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Portnoy's Complaint Quiz

Philip Roth
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Portnoy's Complaint Quiz

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1)

What does the narrator remark about the woman whom his father brings home to dinner? (from Chapter 4, Part 1)

Her ankles.
Her face.
Her skin.
Her legs.
2)

Where does the woman Naomi show around the narrator in the end of the novel? (from Chapter 7)

Syria.
Akko.
Egypt.
India.
3)

What was the name of the boy who the narrator talks of having committed suicide? (from Chapter 4 Part 2)

Ronald Nimkin.
James Schwartz.
Andrew Sparks.
Wilbur Schwartzman.
4)

What kind of grades does the young narrator make? (from Chapter 4, Part 1)

All Fs.
All Cs.
All Ds.
All As.
5)

The narrator claims in Chapter 4 that he brings his parents nothing but what? (from Chapter 4 Part 2)

Irritation.
Rage.
Grief.
Sorrow.
6)

What does the narrator say that he and the Monkey took back to their hotel in Rome? (from Chapter 4 Part 3)

A married couple.
A prostitute.
A dog.
A cat.
7)

What was the narrator's mother's maiden name? (from Chapter 7)

Swartz.
Williams.
Fleiman.
Ginsky.
8)

What does the narrator say is "the most horrendous and serious play in the history of literature?" (from Chapter 7)

Hamlet.
Romeo and Juliet.
Oedipus Rex.
Agamemnon.
9)

Who is the renowned columnist whom the narrator speaks of having shaken his hand? (from Chapter 4 Part 3)

Dr. Andrew Rosenberg.
Dr. Wilson Waterman.
Dr. Fred Woolverton.
Dr. Frank Kingdon.
10)

How old is the narrator in the present in Chapter 4, part 2? (from Chapter 4 Part 2)

Thirty-five.
Forty.
Thirty-three.
Thirty.
11)

What does the Monkey say that she hates on their drive back? (from Chapter 5 Part 1)

The car.
Vermont.
The south.
New York.
12)

Why does the narrator go to Irvington Park to ice skate? (from Chapter 4 Part 3)

To watch shikses.
It's by his house.
To play with friends.
His sister takes him.
13)

In Chapter 4, where did the narrator break up with his previous girlfriend? (from Chapter 4 Part 2)

Rome.
Athens.
Oslo.
The Netherlands.
14)

Where had the narrator's girl friend in Connecticut gone to college? (from Chapter 5 Part 2)

Vassar.
NYU.
Princeton.
Yale.
15)

Where is it "okay" for the narrator's family to eat pork? (from Chapter 4, Part 1)

His sister's house.
The Synogogue.
At home.
The Chinese restaurant.
16)

What will "take you for all you're worth and leave you in the gutter," according to the protagonist's parents? (from Chapter 5 Part 1)

A blondie.
A wife.
A Jewish girl.
A prostitute.
17)

What is the name of the woman whom the narrator dates in Connecticut? (from Chapter 5 Part 2)

Sarah Abbott Maulsby.
Mary Ann Williams.
Elizabeth Stewart.
Jennifer McCathers.
18)

What is the name of the radio play the narrator writes in his youth? (from Chapter 4 Part 4)

Shikse's Revenge.
Songs of Communism.
Let Freedom Ring!
Free and Brave.
19)

The narrator says in Chapter 6, "Doctor, maybe other patients dream--with me, everything _______." (from Chapter 6)

Is dreams.
Happens.
Ends.
Means something.
20)

What does Naomi tell the narrator before she leaves? (from Chapter 7)

That she loves him.
That he's disgusting.
That she wants to marry him.
That he makes her sick.
21)

How old is the narrator in 1946? (from Chapter 4 Part 3)

Thirty.
Fourteen.
Sixteen.
Twelve.
22)

What does the narrator demand from Mandel at the end of Chapter 4? (from Chapter 4 Part 4)

Details.
Secrecy.
A prostitute.
Money.
23)

How much money did the narrator pay to the prostitute in Italy? (from Chapter 4 Part 3)

Ten thousand lire.
One thousand lire.
Fifteen thousand lire.
Twenty thousand lire.
24)

Where do the narrator and the Monkey stop to take pictures on their trip? (from Chapter 5 Part 1)

The Grand Canyon.
Niagara Falls.
Lake Champlain.
The desert.
25)

What did the narrator eat that was his sister's? (from Chapter 4, Part 1)

Pudding.
Spaetzle.
Cake.
Liver.
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