SparkNotes: Arrowsmith: Quiz

Where is Martin Arrowsmith when the novel opens?

(A) In Medical School

(B) In Leora's house

(C) In the laboratory that he and Terry Wickett built

(D) In Doc Vickerson's office

What is Doc Vickerson's greatest fault?

(A) He drinks

(B) He is cruel to his wife and children

(C) He does not care at all about his patients

(D) There is nothing wrong with Vickerson, he is an ideal doctor

Where does Arrowsmith attend medical school

(A) University of Elk Mills

(B) In Chicago

(C) University of Winnemac

(D) New York University

To whom does Martin propose marriage?

(A) Madeleine Fox

(B) Both Madeleine Fox and Leora Tozer

(C) Leora Tozer

(D) To no one, Martin does not wish to marry

Where do Martin and Leora move to immediately after Martin's internship at the hospital?

(A) Wheatsylvania

(B) Nautilus

(C) Chicago

(D) New York

Who is Max Gottlieb?

(A) Martin's mentor

(B) A professor at Winnemac

(C) A German scientist

(D) All of the above

Who is Martin's rival in Medical school?

(A) Clif Clawson

(B) Angus Duer

(C) Madeleine Fox

(D) Dr. Caughlin

What do they call the dean of Winnemac?

(A) Dad Silva

(B) Professor Silva

(C) Doc Silva

(D) Doctor Silva

Who lends Martin money when he needs it during his time away from medical school?

(A) Angus Duer

(B) Clif Clawson

(C) Max Gottlieb

(D) Doc Vickerson

How does Martin decide between the two women to whom he is engaged while in medical school?

(A) He invites them both to dinner and has them decide

(B) He chooses the most practical

(C) He chooses the richer

(D) He chooses Leora because she is a nurse

Who is Orchid?

(A) Pickerbaugh's daughter, of whom Martin is enamored

(B) Martin's second wife

(C) Martin's lab assistant

(D) Terry Wickett's wife

Where does Martin do his medical internship?

(A) Zenith

(B) Chicago

(C) Wheatsylvania

(D) Sauk Centre

What is Leora's reaction to Gottlieb, when she meets him in the street?

(A) She thinks he is arrogant

(B) She dislikes him immediately

(C) She thinks she has just seen a "great" man

(D) She is indifferent

Who is Miriam?

(A) Gottlieb's wife

(B) Gottlieb's daughter

(C) Martin's wife

(D) Gottlieb's sister

What happens on Martin's house call to Mary Novak's house?

(A) Martin miraculously cures Mary of pneumonia

(B) Martin diagnoses Mary correctly and gives her an antitoxin to soothe her throat

(C) Mary dies

(D) Martin saves the girl's life with an emergency tracheotomy

Who is Martin's boss in Nautilus?

(A) Gustaf Sondelius

(B) Dad Silva

(C) Max Gottlieb

(D) Dr. Almus Pickerbaugh

Who invites Martin to join the Rouncefield Clinic?

(A) Angus Duer

(B) Max Gottlieb

(C) Gustaf Sondelius

(D) Almus Pickerbaugh

What does Martin do at the Rouncefield Clinic?

(A) He is a pathologist

(B) He is a surgeon

(C) He is allowed to do independent research

(D) He is director of his own department

What is Martin's initial impression of Terry Wickett at the McGurk institute?

(A) He can see immediately that Terry is a great scientist

(B) He can tell that they will become great friends

(C) He is jealous because he thinks Leora is attracted to him

(D) He dislikes him

What does Martin initially call his discovery at the McGurk Institute?

(A) The Twyford Factor

(B) Bacterial Phagum

(C) The X Principle

(D) The Gottlieb Principle

Who is Joyce Landon?

(A) Martin's second wife

(B) Leora's good friend

(C) Pickerbaugh's daughter

(D) Terry's girlfriend

Where is Martin sent to test/use the phage he has been working on in the laboratory?

(A) New Jersey

(B) St. Hubert

(C) Chicago

(D) The Mayo Clinic

What happens to Leora in St. Hubert?

(A) She decides to divorce Martin

(B) She enjoys her time reading on the beach

(C) She uses her skills as a nurse to assist in Martin's work

(D) She dies of the plague

Who of the following accompanies Martin to St. Hubert?

(A) Gustaf Sondelius

(B) Max Gottlieb

(C) Dr. Holabird

(D) Bert Tozer

Where does Martin go to at the end of the novel?

(A) Back to the McGurk Institute where he is promised a directorship

(B) Back to Chicago

(C) To Terry Wickett's laboratory in the woods

(D) He decides to remain in St. Hubert where Leora is buried for the rest of his life