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Quiz about Margaret Atwoods Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake" Quiz

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.

A multiple-choice quiz by cannedcorn. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
cannedcorn

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
150,344

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
18 / 25

Plays
669

Last 3 plays: Guest 216 (22/25), Guest 174 (19/25), Guest 108 (9/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. What is Snowman's given name? Hint

Todd

Donald

Jimmy

Jeremy

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Question 2 of 25

2. What is a rakunk? Hint

a vegetable

a mineral

a weapon

an animal

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Question 3 of 25

3. What colour eyes do the Crakers have? Hint

Green

Brown

Blue

Hazel

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Question 4 of 25

4. Crake's given name is Glenn. Whom does Atwood imply he is named after? Hint

Glenn Gould

Glenn Carruthers

John Glenn

Glenn Scarpelli

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Question 5 of 25

5. Snowman briefly has an activist roommate while attending university. She was a member of which group? Hint

Greenpeace

God's Gardeners

Ecology Action

Heaven's Horticulturalists

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Question 6 of 25

6. What is the name of the highschool where Crake and Snowman first meet? Hint

Monsanto High

BeWell High

KromoKids Collegiate Institute

HelthWyzer High

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Question 7 of 25

7. What is a crake? Hint

an Australian bird

a South American reptile

a Eurasian mammal

an African insect

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Question 8 of 25

8. What is Snowman's Extinctathon codename? Hint

Thickney

Crake

Oryx

Tapir

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Question 9 of 25

9. How did Oryx leave her family as a child? Hint

She didn't leave home as a child

She was sold into a kiddie porn ring

She was sold to a man to sell flowers in the street

She ran away

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Question 10 of 25

10. What are pigoons used for prior to the collapse of civilization? Hint

Pets

Meat

Harvesting organs

Farm Work

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Question 11 of 25

11. What is the name of the university Crake attends? Hint

Watson-Crick

Cuvier

Darwin

Harvard

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Question 12 of 25

12. What did Jimmy name his pet rakunk? Hint

Killer

Cutie-Pie

Bandit

Teeth

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Question 13 of 25

13. In Junior High, Jimmy insults people by calling them a "Cork-nut." This is a term meaning almond, used by Alex, a talking animal. Alex is a real animal. What kind of animal is he? Hint

a chimpanzee

a gorilla

a dolphin

a parrot

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Question 14 of 25

14. What are the Pleeblands? Hint

Worker Compounds

Free Cities

Refugee Camps

Shopping Malls

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Question 15 of 25

15. A disease brings about the collapse of civilization. How does this disease initially get released into the population? Hint

through genetically altered pollen

by the approach of a near-earth comet

through tainted meat

in BlyssPlus pills

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Question 16 of 25

16. Is Snowman the last "real" human being on Earth?

Yes

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Question 17 of 25

17. What are caecotropes? Hint

genetically modified animals

Industrially created rocks that release water into the environment

genetically modified plants

partially digested feces, reingested to get full nutrients from food

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Question 18 of 25

18. What is the security force called?

Answer: (one word - short for Corporate Security Corps)

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Question 19 of 25

19. How does Jimmy's mother die? Hint

from the haemoragic fever

executed for being a revolutionary

she doesn't die

mauled by a wolvog

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Question 20 of 25

20. In the language of this book, who might be called a neurotypical? Hint

someone who isn't genetically enhanced

someone who doesn' t take mind-altering drugs

someone who is sane

someone who is not a genius

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Question 21 of 25

21. What do the Crakers bring Snowman once a week? Hint

a ceremonial object

a cooked fish

a basket of fruit

a Craker woman who is in heat

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Question 22 of 25

22. What do the Crakers believe Snowman uses to talk to Crake? Hint

his beer bottles

a telephone

his watch

a walkman

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Question 23 of 25

23. What is Oryx's job at Paradice? Hint

a prostitute

to market BlyssPlus pills

to research genetic mutations

to teach the Crakers how to survive

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Question 24 of 25

24. What experimental food product horrifies Jimmy while he visits Watson-Crick? Hint

PorkyPops

BeefieBytes

ChickieNobs

pigoons

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Question 25 of 25

25. What is remarkable about the rabbits that appear in this book? Hint

They are ten feet tall

They cast a green glow

They ruthlessly attack people

They have wings

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Snowman's given name?

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.

2. What is a rakunk?

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.

3. What colour eyes do the Crakers have?

Answer: Green

Crake liked green eyes.

4. Crake's given name is Glenn. Whom does Atwood imply he is named after?

Answer: Glenn Gould

Crake mentions that he is named after "some pianist."

5. Snowman briefly has an activist roommate while attending university. She was a member of which group?

Answer: God's Gardeners

"God's Gardeners" is a revolutionary group of environmentalists and animal activists.

6. What is the name of the highschool where Crake and Snowman first meet?

Answer: HelthWyzer High

HelthWyzer High is the school for children of HelthWyzer employees.

7. What is a crake?

Answer: an Australian bird

Glenn chooses the red-necked crake as his handle on the internet gaming site Extinctathon, all about extinct animals.

8. What is Snowman's Extinctathon codename?

Answer: Thickney

A thickney is also an Australian bird. Snowman also uses this name at the end of the book while working with Crake at Paradice.

9. How did Oryx leave her family as a child?

Answer: She was sold to a man to sell flowers in the street

She was later sold into kiddie porn. Crake and Jimmy saw her on an internet site and this seems to affect both of them quite a bit.

10. What are pigoons used for prior to the collapse of civilization?

Answer: Harvesting organs

Pigoons carry several human genes, and are used to grow organs for transplants. Their organs can regenerate several times!

11. What is the name of the university Crake attends?

Answer: Watson-Crick

Named after the men who discovered the structure of DNA, Watson-Crick is where the most promising students attend.

12. What did Jimmy name his pet rakunk?

Answer: Killer

He had thought of calling it Bandit because of its raccoon mask, but he decided that name was too boring, especially after his mother suggested it.

13. In Junior High, Jimmy insults people by calling them a "Cork-nut." This is a term meaning almond, used by Alex, a talking animal. Alex is a real animal. What kind of animal is he?

Answer: a parrot

Trained by Dr. Irene Pepperberg, Alex can name about 50 objects, knows seven colours and can count to six. Experiments teaching non-human apes to speak have been unsuccessful, mainly due to their anatomical structure - they can't make and form sounds properly. However several great apes have learned sign language.

14. What are the Pleeblands?

Answer: Free Cities

The Pleeblands are reputed to be very rough places. Those who live in the Compounds are generally afraid of the Pleeblands, in part because of the possibility of violence, but also because of the freedom they experience there.

15. A disease brings about the collapse of civilization. How does this disease initially get released into the population?

Answer: in BlyssPlus pills

Crake created the disease and introduced it into the population through his pills, which were reputed to prolong youth, provide unlimited libido and protect against STDs. He spread the pills all over the world while on a "business trip."

16. Is Snowman the last "real" human being on Earth?

Answer: No

On a wind-up radio, Snowman picks up someone on shortwave, as well as someone on CB. The novel ends with Snowman fiding three people camped farther along the beach where the Crakers live.

17. What are caecotropes?

Answer: partially digested feces, reingested to get full nutrients from food

Crake wants the Crakers to be able to find food easily, so he creates them to eat leaves and other plant material. In order to allow them to survive on such a diet, he gives them the ability to eat their own feces. He got the idea from rabbits, who also eat caecotropes in order to allow them to fully digest the cellulose in their food. Snowman thinks the whole idea of eating caecotropes is disgusting.

18. What is the security force called?

Answer: CorpSeCorps

These guys are pretty tough. They not only police the compounds, but also act as a sort of secret police, keeping track of insurgents and other activists.

19. How does Jimmy's mother die?

Answer: executed for being a revolutionary

Although she's been on the lam for years, she is eventually tracked down and killed by firing squad. CorpSeCorps shows Jimmy the footage of her execution, while Crake sees the footage on the internet.

20. In the language of this book, who might be called a neurotypical?

Answer: someone who is not a genius

This is what Watson-Crick students call practically everyone. Jimmy is introduced around the university as Crake's neurotypical cousin.

21. What do the Crakers bring Snowman once a week?

Answer: a cooked fish

Snowman tells the Crakers that Crake decreed them to do this for him, but of course this still leaves Snowman hungry. He wished he had told them to bring him three fish per day.

22. What do the Crakers believe Snowman uses to talk to Crake?

Answer: his watch

Snowman's watch is broken, having no arms. He wears it simply out of habit.

23. What is Oryx's job at Paradice?

Answer: to teach the Crakers how to survive

She mostly teaches the Crakers about botany and zoology. As she puts it, "what not to eat, and what could bite."

24. What experimental food product horrifies Jimmy while he visits Watson-Crick?

Answer: ChickieNobs

ChickieNobs are chickens that only grow the most desirable chicken parts, for example drumsticks and breasts. They have no beak, eyes, or brain functions other than digestion, assimilation and growth. Once ChickieNobs go on the market, Jimmy gets over his horror and eats them quite frequently.

25. What is remarkable about the rabbits that appear in this book?

Answer: They cast a green glow

They possess a jellyfish gene which causes them to glow.

Source: Author cannedcorn

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