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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fowler say to the priest about the sacrament of confession?
(a) He tells the priest that he only goes to confession once very ten years.
(b) He tells the priest that he should find something more useful to do.
(c) In his blunt way, Fowler tells the priest that the rite seems unmanly and morbid to him.
(d) He tells the priest that he is an atheist.

2. Where and with whom is Thomas Fowler as The Quiet American begins?
(a) He is at the Continental having a cappuccino with his editor.
(b) The story opens with Fowler in his rooms over the rue Catinat in Saigon with his beautiful young lover Phuong.
(c) He is walking along the beach on the China Sea.
(d) He is flying into Saigon from a trip he made to England.

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) Phuong prepares an opium pipe for Fowler, who smokes it, and then smokes another.
(c) She does an exotic dance for him like she used to do in the bar.
(d) She reads Photoplay Magazine to him.

4. How does Fowler get to the city of Phat Diem?
(a) Fowler goes by boat to the city of Phat Diem.
(b) He flies with the French troops.
(c) He takes the train.
(d) He drives with Pyle.

5. What is Lieutenant Peraud's obsession?
(a) Peraud has a phobia against germs.
(b) Peraud is infatuated with every woman he meets.
(c) Peraud is mad about Vietnamese art.
(d) Peraud is devoted to Our Lady of Fatima.

6. Who is the author of the books Pyle likes so much?
(a) Graham Greene
(b) Noel Coward
(c) York Harding
(d) Len Deighton

7. Instead of Pyle, who comes to Fowler's door after midnight?
(a) It is a messenger from Vigot, a French officer who is a casual social acquaintance of Fowler.
(b) It is Phuong's elder sister who is trying to get Phuong married to an American.
(c) It is the landlord wanting to know why the lights are still on.
(d) It is a messenger from the US embassy.

8. Is Fowler listening closely to Pyle's ideas about war?
(a) No, and later he will regret it.
(b) Yes, but he soon forgets it.
(c) Yes, but he doesn't understand what he's saying.
(d) No, because Pyle speaks poor French.

9. How does Fowler see most of the men in the press corps?
(a) He sees them as being very familiar with the culture of Vietnam.
(b) Fowler finds his American colleagues in the press to be big, noisy, boyish and middle-aged types.
(c) He sees them as men who could not get a job anywhere else.
(d) He sees them as quiet, hard working professionals.

10. What does Fowler find when he returns to Saigon?
(a) A message from the surete to contact them immediately
(b) A letter from Pyle
(c) Pyle is staying in his apartment
(d) Phuong has moved out of his apartment

11. What is Phuong's response when Fowler tells her Pyle had invited himself to Fowler's apartment for a drink?
(a) She gets excited and goes to shower and change her dress.
(b) She shows no reaction at all.
(c) She asks Fowler if she should cook dinner.
(d) She says she will go visit her sister.

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

13. Who surprises Fowler by showing up during the march out of Phat Diem?
(a) Granger
(b) Vigot
(c) Hei
(d) Pyle

14. Why is the American Attache upset?
(a) He thinks the French should stay out of it.
(b) He knows Pyle's father.
(c) He is upset seeing Fowler on the scene.
(d) He wis called out of bed to come to Pyle's apartment.

15. What is strange about Fowler's relationship with Phuong?
(a) He is ashamed to take her out anywhere in public.
(b) They have been together for several years, yet mysteriously she is engaged to marry Alden Pyle.
(c) She cannot speak any English or French.
(d) He is old enough to be her grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Hei tell Pyle when he and Phuong return to the table?

2. Fowler translates for Phuong that Pyle loves her and wants to marry her. What is Phuong's response?

3. What happens to wounded French soldiers when no helicopters are available to rescue them?

4. After Pyle leaves, what does Phuong do for Fowler?

5. Why does Pyle suddenly want to leave the Continental?

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