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

McWatt

Appleby

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

General Peckem

Colonel Korn

Nately
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

Lieutenant Milo

Colonel Moodus

General Dreedle
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

Dunbar

The Texan

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

Orr

Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen

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

Nately

Lieutenant Milo

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

Dunbar

Appleby

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

Appleby

Clevinger

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

Nately's old man

Nately's whore

Nately's whore's kid sister
10 Who persuades Yossarian that he should run away if he does not give into the deal proposed by Colonels Korn and Cathcart?
Major Danby

Lieutenant Milo

Major Major

Havermeyer
11 At which mission was Snowden killed?
Pianosa

Bologna

La Spieza

Avignon
12 What condition does Yossarian pretend to have?
A liver condition

Ewing's tumor

Elephantitis

Jaundice
13 Which strange habit is incorrectly matched with a major event?
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

Havermeyer's love for peanut butter brittle/the ostracization of the chaplain
14 Which of the following names was used as a pseudonym when signing military correspondence?
Venus de Milo

Washington Irving

Thomas Kyd

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 compliments Colonel Cathcart for his diligence.

He snarls that he does not care.

He threatens to execute Yossarian for obscenity.
16 Which of the following events does not occur in Rome?
Hungry Joe takes photos of Nurse Duckett and Yossarian having sex.

Nately falls in love with the whore.

Milo decides to engage in the illegal tobacco trade.

Michaela is murdered.
17 How does everyone react when they see the soldier in white?
They make fun of him behind his back.

They avoid him and comment that he never speaks.

They play jokes on him, pretending to be other people.

They confide their secrets to him.
18 Which of the following events is not a result of the work of M&M Enterprises?
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.

Milo is elected as a mayor in Italy.
19 How does Doc Daneeka respond to Yossarian's claims that he should be grounded?
Catch-22 allows doctors to do as they wish.

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 prevents him from accepting the request whether Yossarian is sane or not.
20 In which event is the medical institution not involved?
Colonel Cathcart's intent to increase of the number of missions

Dunbar's "disappearance"

Yossarian's failure to be grounded

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

Exaggeration

Satire

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

Milo's strange bargain for a quarter of a bedsheet

Orr's discovery of goods in the lifeboat

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

Hypochondriac

Self-centered

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

Colonel Moodus

Colonel Cathcart

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

Milo/camaraderie

Clevinger/pity

Orr/apathy