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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fowler wants to make love to Phuong but accepts the opium pipes instead. Why?
(a) He hopes she will make the first move if he accepts the pipes.
(b) He is more addicted to opium than he is to Phuong.
(c) It keeps him busy so he does not have time to think about her.
(d) He knows if he smokes more than four pipes, he will lose his desire for her.

2. What does Pyle say about his importing plastics?
(a) That the French want everything to come from France.
(b) That someone got their story wrong.
(c) That the plastics are for a new type of boat.
(d) That the Vietnamese are making ping pong balls.

3. While waiting for Pyle who is three hours late, what does Phuong do for Fowler?
(a) She mixes him a martini and rolls him a cigar.
(b) She does an exotic dance for him like she used to do in the bar.
(c) She reads Photoplay Magazine to him.
(d) Phuong prepares an opium pipe for Fowler, who smokes it, and then smokes another.

4. What is Graham Greene's definition of the quiet American?
(a) An American who has lost his voice.
(b) The Teddy Roosevelt type who speaks softly but carries a big stick.
(c) Not the obnoxious pushy kind of person that is often the stereotype of Americans in foreign countries.
(d) An American who works alone in a large office.

5. What book does Pyle go on and on about?
(a) Democracy and the Eastern Cultures
(b) The History of War
(c) The Red Badge of Courage
(d) The Yellow Peril

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fowler find when he returns to Saigon?

2. What is in the telegram Fowler receives form London?

3. What is Phuong's response when Fowler tells her Pyle had invited himself to Fowler's apartment for a drink?

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

5. Who comes to the table to talk to Fowler while Pyle and Phuong are dancing?

(see the answer key)

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