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Quiz about The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Quiz about The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath Quiz


This is my favorite book of all time. If you've read the book, most of these questions should be fairly easy.

A multiple-choice quiz by tatsiko. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
tatsiko
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
112,090
Updated
Jan 10 24
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
14 / 20
Plays
1715
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 64 (19/20), Guest 134 (13/20), Guest 110 (19/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. How did Esther end up in New York City? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. What was Doreen's nickname for Betsy? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. What was the name Esther used as an alias when she and Doreen were out with Lenny Shepherd? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. What gave all the girls food poisoning when they ate at the 'Ladies Day' kitchen? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. Where did Constantin work? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. When Esther went to visit Buddy when he was studying at the hospital, which of these things DIDN'T she see? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. What did the magazine photographer give Esther to symbolize that she wanted to be a poet? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. When Esther went out with Marco, what did he give her? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. What did Esther do with all of her fancy New York clothes? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. Did Esther get into the writing course she wanted to take?


Question 11 of 20
11. What was the name of Esther's first psychiatrist? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. Which of these severe depression symptoms, DIDN'T affect Esther? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. Before Esther tried to kill herself in her house, she wrote a note to her mother and said she was doing what? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. The final time Esther tried to commit suicide, she climbed under the breezeway, and did what? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. While in the hospital, Esther purposely broke a:

Answer: (One Word, seven years bad luck)
Question 16 of 20
16. What else did Esther break while in the psych hospital? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. Doctor Nolan never gave Esther shock treatments.


Question 18 of 20
18. What happened to Esther after she lost her virginity? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. Which one of Esther's friends committed suicide? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Esther never got out of the psych hosptial.



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 19 2024 : Guest 64: 19/20
Mar 13 2024 : Guest 134: 13/20
Mar 12 2024 : Guest 110: 19/20
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Feb 20 2024 : Guest 89: 17/20
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. How did Esther end up in New York City?

Answer: She won a magazine contest

"There were twelve of us at the hotel. We had all won a fashion magazine contest, by writing essays and stories and poems and fashion blurbs..."
2. What was Doreen's nickname for Betsy?

Answer: Pollyanna Cowgirl

Betsy was from Kansas.
3. What was the name Esther used as an alias when she and Doreen were out with Lenny Shepherd?

Answer: Elly Higginbottom

She used this alias again when she met the sailor in Boston.
4. What gave all the girls food poisoning when they ate at the 'Ladies Day' kitchen?

Answer: crabmeat

They were in the movie theater when all of them started to feel sick. Betsy and Esther kept puking in the cab on the car ride back to the hotel.
5. Where did Constantin work?

Answer: At the U.N.

He was a simultaneous interpreter at the U.N. Mrs. Willard gave him Esther's phone number in New York.
6. When Esther went to visit Buddy when he was studying at the hospital, which of these things DIDN'T she see?

Answer: an amputated limb

It was the woman giving birth that seemed to affect Esther the most.
7. What did the magazine photographer give Esther to symbolize that she wanted to be a poet?

Answer: a rose

As soon as the photograher started to take the picture, Esther broke down and cried. This is one of the first physical signs of her depression.
8. When Esther went out with Marco, what did he give her?

Answer: A diamond stickpin

When Marco attempted to have sex with her, she hit him in the nose. At this point, he asked for his stickpin back. She left him crawling around in the mud looking for it.
9. What did Esther do with all of her fancy New York clothes?

Answer: Threw them off the roof

She got rid of them all, except her cornflower bathrobe, which she traded to Betsy for a skirt and blouse. She needed that skirt and blouse, because otherwise she didn't have anything to wear for the trip home.
10. Did Esther get into the writing course she wanted to take?

Answer: no

This just added to her depressive state. She decided to write a novel and learn shorthand, but neither of those worked out.
11. What was the name of Esther's first psychiatrist?

Answer: Doctor Gordon

Doctor Gordon suggested the shock treatments. One of the only questions he ever asked her was, "What college did you say you went to?"
12. Which of these severe depression symptoms, DIDN'T affect Esther?

Answer: She couldn't talk

When she tried to write, it came out illegible, like a child's handwriting. The longest strech of insomnia for her was for a whole month. She couldn't read either, she just looked at the pictures in the newspaper.
13. Before Esther tried to kill herself in her house, she wrote a note to her mother and said she was doing what?

Answer: Going for a long walk

She even remembered to take her coat with her to try to convince her mother more. When she didn't show up that night, her mother called the police.
14. The final time Esther tried to commit suicide, she climbed under the breezeway, and did what?

Answer: Overdosed on sleeping pills

She ended up surviving, and was found by her mother a couple of days later.
15. While in the hospital, Esther purposely broke a:

Answer: mirror

Her mother said this was the reason she was transferred to the psych hospital.
16. What else did Esther break while in the psych hospital?

Answer: a thermometer

Esther kicks over a box of medical equipment. While the nurse wasn't looking, she scooped up a ball of mercury. She called it her little secret and played with it while she was in solitary.
17. Doctor Nolan never gave Esther shock treatments.

Answer: False

Doctor Nolan originally said shock treatments wouldn't have the same effect as the previous ones, which had been incorrectly administered. When Doctor Nolan did give Esther the treatments, they helped her.
18. What happened to Esther after she lost her virginity?

Answer: She hemmoraged

She began to bleed profusely after she lost her virginity. Esther went to Joan's and then to a doctor, where they stitched her up. The doctor said it was one in a million that it happened like that.
19. Which one of Esther's friends committed suicide?

Answer: Joan

Joan, who was in the same psych hospital as Esther, snuck out in the middle of the night and hung herself.
20. Esther never got out of the psych hosptial.

Answer: False

As the novel ends, Esther is going into her interview to see if she can be released. At that time, it never says if they think she is cured or not. However, the information in the novel is there to back up the fact that Esther was cured and released (regarding the makeup case she received in New York): "I use the lipsticks now and then, and last week I cut the plastic starfish off the sunglasses case for the baby to play with." Unfortunately, the bell jar must have decended upon her again because Sylvia committed suicide later in life.
Source: Author tatsiko

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