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A "Catch-22" Quiz

This is a pretty long quiz on the book "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller. I feel this is the best book I have ever read. Be aware that there are some spoilers in this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by Teej417. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Teej417

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
198,966

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
14 / 20

Plays
1192

Last 3 plays: Guest 89 (13/20), Guest 198 (13/20), Guest 202 (20/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. This crazy character has a craving for naked women and has disturbing nightmares on nights he is not scheduled to fly an attack. Which character is it? Hint

Chief White Halfoat

Flume

Major Major Major Major

Hungry Joe

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Question 2 of 20

2. This guy likes to stay alive by making time move as slow as possible. He is also one of Yossarian's best friends. Which character is this? Hint

Dunbar

Huple

Milo

Havermeyer

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Question 3 of 20

3. Whose goal is it to escape catch-22 and spends as much time as possible in the hospital? Hint

Nurse Duckett

The Chaplain

Hungry Joe

Yossarian

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Question 4 of 20

4. Which character falls in love with a whore and constantly pays for her services, even though she does not love him back? Hint

Colonel Cathcart

Appleby

Kid Samson

Nately

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who, at age 15, is the youngest pilot in the squadron and is flying Yossarian's plane to Avignon on which mission Snowden was killed? Hint

Huple

Aarfy

Dobbs

McWatt

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Question 6 of 20

6. This character is the squadron's intelligence officer and finds much amusement in taunting the pilots whenever they have a mission scheduled. Who is he?

Answer: (Rank and surname, or just surname)

7. This pilot manages to get shot down during every mission but always survives. He is Yossarian's roommate and likes to put crab apples in his cheeks, often to the annoyance of his tent mate. Which character is this? Hint

Major Major Major Major

Huple

Dunbar

Orr

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Question 8 of 20

8. Which character is often the pilot on Yossarian's plane and likes to scare his friends by buzzing them as low as possible? Hint

McWatt

Captain Black

Dobbs

Clevinger

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Question 9 of 20

9. What officer relentlessly increases the number of missions the squadron needs to fly in order to impress his superiors? Hint

Colonel Korn

General Peckem

General Dreedle

Colonel Cathcart

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who is the operations officer that helps Yossarian in the end? Hint

Major Danby

Captain Black

Chief White Halfoat

Aarfy

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Question 11 of 20

11. Now for some of the more important quotes. Who said "I'm cold, I'm cold"?

Answer: (Surname only)

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Question 12 of 20

12. "Catch-22" is full of circular logic and interrogations that lead to nothing. While being interrogated, who said "I always didn't say you couldn't punish me, sir."? Hint

Dunbar

Yossarian

Clevinger

The Chaplain

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Question 13 of 20

13. Which character says, "Sure there's a catch. Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy."? Hint

Colonel Cargill

Doc Daneeka

General Dreedle

Chief White Halfoat

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Question 14 of 20

14. Who says, "It was kind of nice being a P.F.C. I had status-you know what I mean?"? Hint

Wintergreen

Yossarian

Dunbar

Milo

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Question 15 of 20

15. Who says, "The syndicate benefits when I benefit because everyone has a share"? Hint

Orr

Milo

Colonel Korn

The Chaplain

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Question 16 of 20

16. Here are some miscellaneous questions to finish the quiz up. Which of these does Yossarian not do to protest the war? Hint

Marching backwards during parades

Bombing his own squadron

Refusing to call Colonel Cathcart his friend

Changing the bombing line before the mission to Bologna

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Question 17 of 20

17. What is the name of the island in which most of the story takes place? Hint

Pianosa

Pinosi

Piazza

Pansana

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Question 18 of 20

18. T/F: Even the Chaplain begins to lose faith in God towards the end of the novel.

True

False

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Question 19 of 20

19. What is Yossarian's nickname?

Answer: (A toy you probably played with when you were a kid)

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Question 20 of 20

20. Only one of these characters does not die by the end of the book. Which one is it? Hint

Hungry Joe

Dobbs

Nately

Aarfy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This crazy character has a craving for naked women and has disturbing nightmares on nights he is not scheduled to fly an attack. Which character is it?

Answer: Hungry Joe

The "Hungry" part of Joe's name could either mean his need for more missions or his love for sex. He symbolizes just how backwards and crazy war can make a man by making him crave more of the thing he hates (more missions).

2. This guy likes to stay alive by making time move as slow as possible. He is also one of Yossarian's best friends. Which character is this?

Answer: Dunbar

Dunbar spends a lot of his free time with Yossarian in the hospital. He is later "disappeared" by the army for asking too many questions.

3. Whose goal is it to escape catch-22 and spends as much time as possible in the hospital?

Answer: Yossarian

Yossarian is the main character in the novel and hates the war he is forced to fight in.

4. Which character falls in love with a whore and constantly pays for her services, even though she does not love him back?

Answer: Nately

Nately's whore does eventually come to love him back, but soon after Nately is unfortunately killed during a bombing run. Nately's whore believes it is Yossarian's fault and tries to kill him.

5. Who, at age 15, is the youngest pilot in the squadron and is flying Yossarian's plane to Avignon on which mission Snowden was killed?

Answer: Huple

During the mission, Dobbs went crazy and tried to crash the plane. Huple wrestled the controls back from him while Yossarian tried to help Snowden, who was dying in the back of the plane. Huple shares a tent with Hungry Joe and has a cat that always sleeps on Joe's face.

6. This character is the squadron's intelligence officer and finds much amusement in taunting the pilots whenever they have a mission scheduled. Who is he?

Answer: Captain Black

Captain Black wanted to be squadron commander, but when Major Major Major Major was appointed, Black turned the entire squadron against him.

Answer: Orr

Heller probably names him Orr because he escapes to Sweden using the little oar on the lifeboat after his plane goes down for the last time. Orr and Yossarian are good friends and Yossarian decides to run away and join him in Sweden at the end of the novel.

8. Which character is often the pilot on Yossarian's plane and likes to scare his friends by buzzing them as low as possible?

Answer: McWatt

His pranks have a fatal ending when he accidentally chops Kid Samson in half on the beach one day. McWatt, unable to live with what he did, crashes his own plane into a nearby mountain.

9. What officer relentlessly increases the number of missions the squadron needs to fly in order to impress his superiors?

Answer: Colonel Cathcart

Cathcart is always on the lookout for "feathers in his cap" and tries to avoid "black eyes."

10. Who is the operations officer that helps Yossarian in the end?

Answer: Major Danby

Major Danby only wants to get his job done and do what is best for his country. He doesn't get in Yossarian's way when he decides to escape to Sweden, and even gives him money to help him on his way.

11. Now for some of the more important quotes. Who said "I'm cold, I'm cold"?

Answer: Snowden

This is the famous scene in literature in which Snowden "spills his guts." When Yossarian sees him lying there with his insides spilling out, he sees that man is mortal. He realizes that men are expendable and decides that he must escape the war by any means possible.

12. "Catch-22" is full of circular logic and interrogations that lead to nothing. While being interrogated, who said "I always didn't say you couldn't punish me, sir."?

Answer: Clevinger

During this scene, Clevinger is being interrogated for a crime that had not happened and that he did not do. Later on, Clevinger's plane disappears in a cloud and he is never heard from again.

13. Which character says, "Sure there's a catch. Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy."?

Answer: Doc Daneeka

Doc Daneeka explains this to Yossarian when Yossarian asks to be grounded. In order to be grounded, the person must be crazy. But a crazy person wouldn't ask to be grounded. This is how Colonel Cathcart keeps his men in the Air Force.

14. Who says, "It was kind of nice being a P.F.C. I had status-you know what I mean?"?

Answer: Wintergreen

This once again shows just how backwards war can be. All of the orders went through P.F.C. Wintergreen and he could change them as much as he wanted. He had all the power of an army in his hands while the big generals who were supposed to be in charge had almost none at all.

15. Who says, "The syndicate benefits when I benefit because everyone has a share"?

Answer: Milo

Milo Minderbinder's character represents the corruption of money when, after bombing his own squadron for the Germans, he explains to everyone back in America that he did it for a good price and that since they are part of his "syndicate" they will all benefit as well. After saying this, everyone in America seems to agree and Milo is not punished.

16. Here are some miscellaneous questions to finish the quiz up. Which of these does Yossarian not do to protest the war?

Answer: Bombing his own squadron

All of these could be considered a protest against the war except bombing the squadron. Yossarian didn't bomb his own squadron; Milo did. Marching backwards and changing the bombing line are pretty obvious protests. Refusing to call Colonel Cathcart a friend is Yossarian's way of defying the Air Force and staying true to both his dead and living friends.

17. What is the name of the island in which most of the story takes place?

Answer: Pianosa

Yossarian's squadron is assigned to this island. The hospital is located here, as well.

18. T/F: Even the Chaplain begins to lose faith in God towards the end of the novel.

Answer: True

Most of the characters feel that if there is a God, he wouldn't create a world with war and disease. Even the Chaplain begins to question his own faith in God when he is interrogated for "stealing" the tomato.

19. What is Yossarian's nickname?

Answer: yo-yo

It annoys Yossarian a great deal when the new guys call him by his nickname. Actually, everything the new guys do annoys Yossarian.

20. Only one of these characters does not die by the end of the book. Which one is it?

Answer: Aarfy

Hungry Joe suffocates one night when Huple's cat sleeps on his face. While attacking a disabled Italian ship, Dobbs goes crazy while trying to dodge the flak and flies his plane into Nately's, killing them both. Only the annoying Aarfy survives, or at least until the end of the story. It never says what becomes of Aarfy.

Source: Author Teej417

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