The Sense of an Ending Quizzes

The Sense of an Ending Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Sense of an Ending?
Julian Barnes

Adrian Finn

Mark Twain

Tony Webster
2 Who narrates The Sense of an Ending?
An unnamed first-person narrator

Adrian Finn

Tony Webster

An unnamed third-person narrator
3 When was The Sense of an Ending published?
2001

1999

1990

2011
4 In what country is The Sense of an Ending set?
England

France

U.S.

Scotland
5 In what tense is The Sense of an Ending narrated?
Future tense

A mix of present and past tense

Past tense

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

Tony's

Adrian's

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

Short story

Stage play

Comic book
8 To which genre does The Sense of an Ending most belong?
Literary Fiction

Murder Mystery

Children's Literature

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

Anthony

Adamson

Antonio
10 How does the narrator begin the novel?
With a denunciation of his parents

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

With an acknowledge that the content may be disturbing to younger readers

With a list of memory fragments
11 Which of the images at the opening of the novel is not something Tony actually witnessed?
Bathwater gone cold behind a locked door

Steam rising from a hot pan in a sink

A shiny wrist

A river rushing upstream
12 What does Tony claim he doesn't understand very well at the beginning of the book?
Emotions

Time

Love

Death
13 What does Tony say influences a person's perception of time?
Suicide

The weather

The moon

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

None

Two

Three
15 During which decade was Tony in high school?
1980s

1990s

1960s

1970s
16 What does Old Joe Hunt teach?
History

English

Maths

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

Love and Marriage

Eros and Thanatos

Moral quandries
18 Which answer best defines the phrase "take the piss"?
Urinating in public

Spitting in someone's face

Drinking too much

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

Bethnal Green

Whitechapel

Central Amsterdam
20 What do the parents of Tony and his friends worry about?
That the boys will make too much money one day

That the headmasters are too violent on the boys

That the boys will be corrupting influences on each other

That the school fees are too high
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 be skipped ahead a grade

Adrian needs to be held back a grade

Adrian should go back to the drawing board
22 Who kills himself during Tony's sixth-form year of school?
Adrian

Robson

Alex

Colin
23 What does Eros and Thanatos roughly translate to?
Love/sex and death

God and planet

Love and sex

Death, sex, and money
24 According to Adrian, what did Camus say was "the only true philosophical question"?
Whether to commit suicide

Where you are going to sleep each night

Whether to marry

How much to eat
25 Which answer best defines "riposte"?
A clever reply to an insult

A type of stick used in fencing training

A type of necktie knot

None of these

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