The Sense of an Ending Quizzes

The Sense of an Ending Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Sense of an Ending?
Tony Webster

Adrian Finn

Julian Barnes

Mark Twain
2 Who narrates The Sense of an Ending?
An unnamed first-person narrator

An unnamed third-person narrator

Adrian Finn

Tony Webster
3 When was The Sense of an Ending published?
2001

1990

2011

1999
4 In what country is The Sense of an Ending set?
U.S.

Scotland

France

England
5 In what tense is The Sense of an Ending narrated?
A mix of present and past tense

Past tense

Present tense

Future tense
6 From whose point of view is the book narrated?
Adrian's

Sarah's

Tony's

Veronica's
7 What form does The Sense of an Ending take?
Novel

Stage play

Short story

Comic book
8 To which genre does The Sense of an Ending most belong?
Murder Mystery

Thriller

Children's Literature

Literary Fiction
9 What is the narrator's full first name?
Adriano

Adamson

Anthony

Antonio
10 How does the narrator begin the novel?
With an acknowledge that the content may be disturbing to younger readers

With an apology to the reader for the brevity of the book

With a list of memory fragments

With a denunciation of his parents
11 Which of the images at the opening of the novel is not something Tony actually witnessed?
Steam rising from a hot pan in a sink

A river rushing upstream

A shiny wrist

Bathwater gone cold behind a locked door
12 What does Tony claim he doesn't understand very well at the beginning of the book?
Death

Time

Emotions

Love
13 What does Tony say influences a person's perception of time?
The moon

Emotions

The weather

Suicide
14 How many boys were in Tony's group of friends before Adrian joined?
Five

Three

Two

None
15 During which decade was Tony in high school?
1960s

1980s

1970s

1990s
16 What does Old Joe Hunt teach?
History

French

Maths

English
17 What does Adrian suggest the anonymous poem the class reads is about?
Eros and Thanatos

Love and Marriage

Moral quandries

The question of suicide
18 Which answer best defines the phrase "take the piss"?
Drinking too much

Mock or make fun of something or someone

Urinating in public

Spitting in someone's face
19 Where is Tony's high school located?
Bethnal Green

Central London

Whitechapel

Central Amsterdam
20 What do the parents of Tony and his friends worry about?
That the school fees are too high

That the boys will be corrupting influences on each other

That the headmasters are too violent on the boys

That the boys will make too much money one day
21 What does Joe Hunt suggest to Adrian after he answers a question about what started WWI?
Adrian should take over his job when he retires in five years

Adrian should go back to the drawing board

Adrian should be skipped ahead a grade

Adrian needs to be held back a grade
22 Who kills himself during Tony's sixth-form year of school?
Alex

Adrian

Colin

Robson
23 What does Eros and Thanatos roughly translate to?
God and planet

Death, sex, and money

Love/sex and death

Love and sex
24 According to Adrian, what did Camus say was "the only true philosophical question"?
How much to eat

Whether to commit suicide

Whether to marry

Where you are going to sleep each night
25 Which answer best defines "riposte"?
A type of necktie knot

A clever reply to an insult

A type of stick used in fencing training

None of these

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