Happiness for Beginners Quizzes

Happiness for Beginners Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Happiness for Beginners?

Helen Fielding

Katherine Center

Catherine Centre

Ellie Kemper
2 What form does Happiness for Beginners take?

Novel

Podcast series

Play

Short story collection
3 Who narrates Happiness for Beginners?

Katherine

Helen

An unnamed third-person narrator

An unnamed first-person narrator
4 Which time period does Happiness for Beginners take place in?

1890s

1980s

Modern day

1990s
5 Who is the protagonist?

Duncan

Helen

Katherine

Jake
6 Where is Helen in the book's first scene?

Her brother's apartment

Her husband's apartment

Her apartment

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

He forgot to pick up their grandmother from the hospital

He forgot that he agreed to dog sit for her

He owes her several hundred dollars

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

They are twins

Five years

Two years

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

Jake

John

Jill

Jack
10 Who is Pickle?

Jake's dog

Helen's grandmother's dog

Duncan's dog

Helen's dog
11 What breed is Pickle?

Mini dachshund

Lab

Poodle

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

His glasses are new

He has muscles

His hair is short

His teeth are straighter
13 Why isn't Jake in his room?

Duncan is with a woman in there

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

There's an orgy in Jake's room

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

Trump

Clinton

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

Texas

Kansas

Wyoming

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

Los Angeles

Boston

New York

Evanston
17 Which answer best defines flummoxed?

Baffled

Sharp

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 kiss him

To marry him

To get him out of the apartment

To drive him to the BCSC course
20 What is happening at Jake and Duncan's apartment when Helen arrives?

Super Bowl viewing party

An landlord-led eviction

They are midway through moving out

A raging party
21 From whom did Helen hear about the BCSC course?

Her grandmother

Jake

Duncan

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

Bomb defusing trials

Nuclear testing site

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?

She is in love with him

He says he'll have to hitchhike because he is broke

They are engaged

She didn't want to drive on her own anyway
24 Where does Helen bring Pickle before she leaves Boston?

None of these: she brings the dog with her

Her grandmother's house

The vet, for boarding

Her ex's apartment
25 What make of car does Helen drive?

Mercedes

Subaru

Toyota

Audi

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