Cloud Atlas Quizzes

Cloud Atlas Quiz 1

1 I[Cloud Atlas] is compose of how many interconnected stories?
6

7

5

8
2 Who does Ewing meet on a beach collecting teeth at the beginning of I[The Pacific Journals of Adam Ewing]?
Tilda

Mr. Wagstaff

Autua

Dr. Goose
3 Why is Ewing on the Chatman Islands?
he is on vacation

He is settling an estate for a client

He is sick adn needs medical attention

He is waiting for the I[Prophetess] to be repaired
4 Who is being flogged by the Moriori on the Chatman Islands?
Finbar

Autua

Daniel

Rafael
5 The Moriori are enslaved by the ______.
White settlers

Christian missions

Maori

Polynesians
6 Define I[mana] according to the text.
Name of a comet

A food source popular in the South Pacific

Jewelry worn by Mrs. Haddox

Moriori definition for a soul
7 Ewing dubs his small cabin aboard the ship his ______.
casket

coffin

box

matchbox
8 What ailment does Goose diagnose Ewing with?
syphillis

a parasite

cancer

tuberculosis
9 Where is Cape Nazareth?
Spain

Polynesia

Hawaii

California
10 Why is Captain Molyneux eager to establish contact with Mr. Horrox and the missions?
To set up a trade agreement between them

To seek the hand of Horrox’s oldest daughter in marriage

To be cleansed of his sins

To buy land
11 What addictive product is introduced to the Native Polynesians is an insentive to work for the missionary?
marijuana

cocaine

alcohol

tabacco
12 What does Ewing call his ailment?
demon

ant

pest

worm
13 Mr. Horrox equates God to what component of modern civilization?
art

progress

music

science
14 Who subscribes to the philosophy “the weak are meat the strong do eat?”
Wagstaff

Ewing

Goose

Horrox
15 Why does Rafael kill himself?
He was sexually abused over a long period of time

He had been caught stealing

He was tricked into it

He wanted to punish Ewing for ignoring him
16 Why does Goose poison Ewing?
to steal his money

for fun

revenge

out of pity
17 To whom does Robert Frobisher write in the I[Letters of Zedelghem]?
Rufus Sixsmith

Adrian, his brother

To his future self

Vyvyan Ayrs
18 Why does Frobisher leave London?
To go on an adventure

to take care of his mother

to follow his brother to war

To escape his debt collectors
19 In what war did Adrian Frobisher die
Balkan War

WWI

WWII

Irish War for Independence
20 Who gives Frobisher a bicycle once he reaches Bruges?
Eva

a valet

Sixsmith

a police officer
21 Of Ayrs household, who distrusts Frobisher most upon his arrival?
the valet

Jocasta

Eva

Ayrs
22 What book does Frobisher ask Sixsmith to find in London, as his copy is incomplete?
“A Passage to India”

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“The Great Gatsby”

“The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing”
23 Frobisher steals what items from Ayrs to sell?
pistols

books

flatware

china
24 Who does Frobisher prostitute himself out to for extra money?
Eva

Sixsmith

Otto Jansch

Jocasta
25 Where does Jocasta hide when Ayrs interrupts her lovemaking with Frobisher?
under the bed covers

behind the door

in the closet

behind the chair