Lonesome Dove Quizzes

Lonesome Dove Quiz for Chapters 1-15

1 The epigraph concerns the dichotomy between ___.
wilderness and civilization

mental versus physical

good and evil

Call and Augustus
2 What animals does Augustus see eating a rattlesnake?
horses

water moccasins

cattle

pigs
3 What does Augustus like to do while Call works?
Have intelligent conversations with himself

Cook for the workers

Read novels

Eat bacon
4 What is Call's mare named?
Buffalo Heifer

Hell Bitch

Sugar

Candy
5 Why does Pea Eye prefer working with Call?
Call does not try to engage him in conversation

Call has intelligent conversations

He hates working

He actually prefers working with Augustus
6 Why does Call habitually patrol the river?
Because he hates civilization

To talk to Augustus

Because of the immense danger and risk of attack

To hone his instincts and take quiet time alone
7 Where does Lorena dream of going?
St. Louis

New York

San Francisco

Ogallala
8 Who offers Lorena extra money in exchange for hearing her origin story?
Augustus

Newt

Bolivar

Call
9 What does Augustus read in the morning?
His sign

The Bible

The land

Novels
10 Who returns with Deets?
Bolivar

Newt

Dish Boggett

Jake Spoon
11 How does Call test Dish?
By setting up a target to see if he hits the bullseye

By instructing him to dig the well with Newt and Pea Eye

By asking him to go on the cattle drive

None of the above
12 Why doesn't Call fully believe Jake?
Jake is too tired to be coherent

Jake always lies

Jake sees things through the lens of his own favor

Jake murdered a man in cold blood
13 What does Jake say that intrigues Call?
That Pedro Flores died

That Maggie loved Call

That there is beautiful open country in Montana

That the Suggs brothers are killers and horse thieves
14 Why does Dish tell Chick that Lorena is his sister?
Dish loves Lorena and does not want the other man to pay for her services.

Dish and Lorena are dating.

Lorena is indeed Dish's sister.

Dish wants to provoke the man into a fight.
15 Who does Dish see with Lorena?
Newt

Augustus

Call

Jake
16 What shocks Augusuts about Wilbarger?
That Wilbarger found the sign amusing since Augustus meant it to have a serious meaning.

That Wilbarger studied at Yale because Augustus is used to being the most educated person around.

That Wilbarger intends to drive cattle.

That Chick asks about Lorena.
17 What causes Newt to feel grown?
He digs a well

Call gives him a pocket watch

Call gives him his first gun

He rides Hell Bitch
18 Who does the group find at Pedro Flores's camp?
Bandits

Pedro himself

Blue Duck

Two Irishmen
19 What is the novel's narrative perspective?
Second person

FIrst person plural

Third person limited

Third person omniscient
20 Which of the following does McMurtry not use?
Onomatopoeia

Simile

Colloquialism

Euphemism
21 What does the name of the town symbolize in Call and Augustus's lives?
Feeling lonely and obsolete in times of peace

Poetic significance

Feeling lonely but at peace with the changing world

None of the above
22 Which of the following is an important place and a concept in the novel?
The frontier

The Dry Bean

The Garden of Eden

Hell
23 Where is Call from?
Scotland

Ireland

Arkansas

Texas
24 Who took his role as a Ranger the most seriously?
Pea Eye

Jake

Call

Augustus
25 What was McMurtry seeking to dispel with this novel?
The myth of meritocracy

That Texas is a superior place to live

Multifaceted human nature

Romantic myths about the American "Wild West"

Lonesome Dove

Gus spends most of his days drinking in the saloon.

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The Latin phrase that appears on the Hat Creek Cattle Company sign in "Lonesome Dove" is a garbled corruption, and there's no direct translation. Novelist Larry McMurtry probably...

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Dish was one of the original Rangers, and he is known to be steady and reliable.

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