The Jungle Quiz

Jonas

Who is the first person to abandon the family?

Marija

Who develops a drug addiction?

For attacking Phil Connor

Why is Jurgis sent to prison the first time?

Tamoszius

Who plays the violin?

Jokubas

Whose delicatessen is a financial failure?

Because he has seen the effects of frostbite

Why is Stanislovas afraid of the cold on winter mornings?

Poland

Where is Ostrinski from?

1906

In what year was The Jungle first published?

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

What law was passed due to public outcry caused by the novel?

He drowns in the mud-logged street.

How does the young Antanas die?

"I will work harder."

At the beginning of the novel, what is Jurgis's response to learning of the debt caused by his marriage feast?

He eats diseased meat.

How does Kristoforas die?

Lithuania

From what country do Jurgis and Ona emigrate?

The Democrats

To what political party does Mike Scully belong?

Elzbieta is Ona's stepmother.

What is Teta Elzbieta's relationship to Ona?

Marija

Who becomes a prostitute?

Connor's rape of Ona

What does Jurgis seek to avenge in attacking Connor?

At a steel mill

Where does the philanthropic woman find a job for Jurgis?

The Communists

To what political party does Tommy Hinds belong?

Teta Elzbieta

Who convinces Jurgis to live for Antanas after Ona's death?

A one-hundred-dollar bill

What does Freddie Jones give to Jurgis?

Because his associates abandon him after he barely escapes arrest

Why does Jack Duane leave town?

Because they cannot afford to get married

Why do Marija and Tamoszius postpone their marriage?

Veselija

What is the Lithuanian word for "wedding feast"?

By selling newspapers

How do the smaller children earn money?

1878

When was Upton Sinclair born?

Socialism

What philosophy heavily influenced Sinclair's life and writings?

Muckrakers

What was the term that Theodore Roosevelt coined to refer to journalists who devoted themselves to exposing the ills of industrialization?

A utopian community

What did Sinclair attempt to build in New Jersey, until it burned down?

Governor of California

What office did Sinclair unsuccessfully run for in 1934?

Lithuania

Where have Jurgis Rudkus and Ona Lukoszaite recently emigrated from?

Winter

Which is the most dangerous season in Packingtown?

A sprained ankle

What injury forces Jurgis to spend nearly three months in bed, unable to work?

A tramp

What does Jurgis become after Antanas' death?

Socialist

At which type of rally does Jurgis hear a speech that fills him with inspiration?

Pity

What feeling does Jurgis's character primarily elicit from the reader?

The forces of Capitalism

What is Ona ruined by?

Teta Elzbieta Lukoszaite

Who is one of the strongest and most important characters in The Jungle?

Sell newspapers

When Jurgis is sent to prison, what does Kotrina have to do?

Tommy Hinds

Who employs Jurgis as a porter?

As representative figures

How are Sinclair's characters depicted throughout The Jungle?

The American Dream

Jurgis has a powerful belief in ___ the earlier parts of the novel.

Fragile and easily frightened

What characteristics describe Ona?

The strength of family

Throughout the novel, Teta Elzbieta represents the traditions of the old country and what else?

In the home

Where does Teta Elzbieta belong?

A wedding feast

What is a veselija?

The saloon-keeper

Who cheats families on their beer and liquor, claiming that the guests consumed more than they actually did?

His job

If a worker is twenty minutes late to work, what does he lose?

Jonas

Which character knows of a man who made a fortune in America, inspiring the family to make the trip?

12

How many of Lithuanians relatives come over as part of Jurgis's immigrant group?

Signs regarding sanitation rules

What does Jokubas note sarcastically as he is giving the family a tour of Packingtown?

Spoiled meat

What is specially doctored in secret before it is scattered among the rest of the meat?

Just over two dollars

How much does Jurgis earn for twelve hours of labor at the factory?

Everyone hates their jobs

What is Jurgis surprised to find out about the factory?

One-third

One man promises Dede Antanas a job in exchange for ___ of his wages.

Eviction

What does missing one month's payment on their house mean for the Packingtown workers?

Four

How many families have tried and failed to buy the house that Ona and Jurgis's family now live in?

Ten dollars

How much does Ona pay to the forelady to obtain her sewing job?

Bad weather and disease

In winter, what claims the weakened, the hungry, and the old, including Dede Antanas?

The fiddle

What instrument does Tamoszius play that cheers the family up?

Ten dollars

How much must the family pay in annual taxes on the house?

Flies

In the summer, legions of ___ descend on Packingtown.

She is fired

What happens when Marija vocally protests being cheated out of a portion of her wages?

A brothel

What does Ona's supervisor, Miss Henderson, run?

Beats him

What does Jurgis often do to Stanislovas in order to make him go to work on snowy mornings?

Drinks heavily

What does Jurgis do as he and Ona grow apart?

Her boss

Who continually harasses Ona and pleads with her to become his mistress?

Attacks him

What does Jurgis do to Phil Connor when Ona tells him what Phil Connor did?

Christmas day

Upon hearing a clanging of bells while he is in jail, Jurgis realizes that it is which day?

A safe-breaker

Jack Duane, Jurgis's cellmate, says that his misfortunes led him to become ___.

Twenty miles

How far must Jurgis walk after he is released from prison?

Ona screaming

What does Jurgis hear when he gets to the old boarding house where his family is staying?

Three dollars

What does Jurgis take from Kotrina on the morning Ona dies?

Harvesting machines

What is made at the factory where Jurgis finally finds another job?

A rich lady

Who helps Jurgis find a job at the steel mill?

As a lengthy nightmare

After seeing Antanas' dead body, how does Jurgis view his experience up until now?

A hundred peach trees

After the farmer refuses to feed him, what does Jurgis rip up out of the farmer's field?

Steal and beg

What are many city labourers forced to do in the winter to survive?

Digging underground tunnels

What job does Jurgis find when he returns to Chicago in the fall?

A hundred-dollar bill

What does Freddie Jones give Jurgis, other than a large dinner?

Ten days

How many days in jail is Jurgis sentenced to for attacking the bartender?

A pawnshop

Where is Jack Duane hiding out when Jurgis goes to meet him?

Jurgis's first victim

Who suffered a concussion and nearly froze to death while he was unconscious?

Hog trimmer

What job does Jurgis have while he is helping the corrupt Republican candidate win votes?

Works as a scab

What does Jurgis do while the other union workers strike?

In a brothel

Where are Marija and Teta Elzbieta when Jurgis finds them?

In jail

What animal killed Stanislovas?

He feels guilty

Why doesn't Jurgis want to see Teta Elzbieta before he finds a job?

Comrade

What does a well-dressed woman at the socialist rally call Jurgis?

Labor

Ostrinski explains that wage-earners have nothing but their ___ to sell.

Class consciousness

According to Ostrinski, what do workers need to gain so that they can organize?

Political freedom

Ostrinski, speaking about America, explains that ___ doesn't alleviate the grinding misery of wage slavery.

Socialism

What, according to Ostrinski, is the "new religion" of humanity?

The Appeal to Reason

Which newspaper does Jurgis endeavour to read?

The evil of Capitalism

What is the main theme of The Jungle?

Polemical

What word or phrase might describe The Jungle?

Immorality and corruption

Laws that are not enforced, politicians out for their own gain, and salesmen who lie are all signs of what?

The family

One of the novel's central criticisms of capitalism is that it has a destructive effect on which group?

Animal pens and slaughterhouses

What represent(s) the plight of the working class in a simple, direct way?