Happy Endings Quizzes

Happy Endings Quiz 1

1 Where is Margaret Atwood from?
England

Canada

France

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

The Handmaid's Tale

The Blind Assassin

Murder in the Dark
3 Which of these is not a central theme of "Happy Endings"?
Writing

Religion

Gender roles

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

Four

Five

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

To the Lighthouse

The Handmaid's Tale

Hag-Seed
6 Many consider Atwood what kind of author?
Feminist

Unskilled

Surrealist

Socialist
7 From which perspective is "Happy Endings" narrated?
First person

Second person

Third person

Omniscient
8 Who are the two initial characters introduced in the story?
Madge and John

John and Mary

Mary and Fred

Mary and Madge
9 In version A, what happens?
John loses his job.

Mary and John never meet.

Mary divorces John.

Mary and John fall in love.
10 In version B, what is the central conflict between John and Mary?
John cannot tell Mary he loves her.

Mary loves John, but John only uses Mary.

Mary is an alcoholic.

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

Madge

Nobody

James
12 In version B, where does John never take Mary?
The ocean

His house

A restaurant

The theater
13 What happens to Mary in version B?
She has a baby with James.

She marries Fred.

She confronts Madge.

She dies by suicide.
14 In version C, who does Mary love?
Madge

James

John

Fred
15 In version C, what does James like to do?
Cheat on Mary

Sell drugs

Volunteer at the library

Ride his motorcycle
16 How do James and Mary die in version C?
John shoots them, and himself.

They die of a terminal disease.

They do not die.

They die in a car accident.
17 What happens to Madge in version C?
She dies by suicide.

She catches John with Mary.

She marries Fred.

She is killed by James.
18 Where do Fred and Madge live in version D?
Near a lake

In the desert

In the mountains

By the sea
19 How does Fred die in version E?
Car accident

Murder

Heart attack

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

Mary's knitting

Fred's gardening

Mary's cooking
21 In version F, what could John be?
A father

A lawyer

A revolutionary

A doctor
22 In version F, what could Mary be?
A counterespionage agent

A scientist

A doctor

A priest
23 What, according to the narrator, is the authentic ending to the story?
Madge is better than Mary.

John and Mary die.

Writing is difficult.

Nobody gets out alive.
24 What, according to the narrator, is "just one thing after another" (F)?
Plot

Death

History

Life
25 What does the narrator say the reader should try at the end of the story?
The How and Why

Better plots

Literary devices

Reading another story

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