Spaghetti Quotes
"This is a story from the Year of Spaghetti, _____"
1971 A.D.
Who is the person talking on the phone with the Spaghetti man?
His friend's ex-girlfriend
The Spaghetti man eats what type of salad with his Spaghetti?
a) Lettuce and Cucumber Salad
b) Lettuce and Tomato Salad
c) Ew, Salad
d) Lettuce and Crouton Salad
a) Lettuce and Cucumber Salad
While Spaghetti man was holding the phone, it felt "like a ____of __"
Pillar of Ice
What is the main point of focus of this book?
Spaghetti
"Can you imagine how astonished the Italians would be if they knew what they were exporting in 1971 was really _____?"
Loneliness
The Spaghetti man always imagined people kocking on his door on rainy afternoons (was he schizophrenic?)
and he would find specific people at his door. Name one of these people.
-William Holden
-Jennifer Jones
-a girl with slim legs whom he dated in high school
The woman on the phone called Spaghetti man about his friend for what?
Money OR where he is
What does the Spaghetti man like to drink with his Spaghetti?
Spaghetti man did not buy which of the following?
a) kitchen timer
b) titanium cooking pot
c) tomatoes by the dozen
d) a cookbook
b) titanium cooking pot
"I'm really sorry, but cooking Spaghetti's a ______
a) intricate process
b) delicate operation
c) sophisticated task
d) much better way to waste my time than talking with you
b) delicate operation
In the story, what was the woman's reaction to the man cooking spaghetti?
a) Frustrated that she wasn't being heard
b) She found it humorous and asked him how its turning out
c) She chuckled it off and hung up on a light note
d) She challenged the Spaghetti man to a Spaghetti duel
c) She chuckles it off and hangs up on a light noted
Spaghetti man constantly brings up an animal a couple times to compare it with his masterful spaghetti bowl. What is the animal?
A German Shepard
"[Spaghetti man] cooked away, as if cooking spaghetti were an act of _____."
Revenge
What does Spaghetti man describe his sink to be when he washed leftover spaghetti down it?
The River of 1971
"I sprinkled imaginary salt into the boiling water, gently lowered a handful of imaginary Spaghetti into the imaginary pot set the imaginary kitchen timer for ____ minutes.
12
Spaghetti Man felt what after ending the call with the woman?
Regretful, sad, etc.
What simile does Spaghetti man use to describe when his spaghetti disappears behind his back?
"Like the tropical jungle waits to swallow up colorful butterflies into the eternity of time"
Which of the following Spaghettis were not mentioned in the book?
Spaghetti al cartoccio
Spaghetti alla carbonara
Spaghetti algoi de dolio
Spaghetti alla napoletana
Spaghetti algoi de dolio
Which season did Spaghetti man (supposedly) not cook spaghetti?
Winter
"I mean, her ex-boyfriend wasn't much to start with - an ___ ___ of a guy with ______ ______, a great ____ whom nobody trusted."
empty shell/ artistic pretensions/ talker
When the Spaghetti man felt frozen to the phone, what science fiction story did he feel like he was in?
(The name of the author)
J.G. Ballard science fiction story
Quote a phrase used in the story that uses 2nd person.
-"I want you to understand my position, though."
-"Can you imagine how astonished the Italians would be if they knew what they were exporting in 1971 was really loneliness?"
Fine particles of what exactly were swirling in the Spaghetti man's apartment, making it smell like a roman aqueduct?
(3 distinct things)
Garlic, Onion, and Olive Oil
How long was the call between the Spaghetti man and the woman?
1 hour and 10 minutes
(3:20 to 4:30)