Venturing "Across the Universe" Quiz

Answer: Girl

"Girl" helped convey to the viewer that Jude's story was about a girl that he loved. It provided a solid introduction for the movie. Jude was a shipyard worker in Liverpool, England who lived with his mother. Jude was played by Jim Sturgess.

Answer: Her boyfriend went into the army.

Lucy's boyfriend, Daniel, joined the United States Army. He was sent to boot camp. This is why Lucy was upset during "All My Loving". In the same scene, Jude's girlfriend was upset because Jude was leaving for America.

Answer: False

Jude and Max actually first met when Jude helped Max pick up papers that he had dropped. Max pointed Jude in the way of the custodian, Wes Huber, who was Jude's father.
Later on, they formally introduced themselves, after Jude let Max hide from college boys in his father's room.

Answer: "shipped them off"

This was the scene when Jude and Lucy first met. Lucy explains her version of the story of Thanksgiving to Jude while leaving her school in Max's car. After Lucy said this line, Jude turned and smiled. It was when he began to fall in love with Lucy.

Answer: I've Just Seen A Face

"I've Just Seen a Face" showed the moment when Jude fell in love with Lucy. He sang about it as Lucy, Max, and Jude enjoyed themselves at the bowling alley, right before Max and Jude left for New York City. They lived in Greenwich Village.

Answer: Detroit

This scene was composed of two funerals. One was Lucy's boyfriend's military funeral. The other was a funeral for a young boy in Detroit. This funeral contained a gospel choir. "Let it Be" marked a change from the happier songs in the beginning of "Across the Universe", to harsh reality.

Answer: Homeless Veterans

"Come Together" pieced together all the aspects of New York City at that time period. Jojo finally ended up playing guitar at Cafe Huh? and was discovered and hired by Sadie, Max and Jude's landlady, for her band. Jojo wandered through a busy street filled with businessmen and businesswomen dancing with briefcases.

He then passed through a dark scene of prostitutes with their pimp. He finally found the place he fit in, among dancing hippies and revolutionary activists.

Answer: Eddie Izzard

Max, Jude, Lucy, Sadie, Jojo, and other people traveled upstate on a bus. They arrived at a circus, where they find Prudence, a former roommate, working. Eddie Izzard is an English stand-up comedian and actor.

Answer: Yes

He was not killed, but Max was injured during the war. He was also very traumatized in Vietnam by the killing he saw all around him.

Answer: He was arrested at a protest strike.

Jude was arrested at a protest strike while trying to get to Lucy. All the other protesters were released, but Jude had no proof that his father was a U.S. citizen. He was sent back to England.