Atonement Quizzes

Atonement Quiz 1

1 What was the name of the play Briony writes?
Two Figures by a Fountain

The Trials of Arabella

Northanger Abbey

Book of Common Prayer
2 Why are Lola, Jackson, and Pierrot Quincey coming to the Tallis estate for the summer?
Their father died in the war and their mother is grieving

Their parents were getting a divorce

To perform in Briony's play

To see Leon at his homecoming dinner
3 Who gets to play Arabella in Briony's play?
Briony

Cecilia

Emily

Lola
4 Who does Briony write her play for?
Her cousins

Cecilia

Leon

Robbie Turner
5 What country do the Tallises live in?
America

Scotland

England

France
6 Where did Cecilia attend university?
Harvard

She didn't

Cambridge

Oxford
7 Why is the vase so important to the Tallis family?
It was a gift from Robbie Turner to Cecilia

It was Jack Tallis's great, great grandfather's

It was a relic brought back from WWI

Uncle Clem made it when visiting Belgium
8 What does Cecilia do when the vase breaks into the fountain?
Disrobes and goes swimming for the broken piece

Tosses the rest of the vase at Robbie, smashing it entirely

Becomes angry and silent and storms off into the house

Yells at Robbie and orders him to fish out the broken piece
9 While at university together, Robbie and Cecilia:
Were bitter enemies who avoided each other at all times

Were best friends, attached at the hip

Were romantic lovers, the perfect couple of the university

Ran in different circles and barely spoke
10 Who is coming to dinner from London along with Leon?
Danny Hardman

Robbie Turner

Jack Tallis

Paul Marshall
11 What year does the opening part of the book take place?
1936

1935

1939

1940
12 When Briony decides to abandon her play, what does she want to do for Leon instead?
Put on a magic show

Do a dance

Play the piano

Write a story
13 When Briony witnesses the scene at the fountain between Robbie and Cecilia, she assumes:
Robbie is threatening/holding command over Cecilia

Robbie has just saved Cecilia from drowning

Robbie and Cecilia have been swimming because it is so hot out

Robbie has thrown Cecilia in the water in fun
14 To a lot of people in the story, Robbie is not suited for Cecilia because,
He has no education, she is a Cambridge graduate

He is a convicted felon

He is the sone of a servant, she is the daughter of high society

He has to fight in the war, she is a nurse
15 What event causes Briony to conclude: "This was not a fairy tale, this was the real, the adult world in which frogs did not address princesses..."
Reading the letter Robbie sends to Cecilia that contains the "c" word

Walking in on Cecilia and Robbie in the study

Witnessing Lola being raped

Seeing Cecilia and Robbie at the fountain
16 What did Cecilia used to say to comfort Briony after nightmares?
It's going to be alright

Don't worry

Come back

Wake up
17 When Cecilia sees Danny Hardman carrying Paul Marshall's luggage, she notices his maturity and wonders:
If he has an attraction to Lola

If him and Briony are plotting something devious

If he is having perverted thoughts about herself

If he is the one that broke the vase
18 Cecilia thinks marrying Paul Marshall would be:
Self-destructive

Socially glorious

Romantically divine

A giant financial success
19 What industry has Paul Marshall getting rich?
Fighter planes

Chocolate

Weapons

Stocks and investments
20 When Cecilia learns Leon has invited Robbie to dinner, what is her reaction?
She is annoyed

She is scared

She is delighted

She is worried
21 Who is caught watching the Quincey children in the nursery when they are arguing about divorce?
Paul Marshall

Leon Tallis

Robbie Turner

Danny Hardman
22 Paul Marshall compares Lola to?
A pre-Raphaellite Princess

MacBeth

Arabella

A child too immature to keep company with
23 What does Lola ask Paul Marshall not to talk about "in front of the children?"
The play

Chocolate

The war

Their parents
24 When Briony decides there will be no play, where does she go?
To the Turner cabin

To the temple/lake

To the library/study

To her room
25 Who ensures the Quincey children that "there will be a war?"
Cecilia

Leon Tallis

Paul Marshall

Briony

‘The relationship between Robbie and Cecelia would never have developed were it not for Briony’s false accusation in part 1’

I disagree. Robbie and Cecelia are already in the midst of a relationship when Briony makes her false accusations against Robbie. Possibly, their relatioship might have taken a different course. Maybe their relationship wouldn't have lasted...

Asked by Majic D #483675

Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/6/2016 8:07 PM

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Foreshadowing in 'Atonement'

Throughout the novel, there are repeated refernces to the "three figures in the garden" from Briony's story. These three mysterious figures foreshadow events that will occur and lend an air of mystery to the story that Briony is telling.

Asked by jmcbee

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/9/2024 5:32 PM

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How was Robbie and Cecilia's first meeting?

They meet once for half an hour, during Cecilia's lunch break. Their reunion starts awkwardly, but they share a kiss before leaving each other.

Asked by samarah d #1198498

Answered by Aslan on 12/8/2021 3:05 AM

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