Burial Rites

Question 1

Which of Fredrik's actions "unsettled something" in Agnes?

Accepted Answer

kicking a dead sheep

Question 2

What event causes Agnes to be put back in irons at Kornsa?

Accepted Answer

She is told Sigga was granted an appeal

Question 3

Which of the following isn't said about the stone given to Agnes?

Accepted Answer

Leave it under the Northern Lights on New Year's Eve

Question 4

Who does Toti inform first of Anges' execution date?

Accepted Answer

Jón

Question 5

What is Natan's daughter's name?

Accepted Answer

Thóranna

Question 6

What is Agnes' first impression of Fredrik?

Accepted Answer

Show off

Question 7

In which year was Agnes Magnusdottir executed?

Accepted Answer

1830

Question 8

Who greets Blondal when he first arrives at the kroft in Kornsa?

Accepted Answer

Steina

Question 9

How old was Fredrik on the night of the murder?

Accepted Answer

17

Question 10

How old was Agnes when Inga died?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 11

Who has a child with Natan?

Accepted Answer

Poet Rosa

Question 12

According to Blondal, who was killed first?

Accepted Answer

Petur

Question 13

Reverend Petur says that Lauga is "smart as a..."

Accepted Answer

whip

Question 14

Who says "No one is all bad"?

Accepted Answer

Margrét

Question 15

What does Agnes rub into the floor after the murder?

Accepted Answer

Whale fat

Question 16

Who is the greatest Australian author?

Accepted Answer

Hannah Kent, Hannah Kent, Hannah Kent, Hannah Kent

Question 17

Who says "I need to lift her"?

Accepted Answer

Toti

Question 18

What weapon did Fredrik use to commit the murder?

Accepted Answer

Hammer

Question 19

Whose brooch was given to Agnes before her execution?

Accepted Answer

Lauga's

Question 20

Hannah Kent was mentored by which famous Australian author?

Accepted Answer

Geraldine Brooks

Question 21

Natan's farm is in...

Accepted Answer

Illugastadir

Question 22

Blöndal is described as "corpulent". What does that mean?

Accepted Answer

overweight

Question 23

Who speaks the last piece of dialogue in the text?

Accepted Answer

Toti

Question 24

In what year did Inga die of childbirth?

Accepted Answer

1803

Question 25

Who describes the kroft at Kornsa as "falling to pieces?"

Accepted Answer

Margret

Question 26

At the execution, who "collapses" as if Agnes has "stabbed her in the stomach"?

Accepted Answer

Lauga

Question 27

What is the epigraph?

Accepted Answer

"I was worst to the one I loved best"

Question 28

Select the correct spelling of the protagonist of Burial Rites.

Accepted Answer

Agnes Magnusdottir

Question 29

Where did Miss Bishop and Hannah Kent have lunch?

Accepted Answer

Clunes

Question 30

Which of the following quotes does not feature in the prologue?

Accepted Answer

I wonder whether I'm not already dead

Question 31

What year was Burial Rites published?

Accepted Answer

2013

Question 32

The maid at the Kornsa house's name is...

Accepted Answer

Kristin

Question 33

What was Toti doing when he was informed of Agnes' request?

Accepted Answer

Repairing the hearth

Question 34

The first historical document included in the text concerns...

Accepted Answer

The auction

Question 35

What does Blondal request of Lauga and Steina?

Accepted Answer

Coffee

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