Plot Overview
Characters
Historical Background
Joseph Heller
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Where is the main base located?
Pianosa, Italy
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Who is constantly raising the number of missions?
Colonel Cathcart
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What kind of city was Rome declared?
Open City
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What was Heller’s view of the war?
He mocked it
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What was the name of Milo’s company?
M&M enterprises
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Who dies in Yossarian's arms?
Snowden
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Who is Washington Irving?
Yossarian’s Alias
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What was the book originally going to be called?
Catch-18
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What was Joseph Heller’s job when he was in WW2?
Joseph Heller was a bombardier
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Who is Yossarian’s “true friend”?
Hungry Joe
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What mission are all the men afraid to fly?
Bologna
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Who has the plan to kill Cathcart?
Dobbs
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When did the Rome bombing occur?
Between 1943-1944
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What age was Joseph Heller enlisted into the air force?
Joseph Heller was 19 when he enlisted into the air force
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Who stalks and stabs Yossarian multiple times?
Nately’s prostitute and her sister
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Where does Yossarian run away to at the end of the story?
Sweden
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Who gave Major Major Major Major his name?
His dad and an IBM machine
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What was the time period in the book?
1941-Dec. 1944
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What was his message promoting in his play written in 1969?
His message is anti-Vietnam war
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Who completes their missions, refuses to go home, and later dies during a mission?
Nately
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What deal does Colonel Korn and Colonel Cathcart offer to Yossarian that he almost accepts?
He will be able to return home if he supports the two colonels and their decisions
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Why doesn’t Doc Daneeka pity any of the other men?
He had to leave his past life behind just like everyone else did
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When was the fall of Rome?
June 4th,1944
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What unit was Joseph Heller in during the war?
Joseph Heller was in unit 488 bombardment squad
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How did Kid Sampson die?
He was accidently sliced in half by McWatt’s plane
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