MCQs- "Edible Woman"- by Margaret Atwood- for JL/DL

MCQs- "Edible Woman"- by Margaret Atwood- for JL/DL

SET-1

1. Who is the author of "The Edible Woman"?

A) Sylvia Plath
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Toni Morrison
D) Margaret Atwood
Answer: D) Margaret Atwood

2. In what year was "The Edible Woman" first published?
A) 1972
B) 1966
C) 1969
D) 1970
Answer: C) 1969

3. What is the name of the protagonist in "The Edible Woman"?
A) Grace Marks
B) Elaine Risley
C) Marian McAlpin
D) Offred
Answer: C) Marian McAlpin

4. What does Marian do for a living at the beginning of the novel?
A) She is unemployed
B) She works in market research
C) She is a secretary
D) She is a teacher
Answer: B) She works in market research

5. Who does Marian become engaged to early in the novel?
A) Len
B) Ainsley
C) Peter
D) Duncan
Answer: C) Peter

6. What is Marian's roommate's name?
A) Allison
B) Abbey
C) Ainsley
D) Ashley
Answer: C) Ainsley

7. What does Ainsley Tewce, Marian's flatmate, do for a living?
A) Psychologist
B) Tester of electric toothbrushes
C) Typist at Seymour Surveys
D) Veterinary assistant
Answer: B) Tester of electric toothbrushes

8. Which of these is NOT a phrase featured in the Moose Beer questionnaire?
A) Makes you feel like a real man
B) Healthy, hearty taste
C) Tingly, heady, rough and ready
D) Tang of the wilderness
Answer: A) Makes you feel like a real man

9. Where does Marian hide at Len's flat?
A) Behind a chest of drawers
B) Under the bed
C) In the toilet
D) Inside a wardrobe
Answer: B) Under the bed

10. Where is Marian when she runs into Duncan for the second time?
A) At the local ravine
B) At the cinema
C) On the metro
D) At the launderette
Answer: D) At the launderette

11. What does Ainsley propose to do if she and Len might end up in Marian's room?
A) Leave a bra on the floor outside
B) Hang a tie from the bedroom doorknob
C) Put a sign up on the door
D) Write a message on the bathroom mirror with lipstick
Answer: B) Hang a tie from the bedroom doorknob

12. Which of these women is NOT one of the 'office virgins'?
A) Emmy
B) Clara
C) Millie
D) Lucy
Answer: B) Clara

13. Who are Trevor and Fish?
A) Duncan's pet dog and goldfish
B) Duncan's housemates
C) Duncan's parents
D) Duncan's imaginary friends
Answer: B) Duncan's housemates

14. Why can't Marian eat cake?
A) It feels like sea sponge
B) It makes her think of thousands of tiny lungs bursting
C) She has nightmares about being crushed by a giant cake
D) She worries it will make her fat
Answer: B) It makes her think of thousands of tiny lungs bursting

15. How does Len react to Ainsley's pregnancy announcement?
A) He slaps her
B) He pours beer over her head
C) He bursts into tears and runs away
D) He trashes the room
Answer: B) He pours beer over her head

16. What does Marian make for Peter at the end of the book?
A) A camera
B) A toy house
C) A woman made of cake
D) A knitted doll version of herself
Answer: C) A woman made of cake

17. Why does the "lady from downstairs" disapprove of Marian and Ainsley?
A) She's afraid it will affect her daughter
B) She wants them to receive promotions
C) She believes they should be having more fun
D) She's scared they will hurt themselves
Answer: A) She's afraid it will affect her daughter

18. Where does Marian meet Duncan?
A) A college class
B) A museum
C) A laundromat
D) An office party
Answer: C) A laundromat

19. What grosses Marian out at her office Christmas party?
A) Talking to the women about sex
B) Seeing the other women eat various desserts
C) Thinking about Peter and Duncan
D) Seeing the women drink copious amounts of alcohol
Answer: B) Seeing the other women eat various desserts

20. What does Duncan compare Marian to?
A) His term-paper
B) The Egyptian mummy
C) The laundromat
D) His roommates
Answer: C) The laundromat

21. Ainsley often references which field of study?
A) Biology
B) Physics
C) Psychoanalysis
D) Theology
Answer: C) Psychoanalysis

22. Where do Duncan and Marian go to have sex?
A) The laundromat
B) Marian's apartment
C) A sleazy hotel
D) Duncan's apartment
Answer: C) A sleazy hotel

23. What does Marian's red dress symbolize?
A) Virginity
B) Performative sexuality
C) Masculine stoicism
D) Consumerism
Answer: B) Performative sexuality

24. What is Marian conducting a survey for when she meets Duncan?
A) Steak
B) Rice pudding
C) Beer
D) Scotch
Answer: C) Beer

25. What is Duncan studying?
A) English
B) Physics
C) History
D) Math
Answer: A) English

26. What narrative technique uses character opposites?
A) A denoument
B) A metaphor
C) A foil
D) An allegory
Answer: C) A foil

27. How does Marian feel about Ainsley's pregnancy plan?
A) Enraged
B) Supportive
C) Disapproving
D) Vindictive
Answer: C) Disapproving

28. Which friend approves of Peter based on appearance?
A) Len
B) Clara
C) Duncan
D) Ainsley
Answer: B) Clara

29. Where do Duncan and Marian go on a date?
A) A church
B) An office
C) A museum
D) A mall
Answer: C) A museum

30. What does the switch to first-person at the end signify?
A) Makes her appear less credible
B) Reinforces Marian's reclamation of her self
C) Symbolizes her total submission to Peter
D) Separates her from the reader
Answer: B) Reinforces Marian's reclamation of her self

31. Why does Ainsley decide she needs a father for her child?
A) The lady from downstairs tells her so
B) She falls in love with Len
C) A psychologist convinces her
D) She feels lonely
Answer: C) A psychologist convinces her

32. Why does Duncan want to have sex with Marian?
A) He wants to marry her
B) He wants to figure out if anything is wrong with him
C) She asks him to
D) He loves her
Answer: B) He wants to figure out if anything is wrong with him

33. Why does Marian become upset when Duncan calls Peter's party a "masquerade"?
A) He picks a fight with Peter
B) He ignored the party theme
C) He sees she's pretending to be someone else
D) He didn't dress properly
Answer: C) He sees she's pretending to be someone else

34. How does Marian feel about Len after he comes for help with Ainsley?
A) Happy and friendly
B) Repulsed and sees him as pathetic
C) Sympathetic and attracted
D) Angry and wants to fight Ainsley
Answer: B) Repulsed and sees him as pathetic

35. What does Marian call her coworkers?
A) The office trio
B) The Seymour Surveyors
C) The office virgins
D) The virgin ladies
Answer: C) The office virgins

36. How does Peter characterize Marian?
A) "Tragically average"
B) "Marvellously normal"
C) "Abnormally normal"
D) "Wonderfully abnormal"
Answer: B) "Marvellously normal"

37. What is one of Peter's hobbies?
A) Writing poetry
B) Photography
C) Painting
D) Cooking
Answer: B) Photography

38. What atmosphere does the hospital metaphor create when Marian prepares for Peter's party?
A) Comfort
B) Institutional nature of gender roles
C) Importance of medical support
D) Coldness of hospitals
Answer: B) Institutional nature of gender roles

39. How does Ainsley get Len to have sex with her?
A) Pays him
B) Makes him marry her
C) Gets him drunk
D) Makes him dinner
Answer: C) Gets him drunk

40. Which theme does NOT appear in the novel?
A) Materialism
B) Communism
C) Feminism
D) Sexism
Answer: B) Communism

41. What does Marian do with Duncan's engagement ring?
A) Throws it in the river
B) Accepts but never wears it
C) Gives it back
D) Wears it
Answer: B) Accepts but never wears it

42. Who does Marian move in with after breaking up with Duncan?
A) Her parents
B) Her sister
C) Her friend Len
D) Her coworker Ainsley
Answer: C) Her friend Len

43. What does Marian do at the novel's end?
A) Marries Len
B) Eats an entire cake
C) Quits her job
D) Moves cities
Answer: B) Eats an entire cake

44. What does Marian's inability to eat symbolize?
A) Poverty
B) Duncan's influence
C) Rejection of societal expectations
D) Physical illness
Answer: C) Rejection of societal expectations

45. What does the cake Marian bakes represent?
A) Gift for Duncan
B) Reclaiming her identity
C) Surrender to Peter
D) Ainsley's pregnancy
Answer: B) Reclaiming her identity

46. What does the "Woman Down Below" symbolize?
A) Marian's future self
B) Society's restrictive rules
C) Freedom
D) Motherly love
Answer: B) Society's restrictive rules

47. What does Marian's red dress show?
A) Her career success
B) Her love for Duncan
C) Changing to please Peter
D) Her independence
Answer: C) Changing to please Peter

48. What theme does Ainsley's pregnancy plot explore?
A) Male dominance in law
B) Traditional vs. radical motherhood
C) Poverty in cities
D) Religious faith
Answer: B) Traditional vs. radical motherhood

49. How is Peter described?
A) "Ordinariness raised to perfection"
B) Feminist
C) Struggling artist
D) Marian's childhood friend
Answer: A) "Ordinariness raised to perfection"

50. Why is Duncan important to Marian?
A) Gets her a job
B) Helps her see her true self
C) Introduces her to Peter
D) Gives her money
Answer: B) Helps her see her true self

SET-2

51. Who is the author of "The Edible Woman"?

A) Virginia Woolf

B) Margaret Atwood

C) Toni Morrison

D) Sylvia Plath

Answer: B) Margaret Atwood

 

52. In what year was "The Edible Woman" first published?

A) 1966

B) 1970

C) 1969

D) 1972

Answer: B) 1969

 

53. What is the name of the protagonist in "The Edible Woman"?

A) Marian McAlpin

B) Offred

C) Grace Marks

D) Elaine Risley

Answer: A) Marian McAlpin

 

54. What does Marian do for a living at the beginning of the novel?

A) She is a teacher

B) She is a secretary

C) She works in market research

D) She is unemployed

Answer: C) She works in market research

 

55. Who does Marian become engaged to early in the novel?

A) Duncan

B) Peter

C) Len

D) Ainsley

Answer: B) Peter

 

56. What is Marian's roommate's name?

Ainsley

Ashley

Abbey

Allison

Answer: Ainsley

 

57.What does Ainsley Tewce, Marian's flatmate, do for a living?

 Tester of electric toothbrushes

 Typist at Seymour Surveys

 Veterinary assistant

 Psychologist

Answer:  Tester of electric toothbrushes

 

58.Which of these is NOT a phrase featured in the Moose Beer questionnaire?

 Healthy, hearty taste

 Tingly, heady, rough and ready

 Tang of the wilderness

 Makes you feel like a real man

Answer: Makes you feel like a real man

 

59.Marian and Peter go to visit Len Slank, an old friend of Marian's, and Ainsley comes along as well. Marian runs out of the restaurant, Peter catches up with her and they all go back to Len's flat. Where does Marian hide?

 Under the bed

 Inside a wardrobe

 In the toilet

 Behind a chest of drawers

Answer: Under the bed

 

60.Where is Marian when she runs into Duncan for the second time?

 On the metro

 At the cinema

 At the launderette

 At the local ravine

Answer: At the launderette

 

61. Ainsley is desperate to have a baby and wants Marian out of the house one night so she can have sex with Len. Marian is worried that they might end up in her room by accident, so what does Ainsley propose to do if that happens?

 Hang a tie from the bedroom doorknob

 Put a sign up on the door

 Write a message on the bathroom mirror with lipstick

 Leave a bra on the floor outside

Answer: Hang a tie from the bedroom doorknob

 

62.Which of these women is NOT one of the 'office virgins' who works with Marian at Seymour Surveys?

 Clara

 Millie

 Lucy

 Emmy

Answer: Clara

 

63.Who are Trevor and Fish?

 Duncan's parents

 Duncan's pet dog and goldfish

 Duncan's imaginary friends

 Duncan's housemates

Answer: Duncan's housemates

 

64.Marian develops a vague eating disorder as a subconscious reaction to her relationship with Peter, where she finds herself unable to eat certain foods. Why can't she eat cake?

 She has nightmares about being crushed by a giant cake.

 She worries it will make her fat.

 It makes her think of thousands of tiny lungs bursting.

 It feels like sea sponge.

Answer: It makes her think of thousands of tiny lungs bursting.

 

65.Ainsley announces at Marian and Peter's engagement party that she is having Len's baby. How does he react?

 He pours beer over her head.

 He bursts into tears and runs away.

 He slaps her.

 He trashes the room.

Answer: He pours beer over her head.

 

66.What does Marian make for Peter at the end of the book?

 A toy house

 A knitted doll version of herself

 A camera

 A woman made of cake

Answer: A woman made of cake

 

67.Why does the "lady from downstairs" disapprove of Marian and Ainsley's behavior?

She's scared they will hurt themselves

She wants them to receive promotions

She believes they should be having more fun

She's afraid it will affect her daughter

Answer: She's afraid it will affect her daughter

 

68.Where does Marian meet Duncan?

A laundromat

An office party

A college class

A museum

Answer: A laundromat

 

69.What grosses Marian out at her office Christmas party?

Seeing the women drink copious amounts of alcohol

Seeing the other women eat various desserts

Thinking about Peter and Duncan

Talking to the women about sex

Answer: Seeing the other women eat various desserts

 

70.What does Duncan compare Marian to?

The Egyptian mummy

His roommates

The laundromat

His term-paper

Answer: The laundromat

 

71.Ainsley often references which field of study?

Physics

Theology

Psychoanalysis

Biology

Answer: Psychoanalysis

 

72.Where do Duncan and Marian go to have sex?

Marian's apartment

A sleazy hotel

Duncan's apartment

The laundromat

Answer: A sleazy hotel

 

73.What does Marian's red dress that she wears to Peter's party symbolize?

Masculine stoicism

Consumerism

Virginity

Performative sexuality

Answer: Performative sexuality

 

74.What is Marian conducting a survey for when she meets Duncan?

Rice pudding

Scotch

Steak

Beer

Answer: Beer

 

75.What is Duncan studying?

Physics

History

Math

English

Answer: English

 

76.Many of the characters are opposites of each other. What is this narrative technique called?

A metaphor

An allegory

A foil

A denoument

Answer: A foil

 

77.What word best describes Marian's attitude towards Ainsley's plan to get pregnant?

Vindictive

Supportive

Enraged

Disapproving

Answer: Disapproving

 

78.Which of Marian's friends approves of Peter based on his physical appearance?

Len

Ainsley

Duncan

Clara

Answer: Clara

 

79.Where do Duncan and Marian go on a date?

A museum

A church

A mall

An office

Answer: A museum

 

80.What does the switch back to first-person at the end of the novel accomplish?

Separates her from the reader

Makes her appear less credible

Symbolizes her total submission to Peter

Reinforces Marian's reclamation of her self

Answer: Reinforces Marian's reclamation of her self

 

81.Why does Ainsley eventually decide she needs to find a father for her child?

She falls in love with Len

She feels lonely

A psychologist convinces her

The lady from downstairs tells her so

Answer: A psychologist convinces her

 

82.Why does Duncan want to have sex with Marian?

She asks him to

He loves her

He wants to marry her

He wants to figure out if anything is wrong with him

Answer: He wants to figure out if anything is wrong with him

 

83.Why does Marian become upset when Duncan calls Peter's party a "masquerade" after seeing her?

He is able to see that she is pretending to be someone she isn't

He hasn't dressed up properly for the party

He ignored the theme of the party and misinterpreted her costume

He picks a fight with Peter

Answer: He is able to see that she is pretending to be someone she isn't

 

84.How does Marian feel towards Len after he comes to her for help with Ainsley?

She is sympathetic and is attracted to him

She is repulsed and sees him as pathetic

She is happy and sees him as one of her best friends

She is angry and wants to fight Ainsley

Answer: She is repulsed and sees him as pathetic

 

85.What does Marian refer to her coworkers as?

The Seymour Surveryors

The virgin ladies

The office virgins

The office trio

Answer: The office virgins

 

86.What does Peter characterize Marian as?

"Wonderfully abnormal"

"Abnormally normal"

"Tragically average"

"Marvellously normal"

Answer: "Marvellously normal"

 

87.What is one of Peter's hobbies?

Photography

Cooking

Painting

Writing poetry

Answer: Photography

 

88.When Marian is getting ready for Peter's party, what kind of atmosphere does the extended metaphor of a hospital create?

It conveys a sense of comfort

It represents the institutional, invasive nature of gender roles

It reminds the reader of how cold hospitals are

It represents how important medical support is for women

Answer: It represents the institutional, invasive nature of gender roles

 

89. What does Ainsley do to make Len have sex with her?

Makes him marry her

Prepares him a nice dinner

Gets him drunk

Pays him

Answer: Gets him drunk

 

90.What is one theme that does NOT appear in the novel?

Sexism

Communism

Feminism

Materialism

Answer: Communism

 

91.What does Marian do with the ring that Duncan gives her when he proposes?

A) She accepts it and wears it

B) She accepts it but never wears it

C) She gives it back to him

D) She throws it in the river

Answer: B) She accepts it but never wears it

 

92. Who does Marian move in with after breaking up with Duncan?

A) Her friend Len

B) Her coworker Ainsley

C) Her parents

D) Her sister

Answer: A) Her friend Len

 

93. What does Marian do at the end of the novel?

A) She marries Len

B) She moves to a new city

C) She quits her job

D) She eats an entire cake

Answer: D) She eats an entire cake

 

94.What does Marian's inability to eat symbolize?

a) A physical illness

b) Her rejection of societal expectations

c) Poverty

d) Duncan's influence

Answer: b) Her rejection of societal expectations

 

95.The cake Marian bakes represents:

a) Her surrender to Peter

b) Her reclaiming control over her identity

c) A gift for Duncan

d) Ainsley's pregnancy

Answer: b) Her reclaiming control over her identity

 

96. What does the "Woman Down Below" symbolize?

a) Freedom

b) Society's restrictive rules

c) Marian's future self

d) Motherly love

Answer: b) Society's restrictive rules

 

97. Marian's red dress at Peter's party shows:

a) Her independence

b) How she changes to please Peter

c) Her love for Duncan

d) Her career success

Answer: b) How she changes to please Peter

 

98.What theme does Ainsley's pregnancy plot explore?

a) Traditional vs. radical motherhood

b) Poverty in cities

c) Male dominance in law

d) Religious faith

Answer: a) Traditional vs. radical motherhood

 

99.How is Peter described?

a) A feminist

b) "Ordinariness raised to perfection"

c) A struggling artist

d) Marian's childhood friend

Answer: b) "Ordinariness raised to perfection"

 

100.Why is Duncan important to Marian?

a) He gives her money

b) He helps her see her true self

c) He introduces her to Peter

d) He gets her a job

Answer: b) He helps her see her true self

 

101.Clara Bates represents:

a) The ideal working woman

b) The sacrifices of traditional motherhood

c) A feminist activist

d) Peter's ex-girlfriend

Answer: b) The sacrifices of traditional motherhood

 

102.What does Fish (Fischer Smythe) represent?

a) Marian's lost opportunities

b) A father figure for Ainsley's child

c) Peter's rival

d) Duncan's enemy

Answer: b) A father figure for Ainsley's child

 

103.Len Shank is characterized as:

a) A devoted husband

b) A womanizer who targets young girls

c) Marian's brother

d) A feminist

Answer: b) A womanizer who targets young girls

 

104.Where do Marian and Duncan first kiss?

a) At Peter's party

b) In a laundromat

c) At a hotel

d) During the beer survey

Answer: b) In a laundromat

 

105.Who hangs a collection of weapons in his bedroom: "two rifles, a pistol, and several wicked-looking knives."

a) Peter

b) Duncan

c) Marian

d) Len

Answer: a) Peter

 

106.How does the novel's narration change in Part Two?

a) Marian stops speaking entirely

b) It switches from first-person to third-person

c) Peter becomes the narrator

d) It includes letters from Clara

Answer: b) It switches from first-person to third-person

 

107.How does Marian first meet Duncan?

a) At a party

b) During a survey for her job

c) Through her roommate Ainsley

d) At Peter’s apartment

Answer: b) During a survey for her job

 

108.Why does Ainsley want to get pregnant?

a) To force Len Shank to marry her

b) To raise a child alone without marriage

c) To please Marian

d) To make Peter jealous

Answer: b) To raise a child alone without marriage

 

109.Why does Peter propose to Marian?

a) Because he truly loves her

b) Because his last bachelor friend got married

c) Because Duncan told him to

d) Because Ainsley pressured him

Answer: b) Because his last bachelor friend got married

 

110.What is the name of last bachelor friend of Peter to get married?

a) Len

b) Joe Bates

c) Duncan

d) Trigger

Answer: d) Trigger

 

111.What does Marian bake at the end of the novel?

a) Bread

b) A cake shaped like a woman

c) Cookies for Peter

d) A pie for Duncan

Answer: b) A cake shaped like a woman

 

112.What does Marian do with the cake-woman she bakes?

a) Gives it to Peter

b) Eats it herself

c) Throws it away

d) Serves it at the party

Answer: b) Eats it herself

 

113.What does Ainsley do by the end of the novel?

a) Remains single and independent

b) Marries Fischer Smythe

c) Moves abroad

d) Becomes Marian’s enemy

Answer: b) Marries Fischer Smythe

 

114.What does Marian struggle with as the story progresses?

a) Eating food

b) Finding a job

c) Traveling abroad

d) Writing a book

Answer: a) Eating food

 

115.What does Ainsley want at the beginning of the novel?

a) To marry Len Shank

b) To have a baby without marriage

c) To become a lawyer

d) To move abroad

Answer: b) To have a baby without marriage

 

116.Why does Peter propose to Marian?

a) Because he truly loves her

b) Because his last bachelor friend got married

c) Because Ainsley pressured him

d) Because Duncan told him to

Answer: b) Because his last bachelor friend got married

 

117.What does Marian bake at the end of the novel?

a) Bread

b) A cake shaped like a woman

c) Cookies for Peter

d) A pie for Duncan

Answer: b) A cake shaped like a woman

 

118.How does Joe Bates view women?

a) As equals to men

b) As needing protection, not education

c) As superior to men

d) As unimportant

Answer: b) As needing protection, not education

 

119.What does the "Woman Down Below" symbolize?

a) Freedom and rebellion

b) Society’s strict rules

c) Marian’s future career

d) Ainsley’s independence

Answer: b) Society’s strict rules

 

120.What happens to Ainsley by the end of the novel?

a) She remains single and independent

b) She marries Fischer Smythe

c) She becomes a lawyer

d) She moves away

Answer: b) She marries Fischer Smythe

 

121.How does Marian describe Duncan’s appearance?

a) Handsome and athletic

b) "Cadaverously thin" with "obstinately melancholy" eyes

c) Businesslike and polished

d) Boyish and cheerful

Answer: b) "Cadaverously thin" with "obstinately melancholy" eyes

 

122.Ainsley Tewce’s initial stance on marriage and motherhood is:

a) Traditional and conservative

b) Radical, rejecting marriage but wanting a child

c) Indifferent and carefree

d) Desperate to marry Len Shank

Answer: b) Radical, rejecting marriage but wanting a child

 

123.By the end of the novel, Ainsley’s views shift to:

a) Complete independence from men

b) Believing a child needs a father and marrying Fischer Smythe

c) Rejecting motherhood entirely

d) Becoming a strict traditionalist like Clara

Answer: b) Believing a child needs a father and marrying Fischer Smythe

 

124.Peter Wollander’s proposal to Marian is motivated by:

a) Deep emotional love

b) Social pressure after his last bachelor friend marries

c) Ainsley’s influence

d) Duncan’s manipulation

Answer: b) Social pressure after his last bachelor friend marries

 

125.The "Office Virgins" (Millie, Lucy, and Emmy) represent:

a) Progressive feminists

b) Traditional views on virginity and marriage in the 1960s

c) Career-driven women rejecting marriage

d) Marian’s future aspirations

Answer: b) Traditional views on virginity and marriage in the 1960s

 

126. Marian’s inability to eat represents:

a) A physical illness

b) Her loss of identity and rebellion against societal roles

c) Ainsley’s influence on her diet

d) Duncan’s manipulation

Answer: b) Her loss of identity and rebellion against societal roles