SparkNotes: The Day of the Locust: Quiz

What is Tod's job?

(A) Set and costume designer

(B) Screenwriter

(C) Director

(D) Talent scout

What is the common characteristic of the people Tod feels he must paint?

(A) They are lower-class

(B) They are masqueraders

(C) They have come to California to die

(D) They are criminals

What is the name of the series of lithographs that Tod is working on at the beginning of the novel?

(A) Waterloo

(B) The Burning of Los Angeles

(C) The Dead

(D) The Dancers

Where is Abe Kusich when Tod first encounters him?

(A) In the Bernardino Arms

(B) Lying outside the door of a woman's apartment

(C) In a stationary shop

(D) At the racetrack

What is Faye Greener's job throughout most of the novel?

(A) Film extra

(B) Prostitute

(C) Silver polish saleswoman

(D) She is unemployed

Why does Mrs. Schwartzen get upset with Tod at Claude Estee's party?

(A) He refuses to let her go to Mrs. Jenning's

(B) He refuses to pretend that the rubber horse in the pool is an actual dead horse

(C) He refuses to play tennis with her

(D) He is not wealthy or attractive

What prompts Mrs. Schwartzen and the others to stage a mock riot at Mrs. Jenning's house?

(A) Mrs. Jenning tells them that Faye is unavailable

(B) Mrs. Jenning insists on discussing Gertrude Stein

(C) The film projector gets jammed

(D) Mrs. Jenning kicks them out

What kind of film is "Le Predicament de Marie"?

(A) A comedy

(B) A pornographic film

(C) A romance

(D) A tragedy

What does Tod get Claude to ask Mrs. Jenning?

(A) If Tod can become a regular customer

(B) Where she acquired her tiny dog sculptures

(C) If Faye is available as one of her prostitutes

(D) If Tod can borrow "Le Predicament de Marie"

Why, does Tod imagine, does Harry Greener continue to act like a clown even though he is no longer employed as one?

(A) To sell silver polish

(B) As practice in case he gets a job

(C) Out of habit

(D) As a mode of defense

Why has Homer Simpson moved to Hollywood?

(A) To start a film career

(B) Because his father died

(C) To look for Romola Martin

(D) On his doctor's recommendation

Who is Romola Martin?

(A) Homer's ex-girlfriend

(B) A film star

(C) A tenant in the Iowa hotel where Homer worked

(D) Homer's boss at the hotel in Iowa

Why does Homer give change to the beggar on his way to the supermarket?

(A) The beggar bullies him

(B) The beggar does a dance for him

(C) Because Homer is a nice man

(D) The beggar reminds Homer of his father

What does Harry Greener normally do to antagonize Faye?

(A) He makes her drive him around

(B) He clowns

(C) He sings

(D) He laughs

How does Tod become closer to Faye?

(A) He visits with Harry when he is sick

(B) He offers her a job at his studio

(C) He takes her out to dinners

(D) He befriends Mary Dove

What proposition does Faye make to Tod?

(A) He can sleep with her for $30

(B) He can take care of her after Harry dies

(C) He can become her business partner in the film industry

(D) He can move in with the Greeners

How does Earle Shoop spend his days?

(A) Riding horses

(B) Standing in front of Hodge's saddlery store

(C) Playing a cowboy extra

(D) Drinking at the local bar

Why does Tod decide to accompany Faye on her date with Earle?

(A) He is afraid Earle might hurt her

(B) Because Earle owes him money

(C) Because Faye asks him to

(D) Because Faye confidently insists that he will

What is Tod's likely intent when he chases after Faye in the woods?

(A) To get her to come home with him

(B) To get the keys to her car

(C) To rape her

(D) To comfort her

What happened to Faye's mother?

(A) She died

(B) She ran away with a foreign man

(C) She got arrested

(D) She moved to Catalina

What is the topic of Tod's lecture to Faye during Harry's funeral?

(A) Sexual hygiene

(B) The importance of saving money

(C) The importance of showing grief at a funeral

(D) The artificiality of her acting technique

What strange question does Mrs. Loomis ask Homer and Tod?

(A) If they can sign their autographs for her

(B) If they like her son, Adore

(C) Which religious lifestyle they follow

(D) If they are married

What does Tod do when he decides to put Faye out of his mind?

(A) He moves into a new apartment building

(B) He befriends Earle and Miguel

(C) He visits the East Coast

(D) He puts away the drawings he has made of her

24. What does Homer mind most about Earle and Miguel living in his garage?

(A) Their dirty black hen

(B) They constantly hit on Faye

(C) They do not pay for lodging

(D) They are unclean

What does Adore do that incites Homer to chase after him?

(A) He throws a rock at Homer

(B) He dangles a purse in front of Homer

(C) He calls Homer names

(D) He sings and dances