The Quiet American | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Part 1 Chapter 1

1. What is Thomas Fowler doing in Vietnam?

2. Where and with whom is Thomas Fowler as The Quiet American begins?

3. What is strange about Fowler's relationship with Phuong?

4. What is Phuong's favorite reading subject matter?

5. What is Alden Pyle's Passion?

6. What is Graham Greene's definition of the quiet American?

7. What is Alden Pyle's publicly known job?

8. What does Fowler think is Pyle's obsession?

9. While waiting for Pyle who is three hours late, what does Phuong do for Fowler?

10. Fowler wants to make love to Phuong but accepts the opium pipes instead. Why?

11. Instead of Pyle, who comes to Fowler's door...
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