreshadowing

Exaggeration

Black humor
22 Which of the following events does not foreshadow future events?
Corporal Whitcomb's accusations of the chaplain to Colonel Cathcart

Milo's strange bargain for a quarter of a bedsheet

Havermeyer's madness in flying all the dangerous missions

Orr's discovery of goods in the lifeboat
23 Which of the following traits does Doc Daneeka not have?
Self-centered

Hypocritical

Hypochondriac

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

Colonel Moodus

Colonel Korn

Colonel Cathcart
25 Which correctly describes Yossarian's response to the character?
Kid Sampson/admiration

Orr/apathy

Milo/camaraderie

Clevinger/pity