The Adventures of Augie March Quizzes

The Adventures of Augie March Quiz 1

By Laura Moon Kim · Edited by Jordan Berkow · Last reviewed April 14, 2006

1 What city does Augie March grow up in?

New York

Cleveland

Chicago

Mexico City
2 How does Augie describe the influences in his life (such as Grandma Lausch, Simon, and Einhorn)?

Nietzsche-like

Macchiavellian

Darwinian

Zeusian
3 How does Augie describe his mother?

"a female Diogenes"

"a mother hen"

"simple-minded"

"a widower"
4 Why does Anna Coblin yell at Augie?

Because he lives in her son Howard's bedroom

Because he blows on her son Howard's saxophone

Because he refuses to take her daughter Friedl on a date

Because he wakes up too late to help with the newspaper route
5 What does Grandma Lausch claim is better than love?

Security

Fear

Respect

A "chosen thing"
6 What physical change indicates Simon's transformation when he returns home from his summer job at the resort?

A black eye

A broken front tooth

Weight gain in the cheeks

An unhealthy pallor
7 How does Georgie show Grandma Lausch his love for her?

He buys her a pair of eyeglasses

He walks her dog Winnie

He tells her that everyone loves her

He hugs her legs
8 Why is Jimmy Klein beaten up by his father?

Because he and Augie stole a car

Because he and Augie went to a brothel

Because he and Augie were involved in the robbery of a leather goods store

Because he and Augie stole money from their employers
9 How does Eleanor, Jimmy Klein's sister, refer to Augie?

"husband"

"lover"

"adoptable"

"clever boy"
10 Who is the first girl Augie falls in love with?

Esther Fenchel

Thea Fenchel

Sophie Geratis

Hilda Novinson
11 How is Augie's mother handicapped?

She is going deaf

She is going blind

She has lost the use of both of her legs

She is unable to bear any more children
12 How does Grandma Lausch destabilize the family?

She insists that she be put in an institution

She presses them to put Georgie in an institution

She orders them to pay a fee to her sons

She insists that the mother be put in a home for the blind
13 What does Five Properties want?

To marry a thin, pale girl

A new dairy truck

A new apartment

To marry a bouncing, black-haired girl
14 What happened to Augie's father?

He moved to Canada for work

He passed away after Georgie was born

He was arrested and put in jail for armed robbery

He abandoned the family
15 Why does Augie call Einhorn a "superior man"?

Because he is a renowned philanthropist

Because he is a ruthless businessman

Because even though he is a cripple, he is capable and intelligent

Because he is a professor at the university
16 How do Einhorn and his wife Tillie maintain their distance from Augie?

By telling Augie that he does not know how to dress properly

By telling him that their son Arthur has far more promise than he does

By implying that they do not entirely approve of Augie's family

By emphasizing that Augie can expect no part in the inheritance
17 Einhorn Senior, or "The Commissioner", has a penchant for:

Touching women inappropriately

Dressing impeccably

Reading philosophy

Gambling
18 How does Einhorn feel about Lollie Fewter?

He disapproves of her style

He pities her because she is also a cripple

He is madly in love with her

He is determined to have her killed
19 How does Simon ironically mimic Grandma Lausch's previous actions?

By purchasing a dog

By arranging that she be put in an institution

By taking over control of the family money

By wearing a black dress
20 How does Grandma Lausch hide her despair when Augie takes her to the institution?

By telling Augie that she loves him

By forcing him to take a quarter

By insisting on carrying her own luggage

By covering her face with her hands
21 What event occurs simultaneously with Grandma Lausch's placement in an institution?

Five Properties' wedding day

The death of Winnie the dog

Simon's wedding day

The death of the Commissioner
22 Who is the last person to come to terms with the Commissioner's death?

Einhorn

Arthur

Dingbat

Tillie
23 What historical event occurs after the Commissioner's death and Grandma Lausch's placement in an institution?

The Great Crash

The Communist Revolution

The Great War

The Great Siege
24 What does the fact that Augie carries Einhorn to the Commissioner's gravesite imply?

That Augie is treated like a servant

That Tillie wants to include Augie in the inheritance

That Einhorn and Arthur are not on good terms

That Augie is more like a son to him than Arthur
25 How does Lollie Fewter die?

She is shot as a bystander during an armed robbery

In a car accident

She is shot by her teamster-lover

In a horse-riding accident

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