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Sophie's Choice | Quiz

William Styron
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Sophie's Choice | Quiz

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1)

What does Nathan do for Sophie on the night they meet? (from Chapter 6)

beats her
proposes marriage
gets her a job
cooks her an iron concentrated dinner
2)

What does Sophie say to Stingo's marriage proposal? (from Chapter 15)

no
that they live together first
yes
are you crazy?
3)

Why does Stingo keep checking his watch when he and Sophie are talking? (from Chapter 7)

his mind is on his hot date that night
he thinks it's not working
he has to be at work
he wants to get out before Nathan gets home
4)

Why does Stingo describe Höss' background? (from Chapter 6)

to explain why Sophie helped Hoss
to show how bad it was for Sophie
to understand Sophie's time in the camp
in an attempt to understand and explain the nature of evil
5)

What does Stingo decide at first, is the reason Leslie keeps pulling away from him? (from Chapter 7)

she doesn't like men
she doesn't know him well enough
that a classy girl like Leslie needs to be wooed
she's afraid her parents will return
6)

What was Stingo doing during the time in which Sophie was sent to the camp? (from Chapter 9)

finishing high school
trying to gain enough weight to join the Marines
attending college
working on the family farm
7)

What does Stingo pretend to be at the motel with Sophie? (from Chapter 15)

a doctor
Sophie's brother
a soldier
a reverend
8)

What does Sophie say to his marriage proposal? (from Chapter 16)

she'd love to marry him
she would never marry him
she's not ready for that
nothing, he never asked her
9)

What does Stingo find when he returns to the boarding house after the fight? (from Chapter 8)

Nathan has wrecked Stingo's room
Nathan has fallen asleep in the front yard
Sophie is sleeping in Stingo's bed
Nathan has kicked Sophie out of the boarding house
10)

What does Stingo wonder about the the violence he has witnessed between Nathan and Sophie? (from Chapter 7)

why Sophie doesn't kill Nathan
why Yetta puts up with it
how the good parts of the relationship leads to it
why Sophie stays
11)

Who was Jozef ? (from Chapter 12)

Sophie's father
a guard at the camp
Sophie's son
Sophie's lover in Poland
12)

What were the two types of concentration camps in Poland? (from Chapter 9)

the death camp and the slave labor camp
Jewish and other
male and female
Polish and Russian
13)

What kind of drink do Leslie's parents serve Stingo? (from Chapter 7)

red wine
imported Danish beer
iced lemonade
coca-cola
14)

What does Sophie do when Nathan returns after being gone so long? (from Chapter 13)

she takes him back
she takes him to his brother's
she takes him to the hospital
she kicks him out
15)

Where did Sophie see Hoss's picture one day? (from Chapter 6)

in the newspaper
on a wanted poster
on the internet
in a magazine
16)

Who is Irma? (from Chapter 11)

a bad German at Auschwitz
the hotel maid
the owner of Monty's
a friend of Sophie's at Auschwitz
17)

How has Stingo reacted to Sophie's story about her son? (from Chapter 13)

he feels like he won't be able to sleep
he's going to join the army
he's not sure he believes it
he's excited
18)

What does Sophie say to Stingo when she tells him about begging Hoss on her knees? (from Chapter 10)

she would have slept with him the rest of her life to save her son
she would have killed herself to save her son
that prisoners were reduced to behaving like animals
how she thought it would work
19)

Where does Stingo go for ten days after the meeting in question #162? (from Chapter 14)

to Chicago
visit an old Marine friend
to visit his father
to Washington, D.C.
20)

At the beginning of Chapter 16, Stingo asserts one of his talents holds him in good stead on the train with Sophie. What is that talent? (from Chapter 16)

his writing
his ability to talk
his singing
his fighting ability
21)

How does Stingo attempt to calm the situation with Nathan's anger? (from Chapter 8)

by threatening him
by flattering him
by putting a drug in his wine
by proposing a toast to Nathan
22)

What does Sophie say is the reason Nathan treats her and Stingo so poorly? (from Chapter 11)

Nathan has been on drugs
Nathan had a bad childhood
Nathan is a sociopath
Nathan is insane
23)

What music did Sophie often hear while working for Hoss? (from Chapter 9)

Wagner's opera
The Everly Brothers
a Haydn symphony
Bach's Cannon
24)

What does Nathan rave about in the motel in Connecticut? (from Chapter 11)

that Germany should be destroyed completely
that the Jews are treated unfairly
that he and Sophie must die
that Sophie is a Nazi
25)

Why does Stingo believe Sophie left out important details when telling Nathan about the camp? (from Chapter 6)

from an overwhelming sense of guilt
she has forgotten most of it
she just met him
she doesn't talk to anyone
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