Happiness for Beginners Quizzes

Happiness for Beginners Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Happiness for Beginners?

Catherine Centre

Helen Fielding

Ellie Kemper

Katherine Center
2 What form does Happiness for Beginners take?

Novel

Play

Podcast series

Short story collection
3 Who narrates Happiness for Beginners?

An unnamed first-person narrator

Helen

Katherine

An unnamed third-person narrator
4 Which time period does Happiness for Beginners take place in?

Modern day

1980s

1990s

1890s
5 Who is the protagonist?

Jake

Duncan

Helen

Katherine
6 Where is Helen in the book's first scene?

Her apartment

Her brother's apartment

Her mom's house

Her husband's apartment
7 Why is Helen angry with her brother in Chapter 1?

He forgot that he agreed to dog sit for her

He owes her several hundred dollars

He forgot to pick up their grandmother from the hospital

He forgot that he agreed to cat sit for her
8 What is the age difference between Helen and Duncan?

Two years

Five years

Ten years

They are twins
9 Who does Helen find in her brother's room?

Jack

Jill

Jake

John
10 Who is Pickle?

Helen's dog

Duncan's dog

Helen's grandmother's dog

Jake's dog
11 What breed is Pickle?

Poodle

Golden doodle

Mini dachshund

Lab
12 What isn't something Helen notices is different about Jake?

His teeth are straighter

He has muscles

His hair is short

His glasses are new
13 Why isn't Jake in his room?

Jake left a candle burning and it is full of smoke damage now

Duncan is with a woman in there

There's an orgy in Jake's room

Jake is a hoarder and can't reach his bed
14 What presidential administration does Helen reference when talking about Jake's hipster glasses?

Nixon

Clinton

Trump

Bush Senior
15 In what state is Helen's hiking course located?

Texas

Wyoming

Kansas

Missouri
16 In what city does Helen live as an adult?

Los Angeles

Evanston

Boston

New York
17 Which answer best defines flummoxed?

Sharp

Angry

Dumb

Baffled
18 What does BCSC stand for?

Big Country Survival Course

Back Country Survival Company

Back Country Survival Course

Big Country Survival Company
19 What does Jake ask of Helen in the first scene?

To marry him

To drive him to the BCSC course

To kiss him

To get him out of the apartment
20 What is happening at Jake and Duncan's apartment when Helen arrives?

An landlord-led eviction

Super Bowl viewing party

A raging party

They are midway through moving out
21 From whom did Helen hear about the BCSC course?

Her husband

Jake

Duncan

Her grandmother
22 What research assistantship is Jake planning to go to after the hiking course?

None of these, he is lying about it

Nuclear testing site

Bomb defusing trials

Field study on whales
23 In Chapter 1, why does Helen give in to taking Jake across the country?

She is in love with him

They are engaged

He says he'll have to hitchhike because he is broke

She didn't want to drive on her own anyway
24 Where does Helen bring Pickle before she leaves Boston?

Her grandmother's house

The vet, for boarding

None of these: she brings the dog with her

Her ex's apartment
25 What make of car does Helen drive?

Mercedes

Toyota

Audi

Subaru

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