Happy Endings Quizzes

Happy Endings Quiz 1

1 Where is Margaret Atwood from?
United States

England

France

Canada
2 In what collection was "Happy Endings" originally published?
Murder in the Dark

The Blind Assassin

Hag-Seed

The Handmaid's Tale
3 Which of these is not a central theme of "Happy Endings"?
Mortality

Gender roles

Religion

Writing
4 How many different parts compose the short story?
Six

Five

Three

Four
5 What is Margaret Atwood's most famous work?
The Handmaid's Tale

The Blind Assassin

To the Lighthouse

Hag-Seed
6 Many consider Atwood what kind of author?
Socialist

Feminist

Unskilled

Surrealist
7 From which perspective is "Happy Endings" narrated?
First person

Second person

Omniscient

Third person
8 Who are the two initial characters introduced in the story?
Madge and John

Mary and Fred

Mary and Madge

John and Mary
9 In version A, what happens?
Mary divorces John.

John loses his job.

Mary and John never meet.

Mary and John fall in love.
10 In version B, what is the central conflict between John and Mary?
Mary forgets who John is.

Mary loves John, but John only uses Mary.

John cannot tell Mary he loves her.

Mary is an alcoholic.
11 In version B, with who does John have an affair?
Mary

Nobody

James

Madge
12 In version B, where does John never take Mary?
A restaurant

The ocean

The theater

His house
13 What happens to Mary in version B?
She dies by suicide.

She confronts Madge.

She marries Fred.

She has a baby with James.
14 In version C, who does Mary love?
John

Madge

Fred

James
15 In version C, what does James like to do?
Ride his motorcycle

Cheat on Mary

Sell drugs

Volunteer at the library
16 How do James and Mary die in version C?
They do not die.

John shoots them, and himself.

They die of a terminal disease.

They die in a car accident.
17 What happens to Madge in version C?
She catches John with Mary.

She is killed by James.

She marries Fred.

She dies by suicide.
18 Where do Fred and Madge live in version D?
In the desert

Near a lake

In the mountains

By the sea
19 How does Fred die in version E?
Heart attack

Car accident

Cancer

Murder
20 What does the narrator offer as an alternative to Mary dedicating her life to charity?
Mary's knitting

Fred's birdwatching

Mary's cooking

Fred's gardening
21 In version F, what could John be?
A lawyer

A revolutionary

A doctor

A father
22 In version F, what could Mary be?
A priest

A scientist

A counterespionage agent

A doctor
23 What, according to the narrator, is the authentic ending to the story?
Writing is difficult.

Nobody gets out alive.

John and Mary die.

Madge is better than Mary.
24 What, according to the narrator, is "just one thing after another" (F)?
Death

Life

History

Plot
25 What does the narrator say the reader should try at the end of the story?
Literary devices

Reading another story

Better plots

The How and Why

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