Cold Mountain Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Cold Mountain? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Inman's quest to get home most resembles which famous character from literature?


Achilles
Jean Valjean
Odysseus
Harry Potter
Q. Inman thinks war may have:


Made a man of him
Ruined his vast estate
Scarred him permanently
Made him an industrial fortune a la Iron Man
Q. Which approach to spirituality does the book not explore?


Native American beliefs and traditions
Christianity
Spiritual experience of nature
Jedi training
Q. Which of these is definitely not the reason Inman went to fight in the first place?


He felt a sense of patriotism toward the place he grew up in
He knew his community expected him to
He was a slave owner
He was bored
Q. What is one big effect the war has had on Ada, even early in the novel?


It has caused her to leave Charleston
It has dramatically reduced her financial options
It killed her father, forcing her to seek her fortune as a pirate
It turns her neighbors against her