Manhattan Transfer Quizzes

Manhattan Transfer Quiz 1

By Damien Chazelle · Edited by W.C. Miller · Last reviewed December 09, 2006

1 What does Bud say he did back home?

set fire to a church

kill his mother

rob a bank

kill his father
2 What is the last line of the novel?

"Oh Ellen, you're marvelous."

"Take me to New Jersey."

"I dunno... Pretty far."

"Back to New York."
3 Who says it?

Baldwin

Jimmy

Goldweiser

Ellen
4 What is Baldwin's occupation?

doctor

lawyer

professor

banker
5 What was Joe Harland once called?

His Majesty

The King of New York

The Emperor of Finance

The Wizard of Wall Street
6 What is the name of Jimmy's mother?

Carmen

Sarah

Emily

Lily
7 What does James Merivale call World War I?

hell

a nightmare

a great war while it lasted

the last war
8 When was Manhattan Transfer published?

1938

1918

1920

1925
9 Which of the following historical events is NOT described in the novel?

Stanford White's murder

The Great Depression

Prohibition

World War I
10 What is Ruth Prynne's goal?

to be an actress

to marry Ed Thatcher

to marry Gus McNeil

to run for the Senate
11 What is Gus McNeil's occupation when we first meet him?

politician

accountant

doctor

milkman
12 What is Ed Thatcher's occupation when we first meet him?

lawyer

milkman

accountant

soldier
13 What is the name of Ed Thatcher's wife?

Stacy

Susie

Carlotta

Ellen
14 Which of the following names is Ellen NOT called?

Eleonora

Helena

Elaine

Ellie
15 What school was Stan thrown out of?

Harvard

Stanford

Columbia

Penn
16 How does Stan die?

jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge

in a fire

of the flu

in World War I
17 How does Bud die?

jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge

in a fire

in World War I

of the flu
18 How does Jeff Merivale die?

in a fire

in World War I

of the flu

jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge
19 Whose murder does Phil Sandbourne refer to?

Casie Lynn

Spencer Tracy

Stanford White

Morgan James
20 What is Sandbourne's occupation?

lawyer

architect

stock-broker

doctor
21 Where does Baldwin pull a gun on Ellen?

on a ferry

in a roadhouse

in his bedroom

in Central Park
22 Who pulls the gun away from Baldwin?

Congo Jake

Gus McNeil

Jimmy

Stan Emery
23 The novel opens with

World War I

a nurse and a newborn baby

Jimmy hitching a ride with a truck driver

Bud on a ship
24 Which of the following characters do NOT fight in World War I?

Dutch Robertson

James Merivale

Joe O'Keefe

Bud Korpenning
25 Name the captain who finds Bud.

Congo

Carlson

Thatcher

McAvoy

What is the tone of this excerpt from Passos "The Happy Warrior"

Angry- retaliatory

Do you have this quote in context? I am not familiar with this text.

Asked by allie o #275539

Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/5/2014 1:59 PM

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What is the role of women in Manhattan Transfer?

women in his novel struggle against convention, traditional roles, and being considered the weaker sex.

Asked by safia b #213699

Answered by tracey c #171707 on 11/16/2011 2:53 PM

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why is manhattan transfer consider a masterpiece?

This book is one of the best I've ever read, and yes, it is a masterpiece. Dos Passos easily transitions from one section to the next so well that you barely recognize the changing landscape of New York. His descriptions are sometimes...

Asked by harry t #65542

Answered by jill d #170087 on 10/26/2011 4:53 PM

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