Trainspotting (Film) Quizzes

Trainspotting (Film) Quiz 1

1 What is the setting of the opening chase scene in Trainspotting?

A commercial area of Edinburgh

The inside of a mall in downtown Edinburgh

Greater Edinburgh - Leith

A commercial area of Glasgow
2 Who do we see fleeing the guards in the opening scene?

Renton, Spud, and Sick Boy

Sick Boy and Spud

Renton and Spud

Just Spud
3 What makes Renton stop running?

He stops to pick something up

He trips and falls

He is caught by a guard

He is hit by a car
4 Spud's performance at the soccer match first characterizes him as...

trusting

incompetent

kind-hearted

addicted to heroin
5 Renton's identical fall in the soccer match and while on heroin draws a parallel that...

suggests that heroin causes temporal confusion

implies that Renton's lack of athleticism is caused by his heroin use

compares the 'high' from heroin to getting hit in the head

helps convey the physical impact of heroin to the viewer
6 Why does Renton claim he chose not to 'choose life'?

No reasons

He is depressed

He hates society

He had a bad upbringing
7 Renton cites what as the primary reason he and his friends do heroin?

They can't break their addition

The pleasure of it

Depression

Escapism
8 Sick Boy's first lines of the film consist of...

A description of a con job

A monologue about Sean Connery's James Bond movies

A complaint about society

A description of how he will inject Allison with heroin
9 Renton's dive into the toilet to rescue his suppositories further indicates his...

his preference for suppositories over intravenous injection

his lack of fear

plans to finally quit heroin

desperate desire for the drug
10 The underwater scene "inside" the toilet is a moment of...

Surrealism

Realism

Sarcasm

Sentimentality
11 Renton helps Spud prepare for his interview in all of the following ways EXCEPT...

He gives him amphetamines

He tells him not to do so well that he actually gets the job

He quizzes him on possible questions they might ask

He tells him not to do so poorly that they tell the unemployment office that he isn't trying
12 In Begbie's story, he brags about all of the following EXCEPT...

How good he is at pool

How well he scared away another tough guy

How well he kept his calm when someone was trying to intimidate him

How kind he is to others
13 What does Begbie's version of the story reveal about his character?

He is very strong

He is very good at pool

He is very concerned with the way others view him

He has a very short temper
14 Why do we see images of both Tommy's and Begbie's version of the story, if only one actually happened?

Begbie is reenacting his story as he tells it

Because Renton is imagining both versions as they are being described

We are shown two separate incidents

Both stories had some truth to them, and we are shown only those parts
15 What does Begbie do immediately after telling his story?

He throws his glass over his shoulder, off the bar balcony

He re-enacts the story for his friends

He punches a woman in the face

He pulls out his knife
16 Renton steals from all of the following to support his drug habit EXCEPT...

Doctors

Pensioners

His friends

His parents
17 Why does the bartender later wear the same red jacket as the tourist that Renton and his friends rob?

It is implied that Renton and his friends gave it to the bartender in exchange for his not reporting them to the police

It is implied that the tourist gave it to the bartender to thank him for reporting Renton and his friends to the police

We are meant to understand that the bartender thought it looked nice and bought one himself

We are meant to understand that the tourist died and Renton and his friends gave away all of his belongings
18 What is strange about Begbie's insistence that Renton does not spend the stolen money on heroin?

Begbie's violence and theft is equally or more harmful to society than Renton's drug use

Begbie plans to use it to buy heroin himself

Begbie suddenly seems to show genuine care for his friend

Begbie just killed a man and seems to show no remorse
19 How did Baby Dawn die?

She was crushed by Renton falling down after a hit

She contracted HIV from her mother

She was neglected in her crib while her parents were on heroin

She accidentally ingested some heroin
20 Why does Renton feel like he needs to say something comforting when they find out Baby Dawn died?

He is the only one of his friends who could not be the father

He is solely responsible for her death

He knows his best friend Sick Boy is the father

He is the only one of his friends not responsible for her death
21 What is Renton's response to everyone's misery at discovering the dead baby?

He comforts Sick Boy by telling him it is not his fault

He says he will cook up another hit for everyone

He tells them to grow up and get over it

He says they should all stop using heroin
22 Renton's nightmare withdrawal sequence mostly shows things about which he feels...

frustrated

angry

guilty

ambivalent
23 When Diane visits Renton, he does all of the following EXCEPT...

Shoot up with her

Share marijuana with her

Tell her he is HIV negative

Sleep with her again
24 All of the following are true of the initial London montage EXCEPT...

It is campy and presents like a tourism video

It represents the positivity that moving to London brings to Renton's life

It provides a reminder of Renton's influence on the images in the film

It shows Renton exploring London
25 Sick Boy and Begbie's interuption of Renton's life in London draws out...

The negative influence he has on his friends

How close he is with his friends

The way his friends desperately need his help

The negative influence these two friends have on him
26 The way that Renton's friends include him in the drug deal indicates that...

They really care about his success

They are looking out for his financial interests

They intend to screw him over and rob him

They use him, and do not care about his best interests
27 For whom does Renton leave money at the very end?

His parents

Spud

Sick Boy

Begbie

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