The Sense of an Ending Quizzes

The Sense of an Ending Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Sense of an Ending?
Mark Twain

Tony Webster

Adrian Finn

Julian Barnes
2 Who narrates The Sense of an Ending?
Tony Webster

Adrian Finn

An unnamed first-person narrator

An unnamed third-person narrator
3 When was The Sense of an Ending published?
2011

1999

1990

2001
4 In what country is The Sense of an Ending set?
Scotland

England

France

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

Future tense

Past tense

Present tense
6 From whose point of view is the book narrated?
Tony's

Veronica's

Sarah's

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

Short story

Comic book

Stage play
8 To which genre does The Sense of an Ending most belong?
Literary Fiction

Thriller

Children's Literature

Murder Mystery
9 What is the narrator's full first name?
Anthony

Adamson

Antonio

Adriano
10 How does the narrator begin the novel?
With a list of memory fragments

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 denunciation of his parents
11 Which of the images at the opening of the novel is not something Tony actually witnessed?
A river rushing upstream

Bathwater gone cold behind a locked door

Steam rising from a hot pan in a sink

A shiny wrist
12 What does Tony claim he doesn't understand very well at the beginning of the book?
Love

Time

Death

Emotions
13 What does Tony say influences a person's perception of time?
The weather

Emotions

The moon

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?
1990s

1970s

1960s

1980s
16 What does Old Joe Hunt teach?
French

Maths

History

English
17 What does Adrian suggest the anonymous poem the class reads is about?
The question of suicide

Eros and Thanatos

Moral quandries

Love and Marriage
18 Which answer best defines the phrase "take the piss"?
Spitting in someone's face

Urinating in public

Drinking too much

Mock or make fun of something or someone
19 Where is Tony's high school located?
Whitechapel

Bethnal Green

Central London

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 make too much money one day

That the boys will be corrupting influences on each other

That the headmasters are too violent on the boys
21 What does Joe Hunt suggest to Adrian after he answers a question about what started WWI?
Adrian should go back to the drawing board

Adrian should be skipped ahead a grade

Adrian should take over his job when he retires in five years

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

Adrian

Alex

Colin
23 What does Eros and Thanatos roughly translate to?
Death, sex, and money

Love and sex

God and planet

Love/sex and death
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 stick used in fencing training

A type of necktie knot

A clever reply to an insult

None of these

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