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Just a quick quiz on the modern classic "A Clockwork Orange" written by Anthony Burgess. It should be easy enough if you've read the book, have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by Durden89. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Durden89

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
270,398

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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880

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the first chapter we meet the main character Alex, and his three friends (or droogs as he calls them). What are the names of his three friends? Hint

Pete, Daniel and John

John, Dim and Simon

Georgie, Pete and Dim

Simon, Georgie and Dim

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where does Alex live? Hint

In a terrace house with Pete

In a homeless shelter

In a flat with his parents

In his own flat

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which event leads to Alex being arrested? Hint

He rapes a girl he met in the Korova Milkbar

He breaks into a house and hits the owner with a statue

He shoots Georgie as revenge for his betraying him

He breaks into a bank

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Question 4 of 10

4. Part 2 starts with Alex in jail, being sentenced for fourteen years. He is released after just two years by putting himself forward for treatment by the Ludovico technique.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Throughout the book, the narrator and other characters speak in their own language; what is the fictional language called? Hint

Taspat

Nadsat

Radsap

Ratsat

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Question 6 of 10

6. Alex does not see himself as a criminal. He says "I am not a common criminal, sir, and I am not unsavoury". Whom does he say this to? Hint

Big Jew

Minister of the Interior

Doctor Brodsky

Charlie

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the style of music that plays in the background of the videos that Alex is forced to watch as part of the Ludovico technique? Hint

Classical

Jazz

Punk

Pop

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Question 8 of 10

8. At the beginning of part three, Alex is unable to perform violent acts, and so is unable to defend himself when he is abducted and beaten by two policemen. Who are the two policemen? Hint

Chief Chasso and a colleague

Dim and Georgie

Georgie and Pete

Dim and Billyboy

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Question 9 of 10

9. At one point in the book, Alex jumps out of the window in an attempt to kill himself. Why? Hint

F. Alexander and his cohorts play classical music into his room

He is depressed because his parents have let his room out to a new lodger and so he has nowhere to stay

He is depressed because he cannot commit acts of violence without feeling sick

In order to get away from F. Alexander who wants to kill him in revenge for the rape and assault of his wife

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Question 10 of 10

10. Near the end of the book we find that Alex's old friend Pete has matured a lot and now has a job and a wife. Where does Pete work? Hint

State Solicitors

State Marine Insurance

Korova Milkbar

State Desert Banking

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the first chapter we meet the main character Alex, and his three friends (or droogs as he calls them). What are the names of his three friends?

Answer: Georgie, Pete and Dim

Later in the book, these same three friends betray Alex when they leave him injured for the police to find him.

2. Where does Alex live?

Answer: In a flat with his parents

Alex is still at school and lives with his parents.

3. Which event leads to Alex being arrested?

Answer: He breaks into a house and hits the owner with a statue

We later find out that the owner he hit with a statue died in hospital. At this point in the book, Alex is still only fifteen.

4. Part 2 starts with Alex in jail, being sentenced for fourteen years. He is released after just two years by putting himself forward for treatment by the Ludovico technique.

Answer: True

The Ludovico technique involves conditioning the patient (Alex) to associate violence with a nauseous feeling.

5. Throughout the book, the narrator and other characters speak in their own language; what is the fictional language called?

Answer: Nadsat

The Nadsat language is mainly Anglo-American with some Slavic words and phrases thrown in.

6. Alex does not see himself as a criminal. He says "I am not a common criminal, sir, and I am not unsavoury". Whom does he say this to?

Answer: Minister of the Interior

Alex takes offence when the Minister of the Interior refers to him as a "common criminal", despite the fact that before he was arrested he frequently committed assault and was involved in fights against rival gangs.

7. What is the style of music that plays in the background of the videos that Alex is forced to watch as part of the Ludovico technique?

Answer: Classical

Alex is a big fan of classical music, especially Ludwig van Beethoven, and so he sees it as a sin to use classical music as the soundtrack for the videos: "It's a sin, that's what it is, a filthy unforgivable sin".

8. At the beginning of part three, Alex is unable to perform violent acts, and so is unable to defend himself when he is abducted and beaten by two policemen. Who are the two policemen?

Answer: Dim and Billyboy

Dim was one of Alex's friends before he was arrested, and Billyboy was a member of a rival gang; not surprisingly Alex feels betrayed.

9. At one point in the book, Alex jumps out of the window in an attempt to kill himself. Why?

Answer: F. Alexander and his cohorts play classical music into his room

The classical music induces extreme pain and nausea in Alex and causes him to jump out of the window to get away from the sound. However, there may also be an element of self-pity involved in his decision to jump. Alex says "I creeched out to the world: 'Good-bye, good-bye, may Bog forgive you for a ruined life'".

10. Near the end of the book we find that Alex's old friend Pete has matured a lot and now has a job and a wife. Where does Pete work?

Answer: State Marine Insurance

Hearing that Pete has grown up a lot causes Alex to think about where his own life is going and what his plans for the future are.

Source: Author Durden89

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