The Man in the High Castle Quizzes

The Man in the High Castle Quiz 1

1 What kind of shop does Childan run?
A grocery store

An antiques store

A clothing boutique

A sex shop
2 What item did Mr. Tagomi originally order?
A mickey mouse watch

One of George Washington's teeth

A lighter once owned by JFK

A civil war recruiting poster
3 What is Frank Fink's ethnicity?
German

Armenian

Jewish

Chinese
4 Why is Frank hesitant to escape to the south?
The Japanese will kill him

It is impoverished and weak

It is controlled by the Reich

His ex-wife lives there
5 What divinatory method does Frank consult every day?
Crystals

The I Ching

Tarot cards

Augury
6 What are the current colonial ambitions of the Reich?
To terraform the ocean

To colonize other planets

To colonize Africa

To take back the Ukraine
7 Why are the Japanese not participating in these colonial efforts?
They are bogged down in South America

They are having trouble controlling their own empire

They are participating in these colonial efforts

Racism
8 How does the I Ching suggest that Frank approach his boss?
With humility

As an equal

He should not approach his boss

With animosity
9 What question does Frank ask the I Ching every day?
Will he see his wife Juliana again?

Who will be the next Fuhrer?

When will the Japanese leave?

What should he wear?
10 What business does McCarthy suggest Frank enter?
Jewelry-making

Antiques selling

Organized crime

Butchery
11 Why is Tagomi's meeting with Baynes especially important?
Baynes brings important plastic-working secrets fro the Reich

Their meeting may broker a peace treaty

Tagomi is planning to marry Baynes' daughter

Baynes might sell important seafront property to Tagomi
12 How does Tagomi interpret the phrase "Things are not what they seem - skim milk masquerades as cream"?
White people cannot be trusted

Tagomi needs to drink black coffee

Baynes is a murderer and exile

Baynes is a spy
13 What best describes what the Nazis did in Africa?
Eliminated poverty

Encouraged technological development

Reestablished ancient Egyptian civilization

Killed billions of people
14 Where does Juliana Frink live?
The Rocky Mountain States

Germany

The East Coast

The Pacific States of America
15 How does Juliana make a living?
Teaching Judo

House cleaning

Sex work

Waitressing
16 What does Juliana believe to be the root of the German neurosis?
Improper parenting

Violent television

Sexual dysfunction

Video games
17 How does Baynes travel from Europe to San Francisco?
Airplane

Underground railroad

High-speed rocket

Boat
18 What shocking thing does Baynes say to Lotze on the high speed rocket?
Lotze is a homosexual

Baynes is black

Baynes is a spy

Baynes is a Jew
19 What is NOT one of the ways that Baynes purports to hide his Jewish identity?
Manufacturing fake papers

Having friends in influential places

Killing Gestapo agents

Getting facial surgery
20 What gift does Tagomi present to Baynes?
A recruiting poster

A pin worn by George Washington

A Mickey Mouse watch

A pistol from the Civil War
21 When Frank consults the I Ching about entering a new business, what result does he get?
A very favorable one mixed with portents of doom

A very favorable one

An indication of failure

An indifferent one
22 What does Admiral Harusha's man ask Childan for?
A saber from the Civil War

A lighter carried by FDR on the day he was shot

Twelve Civil War sidearms

Twelve of George Washington's teeth
23 What does Admiral Harusha's man say when Childan presents him with one of the sidearms?
Where are the others?

Why are you pointing a gun at me?

This is a beautiful item

This is a fake, though a good one
24 How much money could Childan have earned selling the guns to Admiral Harusha's man?
A million dollars

Fifteen hundred dollars

A thousand dollars

Fifteen thousand dollars
25 What do the results of the University of California test reveal about the guns?
They are not guns at all

They are authentic Civil War items

They are forgeries, though good ones

They were stolen

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