Happiness for Beginners Quizzes

Happiness for Beginners Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Happiness for Beginners?

Helen Fielding

Catherine Centre

Katherine Center

Ellie Kemper
2 What form does Happiness for Beginners take?

Play

Short story collection

Novel

Podcast series
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?

1980s

Modern day

1890s

1990s
5 Who is the protagonist?

Katherine

Jake

Helen

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

Her apartment

Her mom's house

Her brother's apartment

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 forgot that he agreed to cat sit for her

He owes her several hundred dollars

He forgot to pick up their grandmother from the hospital
8 What is the age difference between Helen and Duncan?

Five years

Ten years

Two years

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

Jake

John

Jack

Jill
10 Who is Pickle?

Jake's dog

Helen's dog

Helen's grandmother's dog

Duncan's dog
11 What breed is Pickle?

Mini dachshund

Poodle

Golden doodle

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

He has muscles

His hair is short

His glasses are new

His teeth are straighter
13 Why isn't Jake in his room?

Duncan is with a woman in there

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

Jake is a hoarder and can't reach his bed

There's an orgy in Jake's room
14 What presidential administration does Helen reference when talking about Jake's hipster glasses?

Trump

Nixon

Bush Senior

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

Kansas

Wyoming

Missouri

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

Boston

Evanston

New York

Los Angeles
17 Which answer best defines flummoxed?

Sharp

Dumb

Angry

Baffled
18 What does BCSC stand for?

Back Country Survival Course

Big Country Survival Company

Back Country Survival Company

Big Country Survival Course
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?

A raging party

An landlord-led eviction

They are midway through moving out

Super Bowl viewing party
21 From whom did Helen hear about the BCSC course?

Duncan

Her grandmother

Her husband

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

Field study on whales

Bomb defusing trials

None of these, he is lying about it

Nuclear testing site
23 In Chapter 1, why does Helen give in to taking Jake across the country?

She is in love with him

She didn't want to drive on her own anyway

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

They are engaged
24 Where does Helen bring Pickle before she leaves Boston?

Her grandmother's house

Her ex's apartment

None of these: she brings the dog with her

The vet, for boarding
25 What make of car does Helen drive?

Audi

Mercedes

Toyota

Subaru

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