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Happily Ever After? Trivia Quiz

Some romances start out well, but end badly. (Consider Romeo and Juliet.) Here are a few that didn't quite work out.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
21,538

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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2044

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Question 1 of 10

1. Most of the wives of Henry VIII didn't fare too well. Who was his last wife? Hint

Anne of Cleves

Anne Boleyn

Catherine Parr

Jane Seymour

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Question 2 of 10

2. Napoleon was married to Josephine - but he was not her first husband. What happened to her first husband? Hint

He was Executed

He was Forced into Exile

He Re-married

He Died in Prison

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Question 3 of 10

3. Abraham Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd may have been as difficult a relationship as any American President has had. What happened to her? Hint

She outlived all of her children

She re-married

She was institutionalized

She began a political career

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Question 4 of 10

4. Sylvia Plath, unstable poet, committed suicide. Her marriage to a fellow poet may have been less-than-ideal; who was her husband? Hint

Robert Creeley

Ted Hughes

Stephen Spender

James Lowell

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Question 5 of 10

5. This author twice broke off engagements to his girl friend, Felice, due in part to his personal problems. Hint

Franz Kafka

Jean-Paul Sartre

Albert Camus

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Question 6 of 10

6. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were the embodiment of the roaring twenties. Both, however, burned out. What happened to Zelda? Hint

She divorced Scott for another man

She took off for parts unknown

She had numerous extra-marital affairs

She died while institutionalized

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Question 7 of 10

7. Evelyn Nesbit's marriage to Harry Thaw at the start of the 20th century ended badly. Why? Hint

Thaw lost all of his money

Thaw had many public affairs

Thaw went to prison

Thaw became involved with drugs and liquor

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Question 8 of 10

8. This well-known author may have been as famous for her affair with a married man as for her popular novels and original philosophy. Hint

Ayn Rand

Joyce Maynard

Agatha Christie

Joyce Carol Oates

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Question 9 of 10

9. The lure of painting and the problems of earning a living proved fatal to Gauguin's marriage. What was his occupation? Hint

Lawyer

Carpenter

Merchant

Stockbroker

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Question 10 of 10

10. Antony and Cleopatra were legendary lovers. What happened to them? Hint

They were separated by their captors

One betrayed the other

Both committed suicide

A third party destroyed the relationship

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Most of the wives of Henry VIII didn't fare too well. Who was his last wife?

Answer: Catherine Parr

The last wife seems to have had some degree of compatibility - at least she didn't sufffer the cruel fate of many of her predecessors.

2. Napoleon was married to Josephine - but he was not her first husband. What happened to her first husband?

Answer: He was Executed

He ended on the guillotine during the Reign of Terror

3. Abraham Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd may have been as difficult a relationship as any American President has had. What happened to her?

Answer: She was institutionalized

She was declared insane - although that ruling was overturned. Clearly, she was 'eccentric'. She witnessed her husband's shooting and endured the death of several of her children. (One survived) That would shake up most people.

4. Sylvia Plath, unstable poet, committed suicide. Her marriage to a fellow poet may have been {less-than-ideal;} who was her husband?

Answer: Ted Hughes

Sad, tortured, short life.

5. This author twice broke off engagements to his girl friend, Felice, due in part to his personal problems.

Answer: Franz Kafka

Another wracked and wretched existence ...

6. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were the embodiment of the roaring twenties. Both, however, burned out. What happened to Zelda?

Answer: She died while institutionalized

Both drank heavily. He was {alcoholic;} she suffered from mental instability. She spent many years in confinement.

7. Evelyn Nesbit's marriage to Harry Thaw at the start of the 20th century ended badly. Why?

Answer: Thaw went to prison

Thaw shot and killed Nesbit's 'friend', architect Stanford White.

8. This well-known author may have been as famous for her affair with a married man as for her popular novels and original philosophy.

Answer: Ayn Rand

Rand had a notorious affairr with Nathaniel Branden. (Maynard, incidentally, had a relationship with J.D. Salinger.)

9. The lure of painting and the problems of earning a living proved fatal to Gauguin's marriage. What was his occupation?

Answer: Stockbroker

Tahiti sounds good to me.

10. Antony and Cleopatra were legendary lovers. What happened to them?

Answer: Both committed suicide

Would they have been 'legendary lovers' if there had been a happy ending?

Source: Author robert362

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