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?

kill his father

kill his mother

rob a bank

set fire to a church
2 What is the last line of the novel?

"I dunno... Pretty far."

"Take me to New Jersey."

"Back to New York."

"Oh Ellen, you're marvelous."
3 Who says it?

Jimmy

Baldwin

Ellen

Goldweiser
4 What is Baldwin's occupation?

professor

doctor

lawyer

banker
5 What was Joe Harland once called?

The Emperor of Finance

The Wizard of Wall Street

The King of New York

His Majesty
6 What is the name of Jimmy's mother?

Sarah

Emily

Carmen

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

1920

1918

1925
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 be an actress

to marry Ed Thatcher

to run for the Senate

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

milkman

accountant

politician

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

accountant

lawyer

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?

Elaine

Helena

Ellie

Eleonora
15 What school was Stan thrown out of?

Stanford

Columbia

Harvard

Penn
16 How does Stan die?

in a fire

jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge

in World War I

of the flu
17 How does Bud die?

in World War I

in a fire

of the flu

jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge
18 How does Jeff Merivale die?

of the flu

in a fire

jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge

in World War I
19 Whose murder does Phil Sandbourne refer to?

Morgan James

Stanford White

Casie Lynn

Spencer Tracy
20 What is Sandbourne's occupation?

stock-broker

architect

lawyer

doctor
21 Where does Baldwin pull a gun on Ellen?

on a ferry

in a roadhouse

in Central Park

in his bedroom
22 Who pulls the gun away from Baldwin?

Jimmy

Stan Emery

Congo Jake

Gus McNeil
23 The novel opens with

World War I

Bud on a ship

a nurse and a newborn baby

Jimmy hitching a ride with a truck driver
24 Which of the following characters do NOT fight in World War I?

Bud Korpenning

James Merivale

Joe O'Keefe

Dutch Robertson
25 Name the captain who finds Bud.

Carlson

McAvoy

Congo

Thatcher

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