Happiness for Beginners Quizzes

Happiness for Beginners Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Happiness for Beginners?
Ellie Kemper

Katherine Center

Helen Fielding

Catherine Centre
2 What form does Happiness for Beginners take?
Novel

Podcast series

Short story collection

Play
3 Who narrates Happiness for Beginners?
An unnamed third-person narrator

Helen

An unnamed first-person narrator

Katherine
4 Which time period does Happiness for Beginners take place in?
1890s

1980s

Modern day

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 husband's apartment

Her brother's apartment
7 Why is Helen angry with her brother in Chapter 1?
He forgot that he agreed to cat sit for her

He owes her several hundred dollars

He forgot that he agreed to dog sit for her

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

Two years

Ten years

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

Jill

Jake

John
10 Who is Pickle?
Jake's dog

Helen's dog

Duncan's dog

Helen's grandmother's dog
11 What breed is Pickle?
Golden doodle

Mini dachshund

Lab

Poodle
12 What isn't something Helen notices is different about Jake?
His hair is short

His glasses are new

He has muscles

His teeth are straighter
13 Why isn't Jake in his room?
There's an orgy in Jake's 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
14 What presidential administration does Helen reference when talking about Jake's hipster glasses?
Trump

Nixon

Clinton

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

Texas

Missouri

Kansas
16 In what city does Helen live as an adult?
Boston

Evanston

New York

Los Angeles
17 Which answer best defines flummoxed?
Angry

Dumb

Baffled

Sharp
18 What does BCSC stand for?
Big Country Survival Course

Back Country Survival Course

Back Country Survival Company

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

To marry him

To get him out of the apartment

To drive him to the BCSC course
20 What is happening at Jake and Duncan's apartment when Helen arrives?
They are midway through moving out

A raging party

Super Bowl viewing party

An landlord-led eviction
21 From whom did Helen hear about the BCSC course?
Her grandmother

Jake

Duncan

Her husband
22 What research assistantship is Jake planning to go to after the hiking course?
Field study on whales

Nuclear testing site

None of these, he is lying about it

Bomb defusing trials
23 In Chapter 1, why does Helen give in to taking Jake across the country?
She didn't want to drive on her own anyway

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

They are engaged

She is in love with him
24 Where does Helen bring Pickle before she leaves Boston?
None of these: she brings the dog with her

The vet, for boarding

Her ex's apartment

Her grandmother's house
25 What make of car does Helen drive?
Audi

Toyota

Mercedes

Subaru

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