Happy Endings Quizzes

Happy Endings Quiz 1

1 Where is Margaret Atwood from?
United States

France

England

Canada
2 In what collection was "Happy Endings" originally published?
The Handmaid's Tale

Hag-Seed

Murder in the Dark

The Blind Assassin
3 Which of these is not a central theme of "Happy Endings"?
Gender roles

Mortality

Religion

Writing
4 How many different parts compose the short story?
Five

Three

Four

Six
5 What is Margaret Atwood's most famous work?
The Handmaid's Tale

Hag-Seed

The Blind Assassin

To the Lighthouse
6 Many consider Atwood what kind of author?
Surrealist

Unskilled

Socialist

Feminist
7 From which perspective is "Happy Endings" narrated?
First person

Third person

Second person

Omniscient
8 Who are the two initial characters introduced in the story?
John and Mary

Madge and John

Mary and Fred

Mary and Madge
9 In version A, what happens?
Mary and John never meet.

Mary and John fall in love.

Mary divorces John.

John loses his job.
10 In version B, what is the central conflict between John and Mary?
John cannot tell Mary he loves her.

Mary is an alcoholic.

Mary loves John, but John only uses Mary.

Mary forgets who John is.
11 In version B, with who does John have an affair?
Mary

Nobody

James

Madge
12 In version B, where does John never take Mary?
The theater

A restaurant

His house

The ocean
13 What happens to Mary in version B?
She marries Fred.

She confronts Madge.

She has a baby with James.

She dies by suicide.
14 In version C, who does Mary love?
James

Fred

John

Madge
15 In version C, what does James like to do?
Ride his motorcycle

Volunteer at the library

Cheat on Mary

Sell drugs
16 How do James and Mary die in version C?
They die in a car accident.

They do not die.

They die of a terminal disease.

John shoots them, and himself.
17 What happens to Madge in version C?
She is killed by James.

She marries Fred.

She catches John with Mary.

She dies by suicide.
18 Where do Fred and Madge live in version D?
In the desert

By the sea

Near a lake

In the mountains
19 How does Fred die in version E?
Heart attack

Murder

Cancer

Car accident
20 What does the narrator offer as an alternative to Mary dedicating her life to charity?
Mary's cooking

Fred's gardening

Mary's knitting

Fred's birdwatching
21 In version F, what could John be?
A doctor

A revolutionary

A father

A lawyer
22 In version F, what could Mary be?
A counterespionage agent

A priest

A scientist

A doctor
23 What, according to the narrator, is the authentic ending to the story?
Writing is difficult.

Nobody gets out alive.

Madge is better than Mary.

John and Mary die.
24 What, according to the narrator, is "just one thing after another" (F)?
Death

Life

History

Plot
25 What does the narrator say the reader should try at the end of the story?
Literary devices

Better plots

The How and Why

Reading another story

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