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Oryx and Crake Part II Trivia Quiz

A quiz on the second part of the novel "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood.

A multiple-choice quiz by Sarah606. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Sarah606

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
171,340

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
437

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the college that Jimmy attended? Hint

Martha Stewart

Martha Washington

Martha Graham

Martha's Vineyard

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Question 2 of 10

2. Crake attended Watson-Crick for college.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. What are "The Children of Oryx"? Hint

animals

babies

dolls

little girls

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Question 4 of 10

4. When Jimmy goes to visit Crake at college, what does Crake tell Jimmy that HelthWyzer is working on creating? Hint

a new bomb

cloning chickens

wolvedogs

diseases

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where does Snowman hide from the tornado? Hint

a dead person's house

dome

gatehouse

mall

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the name of the first company where Jimmy worked after college? Hint

AnooYou

RejoovenEsense

HelthWyzer

MaddAddam

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did Jimmy think the Paradice Dome was the first time he saw it? Hint

a movie theatre

a football stadium

a zoo

a skating rink

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did Crake say was the secret side effect of BlyssPluss? Hint

green eyes

blindness

sterilization

immortality

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does JUVE stand for? Hint

Jimmy's Ultra-Violence Experiment

Just Ultra-Violence Extermination

Jetspeed Ultra Virus Extraordinary

Junior Ultra-Violet Exploration

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who gave Jimmy the nickname "Snowman"? Hint

Abraham Lincoln

Crake

Jimmy

Oryx

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the college that Jimmy attended?

Answer: Martha Graham

Jimmy/Snowman attended Martha Graham, which was named after the dancer. It was a run down arts college.

2. Crake attended Watson-Crick for college.

Answer: True

Watson-Crick was where Crake went. It was for the best minds.

3. What are "The Children of Oryx"?

Answer: animals

The Children of Oryx are animals, and the "humans" or humanoids are the Children of Crake. That is how Snowman explained it to the Crakepeople.

4. When Jimmy goes to visit Crake at college, what does Crake tell Jimmy that HelthWyzer is working on creating?

Answer: diseases

HelthWyzer has been so effective at curing diseases that they have to create new diseases to stay in business. Crake believes his father was killed because he knew about this.

5. Where does Snowman hide from the tornado?

Answer: gatehouse

Snowman hides in the gatehouse from the twister, and later from the pigoons.

6. What was the name of the first company where Jimmy worked after college?

Answer: AnooYou

Jimmy got a job writing copy for a company called AnooYou. Later he went to work with Crake at RejoovenEsense.

7. What did Jimmy think the Paradice Dome was the first time he saw it?

Answer: a skating rink

Jimmy thought the dome was a skating rink.

8. What did Crake say was the secret side effect of BlyssPluss?

Answer: sterilization

He told Jimmy that you could have all of the sex you wanted, and would never continue to overpopulate. HelthWyzer had developed a drug to reverse the sterilization if an area got too underpopulated. He did not tell Jimmy about the JUVE.

9. What does JUVE stand for?

Answer: Jetspeed Ultra Virus Extraordinary

JUVE is the virus that wiped out most of the population. Oryx had spread it around in her trips out to the Pleeblands.

10. Who gave Jimmy the nickname "Snowman"?

Answer: Jimmy

Jimmy decided to call himself Snowman when he introduced himself to the Crakers. He did not want to be Jimmy or Jim anymore.

Source: Author Sarah606

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