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This Canadian author has been short-listed for the Booker Prize five times, winning once for 'The Blind Assassin' in 2000. She has also written 15 books of poetry!
14 Margaret Atwood quizzes and 160 Margaret Atwood trivia questions.
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  Margaret Atwood's 'Cat's Eye'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Margaret Atwood's novel 'Cat's Eye' is one of the best 'girl' books of all time. If you've read it even once you'll have no problem with this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, Morrigan716, Sep 25 14
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  'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Margaret Atwood's classic dystopia is pretty much my favourite book, and I hope you will find out some new things about it if you take this quiz. Have fun!
Average, 15 Qns, Frideswide, Oct 14 07
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  'The Handmaid's Tale' and Biblical Allusions   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood is set in a dystopian world: a totalitarian state where religion is law. References to religion and the Bible are scattered throughout. How many did you pick up on?
Average, 10 Qns, AcrylicInk, Jan 22 18
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  Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake"    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
Have you read this excellent book? This is a fairly tough quiz - if you've read "Oryx and Crake" only once, you should may not do so well.
Average, 25 Qns, cannedcorn, Jan 21 17
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  The Handmaid's Tale Multiple Choice Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I was very impressed when reading this novel of an oppressive society. The scariest part is that almost every aspect is based on something that was actually happening somewhere in the world at the time of writing. How much do you know about this book?
Average, 10 Qns, Bulm, Oct 13 05
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  The Edible Woman    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Margaret Atwood's most famous novel is 'The Handmaid's Tale', but I decided to write a quiz about another of her books that I love: her debut novel, 'The Edible Woman'.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jun 12 20
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  The Handmaid's Tale Quiz for Experts    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Standard multiple choice questions for one of the most striking books ever written.
Average, 10 Qns, c_starling, Sep 22 18
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  Cat's Eye    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the work of literature "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood.
Average, 10 Qns, MyGirl2000, Nov 05 17
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  Oryx and Crake Part I   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the first part of the novel "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood.
Average, 10 Qns, Sarah606, Feb 22 04
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  The Year of the Flood    
Multiple Choice
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"The Year of the Flood", Margaret Atwood's 2009 novel, is a companion to her earlier work "Oryx and Crake". The novel runs parallel and sometimes intertwines with the events described in "Oryx and Crake".
Average, 10 Qns, DanaanMI, May 15 10
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trivia question Quick Question
What is the name of Offred's husband, missing after they tried to escape from Gilead?

From Quiz "The Handmaid's Tale"




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  Alias, Grace    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This 1996 book by Margaret Atwood centers around the murders of two people and the murderess being evaluated by a doctor.
Average, 10 Qns, booksmart19, Aug 23 07
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  All About "Alias Grace"    
Multiple Choice
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I was surprised to see that there was only one quiz for Margaret Atwood's complex and engaging book. The text raises several worthwhile philosophical questions, but of course you'll only find factual ones here.
Average, 10 Qns, magcpen, Apr 25 09
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  The Ultimate "Penelopiad" Quiz    
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Test your knowledge on the wonderful Margaret Atwood's spin on Homer's "Odyssey".
Average, 10 Qns, kevvythefairy, Jun 04 06
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  Oryx and Crake Part II    
Multiple Choice
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A quiz on the second part of the novel "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood.
Average, 10 Qns, Sarah606, Aug 10 11
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Margaret Atwood Trivia Questions
1. What does Ainsley Tewce, Marian's flatmate, do for a living?

From Quiz The Edible Woman

Answer: Tester of electric toothbrushes

Marian works for Seymour Surveys, a market research company; her job is to edit questionnaires and make them more accessible. She met Ainsley through a friend of a friend while looking for a flatmate. Ainsley has a temporary job at a toothbrush company, testing defective electric toothbrushes, but really wants to work in an art gallery, in the hope of meeting artists. She also has a psychology degree and is obsessed with having a baby.

2. In Margaret Atwood's novel "Cat's Eye", what exactly is the Cat's Eye?

From Quiz Cat's Eye

Answer: a treasured marble

In the novel, the main character, Elaine, is particularly fond of a certain blue marble with a swirl in the middle. The children often play with marbles in this piece of literature.

3. The narrators of "The Year of the Flood" are all involved with a separatist religious group known for its concern with ecology. What is the name of this group?

From Quiz The Year of the Flood

Answer: God's Gardeners

The Wolf Isaiahists are referred to several times as another religious group who tend towards terrorism. The Known Fruits are mentioned as a sect for rich Compound people. The Tree of Life is a market at which the Gardeners sell their organic produce and various crafts, such as soap.

4. What image does Grace see in her recurring reveries?

From Quiz All About "Alias Grace"

Answer: Red peonies

While the real-life author Susanna Moodie suggested that Grace Marks was haunted by the image of Nancy Montgomery's eyes, the fictionalized Grace asserts that the so-called eyes are actually flowers.

5. In what country does this story mostly take place?

From Quiz Alias, Grace

Answer: Canada

Grace is originally from Ireland, but emigrated to Canada with her parents and siblings. Her mother passed away while aboard the ship.

6. In the pre-Gilead days, what was Offred's real name?

From Quiz The Handmaid's Tale

Answer: It's never revealed

Offred's real name is never revealed in the novel, but for the movie they gave her the name Kate. In the television series, it was June. Moira was her best friend from college.

7. What is the only food Penelope claims is eaten in the Underworld?

From Quiz The Ultimate "Penelopiad" Quiz

Answer: Asphodel

If she's not eating it, Penelope spends a majority of her time walking through the fields of white asphodel.

8. What is the name of the wife of the Commander to whom Offred is assigned?

From Quiz The Handmaid's Tale

Answer: Serena Joy

Serena Joy, the ex Gospel singer, was supposedly based on Phyllis Schlafly, a right wing activist who maintained that it was a woman's duty to stay in the home. Realising the irony of touring the country to put across this message, she made out that it was a great sacrifice for her to do so in order that other women would not need to.

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

From Quiz Oryx and Crake Part II

Answer: Martha Graham

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

10. What was Snowman's name when he was a kid?

From Quiz Oryx and Crake Part I

Answer: Jimmy

When he was liitle he was Jimmy. Later he wanted people to call him Jim.

11. What is Snowman's given name?

From Quiz Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake"

Answer: Jimmy

Snowball is the name Jimmy gives himself after the disease kills off most human beings. "Snowman" is what the Crakers call him. It is a rather ironic name, as it never snows anymore due to global warming.

12. 'The Handmaid's Tale' was written in which year?

From Quiz 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood

Answer: 1985

When writing the book, Margaret Atwood was inspired not only by the sexist reproduction policies of the Nazis and the ethics of America's Bible Belt, but also the shocking tactics used in Ceaucescu's Romania to increase the birth rate. She kept a folder of news clippings throughout the early 1980s in order to give her book a genuine grounding in real-life issues.

13. In what country does most of the story take place?

From Quiz Margaret Atwood's 'Cat's Eye'

Answer: Canada

Mostly in Toronto.

14. The story opened with Offred recalling her time in an old converted school, where women slept on army cots in the gymnasium. There were male guards outside. What was the name of their rank?

From Quiz 'The Handmaid's Tale' and Biblical Allusions

Answer: Angels

The Angels were not allowed into the women's areas unless they were called. They faced outwards and they never looked at the women. In the Bible, angels are messengers, like Gabriel who told Mary that she would give birth to Jesus. They also bring destruction. In Genesis 19, angels were sent to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. The school was renamed the Rachel and Leah Re-education Center, and was where women learned how to be handmaids.

15. Where did the main character, Elaine Risley, live during her childhood and teenage years in the story "Cat's Eye"?

From Quiz Cat's Eye

Answer: Toronto, Canada

The protagonist, Elaine Risley, is a nearly fifty year old painter who lives in Toronto, Canada during her childhood and teenage years. The novel describes the city of Toronto during the 1940s and 1950s and then shows how this city had changed by the 1980's.

16. The title of the book is a reference to a Gardener religious creed, the Waterless Flood. The Flood is to destroy humankind a second time, as the flood did in Genesis. What does the nature of the Waterless Flood turn out to be?

From Quiz The Year of the Flood

Answer: A pandemic

The pandemic, a hemorrhagic virus, was engineered by Crake of "Oryx and Crake", who is a minor character in "The Year of the Flood". It kills the vast majority of the human race, leaving only a few survivors who, for one reason or another, have an immunity.

17. What alias does Grace use when she flees from the scene of the murder?

From Quiz All About "Alias Grace"

Answer: Mary Whitney

Grace recounts that she chose the name in the belief that the real Mary Whitney, a deceased friend, would have wanted her to use it. Jordan, Parkinson, and Kinnear are the surnames of other characters in the book.

18. What was wrong with Mary Whitney that eventually caused her death?

From Quiz Alias, Grace

Answer: she was pregnant

Grace found Mary dead the morning after she saw the doctor. When she didn't open the window, Mary's spirit soared inside her as we found out later. This was supposedly why Grace could not recall short periods of time during the murders.

19. How did Offred's predecessor die?

From Quiz The Handmaid's Tale

Answer: She killed herself

It is revealed that the previous Offred had hung herself in her room.

20. What nickname did Penelope's family give her?

From Quiz The Ultimate "Penelopiad" Quiz

Answer: Duck

Her father, King Icarius of Sparta, had her thrown into the sea as a child as an oracle predicted she would weave his shroud. She survived the ordeal after being brought back to the shore by ducks.

21. What is the Commander's wife's *real* name?

From Quiz The Handmaid's Tale

Answer: Pam

Offred says she read this in a biography before women were banned from reading. She remarks that the stage name 'Serena Joy' sounds like a hair product.

22. What was Crake's real name?

From Quiz Oryx and Crake Part I

Answer: Glenn

His real name was Glenn. It is mentioned that he is Glenn with two N's because his father was a big music fan.

23. What is a rakunk?

From Quiz Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake"

Answer: an animal

A rakunk is a cross of a raccoon and a skunk. They were an early "create-an-animal" experiment that caught on as pets.

24. The book's title format makes an implicit reference to which famous English author?

From Quiz 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood

Answer: Chaucer

Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' include such sub-sections as 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and 'The Knight's Tale'.

25. What does the woman at the art exhibit throw on Elaine's painting 'White Gift'?

From Quiz Margaret Atwood's 'Cat's Eye'

Answer: Ink

She thought the painting was blasphemous.

26. Marian and Peter go to visit Len Slank, an old friend of Marian's, and Ainsley comes along as well. Marian runs out of the restaurant, Peter catches up with her and they all go back to Len's flat. Where does Marian hide?

From Quiz The Edible Woman

Answer: Under the bed

Len has returned from England after he ran into trouble with an underage girl. He meets Marian and Peter for a drink, as well as Ainsley, much to Marian's annoyance. Ainsley dresses and acts like a naive teenage girl in the hope of attracting Len, who she sees as a potential father for her baby. Marian runs off and Peter finds her. When they go back to Len's flat, Marian feels left out by Len and Peter's conversation about cameras and hides under a bed. The men help her out from under the bed and she leaves in a rage, but Peter catches up with her again and they have an argument. Peter drives drunkenly over someone's lawn, frightening Marian. When they get home, he proposes to her.

27. The novel describes incidents from Elaine Risley's childhood. What happens after Cordelia throws Risley's hat into the ravine?

From Quiz Cat's Eye

Answer: Risley has a vision of the Virgin Mary

Elaine Risley lies soaking wet after going after the hat that Cordelia has thrown into the ravine. She has a vision of the Virgin Mary, which later changes her thoughts about life.

28. The Gardeners maintain a garden on the roof of an abandoned pleebland building. What is their name for their garden?

From Quiz The Year of the Flood

Answer: Edencliff Rooftop Garden

The Garden is destroyed sometime during Year 21 (that is, four years before the Flood) by the powerful CorpSeCorps, at the same time God's Gardeners is classified as a terrorist organization and banned.

29. Where does Grace's mother die?

From Quiz All About "Alias Grace"

Answer: At sea

Mrs. Marks dies while en route from Ireland to Canada. Grace is forever disturbed by her parent's maritime burial.

30. What was the first fruit or vegetable Dr. Jordan brought to his meetings with Grace?

From Quiz Alias, Grace

Answer: apple

He mostly brought vegetables that were grown underground because of what happened in the cellar, but this trick did not work. Grace did not make the connection.

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