East of Eden Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around East of Eden? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Who says, "They looked at me and thought they knew about me. And I fooled them. I fooled every one of them. And when they thought they could tell me what to do—oh! that's when I fooled them best"?


Cyrus
Charles
Cal
Cathy
Q. Who says, "But 'Thou mayest'! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he has still the great choice. He can choose his course and fight it through and win"?


Samuel Hamilton
Tom Hamilton
Lee
Adam
Q. Who says, "Don't make me mean. I don't want to be. If you will let everybody like me, why, I'll give you anything in the world, and if I haven't got it, why, I'll go for to get it. I don't want to be mean. I don't want to be lonely"?


Charles
Cathy
Cal
Abra
Q. About whom does Abra say this: "He wanted the story and he wanted it to come out his way. He couldn't stand to have it come out any other way"?


Cal
Kate
Adam
Aron
Q. About whom does Lee say this: "She is a mystery. It seems to me that she is not like other people. There is something she lacks. Kindness maybe, or conscience. You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself. And I can't feel her"?


Kate
Abra
Faye
Liza Hamilton