The Adventures of Augie March Quizzes

The Adventures of Augie March Quiz 1

1 What city does Augie March grow up in?
Mexico City

Chicago

New York

Cleveland
2 How does Augie describe the influences in his life (such as Grandma Lausch, Simon, and Einhorn)?
Macchiavellian

Darwinian

Nietzsche-like

Zeusian
3 How does Augie describe his mother?
"a mother hen"

"simple-minded"

"a widower"

"a female Diogenes"
4 Why does Anna Coblin yell at Augie?
Because he lives in her son Howard's bedroom

Because he refuses to take her daughter Friedl on a date

Because he wakes up too late to help with the newspaper route

Because he blows on her son Howard's saxophone
5 What does Grandma Lausch claim is better than love?
Respect

Security

Fear

A "chosen thing"
6 What physical change indicates Simon's transformation when he returns home from his summer job at the resort?
An unhealthy pallor

A broken front tooth

Weight gain in the cheeks

A black eye
7 How does Georgie show Grandma Lausch his love for her?
He hugs her legs

He tells her that everyone loves her

He buys her a pair of eyeglasses

He walks her dog Winnie
8 Why is Jimmy Klein beaten up by his father?
Because he and Augie went to a brothel

Because he and Augie stole money from their employers

Because he and Augie were involved in the robbery of a leather goods store

Because he and Augie stole a car
9 How does Eleanor, Jimmy Klein's sister, refer to Augie?
"clever boy"

"adoptable"

"husband"

"lover"
10 Who is the first girl Augie falls in love with?
Thea Fenchel

Sophie Geratis

Hilda Novinson

Esther Fenchel
11 How is Augie's mother handicapped?
She has lost the use of both of her legs

She is going blind

She is going deaf

She is unable to bear any more children
12 How does Grandma Lausch destabilize the family?
She insists that she be put in an institution

She presses them to put Georgie in an institution

She insists that the mother be put in a home for the blind

She orders them to pay a fee to her sons
13 What does Five Properties want?
A new dairy truck

A new apartment

To marry a bouncing, black-haired girl

To marry a thin, pale girl
14 What happened to Augie's father?
He was arrested and put in jail for armed robbery

He abandoned the family

He passed away after Georgie was born

He moved to Canada for work
15 Why does Augie call Einhorn a "superior man"?
Because he is a professor at the university

Because he is a renowned philanthropist

Because even though he is a cripple, he is capable and intelligent

Because he is a ruthless businessman
16 How do Einhorn and his wife Tillie maintain their distance from Augie?
By telling Augie that he does not know how to dress properly

By emphasizing that Augie can expect no part in the inheritance

By telling him that their son Arthur has far more promise than he does

By implying that they do not entirely approve of Augie's family
17 Einhorn Senior, or "The Commissioner", has a penchant for:
Touching women inappropriately

Reading philosophy

Dressing impeccably

Gambling
18 How does Einhorn feel about Lollie Fewter?
He pities her because she is also a cripple

He is determined to have her killed

He is madly in love with her

He disapproves of her style
19 How does Simon ironically mimic Grandma Lausch's previous actions?
By wearing a black dress

By purchasing a dog

By arranging that she be put in an institution

By taking over control of the family money
20 How does Grandma Lausch hide her despair when Augie takes her to the institution?
By telling Augie that she loves him

By covering her face with her hands

By forcing him to take a quarter

By insisting on carrying her own luggage
21 What event occurs simultaneously with Grandma Lausch's placement in an institution?
Simon's wedding day

The death of Winnie the dog

The death of the Commissioner

Five Properties' wedding day
22 Who is the last person to come to terms with the Commissioner's death?
Arthur

Dingbat

Einhorn

Tillie
23 What historical event occurs after the Commissioner's death and Grandma Lausch's placement in an institution?
The Great Crash

The Communist Revolution

The Great Siege

The Great War
24 What does the fact that Augie carries Einhorn to the Commissioner's gravesite imply?
That Einhorn and Arthur are not on good terms

That Tillie wants to include Augie in the inheritance

That Augie is more like a son to him than Arthur

That Augie is treated like a servant
25 How does Lollie Fewter die?
In a horse-riding accident

In a car accident

She is shot as a bystander during an armed robbery

She is shot by her teamster-lover

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