This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Bell Jar – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Bell Jar Quiz 2 (43 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where does Esther wake up after her suicide attempt? A) In her mom's room. B) In a hospital. C) In her bedroom. D) In the bathtub. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a hospital. 2. What are the scars on Valerie's head from? (Valerie is Esther's new friend) A) Lobotomy. B) A fight. C) Birthmark. D) Shock treatments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lobotomy. 3. What does Esther immediately identify about the blind date Doreen set her up with? His name is Marco. A) That he has negative rizz. B) That he is dangrous. C) That he is a nice guy. D) That he hates women. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That he hates women. 4. What happens when Mr. Willard tells Esther he wants her to be his daughter (marry Buddy) A) She cries, and he confuses them for tears of joy. B) She cries, and he forces her to say she will agree to marry him. C) She cries, and thanks him for being the father she misses. D) She laughs, and says she will never marry anyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She cries, and he confuses them for tears of joy. 5. What year is it? A) 1951. B) 1963. C) 1953. D) 1961. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1953. 6. Where were the twelve people staying at the hotel? A) Different floors. B) Same wing on the same floor. C) Different wings. D) Different hotels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Same wing on the same floor. 7. What is special about the hotel? A) It is very expensive. B) It is only for women. C) It is very cheap. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is only for women. 8. Which character is a captivating fiction contest winner from the Southern United States? A) Gladys. B) Betsy. C) Doreen. D) Hilda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doreen. 9. What did Doreen advise the protagonist about getting assignments in by a deadline? A) To not worry about it. B) To submit them early. C) To ask for an extension. D) To do them last minute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To not worry about it. 10. Where does Doreen take Esther on their last night in NYC? A) To a show at a jazz club. B) To a movie. C) To a Broadway show. D) To a dance at a country club. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To a dance at a country club. 11. What happens to Esther at the end of chapter 10? A) She checks herself into a mental hospital. B) She starts driving to visit Buddy to win him back. C) She asks for sleeping pills, but gets a psychiatric referral. D) She starts driving back to NYC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She asks for sleeping pills, but gets a psychiatric referral. 12. While she is flirting with the sailor, who does Esther thinks she sees? A) Jay Cee. B) Buddy Willard. C) Doreen. D) Mrs. Willard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mrs. Willard. 13. Why didn't Esther like having her mother visit her? A) She always comments on Esther's appearance. B) Her mom always talks with the doctors about what's best for Esther. C) Her mom always asks what she did wrong?. D) Her mom berates her for feeling this way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her mom always asks what she did wrong?. 14. Who is a New York City disc jockey who dresses like a cowboy? A) Lenny Shepherd. B) Constantin. C) Frankie. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lenny Shepherd. 15. Esther begins writing a novel, why does she stop? A) Because she doesn't think it's good writing. B) Because she knows she won't make any money. C) Because she is a procrastinator. D) Because she doesn't have enough life experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because she doesn't have enough life experiences. 16. What intrusive thought does Esther have that scares her? A) Her skiing accident. B) Strangling her mom while she slept. C) Visions of her father. D) Her mother dying in a car accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strangling her mom while she slept. 17. Who is the only girl working at themagazine who does not get sick? A) Betsy. B) Doreen. C) Esther. D) Emily Ann. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doreen. 18. What good news does Dr. Nolan give Esther? A) That she doesn't have to have visitors anymore. B) That her mother can visit anytime she wants now. C) That she can go on a vacation. D) That she is progressing in her treatment quicker than expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That she doesn't have to have visitors anymore. 19. As they drive across the bridge to her new hospital, what do her brother and mother do? A) Hold the doors so she doesn't jump out of the moving car. B) Hug her and tell her how much they care for her. C) Accuse her of doing this for attention. D) They give her the silent treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hold the doors so she doesn't jump out of the moving car. 20. What does Buddy take Esther to do? A) To a show. B) Ski. C) Ice skate. D) To the movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ski. 21. Who is introduced to Esther by Mrs. Willard? A) Socrates. B) Will. C) Attila. D) Constantin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constantin. 22. What does Dr. Nolan tell Esther about shock treatments A) That they don't help at all. B) That they were previously done wrong. C) That they are necessary to her improvement. D) That they are inhumane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That they were previously done wrong. 23. Which best describes Esther's friend Doreen? A) Rebellious and independent. B) Rude and obnoxious. C) Traditional and conservative. D) Diligent and nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebellious and independent. 24. What ruins Esther's plans to lay in bed all day before going to the park? A) Her boss calls her into the office. B) She has to take care of Doreen, who is drunk. C) She has to write a letter home to her father. D) She has to finish her chemistry homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her boss calls her into the office. 25. Where does the narrator really come from? A) Baltimore. B) Boston. C) Chicago. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boston. 26. Why does Mr Manzi like Esther so much? A) He believes she has a purely intellectual interest in science. B) He believes she has the skills and talent to be a successful science major. C) She asks interesting questions during his lectures. D) She always earns A's in his courses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He believes she has a purely intellectual interest in science. 27. Which character becomes a model for Ladies' Day? A) Esther's Grandfather. B) Betsy. C) Joan Gilling. D) Elly Higginbottom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Betsy. 28. What does the Ladies' Day magazine staff send to the girls as gifts? A) Copies of the magazine. B) Cookbooks. C) Soup. D) Books of short stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Books of short stories. 29. What does Esther think caused her sickness? A) Dessert. B) Chicken. C) Crabmeat. D) Caviar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caviar. 30. What is Esther's mother's advice on how to get out of this depressive state? A) To continue like nothing is happening until it goes away. B) To take anti-depressants. C) To take a warm bath. D) To care and think of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To care and think of others. 31. Who is a successful novelist and Esther's wealthy benefactor? A) Socrates. B) Attila. C) Constantin. D) Philomena Guinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philomena Guinea. 32. What surprise information does Esther receive at the end of Chapter 15 A) That Dr. Nolan actually isnt' a doctor. B) That a friend from college was admitted to the same hospital. C) That her mother is sick and she has to go home to take care of her. D) That she is cured and will be allowed to go home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That a friend from college was admitted to the same hospital. 33. Where is Buddy's Sanitorium located? A) Switzerland. B) The Adirondacks. C) The Finger Lakes. D) Virginia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Adirondacks. 34. What fake name does the narrator use in page 7? A) Lenny Shepherd. B) Buddy Willard. C) Elly Higginbottom. D) Katy Gibbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elly Higginbottom. 35. Who advises Esther against witnessing a birth? A) Joan Gilling. B) Philomena Guinea. C) Mr. man. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will. 36. Why hasn't Esther taken care of herself? A) She doesn't see the point in it. B) Her mother won't let her leave the house to go shopping. C) She injured herself skiing. D) She doesn't have a home to go back to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She doesn't see the point in it. 37. What is a very evident sign that Esther's condition is worsening A) She can't read or write. B) She can't make a decision about her life. C) She is critical of others. D) She is pessimistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She can't read or write. 38. How does Esther feel about returning to Massachusetts? A) Uneasy and distressed about being back into suburban life. B) Excited and eager to see her family. C) Emotionless. D) Angry that she didn't get into hear program. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uneasy and distressed about being back into suburban life. 39. Who shows up at Esther's doorstep at the end of chapter 2? A) Doreen, who is very drunk. B) Jay Cee, who wants to talk to her about her job. C) Betsy, who is homesick and wants to talk. D) The man at the bar that she gave a fake name to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doreen, who is very drunk. 40. Who did Betsy try to save by asking her to do things together? A) Doreen. B) The protagonist. C) The TV producer. D) The Beauty Editor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The protagonist. 41. What did Doreen think about the people around her? A) Intelligent. B) Silly. C) Funny. D) Mysterious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silly. 42. What about her eyes? A) They are brown. B) They are green. C) They are grey. D) They are blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are blue. 43. What memory comes back to Esther as she gets the treatments? A) Electrocuting herself with her curling iron. B) Electrocuting herself on her fathers lamp. C) Bumping her head after falling when she was a kid. D) She doesn't remember the shock treatments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrocuting herself on her fathers lamp. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Bell Jar Quiz 1Frankenstein Mary Shelley QuizThe Awakening QuizThe Color Purple QuizThe Great Gatsby QuizThe Handmaid'S Tale QuizThe Invisible Man QuizThe Mill On The Floss Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books