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

Hag-Seed

The Handmaid's Tale

The Blind Assassin
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?

Three

Five

Four

Six
5 What is Margaret Atwood's most famous work?

To the Lighthouse

The Handmaid's Tale

The Blind Assassin

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

Socialist

Unskilled

Feminist

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

Third person

First person

Omniscient

Second person
8 Who are the two initial characters introduced in the story?

Madge and John

Mary and Madge

Mary and Fred

John and Mary
9 In version A, what happens?

Mary and John never meet.

John loses his job.

Mary divorces John.

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.

Mary is an alcoholic.

John cannot tell Mary he loves her.
11 In version B, with who does John have an affair?

James

Madge

Nobody

Mary
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 has a baby with James.

She dies by suicide.

She confronts Madge.

She marries Fred.
14 In version C, who does Mary love?

Madge

John

Fred

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

Sell drugs

Cheat on Mary

Volunteer at the library

Ride his motorcycle
16 How do James and Mary die in version C?

They die in a car accident.

They do not die.

John shoots them, and himself.

They die of a terminal disease.
17 What happens to Madge in version C?

She dies by suicide.

She catches John with Mary.

She marries Fred.

She is killed by James.
18 Where do Fred and Madge live in version D?

In the mountains

Near a lake

By the sea

In the desert
19 How does Fred die in version E?

Murder

Heart attack

Car accident

Cancer
20 What does the narrator offer as an alternative to Mary dedicating her life to charity?

Fred's gardening

Fred's birdwatching

Mary's knitting

Mary's cooking
21 In version F, what could John be?

A lawyer

A father

A revolutionary

A doctor
22 In version F, what could Mary be?

A priest

A counterespionage agent

A doctor

A scientist
23 What, according to the narrator, is the authentic ending to the story?

Writing is difficult.

John and Mary die.

Nobody gets out alive.

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

Plot

Death

Life

History
25 What does the narrator say the reader should try at the end of the story?

Literary devices

Reading another story

The How and Why

Better plots

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