Happy Endings Quizzes

Happy Endings Quiz 1

1 Where is Margaret Atwood from?

England

Canada

France

United States
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

Religion

Writing

Gender roles
4 How many different parts compose the short story?

Five

Six

Three

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

To the Lighthouse

The Blind Assassin

Hag-Seed

The Handmaid's Tale
6 Many consider Atwood what kind of author?

Feminist

Surrealist

Socialist

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

Third person

Second person

Omniscient

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

Mary and Fred

John and Mary

Madge and John

Mary and Madge
9 In version A, what happens?

Mary and John never meet.

John loses his job.

Mary and John fall in love.

Mary divorces John.
10 In version B, what is the central conflict between John and Mary?

Mary forgets who John is.

John cannot tell Mary he loves her.

Mary loves John, but John only uses Mary.

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

Mary

Madge

James

Nobody
12 In version B, where does John never take Mary?

The theater

The ocean

A restaurant

His house
13 What happens to Mary in version B?

She marries Fred.

She has a baby with James.

She dies by suicide.

She confronts Madge.
14 In version C, who does Mary love?

John

James

Fred

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

Cheat on Mary

Sell drugs

Volunteer at the library

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

They die of a terminal disease.

They do not die.

They die in a car accident.

John shoots them, and himself.
17 What happens to Madge in version C?

She is killed by James.

She dies by suicide.

She catches John with Mary.

She marries Fred.
18 Where do Fred and Madge live in version D?

Near a lake

In the desert

In the mountains

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

Heart attack

Cancer

Car accident

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

Mary's cooking

Fred's gardening

Mary's knitting

Fred's birdwatching
21 In version F, what could John be?

A lawyer

A revolutionary

A father

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

A doctor

A priest

A counterespionage agent

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

Nobody gets out alive.

Writing is difficult.

Madge is better than Mary.

John and Mary die.
24 What, according to the narrator, is "just one thing after another" (F)?

Life

Plot

History

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

The How and Why

Reading another story

Better plots

Literary devices

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