The Bell Jar Quizzes

The Bell Jar Quiz 1

1 What college does Esther Greenwood attend?
Harvard

She never says which one.

Smith

Wellesley
2 Which person is not matched with the correct fictional counterpart in the novel?
Olive Higgins Prouty : Philomena Guinea

Helen Gurley Brown : Jay Cee

Mrs. Plath : Mrs. Greenwood

Sylvia Plath : Esther Greenwood
3 Which of the characters is nicknamed "Pollyanna Cowgirl"?
Doreen

Esther

Betsy

Hilda
4 What contemporary event is a preoccupation for Esther Greenwood?
McCarthy trials

The 1952 presidential election

The Korean war

The Rosenberg case
5 What pseudonym does Esther use when speaking to Lenny and Frankie?
Elly Higginbottom

Marjorie Sherwood

Ethel Rosenberg

Philomena Guinea
6 When is the first time that Esther has eaten out at a proper restaurant?
Her date with Buddy Willard.

Dinner with Philomena Guinea

The "Ladies Day" banquet.

Her date with Constantin.
7 What is the significance of Esther's chemistry course?
It shows that Esther is easily manipulated by teachers and other authority figures.

It shows how Esther often avoids problems instead of facing them.

It shows that Esther cannot handle her priorities.

It shows how Esther will sacrifice herself for her work.
8 What advice does Jay Cee offer to Esther?
She tells her to find something so that she can offer more than the run-of-the-mill perosn.

She tells her to find a more stable career path than poetry.

She tells her that she needs to take a break from her fast-paced life.

She tells her that she will never make it in New York City.
9 A fingerbowl triggers Esther's memory of which character?
Philomena Guinea

Joan Giling

Buddy Willard

Esther's father
10 According to Esther, why is she angry at Buddy Willard?
He is a hypocrite.

He slept with a waitress.

He dated Joan Giling.

He called her a neurotic.
11 What is the significance of the fig tree?
It symbolizes the forbidden love between Esther and Buddy.

It symbolizes Esther's inability to choose a single path for her future.

It symbolizes Esther's mental illness.

It symbolizes Esther's preoccupation with death.
12 Into what two categories does Esther divide people?
People who believe in God and atheists.

People who are honest to others and hypocrites.

People who have had sex and virgins.

People who know what they want and those who do not.
13 Which of the following does Esther not list as a skill that she lacks?
Driving

Cooking

Shorthand

Dancing
14 What gift does Buddy Willard give Esther at the sanatorium?
An ashtray

A bell jar

A book of short stories

A diamond stickpin
15 What reason does Esther give to Buddy Willard for refusing his marriage proposal?
She never wants to be married.

She does not love him.

She cannot marry someone who has had an affair.

She is too neurotic.
16 Which of the following characters does Esther designate a 'woman-hater'?
Buddy

Cal

Marco

Constantin
17 Which of the following is not true about Dodo Conway?
She fascinates Esther.

She has six children.

She is a Catholic.

She spies on Esther.
18 What symptom of her depression worries Esther the most?
Inability to write

Hallucinations

Insomnia

Lack of appetite
19 Which of the following is a possible choice for Esther to do during the summer?
Work for Jay Cee.

Take a course at Harvard.

Read "Finnegans Wake."

Write a novel.
20 Why is Buddy Willard staying in the Adirondacks?
He is doing medical work at a hospital there.

His family has a summer home there.

He is a busboy at a hotel.

He contracted TB.
21 Which of the following methods does Esther not use to attempt suicide?
Sleeping pills

Drowning

Jumping out a window

Razor blades
22 What question does Dr. Gordon ask Esther twice during their sessions?
What do you hope to get out of these sessions?

What college do you attend?

Do you think about your father very much?

Are you having trouble sleeping?
23 What is the reaction of Esther's mother to her refusal to go back for shock treatment?
"I don't think you're in a position to make decisions for yourself."

"I knew you weren't like those people there."

"I never wanted you to have shock treatment in the first place."

"Whatever makes you happy."
24 Why does Esther wish to become a Catholic?
She wants to believe in something greater than herself.

She believes in the Catholic view of humanity as sinful.

She wants forgiveness.

She appreciates their view on human sexuality.
25 According to Esther, what is the kindest way to die?
A bullet in the head

Burning

Drowning

Sleeping pills

to what extent has her attitudes and eventual breakdown been shaped by her society's expectations regarding men and women, sexuality, and relationships? Do you think those expectations have changed since that time?

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What early tensions are revealed about Esther through the contrast between Betty and Doreen?

The narrator of the novel, Esther Greenwood is a scholarship student at a prestigious women's college entering her senior year as the novel begins, and working at an internship for Ladies Day magazine in New York City. However, she faces an...

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who is the author of this text

I would list it as GradeSaver.

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