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Breaking The Waves Trivia Quiz

This 1996 movie stars Emily Watson in a film about the all too brief married life of Bess. This is "One of the best films ever made" according to 'The Face' magazine, so here are 10 questions to help you decide if that is true.

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

Author
zippolover

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
362,996

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
136

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Question 1 of 10

1. The movie proper starts with Bess in a wedding dress waiting for Jan, her husband to be. What form of transport is he due to arrive in? Hint

Helicopter

Tug boat

Taxi

Hovercraft

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Question 2 of 10

2. Why are the church bells not rung after the wedding of Bess and Jan? Hint

The bell ringers wanted more money.

Jan is Norwegian and they are not rung for in-comers.

The Calvinists do not believe that bells are needed.

The bells are cracked and no longer working.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Bess is a naive young woman and eager to make love. Where does she take her new husband? Hint

Into the ladies toilet

Outside in the car park

Into the beer cellar

The back seat of the wedding car

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Question 4 of 10

4. The first indication that all is not well with Bess is when she does what? Hint

Goes to bed fully dressed including her shoes

Runs naked along the beach

Prays in church and speaks in two voices

Cuts off Jan's long hair

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Question 5 of 10

5. The time comes for Jan to return to the oil rig and Bess refuses to go and see him off.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Bess falls asleep in the village phone box waiting for Jan to ring. Who answers the phone instead? Hint

Dodo

Priest

Postman

Mother

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Question 7 of 10

7. During their phone conversation, Jan informs Bess that he will return in 10 days' time and stay for one week. This seems to tip Bess over the edge. What does she do? Hint

Spends hours sitting on rocks staring out to sea

Prays to God to bring Jan home sooner

Climbs on the roof of the church

Goes to bed fully dressed including her shoes

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Question 8 of 10

8. There is an accident on the oil rig and Jan is hit on the side of the head. When he comes round after an operation, what does he ask Bess to do to keep their marriage alive? Hint

Read the stories in 'Playboy' magazine to him

Lay on the bed with him and kiss his face

Have an affair and relate the details to him

Wear sexy clothing and do a striptease

9. Dr. Richardson persuades Jan to sign the papers to commit Bess under the Mental Health Act. Bess comes to visit Jan and is taken by two policemen. Where are they heading when she runs away? Hint

Forfar

Elgin

Edinburgh

Glasgow

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Question 10 of 10

10. Bess sacrifices her life to prove her love for Jan. He proves his love for her by doing what? Hint

Jumping into the grave and being buried alive

Putting bells in the church in her name

Laying face down in church and confessing his sins

Stealing her body and giving her a burial at sea

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The movie proper starts with Bess in a wedding dress waiting for Jan, her husband to be. What form of transport is he due to arrive in?

Answer: Helicopter

Jan (Stellan Skarsg�rd) works on the oil rigs. The helicopter is delayed and Bess is getting worked up.

2. Why are the church bells not rung after the wedding of Bess and Jan?

Answer: The Calvinists do not believe that bells are needed.

There is a housing for bells on the church roof, but one of the elders of the congregation states that bells are not needed in the worship of God. Jan and his fellow oil rig workers joke that they would put bells up there one day. Bess loves the idea.

3. Bess is a naive young woman and eager to make love. Where does she take her new husband?

Answer: Into the ladies toilet

Although Jan says that he had hoped that their first time together would have been more romantic, he goes along with his eager bride's suggestion. Afterwards, he leaves her wiping blood from the hem of her wedding dress and rejoins the party.

4. The first indication that all is not well with Bess is when she does what?

Answer: Prays in church and speaks in two voices

Bess prays on her knees in church. When she has her eyes open and is looking up, she is speaking to God. When she closes her eyes and speaks in a deeper voice, it is God replying.

5. The time comes for Jan to return to the oil rig and Bess refuses to go and see him off.

Answer: False

After an emotional leave taking, Bess waits till the last moment and tries to stop the helicopter leaving. After a final embrace Bess is led away by her sister-in-law, Dodo (Katrin Cartlidge).

6. Bess falls asleep in the village phone box waiting for Jan to ring. Who answers the phone instead?

Answer: Priest

Jan is late phoning because the second shift is late arriving. The priest hears the phone ringing and answers it. He wakes Bess and she and Jan keep their marriage alive my talking intimately.

7. During their phone conversation, Jan informs Bess that he will return in 10 days' time and stay for one week. This seems to tip Bess over the edge. What does she do?

Answer: Prays to God to bring Jan home sooner

During her conversation with God, Bess says that she loves Jan and cannot wait for him to return. Dodo is concerned for Bess and tries to help her, but Bess can only think about her husband.

8. There is an accident on the oil rig and Jan is hit on the side of the head. When he comes round after an operation, what does he ask Bess to do to keep their marriage alive?

Answer: Have an affair and relate the details to him

At first Bess is horrified, but after a conversation with God, she believes that what Jan has asked comes under the heading of honouring her husband. Her first attempt to comply with Jan's request is an unsuccessful attempt to seduce his doctor (Adrian Rawlins). Next she meets a stranger on the bus and the fumblings at the back of the bus make her physically sick, but she believes that her actions will help keep her husband alive, by proving her love to him.

9. Dr. Richardson persuades Jan to sign the papers to commit Bess under the Mental Health Act. Bess comes to visit Jan and is taken by two policemen. Where are they heading when she runs away?

Answer: Glasgow

Dr. Richardson tells Jan that due to the operations and drugs, he is not aware of his actions. In attempting to comply with his demands, Bess is descending into the state of depression that caused her hospitalisation after the death of her brother, Sam, Dodo's husband. Before signing the papers, Jan asks if he will ever see Bess again and is told probably not, as they will be sending her to Glasgow.

10. Bess sacrifices her life to prove her love for Jan. He proves his love for her by doing what?

Answer: Stealing her body and giving her a burial at sea

Bess asks Dodo to pray for God to cure Jan so that he will get up from his bed and walk, before she goes off to what she knows could be her final act. Bess dies and Jan recovers in time to replace her body in the coffin with sand. By doing that he prevents her being sent to hell by the Calvanist priest and elders.

In the final scene of the movie, Jan and his colleagues are seen standing on the ship's deck under a set of ringing church bells.

Source: Author zippolover

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