Cleopatra and Frankenstein Quiz: 20 Questions to Test Your Memory

Quiz Questions

Answer each question to the best of your ability. Questions are a mix of multiple‑choice (MC) and short‑answer (SA). Read each carefully.

Plot and Sequence (8 Questions)

1. In what month do Cleo and Frank get married?

(MC) a) December
b) June
c) August
d) January

2. What causes the death of the sugar glider, Jesus?

(MC) a) Cleo accidentally sits on it
b) Frank leaves the bathroom door open while drunk and the pet drowns
c) It escapes through an open window
d) Quentin feeds it chocolate

3. Where does Cleo move for an artist residency after separating from Frank?

(MC) a) Paris
b) London
c) Rome
d) Los Angeles

4. What event leads to Cleo being hospitalised in a psychiatric ward?

(SA) – Describe the action she takes.

5. What wedding gift does Quentin give Cleo and Frank?

(MC) a) A painting
b) A Fabergé egg containing cocaine
c) A cashmere sweater
d) A pair of tickets to Paris

6. Who does Frank hire as a new copywriter?

(SA) – Give the character’s name.

7. Where does Cleo first meet Frank?

(MC) a) At a bar in the East Village
b) In a freight elevator in Tribeca on New Year’s Eve
c) At an art gallery opening
d) On a train to Mexico City

8. How does Quentin first meet the Russian man Alex?

(MC) a) At a sex‑positive group
b) At an underground orgy in Brooklyn
c) Through Cleo at a party
d) At a bar in Chinatown

Character Motivation (5 Questions)

9. Why does Frank offer to marry Cleo?

(MC) a) He is madly in love with her
b) To help her obtain a visa (as revealed later)
c) To spite his family
d) To win a bet with Anders

10. Why does Cleo begin an affair with Anders?

(SA) – State her primary reason.

11. What motivates Zoe to sign up for the sugar‑daddy website Daddy Dearest?

(MC) a) She wants to experience luxury
b) She is in financial crisis after losing her job and facing a medical bill
c) Her roommate Tali persuades her it will be fun
d) She hopes to find true love

12. Why does Frank accept the dangerous balcony‑dive bet during the honeymoon?

(MC) a) To impress Cleo
b) To prove his athletic ability
c) He thinks it will make a good story
d) The American dares him and he cannot refuse

13. Why does Cleo initially refuse to confess her affair to Frank?

(SA) – What emotion does she say she feels?

Theme and Symbol (4 Questions)

14. What does the Fabergé egg given at the wedding most clearly symbolise?

(MC) a) The permanence of marriage
b) The dangerous glamour and hidden addictions in the couple’s life
c) Cleo’s artistic potential
d) Frank’s wealth

15. In Chapter Five, Zoe and Cleo discuss a metaphor for loneliness. What is it?

(SA) – Complete the metaphor: “a _______”.

16. What does Cleo’s art installation Life Lines represent?

(MC) a) Her love for Frank
b) Her confrontation with her suicide attempt and her path to healing
c) The New York City skyline
d) Her mother’s life story

17. In the final chapter, Cleo and Frank watch a murmuration of starlings. What does this moment most strongly symbolise?

(MC) a) The chaos of New York
b) The enduring, unbreakable bond between them despite divorce
c) The start of a new relationship
d) The end of all hope

Synthesis (3 Questions)

18. The novel opens with two epigraphs: one by Omotara James about halving a walnut, and another by Maya C. Popa about postponing fulfillment. How do these epigraphs foreshadow the book’s major themes?

(SA) – Write two to three sentences linking the epigraphs to the story.

19. In Chapter Fifteen, Cleo recalls a laughing couple at the airport during her honeymoon. How does this memory contrast with Cleo and Frank’s own marriage?

(SA) – Explain the difference in one or two sentences.

20. In the final chapter, Frank tells Cleo she is one of the five people he “watches.” What does this reveal about his feelings for her?

(MC) a) He still loves her and considers her a permanent part of his inner world
b) He is only checking up on her out of guilt
c) He is jealous of her new life
d) He wants to rekindle their relationship

Answer Key

Plot and Sequence Answers

b) June – They marry at City Hall in June, as described in Chapter Two.
b) Frank leaves the bathroom door open while drunk and the pet drowns – The sugar glider drowns in Chapter Nine.
c) Rome – Cleo moves to a residency in Rome after separating from Frank (Chapter Seventeen).
She swallows her wedding ring and lies on a mound of earth with a knife, then harms herself. – This occurs in Chapter Eleven; she is later hospitalised.
b) A Fabergé egg containing cocaine – Quentin’s gift appears in Chapter Two.
Eleanor – Frank hires Eleanor as a copywriter in Chapter Eight.
b) In a freight elevator in Tribeca on New Year’s Eve – Their first meeting is in Chapter One.
b) At an underground orgy in Brooklyn – Quentin meets Alex in Chapter Three.

Character Motivation Answers

b) To help her obtain a visa – Frank admits this to Zoe in Chapter Four.
She suspects Frank is in love with his coworker Eleanor. – Cleo tells Anders this is why she starts the affair (Chapter Ten).
b) She is in financial crisis after losing her job and facing a medical bill – Zoe’s desperation is shown in Chapter Fourteen.
c) He thinks it will make a good story – Frank tells Cleo this in Chapter Seven.
Shame – In Chapter Fifteen, Cleo says, “I’m so ashamed” when Frank asks what she has done.

Theme and Symbol Answers

b) The dangerous glamour and hidden addictions in the couple’s life – The egg’s outward beauty conceals cocaine, mirroring the marriage’s hidden problems.
“a hole” – The “hole” metaphor for loneliness is discussed on the fire escape in Chapter Five.
b) Her confrontation with her suicide attempt and her path to healing – Frank sees the installation this way in Chapter Seventeen.
b) The enduring, unbreakable bond between them despite divorce – Frank says Cleo is one of the five people he “watches,” affirming their connection.

Synthesis Answers

The walnut epigraph suggests a separation of hollow from fruitful parts, foreshadowing characters who hide emptiness beneath charm. The postponement of fulfillment echoes the novel’s central tension: desire that is always deferred, never fully satisfied, as seen in Cleo and Frank’s failed marriage and the characters’ ongoing searches for meaning.
The laughing couple handle chaos together with humour and partnership, while Cleo and Frank’s relationship disintegrates under stress—they cannot laugh in the same way, ultimately recognising they lack that kind of partnership.
a) He still loves her and considers her a permanent part of his inner world – This statement, along with their playful banter and mutual care, shows that his affection for her remains intact even after divorce.