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A Separate Peace Trivia Quiz

A quiz on the book, 'A Separate Peace' by John Knowles.

A multiple-choice quiz by ashalia. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ashalia

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
64,648

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
15 / 25

Plays
914

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. Who came up with the idea for the Winter Carnival? Hint

Gene

Finny

Brinker

Chet

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Question 2 of 25

2. Out of all of the students at Devon, who is the first to enlist for the war? Hint

Finny

Brinker

Leper

Gene

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Question 3 of 25

3. What teacher confronts Gene about falling in the river? Hint

Mr. Smith

Mr. Ludsbury

Mr. Patch-Wathers

Mr. Hanock

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Question 4 of 25

4. How many years did Quackenbush row on the lightweight crew? Hint

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Question 5 of 25

5. Who breaks up the fight between Leper and Gene? Hint

Leper's dad

Leper's mom

Finny

The Dean of Devon

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Question 6 of 25

6. In what year were the Olympics supposed to happen in this novel? Hint

1942

1945

1944

1943

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Question 7 of 25

7. Who said, 'If someone gave Leper a loaded gun and put it at Hitler's temple, he'd miss'? Hint

Gene

Bobby

Brinker

Finny

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Question 8 of 25

8. Who says, 'Hi pal, where's the brass band'? Hint

Gene

Finny

Brinker

Leper

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Question 9 of 25

9. Who was given the name 'Yellow Peril'? Hint

Bobby

Quackenbush

Brinker

Leper

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Question 10 of 25

10. Finny asked Gene if he really thought that the U.S.A. was at war with two places. One was Germany; which was the other?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 11 of 25

11. Who played tennis and the trumpet? Hint

Billy

Bobby

Chet

Chad

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Question 12 of 25

12. Who delivers a telegram to Gene? Hint

Billy

Brinker

Bobby

Brownie

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Question 13 of 25

13. What is Leper's first name? Hint

Edwin

Earl

Edward

Elwin

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Question 14 of 25

14. What was the Christmas location? Hint

Billy's home

Gene's home

Leper's home

Finny's home

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Question 15 of 25

15. Where does Gene leave Leper while Leper is telling him his crazy story about the war? Hint

in his house

in the truck

in the barn

in a field

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Question 16 of 25

16. Who does everyone gang up on at the end of the snowball fight? Hint

Gene

Finny

Billy

Leper

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Question 17 of 25

17. What is the soundproof room used for? Hint

nothing

choir practice

piano practice

violin practice

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who talks to Gene and Brinker in the final chapter of the novel? Hint

Mr. Forrester

Mr. Hadley

Mr. Smith

Mr. Lepellier

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Question 19 of 25

19. True or False: Gene cries while at Finny's funeral.

True

False

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Question 20 of 25

20. What class did Gene have at 10:10? Hint

Geology

World History

American History

Advanced Biology

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Question 21 of 25

21. When Gene and Finny go to the beach, Gene almost misses a class and fails a test. Which class? Hint

Calculus

Geometry

Algebra 2

Trigonometry

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Question 22 of 25

22. What color the polo shirt that Finny wore at the beach? Hint

light yellow

bright pink

light blue

bright green

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Question 23 of 25

23. Gene tells Finny that his colored shirt makes him look like a what? Hint

girl

queen

child

fairy

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Question 24 of 25

24. Who cried 'I don't want it!' when the boys played blitzball? Hint

Chet

Bobby

Leper

Billy

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Question 25 of 25

25. How much time did Finny break the 100 yard swimming record by? Hint

0.7 second

0.14 second

0.3 second

0.15 second

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who came up with the idea for the Winter Carnival?

Answer: Finny

This is because the boys didn't have anything to do on a Saturday afternoon. Finny suggested that they have a winter carnival at Devon, and they did.

2. Out of all of the students at Devon, who is the first to enlist for the war?

Answer: Leper

Leper tells Gene and Finny he is going to enlist in the ski troops. Later on, he runs away from the war.

3. What teacher confronts Gene about falling in the river?

Answer: Mr. Ludsbury

Gene tells Mr. Ludsbury that he slipped and fell in the river because he didn't want him to know about his fight with Cliff Quackenbush.

4. How many years did Quackenbush row on the lightweight crew?

Answer: 2

Quackenbush tells Gene this because he is bragging about how he has rowed so much and Gene has never rowed.

5. Who breaks up the fight between Leper and Gene?

Answer: Leper's mom

Leper's mom breaks up the fight between Gene and Leper. Even after they fight, she still invites Gene to have lunch with them.

6. In what year were the Olympics supposed to happen in this novel?

Answer: 1944

Since Finny was injured and couldn't compete in the Olympics of 1944, he started training Gene to be in them. Of course, Gene never does make it to the Olympics.

7. Who said, 'If someone gave Leper a loaded gun and put it at Hitler's temple, he'd miss'?

Answer: Finny

Finny didn't believe in the war. He said this because of the war stories that the boys had been telling about Leper.

8. Who says, 'Hi pal, where's the brass band'?

Answer: Finny

This is the first thing that Finny says to Gene when he returns to Devon after he breaks his leg.

9. Who was given the name 'Yellow Peril'?

Answer: Brinker

Finny gave him this name. Gene said that this name spread like a flu epidemic throughout the school.

10. Finny asked Gene if he really thought that the U.S.A. was at war with two places. One was Germany; which was the other?

Answer: Imperial Japan

Finny said that fat men made up the war to keep his generation from having fun.

11. Who played tennis and the trumpet?

Answer: Chet

This is told when they are getting ready to have the Winter Carnival. Finny lets Chet play his trumpet because inviting the band to the carnival would bring more attention than he wanted to it.

12. Who delivers a telegram to Gene?

Answer: Brownie

It is the telegram that contains the news about Leper's disappearance from the Army.

13. What is Leper's first name?

Answer: Elwin

His full name is Elwin 'Leper' Lepellier.

14. What was the Christmas location?

Answer: Leper's home

This is where Leper says that he is at in the telegram.

15. Where does Gene leave Leper while Leper is telling him his crazy story about the war?

Answer: in a field

Leper's story was about the events that happened before he ran away from the Army.

16. Who does everyone gang up on at the end of the snowball fight?

Answer: Finny

This is because Finny keeps changing teams and the only way to win the snowball fight is to gang up on him.

17. What is the soundproof room used for?

Answer: piano practice

Brinker pulls Gene into the soundproof room to accuse him of not enlisting in the war because of his pity for Finny.

18. Who talks to Gene and Brinker in the final chapter of the novel?

Answer: Mr. Hadley

This is Brinker's dad. He tells the boys that old guys like him are jealous of their generation because they get to fight in this war.

19. True or False: Gene cries while at Finny's funeral.

Answer: False

He doesn't cry because he couldn't escape the fact that the funeral was his own and he said that you don't cry in that case.

20. What class did Gene have at 10:10?

Answer: American History

This is the class that he goes to after he leaves Finny in the Infirmary.

21. When Gene and Finny go to the beach, Gene almost misses a class and fails a test. Which class?

Answer: Trigonometry

Gene admits that this is the first test he has ever failed in his life.

22. What color the polo shirt that Finny wore at the beach?

Answer: light blue

Gene was wearing a t-shirt and Finny wore a light blue polo shirt.

23. Gene tells Finny that his colored shirt makes him look like a what?

Answer: fairy

This shirt is Finny's emblem for the war.

24. Who cried 'I don't want it!' when the boys played blitzball?

Answer: Leper

Finny says that a receiver can refuse the ball. He calls this new rule the 'Lepellier Refusal'.

25. How much time did Finny break the 100 yard swimming record by?

Answer: 0.7 second

He beat the previous swimming record (which was 53 seconds) set by A. Hopkins Parker. He did this without a day of swimming practice.

Source: Author ashalia

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