Happiness for Beginners Quizzes

Happiness for Beginners Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Happiness for Beginners?

Ellie Kemper

Helen Fielding

Catherine Centre

Katherine Center
2 What form does Happiness for Beginners take?

Podcast series

Short story collection

Play

Novel
3 Who narrates Happiness for Beginners?

An unnamed first-person narrator

Helen

Katherine

An unnamed third-person narrator
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 brother's apartment

Her apartment

Her husband's apartment

Her mom's house
7 Why is Helen angry with her brother in Chapter 1?

He forgot that he agreed to cat sit for her

He forgot that he agreed to dog sit for her

He owes her several hundred dollars

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

Five years

Two years

They are twins

Ten years
9 Who does Helen find in her brother's room?

Jack

Jake

Jill

John
10 Who is Pickle?

Jake's dog

Helen's dog

Duncan's dog

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

Lab

Mini dachshund

Golden doodle

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

He has muscles

His glasses are new

His teeth are straighter

His hair is short
13 Why isn't Jake in his room?

There's an orgy in Jake's room

Duncan is with a woman in there

Jake is a hoarder and can't reach his bed

Jake left a candle burning and it is full of smoke damage now
14 What presidential administration does Helen reference when talking about Jake's hipster glasses?

Nixon

Clinton

Bush Senior

Trump
15 In what state is Helen's hiking course located?

Kansas

Wyoming

Texas

Missouri
16 In what city does Helen live as an adult?

Boston

New York

Evanston

Los Angeles
17 Which answer best defines flummoxed?

Sharp

Baffled

Angry

Dumb
18 What does BCSC stand for?

Back Country Survival Course

Big Country Survival Course

Big Country Survival Company

Back Country Survival Company
19 What does Jake ask of Helen in the first scene?

To marry him

To drive him to the BCSC course

To kiss him

To get him out of the apartment
20 What is happening at Jake and Duncan's apartment when Helen arrives?

They are midway through moving out

An landlord-led eviction

A raging party

Super Bowl viewing party
21 From whom did Helen hear about the BCSC course?

Her husband

Her grandmother

Duncan

Jake
22 What research assistantship is Jake planning to go to after the hiking course?

Bomb defusing trials

None of these, he is lying about it

Nuclear testing site

Field study on whales
23 In Chapter 1, why does Helen give in to taking Jake across the country?

She is in love with him

She didn't want to drive on her own anyway

They are engaged

He says he'll have to hitchhike because he is broke
24 Where does Helen bring Pickle before she leaves Boston?

The vet, for boarding

Her ex's apartment

Her grandmother's house

None of these: she brings the dog with her
25 What make of car does Helen drive?

Mercedes

Subaru

Toyota

Audi

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