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Catch-22

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Heller, Joseph
Catch22 game quiz
""There was just one catch...Catch-22." One of the greatest insanity of war novels ever, Joseph Heller's 1961 book gave us a new phrase for an unwinnable situation. How well do you know this book? Contains spoilers."

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1. The protagonist of the book is Yossarian, a bombardier in the US Army Air Corps. Yossarian directs his pilots to take the wildest evasive action possible while on missions. Another bombardier, however, takes no evasive action whatsoever, making him hated by everyone else. What is the name of this peanut-brittle eating airman?
    Huple
    Appleby
    Havermeyer
    Dobbs


2. Major Major Major was an unfortunate man, born with a ridiculous name and an uncanny likeness to Henry Fonda. On Pianosa, Major Major almost fits in for the first time in his life. That is, until the squadron commander is killed and Major Major is promoted in his place. What was the name of Major Major's predecessor? (He's referred to, but never appears in the book)
    Major Duluth
    Lieutenant Coombs
    Colonel Nevers
    Colonel Moodus


3. One of the most obnoxious characters in the book was Captain 'Aarfy' Aardvark, Yossarian's navigator. He gets lost on every mission, directing the pilots over heavy concentrations of enemy fire. He laughs at Yossarian's panic, even when Yossarian was wounded. His most horrifying action, however, was the rape and murder of a poor Italian girl. What was her name?
    Katrina
    Luciana
    Michaela
    She was only ever called 'the maid in the lime-colored panties'


4. Major Major was not the only hermit on the island. The group's PR officer ran off and hid in the woods after Chief White Halfoat threatened to kill him. Though the Chief was only joking, no one bothered to tell this unpopular officer that it was safe to return. What was his name?
    Lieutenant Mudd
    Captain Black
    Captain Flume
    Captain Wren


5. When Major Major refused to see anyone about anything, he left an enlisted man in de facto control of the squadron. The poor man had to deal with a CID man looking for Washington Irving, a dead man in Yossarian's tent, and a dead doctor who won't stop complaining. What is the name of this put-upon soldier?
    Corporal Whitcomb
    Corporal Kolodny
    Sergeant Knight
    Sergeant Towser


6. Many of Yossarian's friends were killed in the novel, but very few of them actually died in combat. Which of these soldiers died during a combat mission?
    Nately
    McWatt
    Kid Sampson
    Hungry Joe


7. Milo is promoted to mess sergeant by Major --de Coverly. The original mess sergeant had been demoted to corporal for poisoning the squadron. Who was this cook?
    Corporal Snark
    Gus
    Warrent Officer Fortiori
    Wes


8. Yossarian was an outsider in many ways. He didn't want to fight, he was paranoid, and many thought he was crazy. Something often overlooked is that he was also an outsider racially. What was Yossarian's ethnicity?
    Hispanic
    Slavic
    Jewish
    Assyrian


9. Throughout the book, several generals fight each other for command of the region. At the end of the book, which general wins the struggle?
    General Fanghorn
    General Dreedle
    General Scheisskopf
    General Peckem


10. Here's a tough one: who was the doctor for Dunbar's squadron?
    Dr. Ibsen
    Dr. Daneeka
    Dr. Stubbs
    Dr. Sanderson


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