Atonement Quizzes

Atonement Quiz 1

By Kory French · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed October 31, 2010

1 What was the name of the play Briony writes?

Northanger Abbey

The Trials of Arabella

Two Figures by a Fountain

Book of Common Prayer
2 Why are Lola, Jackson, and Pierrot Quincey coming to the Tallis estate for the summer?

Their father died in the war and their mother is grieving

To see Leon at his homecoming dinner

To perform in Briony's play

Their parents were getting a divorce
3 Who gets to play Arabella in Briony's play?

Cecilia

Emily

Lola

Briony
4 Who does Briony write her play for?

Robbie Turner

Leon

Her cousins

Cecilia
5 What country do the Tallises live in?

France

America

Scotland

England
6 Where did Cecilia attend university?

Oxford

Harvard

She didn't

Cambridge
7 Why is the vase so important to the Tallis family?

It was a relic brought back from WWI

It was Jack Tallis's great, great grandfather's

Uncle Clem made it when visiting Belgium

It was a gift from Robbie Turner to Cecilia
8 What does Cecilia do when the vase breaks into the fountain?

Becomes angry and silent and storms off into the house

Disrobes and goes swimming for the broken piece

Yells at Robbie and orders him to fish out the broken piece

Tosses the rest of the vase at Robbie, smashing it entirely
9 While at university together, Robbie and Cecilia:

Were bitter enemies who avoided each other at all times

Were best friends, attached at the hip

Ran in different circles and barely spoke

Were romantic lovers, the perfect couple of the university
10 Who is coming to dinner from London along with Leon?

Jack Tallis

Robbie Turner

Paul Marshall

Danny Hardman
11 What year does the opening part of the book take place?

1935

1936

1939

1940
12 When Briony decides to abandon her play, what does she want to do for Leon instead?

Do a dance

Play the piano

Put on a magic show

Write a story
13 When Briony witnesses the scene at the fountain between Robbie and Cecilia, she assumes:

Robbie has thrown Cecilia in the water in fun

Robbie is threatening/holding command over Cecilia

Robbie and Cecilia have been swimming because it is so hot out

Robbie has just saved Cecilia from drowning
14 To a lot of people in the story, Robbie is not suited for Cecilia because,

He is a convicted felon

He is the sone of a servant, she is the daughter of high society

He has to fight in the war, she is a nurse

He has no education, she is a Cambridge graduate
15 What event causes Briony to conclude: "This was not a fairy tale, this was the real, the adult world in which frogs did not address princesses..."

Witnessing Lola being raped

Reading the letter Robbie sends to Cecilia that contains the "c" word

Walking in on Cecilia and Robbie in the study

Seeing Cecilia and Robbie at the fountain
16 What did Cecilia used to say to comfort Briony after nightmares?

It's going to be alright

Don't worry

Come back

Wake up
17 When Cecilia sees Danny Hardman carrying Paul Marshall's luggage, she notices his maturity and wonders:

If him and Briony are plotting something devious

If he has an attraction to Lola

If he is having perverted thoughts about herself

If he is the one that broke the vase
18 Cecilia thinks marrying Paul Marshall would be:

Socially glorious

A giant financial success

Self-destructive

Romantically divine
19 What industry has Paul Marshall getting rich?

Fighter planes

Chocolate

Stocks and investments

Weapons
20 When Cecilia learns Leon has invited Robbie to dinner, what is her reaction?

She is annoyed

She is worried

She is delighted

She is scared
21 Who is caught watching the Quincey children in the nursery when they are arguing about divorce?

Robbie Turner

Paul Marshall

Danny Hardman

Leon Tallis
22 Paul Marshall compares Lola to?

Arabella

A child too immature to keep company with

MacBeth

A pre-Raphaellite Princess
23 What does Lola ask Paul Marshall not to talk about "in front of the children?"

Their parents

The war

The play

Chocolate
24 When Briony decides there will be no play, where does she go?

To the temple/lake

To the Turner cabin

To her room

To the library/study
25 Who ensures the Quincey children that "there will be a war?"

Briony

Leon Tallis

Paul Marshall

Cecilia

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