Childhood’s End Quizzes

Childhood's End Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed February 17, 2016

1 What year was the novel written?

1950

1993

1903

1953
2 The novel can best be classified as

romance

tragedy

science fiction

satire
3 The novel is initially set in

the 1900s

the 1950s

the 1930s

the 2050s
4 Which countries are engaging in the space race?

U.S.S.R. and France

U.S. and U.S.S.R.

U.S. and Britian

U.S. and China
5 Stomgren is the head of

the Freedom League

the Overlords

the United Nations

New Athens
6 Wainwright is described as fundamentally

honest

untrustworthy

fickle

psychotic
7 Stormgren sees the Freedom's Leagues essential problem being one of

ignorance

culture

religion

philosophy
8 The Freedom League claims they find what so unappealing about the Overlords?

Secretiveness

Ambivalence

Omnipotence

Strangeness
9 The Overlords are described as being very

intellectual

punitive

unimpressive

power-hungry
10 Where do the Overlords intervene?

Hungary

Algeria

The U.S.S.R.

South Africa
11 Stormgren gets the impression that Karellen is very

strange

small

large

old
12 Stormgren's feelings towards Karellen can best be described as

afraid

supportive and sympathetic

hostile

confused and perturbed
13 Who is Van Ryberg?

Stormgren's second in command

The head of the science bureau

A radical in the Freedom League

A professor
14 Stomgren becomes obsessed with the _________ of the Overlords.

power

secretiveness

appearance

knowledge
15 How do the Overlords react when humanity criticizes them?

They punish them

They try to reason with them

They do nothing

They chastize them
16 Who kidnaps Stormgren?

The community of New Athens

Government officials

The Overlords

Members of the Freedom League
17 Joe is described as

small and unimportant

strange and blind

powerful and persuasive

large and loud
18 What does the Blind Welshman want to know from Stormgren?

About his relationship with Wainwright

About his personal studies

About his time at the UN

About his dealings with Karellen
19 Which of the following is a particular thing the Overlords outlawed?

Religion

Animal cruelty

Racism

Pollution
20 Who rescues Stormgren from his captives?

Rashaverak

Pierre Duval

Van Ryberg

Karellen
21 After his kidnapping what does Stormgren plan to do?

Stop talking to Karellen

Retire from the UN

See what Karellen looks like

Stowaway and end up on the Overlords' ship
22 What does Pierre Duval gives Stormgren to use?

A game

A book

A bright light

A weapon
23 How long does Karellen say it will be until the Overlords reveal themselves?

100 years

5 years

10 years

50 years
24 Where is Stomgren last depicted?

In the Overlords' ship

At his lake house

At his funeral

In the UN
25 What is the final proof of Karellen's affection for Stomgren?

That he continued to talk to him in private

That he wrote him a letter

That he prolonged Stormgren's life

That he let him catch a glimpse of him with the light

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