Happy Endings Quizzes

Happy Endings Quiz 1

1 Where is Margaret Atwood from?
England

France

Canada

United States
2 In what collection was "Happy Endings" originally published?
Hag-Seed

Murder in the Dark

The Handmaid's Tale

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

Religion

Gender roles

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

Four

Six

Five
5 What is Margaret Atwood's most famous work?
The Blind Assassin

Hag-Seed

The Handmaid's Tale

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

Surrealist

Feminist

Unskilled
7 From which perspective is "Happy Endings" narrated?
Second person

Omniscient

First person

Third person
8 Who are the two initial characters introduced in the story?
Mary and Fred

John and Mary

Madge and John

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

Mary divorces John.

John loses his job.

Mary and John fall in love.
10 In version B, what is the central conflict between John and Mary?
Mary forgets who John is.

Mary loves John, but John only uses Mary.

John cannot tell Mary he loves her.

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

James

Mary

Nobody
12 In version B, where does John never take Mary?
The ocean

A restaurant

The theater

His house
13 What happens to Mary in version B?
She confronts Madge.

She has a baby with James.

She dies by suicide.

She marries Fred.
14 In version C, who does Mary love?
James

John

Fred

Madge
15 In version C, what does James like to do?
Volunteer at the library

Ride his motorcycle

Sell drugs

Cheat on Mary
16 How do James and Mary die in version C?
They do not die.

They die in a car accident.

They die of a terminal disease.

John shoots them, and himself.
17 What happens to Madge in version C?
She marries Fred.

She is killed by James.

She dies by suicide.

She catches John with Mary.
18 Where do Fred and Madge live in version D?
In the desert

By the sea

In the mountains

Near a lake
19 How does Fred die in version E?
Murder

Cancer

Heart attack

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

Mary's cooking

Mary's knitting

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

A father

A lawyer

A revolutionary
22 In version F, what could Mary be?
A priest

A scientist

A counterespionage agent

A doctor
23 What, according to the narrator, is the authentic ending to the story?
Nobody gets out alive.

John and Mary die.

Madge is better than Mary.

Writing is difficult.
24 What, according to the narrator, is "just one thing after another" (F)?
History

Plot

Death

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

Reading another story

Better plots

The How and Why

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