Happiness for Beginners Quizzes

Happiness for Beginners Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Happiness for Beginners?
Catherine Centre

Helen Fielding

Ellie Kemper

Katherine Center
2 What form does Happiness for Beginners take?
Novel

Play

Podcast series

Short story collection
3 Who narrates Happiness for Beginners?
Helen

An unnamed first-person narrator

An unnamed third-person narrator

Katherine
4 Which time period does Happiness for Beginners take place in?
Modern day

1890s

1990s

1980s
5 Who is the protagonist?
Helen

Jake

Katherine

Duncan
6 Where is Helen in the book's first scene?
Her brother's apartment

Her mom's house

Her apartment

Her husband's apartment
7 Why is Helen angry with her brother in Chapter 1?
He owes her several hundred dollars

He forgot that he agreed to dog sit for her

He forgot to pick up their grandmother from the hospital

He forgot that he agreed to cat sit for her
8 What is the age difference between Helen and Duncan?
Two years

Ten years

Five years

They are twins
9 Who does Helen find in her brother's room?
John

Jack

Jake

Jill
10 Who is Pickle?
Jake's dog

Helen's grandmother's dog

Helen's dog

Duncan's dog
11 What breed is Pickle?
Poodle

Golden doodle

Lab

Mini dachshund
12 What isn't something Helen notices is different about Jake?
His teeth are straighter

His glasses are new

He has muscles

His hair is short
13 Why isn't Jake in his room?
Duncan is with a woman in there

There's an orgy in Jake's room

Jake left a candle burning and it is full of smoke damage now

Jake is a hoarder and can't reach his bed
14 What presidential administration does Helen reference when talking about Jake's hipster glasses?
Bush Senior

Nixon

Clinton

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

Texas

Kansas

Wyoming
16 In what city does Helen live as an adult?
Los Angeles

Boston

New York

Evanston
17 Which answer best defines flummoxed?
Sharp

Dumb

Baffled

Angry
18 What does BCSC stand for?
Big Country Survival Course

Back Country Survival Course

Big Country Survival Company

Back Country Survival Company
19 What does Jake ask of Helen in the first scene?
To drive him to the BCSC course

To get him out of the apartment

To kiss him

To marry him
20 What is happening at Jake and Duncan's apartment when Helen arrives?
A raging party

Super Bowl viewing party

They are midway through moving out

An landlord-led eviction
21 From whom did Helen hear about the BCSC course?
Her grandmother

Jake

Her husband

Duncan
22 What research assistantship is Jake planning to go to after the hiking course?
Nuclear testing site

Bomb defusing trials

None of these, he is lying about it

Field study on whales
23 In Chapter 1, why does Helen give in to taking Jake across the country?
He says he'll have to hitchhike because he is broke

They are engaged

She didn't want to drive on her own anyway

She is in love with him
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?
Toyota

Audi

Mercedes

Subaru

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