The Transcription quiz: 16 questions by Debbie T

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16 question quiz from the novel Transcription by Kate Atkinson

Juliet complains that people often misuse which figurative language?

metaphors
puns
personification

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What is the line from Shakespeare that bothers her?

"But soft, what light from yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
"Something's rotten in the state of England" (Denmark).
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
"Wherefore art thou Romeo?"

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What is Juliet's "spy name"?

Ivy Wilson
Phillipa Horrocks
Lily Vanderkamp
Iris Carter-Jenkins

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Juliet especially hates figurative language dealing with which body part?

ears
hands
eyes
mouth

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What is the code phrase that lets Juliet know someone she meets is on her side?

All we can do is try our best.
Can I tempt you?
Have we met before?
A penny for your thoughts.

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What kind of ring does Perry present to Juliet for their engagement?

ruby
diamond
sapphire
none

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What sinister noise does Juliet keep hearing behind her when she thinks she's being pursued in 1950?

scuffling leaves
a tapping
panting
clumping footsteps

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Where does Juliet find Trude years later?

in a hospital
in a nursing home
in a diner
in her own living room

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What is being transcribed by Juliet?

coded notes from higher ups in the British navy
memos from Roosevelt to Churchill
radio messages intercepted from the Nazis
information British people are trying to get to the Nazis

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Who poses as a Gestapo agent?

Peregrine Gibbons
Juliet Armstrong
Godfrey Toby
Oliver Alleyne

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Whose funeral does Juliet attend first?

Beatrice Dodds
Joan Timpson
Clarissa Scaife
Cyril Forbes

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What does Juliet agree to do after the War?

keep a "safe house" for people escaping from the Communists
transcribe spies' notes while "working" at the BBC
spy on Communists
marry Perry and provide him with a cover for his secret life

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What does everyone call Godfrey Toby behind his back?

The Great Mystery
Toby Jug
The Great Enigma
The Master Spy

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Who is sending Juliet messages saying "You will pay for what you did" and why? Spoiler Alert

Minerva Scaife because Juliet helped with her mother's arrest
Chester Vanderkamp because Juliet helped with his arrest
Dolly because Juliet thought she had killed her
Nelly Varga because her dog left in Juliet's care had died

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How does Juliet die in 1981?

hit by a car
of natural causes
one of the people she had spied on murdered her
she killed herself in Ravello

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What are the last words Juliet hears?

Nothing matters and that is a freedom
Good night children, everywhere
It's all right
It's easy to get lost in the fog

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