SparkNotes: Stranger in a Strange Land: Quiz

What does Mike call the church that he founds?

(A) The Church of Scientology

(B) The Church of Cosmic Fullness

(C) The Church of All Worlds

(D) The Church of Shared Water

What Martian word means "to drink""?

(A) Trog

(B) Drink

(C) Grok

(D) Sokol

What does Agnes Douglas believe is the only true science?

(A) Astronomy

(B) Semantics

(C) Hagiography

(D) Astrology

Who marries Dr. Mahmoud?

(A) Anne

(B) Miriam

(C) Dorcas

(D) Patty

Which of the following professions has Jubal never worked as?

(A) Sculptor

(B) Writer

(C) Lawyer

(D) Doctor

Which two high priestesses in Mike's church have nearly identical bodies?

(A) Patty and Dawn

(B) Ruth and Jill

(C) Patty and Ruth

(D) Jill and Dawn

Which profession does Jill never work as?

(A) Nurse

(B) Showgirl

(C) Teacher

(D) Magician's assistant

Why does Ben flee from his initial visit to the Nest?

(A) He is unnerved by an apparent proposition of group sex

(B) Jill turns down his marriage proposal

(C) He discovers that Federation policemen are after him

(D) He is offended by Mike's preaching

Who were Mike's parents?

(A) A Martian nymph and an Old One

(B) Jubal and Mrs. Harshaw

(C) Crewmembers aboard the Champion

(D) Foster and Patty

Which is not a title of one of the book's five parts?

(A) His Holy Rolling

(B) His Happy Destiny

(C) His Maculate Conception

(D) His Preposterous Heritage

Which of the following mysteries is cleared up for certain by the end of the novel?

(A) Why exactly Mike made Digby disappear

(B) Who Mike lost his virginity to

(C) Who impregnated Anne, Miriam, Dorcas, and Jill

(D) The true identities of carnival performers "Dr. Apollo" and "Miss Merlin"

What is the legal precedent by which Mike has a claim to ownership of planet Mars?

(A) The Powell Doctrine

(B) The Douglas Maneuver

(C) The Larkin Decision

(D) The Harshaw Dictum

How does Jubal find a way to get directly in touch with Secretary General Douglas?

(A) Thomas Mackenzie tells Jubal to contact Madame Vesant, who tells Agnes Douglas to have her husband call Jubal

(B) Ben blackmails Gilbert Berquist into revealing Douglas' home phone number

(C) Jubal asks Mike to "grok" Agnes' home phone number, and Jill convinces Agnes to put her husband on the line

(D) Senator Boone has Bishop Digby draw up a fake astrological chart for Douglas

Why does Mike's magic act fail?

(A) The audience is offended by Jill's nudity

(B) Mike's tricks are unimpressive

(C) The audience does not believe that he is really "the Man from Mars"

(D) Mike has no sense of showmanship

Who does not want to eat at the same table with Mike because he is a cannibal?

(A) Larry

(B) Duke

(C) Mahmoud

(D) Ben

Who does not work for Jubal?

(A) Dorcas

(B) Ben

(C) Larry

(D) Duke

How did Dawn Ardent develop her crush on Jubal?

(A) She had recurring visions of him in dreams

(B) She knew him as a child when her father worked in Jubal's law firm

(C) She admires his writing

(D) Mike has told her that he would be the perfect man for her

Who are the Martian "Old Ones"?

(A) Deceased Martians

(B) Archangels

(C) The elected Martian government

(D) Captain van Tromp, Dr. Mahmoud, and Dr. Nelson

Who killed Foster?

(A) Mike

(B) Bishop Digby

(C) Senator Boone

(D) An angry mob

Which organization does Mike never join?

(A) A seminary

(B) A traveling carnival

(C) A rock band

(D) The army

What human emotion does Mike come to understand in Las Vegas?

(A) Lust

(B) Jealousy

(C) Addiction

(D) Love

What phrase do Mike and his followers sometimes use to refer to lovemaking?

(A) "Grokking the water"

(B) "Waiting for fullness"

(C) "Growing-closer"

(D) "Astral traveling"

Who becomes Mike's first water-brother on Earth?

(A) Jill

(B) Ben

(C) Jubal

(D) Dr. Nelson

What are the names of the two ships that travel to Mars?

(A) Larkin and Asimov

(B) Champion and Envoy

(C) Lyle Drive and Apollo

(D) Champion and Larkin

Which religious leader does Mike remind Patty of at their first meeting?

(A) Mohammed

(B) Hubbard

(C) Jesus

(D) Foster