Happy Endings Quizzes

Happy Endings Quiz 1

1 Where is Margaret Atwood from?

United States

Canada

England

France
2 In what collection was "Happy Endings" originally published?

The Handmaid's Tale

Murder in the Dark

Hag-Seed

The Blind Assassin
3 Which of these is not a central theme of "Happy Endings"?

Religion

Gender roles

Writing

Mortality
4 How many different parts compose the short story?

Three

Six

Four

Five
5 What is Margaret Atwood's most famous work?

To the Lighthouse

The Blind Assassin

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

Third person

Second person

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

John and Mary

Madge and John

Mary and Madge

Mary and Fred
9 In version A, what happens?

Mary divorces John.

Mary and John never meet.

Mary and John fall in love.

John loses his job.
10 In version B, what is the central conflict between John and Mary?

Mary is an alcoholic.

John cannot tell Mary he loves her.

Mary forgets who John is.

Mary loves John, but John only uses Mary.
11 In version B, with who does John have an affair?

Nobody

James

Madge

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

His house

A restaurant

The ocean

The theater
13 What happens to Mary in version B?

She has a baby with James.

She confronts Madge.

She dies by suicide.

She marries Fred.
14 In version C, who does Mary love?

Madge

John

Fred

James
15 In version C, what does James like to do?

Volunteer at the library

Sell drugs

Ride his motorcycle

Cheat on Mary
16 How do James and Mary die in version C?

They die of a terminal disease.

They do not die.

They die in a car accident.

John shoots them, and himself.
17 What happens to Madge in version C?

She dies by suicide.

She catches John with Mary.

She is killed by James.

She marries Fred.
18 Where do Fred and Madge live in version D?

In the mountains

By the sea

In the desert

Near a lake
19 How does Fred die in version E?

Murder

Cancer

Car accident

Heart attack
20 What does the narrator offer as an alternative to Mary dedicating her life to charity?

Mary's cooking

Fred's gardening

Fred's birdwatching

Mary's knitting
21 In version F, what could John be?

A lawyer

A father

A doctor

A revolutionary
22 In version F, what could Mary be?

A doctor

A priest

A scientist

A counterespionage agent
23 What, according to the narrator, is the authentic ending to the story?

John and Mary die.

Nobody gets out alive.

Writing is difficult.

Madge is better than Mary.
24 What, according to the narrator, is "just one thing after another" (F)?

Life

History

Plot

Death
25 What does the narrator say the reader should try at the end of the story?

Better plots

Literary devices

Reading another story

The How and Why

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