Catch-22 Quizzes

Catch-22 Quiz 1

By Jordan Berkow and Kendrick Strauch · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed May 31, 2008

1 Which character spends his time indulging in eccentric hobbies, such as putting apples in his cheeks and fixing a gas valve?

Orr

McWatt

Dunbar

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

General Peckem

Colonel Cathcart

Nately

Colonel Korn
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 Dreedle

Lieutenant Milo

General Peckem

Colonel Moodus
4 Who is easily duped by Yossarian when he says the radio is broken and is later sliced in half at the beach?

The Texan

Dunbar

Kid Sampson

The Soldier in White
5 Who constantly interferes with the military correspondence and is punished by having to dig a hole each time he goes AWOL?

Orr

Yossarian

McWatt

Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen
6 Who is promoted to be squadron commander but is forced to sign useless paperwork in his new job?

Lieutenant Milo

Major Major

Havermeyer

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

Dunbar

Havermeyer

Mudd

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

Clevinger

Appleby

Yossarian

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

Nately's whore

Nately's old man

Nately's whore's kid sister

Dunbar
10 Who persuades Yossarian that he should run away if he does not give into the deal proposed by Colonels Korn and Cathcart?

Lieutenant Milo

Major Major

Havermeyer

Major Danby
11 At which mission was Snowden killed?

Bologna

Pianosa

La Spieza

Avignon
12 What condition does Yossarian pretend to have?

A liver condition

Jaundice

Ewing's tumor

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

Colonel Cathcart's love for plum tomatoes/the chaplain's trial

Milo's acquisition of Egyptian cotton/the bombing of his own quarters

Havermeyer's love for peanut butter brittle/the ostracization of the chaplain

Major -- de Coverley's love for spacious apartments and beautiful women/Nately's romance with the whore
14 Which of the following names was used as a pseudonym when signing military correspondence?

Karl Marx

Washington Irving

Venus de Milo

Thomas Kyd
15 How does General Dreedle react to seeing Yossarian naked at his own medal presentation?

He threatens to execute Yossarian for obscenity.

He snarls that he does not care.

He calls up ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen to play a prank on General Peckem.

He compliments Colonel Cathcart for his diligence.
16 Which of the following events does not occur in Rome?

Milo decides to engage in the illegal tobacco trade.

Nately falls in love with the whore.

Michaela is murdered.

Hungry Joe takes photos of Nurse Duckett and Yossarian having sex.
17 How does everyone react when they see the soldier in white?

They avoid him and comment that he never speaks.

They make fun of him behind his back.

They confide their secrets to him.

They play jokes on him, pretending to be other people.
18 Which of the following events is not a result of the work of M&M Enterprises?

Milo bombs his own quarters.

Milo purchases all of the Egyptian cotton crop.

Milo persuades the officers to give him their planes for food transport.

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 prevents him from accepting the request whether Yossarian is sane or not.

Catch-22 allows doctors to do as they wish.

Illness is transient, so Catch-22 makes grounding unacceptable.

Doctors are not responsible for grounding people--only those who can violate Catch-22 can do it.
20 In which event is the medical institution not involved?

Yossarian's failure to be grounded

Dunbar's "disappearance"

The painting of nails with gentian violet

Colonel Cathcart's intent to increase of the number of missions
21 The chaplain's trial does not involve which of the following literary devices?

Satire

Black humor

Exaggeration

Foreshadowing
22 Which of the following events does not foreshadow future events?

Orr's discovery of goods in the lifeboat

Milo's strange bargain for a quarter of a bedsheet

Havermeyer's madness in flying all the dangerous missions

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

Bloodthirsty

Hypocritical

Self-centered

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

Colonel Korn

Colonel Cathcart

Lieutenant Milo

Colonel Moodus
25 Which correctly describes Yossarian's response to the character?

Milo/camaraderie

Orr/apathy

Clevinger/pity

Kid Sampson/admiration

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