Manhattan Transfer Quizzes

Manhattan Transfer Quiz 1

1 What does Bud say he did back home?
kill his mother

set fire to a church

kill his father

rob a bank
2 What is the last line of the novel?
"Take me to New Jersey."

"I dunno... Pretty far."

"Oh Ellen, you're marvelous."

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

Baldwin

Ellen

Goldweiser
4 What is Baldwin's occupation?
professor

doctor

banker

lawyer
5 What was Joe Harland once called?
The Emperor of Finance

His Majesty

The Wizard of Wall Street

The King of New York
6 What is the name of Jimmy's mother?
Carmen

Emily

Lily

Sarah
7 What does James Merivale call World War I?
a nightmare

the last war

hell

a great war while it lasted
8 When was Manhattan Transfer published?
1925

1918

1938

1920
9 Which of the following historical events is NOT described in the novel?
Stanford White's murder

World War I

Prohibition

The Great Depression
10 What is Ruth Prynne's goal?
to marry Gus McNeil

to run for the Senate

to be an actress

to marry Ed Thatcher
11 What is Gus McNeil's occupation when we first meet him?
accountant

politician

doctor

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

accountant

milkman

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

Stacy

Ellen

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

Ellie

Helena

Elaine
15 What school was Stan thrown out of?
Columbia

Stanford

Penn

Harvard
16 How does Stan die?
jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge

in World War I

in a fire

of the flu
17 How does Bud die?
jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge

in a fire

of the flu

in World War I
18 How does Jeff Merivale die?
in a fire

of the flu

in World War I

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

Morgan James

Spencer Tracy

Stanford White
20 What is Sandbourne's occupation?
doctor

stock-broker

lawyer

architect
21 Where does Baldwin pull a gun on Ellen?
on a ferry

in his bedroom

in Central Park

in a roadhouse
22 Who pulls the gun away from Baldwin?
Stan Emery

Congo Jake

Gus McNeil

Jimmy
23 The novel opens with
Jimmy hitching a ride with a truck driver

Bud on a ship

a nurse and a newborn baby

World War I
24 Which of the following characters do NOT fight in World War I?
Bud Korpenning

James Merivale

Dutch Robertson

Joe O'Keefe
25 Name the captain who finds Bud.
Congo

McAvoy

Carlson

Thatcher

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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Manhattan Transfer

by John Passos

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