1. 1. Why did Adam Ewing travel to the Catham Islands?
PART ONE
1. Why did Adam Ewing travel to the Catham Islands?
2. Why did Robert Frobisher leave Sixsmith’s room by the window?
3. Who is Luisa Rey?
4. Who is Timothy Cavendish?
5. What kind of person is Sonmi-451 & what does she do?
6. What kind of society is portrayed in the Hawaiian Islands?

2. 1. What caused Adam’s fainting?
PART ONE
1. What caused Adam’s fainting?
2. Why did Vyvyan Ayrs hire Robert Frobisher?
3. Who did Luisa meet in the lift?
4. Why did Dermot Hoggins murder Felix Finch?
5. Sonmi-451 witnessed her friend Yoona-939 doing something. What was it?
6. In what way is Zachry’s special guest different from the other people on the island? 2

3. 1. Why is Adam Ewing glad to go back to the US?
PART TWO
1. Why is Adam Ewing glad to go back to the US?
2. What does Robert Frobisher enjoy about his current employment?
3. What is the connection between Swannekke and Dr. Sixsmith and why was he murdered?
4. Why did Cavendish need the help of his brother Denny?
5. What did Hae-Ju Zheng suggest to Sonmi-451?
6. What is Meronym looking for on the Hawaiian Island? 3

4. 1. Why did Adam Ewing agree to help the runaway slave Autua?
PART TWO
1. Why did Adam Ewing agree to help the runaway slave Autua?
2. Who was the woman Robert Frobisher made love to?
3. What did Luisa find under Dr Sixsmith’s body?
4. What place did Cavendish visit in Scotland?
5. What does the removal of Sonmia-451’s necklace by the doctor symbolize?
6. Why did Meronym agree with Zachry to heal the little girl’s swollen foot? 4

5. 3. What mistake did Louisa make at the power plant?
PART THREE
1. On what condition did the captain agree to keep Autua on board the ship?
2. What problems did Frobisher meet with the composition of Vyvyan’s masterpiece?
3. What mistake did Louisa make at the power plant?
4. What is Aurora House? What did Cavendish think Aurora House was?
5. What aspect of her new freedom did Sonmi-451 like best?
6. Meronym and Zachry were looking for the remnants of a civilization called “Old Uns”? Who were these people? 5

6. 1. What was the doctor aboard the ship trying to do with Adam Ewing?
PART THREE
1. What was the doctor aboard the ship trying to do with Adam Ewing?
2. What argument did Vyvyan use to prevent Frobisher from leaving his house?
3. What documents was Louisa looking for at the power plant?
4. What did Cavendish and three other inmates of Aurora House plan to do?
5. Who do you think were the people who wanted to arrest Hae-Ju Zheng and Sonmi-451 6

7. 1. Why was Autua’s presence on the ship very fortunate for Adam Ewing?
PART FOUR
1. Why was Autua’s presence on the ship very fortunate for Adam Ewing?
2. Why did Frobisher take away Vyvyan’s revolver?
3. Who do you think commissioned Louisa’s assassination?
4. How did Cavendish manage to make Hotchkiss come to Aurora House?
5. Who did Hae-Ju Zheng claim to be?
6. How did Zachry manage to save Meronym’s life? 7

8. 1. When the doctor looked at Adam Ewing, what did he see?
PART FOUR
1. When the doctor looked at Adam Ewing, what did he see?
2. Why was Frobisher hiding from the police?
3. Who was the African American man in Louisa’s apartment?
4. What trick did Ernie use to attract nurse Noakes into Cavendish’s room?
5. Where did Hae-Ju Zheng take Sonmi-451?
6. What did Zachry and Meronym find in the outpost station Cloud Atlas on top of the mountain? 8

9. 3. How did Louisa’s friend manage to avoid a second murder attempt?
PART FIVE
1. Why did Autua feel that it was his duty to stay in Adam Ewing’s cabin?
2. Why did Frobisher say that he watched his final sunrise and smoked his last cigarette?
3. How did Louisa’s friend manage to avoid a second murder attempt?
4. Why did Cavendish and his friends call Hotchkiss to Aurora House?
5. Sonmi-451 understood the meaning of the word “exultation”. What is it?
6. What did Zachry see when he and Meronym came down from the mountain? 9

10. 1. Why did the doctor steal Adam Ewing’s key?
PART FIVE
1. Why did the doctor steal Adam Ewing’s key?
2. Why do you think Frobisher killed himself?
3. Why did the Spanish woman kill Louisa’s pursuer?
4. Why did Cavendish and his friends have to return to Aurora House?
5. What did Sonmi learn at the end of her adventure with Hae-Ju Zheng?
6. What did Zachry find when he returned to his village? 10

11. 3. Who is Luisa Rey? A journalist
PART ONE
1. Why did Adam Ewing travel to the Catham Islands? To visit a plantation with slaves for his father-in-law.
2. Why did Robert Frobisher leave his Sixsmith’s room by the window? He didn’t want to be found out. Homosexuality not admitted in the 1940s
3. Who is Luisa Rey? A journalist
4. Who is Timothy Cavendish? A publisher
5. What kind of person is Sonmi-451 & what does she do? She’s a genetically engineered clone & she’s a waitress
6. What kind of society is portrayed in the Hawaiian Islands? Dystopian, primitive, superstitious 11

12. 1. What caused Adam’s fainting? The beating up of a slave
PART ONE
1. What caused Adam’s fainting? The beating up of a slave
2. Why did Vyvyan Ayrs hire Robert Forbisher? To help him compose his masterpiece “The Cloud Atlas Sextet”
3. Who did Luisa meet in the lift? An older Sixsmith, a nuclear physicist
4. Why did Dermot Hoggins murder Felix Finch? Because Finch published a bad review of Hoggins’s novel
5. Sonmi-451 witnessed her friend Yoona-939 doing something. What was it? Yoona-939 was raped / Yoona-939 punched a consumer
6. In what way is Zachry’s special guest different from the other people on the island? She masters a much more advanced technology
_______________________________________________ “Thank you abbess, thank you” 12

13. 2. What does Robert Frobisher enjoy about his current employment?
PART TWO
1. Why is Adam Ewing glad to go back to the US? Because he suffers from the Polynesian worm
2. What does Robert Frobisher enjoy about his current employment?
He likes working for one of the greatest living composers
3. What is the connection between Swannekke and Dr. Sixsmith and why was he murdered?
He had a report about the nuclear power plant. Something must be wrong with the plant.
4. Why did Cavendish need the help of his brother Denny? He needs a loan of £ 60,000
5. What did Hae-Ju Zheng suggest to Sonmi-451?
To come with him to escape the Enforcers
6. What is Meronym looking for on the Hawaiian Island? For Maouna Sol in Kona territory 13

14. 1. Why did Adam Ewing agree to help the runaway slave Autua?
PART TWO
1. Why did Adam Ewing agree to help the runaway slave Autua?
He took pity on him / compassion
2. Who was the woman Robert Frobisher made love to?
Jocasta, Vyvyan Ayrs’s wife.
3. What did Luisa find under Dr Sixsmith’s body? The letters Robert Frobisher sent him when he was young.
4. What place did Cavendish visit in Scotland? The house where he had his first love affair
5. What does the removal of Sonmia-451’s necklace by the doctor symbolize?
It’s the gate to freedom
6. Why did Meronym agree with Zachry to heal the little girl’s swollen foot?
Because in exchange Zachry agreed to take Meronym to Maouna Sol
________________________________________ Lisa visits the nuclear power plant 14

15. He had to prove that he is a skilled sailor.
PART THREE
1. On what condition did the captain agree to keep Autua on board the ship?
He had to prove that he is a skilled sailor.
2. What problems did Frobisher meet with the composition of Vyvyan’s masterpiece?
Vyvyan’s memory is very bad & he can’t recall his inspirations
3. What mistake did Louisa make at the power plant?
She was discovered in the chemistry lab looking through some documents.
4. What is Aurora House? What did Cavendish think Aurora House was?
It’s a nursing home. He thought it was a hotel
5. What aspect of her new freedom did Sonmi-451 like best?
Her access to knowledge.
6. Meronym and Zachry were looking for the remnants of a civilization called “Old Uns”? Who were these people?
An ancient civilization technically very advanced 15

16. 1. What was the doctor aboard the ship trying to do with Adam Ewing?
PART THREE
1. What was the doctor aboard the ship trying to do with Adam Ewing?
He was trying to poison him
2. What argument did Vyvyan use to prevent Frobisher from leaving his house?
Frobisher’s reputation (reveal his homosexuality)
3. What documents was Louisa looking for at the power plant?
A report about the safety of the nuclear power plant.
4. What did Cavendish and three other inmates of Aurora House plan to do?
They were planning their escape from Aurora House.
5. Who do you think were the people who wanted to arrest Hae-Ju Zheng and Sonmi-451
A kind of totalitarian / secret police
________________________________________ Fight ends at Aurora House (1:36) 16

17. 1. Why was Autua’s presence on the ship very fortunate for Adam Ewing?
PART FOUR
1. Why was Autua’s presence on the ship very fortunate for Adam Ewing?
Because Autua saved his life.
2. Why did Frobisher take away Vyvyan’s revolver?
To commit suicide (we saw it at the beginning of the movie.
3. Who do you think commissioned Louisa’s assassination?
The engineers at the power plant who didn’t want the public to know about the safety issues.
4. How did Cavendish manage to make Hotchkiss come to Aurora House?
He claimed to be a doctor and told Hotchkiss that his mother was dying.
5. Who does Hae-Ju Zheng claim to be?
A commander of the Union rebellion fighting against the system
6. How did Zachry manage to save Meronym’s life?
He clung to the rope preventing her from falling. 17

18. 1. When the doctor looked at Adam Ewing, what did he see?
PART FOUR
1. When the doctor looked at Adam Ewing, what did he see?
That he was very ill
2. Why was Frobisher hiding from the police?
Because they think that he murdered Vyvyan (but it was an accident).
3. Who was the African American man in Louisa’s apartment?
He was Louisa’s father’s friend during the Korean war.
4. What trick did Ernie use to attract nurse Noakes into Cavendish’s room?
Ernie claimed that Cavendish had died.
5. Where did Hae-Ju Zheng take Sonmi-451?
To see General An-Cor Apis, the leader of Union.
6. What did Zachry and Meronym find in the outpost station Cloud Atlas on top of the mountain?
The remnants of the dead civilisation Old Uns
________________________________________ Hotchkiss arrives at Aurora House (2:05) 18

19. Because Ewing had saved his life.
PART FIVE
1. Why did Autua feel that it was his duty to stay in Adam Ewing’s cabin?
Because Ewing had saved his life.
2. Why did Frobisher say that he watched his final sunrise and smoked his last cigarette?
He planned to commit suicide
3. How did Louisa’s friend manage to avoid a second murder attempt?
He ran his car into the murderer’s car.
4. Why did Cavendish and his friends call Hotchkiss to Aurora House?
They planned to use his car to escape
5. Sonmi-451 understood the meaning of the word “exultation”. What is it?
The way her kind are put to death.
6. What did Zachry see when he and Meronym came down from the mountain?
That the Kona had started a war 19

20. 1. Why did the doctor steal Adam Ewing’s key?
PART FIVE
1. Why did the doctor steal Adam Ewing’s key?
It’s the key to a trunk containing his gold.
2. Why do you think Frobisher killed himself?
Social pressure, lack of success as a composer
3. Why did the Spanish woman kill Louisa’s pursuer?
Because he had killed her dog.
4. Why did Cavendish and his friends have to return to Aurora House?
They wanted to fetch Mr Meeks.
5. What did Sonmi learn at the end of her adventure with Hae-Ju Zheng?
That a handful of individuals are helpless against a totalitarian system.
6. What did Zachry find when he returned to his village?
That his wife had died in the war. 20

21. 1 South Pacific Ocean, 1849: „The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing” = HISTORICAL FILM (SLAVERY) American lawyer who travelled to the Chatham Islands where he saved the black slave Autua. Dr Henri Goose tried to poison him to steal his gold but Autua saved Adam’s life. Back in California he denounces his father-in-law’s complicity in slavery.
2 Cambridge, England & Edimburgh, Scotland, 1936: “Letters From Zendeleghem” = SOCIAL DRAMA. Robert Frobisher is hired by Vyvyan Ayrs to help him compose his own masterpiece The Cloud Atlas Sextet. Vyvyan claims it is his own work and threatens to reveal Robert’s scandalous background. He finishes the masterpiece and then shots himself.
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22. 3 California 1973: “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery” = THRILLER Luisa is a journalist. She meets Sixsmith, a nuclear physicist, who tips Luisa off regarding the safety of a new nuclear reactor. Sixsmith is killed on a plane and hit man Bill Smoke tries to kill Luisa by running her car off a bridge. But she gets help from Joe Napier and can expose the plot to use a nuclear accident for the benefit of oil companies.
4 United Kingdom, 2012: “The Ghastly Ordeal Of Timothy Cavendish” = COMEDY Cavendish is a publisher and his writer Dermott Hoggins murders a critic. Hoggins’s associates want some money from Cavendish so he asks his brother Dom for help. Dom sends Cavendish to a nursing home to punish him for sleeping with his wife

23. but Cavendish manages to escape with three other pensioners.
5 (Korea) 2144: “An Orison Of Somni-451” = SCIENCE FICTION Sonmi-451 is a genetically-engineered clone. With Hae-Joo Chang and the Resistance they try to fight against the totalitarian regime of Neo Seoul without success and the authorities kill both of them.
6 The Hawaiian Islands on post-apocalyptic Earth (dated 106 winters after “The Fall”, identified as 2321) : “Sloosha’s Crossn’ an’ Ev’rythin’ After” = DYSTOPIAN MOVIE (A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very primitive standard of living) Zachry helps Meronym find a place in a mountain called Cloud Atlas, an outpost of an old but advanced civilisation called

24. the Old Uns and she manages to send them a message
the Old Uns and she manages to send them a message. Zachry and his niece join Meronym and the Precients on their spaceship in a journey to a new world.
#7 An older Zachry telling a group of children the above six stories.

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26. 4 PURPLE
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6 BLUE #7

27. 1. South Pacific Ocean, "The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing“ HISTORCICAL MOVIE Adam Ewing, a young American lawyer from San Francisco during the California Gold Rush, has come to the Chatham Islands to conclude a business arrangement with Reverend Gilles Horrox for his father-in-law, Haskell Moore. He witnesses the whipping of a Moriori slave, Autua, who stows away on Ewing's ship, and convinces Ewing to keep him hidden, then to advocate for him to join the crew as a freeman. Meanwhile, Dr. Henry Goose slowly poisons Ewing, claiming it to be the cure for a parasitic worm, aiming to steal Ewing's valuables. When Goose attempts to administer the fatal dose, Autua saves Ewing. Returning to America, Ewing and his wife, Tilda, denounce her father's complicity in slavery.
2. Cambridge, England and Edinburgh, Scotland, "Letters from Zedelghem“ MOVIE ABOUT SOCIAL NORMS Robert Frobisher, a 23-year-old bisexual English musician, finds work as an amanuensis to famous composer Vyvyan Ayrs, allowing Frobisher the time and inspiration to compose his own masterpiece, "The Cloud Atlas Sextet". Ayrs wishes to take credit for the piece, and threatens to expose Frobisher's scandalous background if he does not comply. Ayrs is shot by Frobisher in a confrontation between them, and Frobisher flees to a hotel. There, he finishes his masterpiece and shoots himself only moments before his lover Rufus Sixsmith arrives to deter him.
3. San Francisco, California, "Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery“ THRILLER Luisa Rey is a journalist who by chance meets an older Sixsmith, now a nuclear physicist. Sixsmith tips off Rey to a conspiracy regarding the safety of a new nuclear reactor, but is killed by hitman Bill Smoke before he can give her the report that proves it. Isaac Sachs, another employee at the power plant who seems to find her familiar, also gives her the information, but he is killed by Smoke, who runs Rey's car off a bridge. With help from the plant's head of security, Joe Napier, she evades another attempt against her life, that results in Smoke's death, and exposes the plot to use a nuclear accident for the benefit of oil companies.
4. United Kingdom, "The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish“ COMEDY Timothy Cavendish, a 65-year-old publisher, has a windfall when Dermott Hoggins, the gangster author whose book he has published, infamously murders a critic and is sent to jail. When the author's associates threaten Cavendish's life to get his share of the profits, Cavendish turns to his brother Denholme for help. The brother tricks him into hiding out in a nursing home, where he is held against his will and treated poorly by the tyrannical Nurse Noakes. Cavendish and a few of his fellow "inmates" then plot a successful escape.

28. 5. Neo Seoul, (Korea) "An Orison of Sonmi-451“ SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. Sonmi-451, a genetically-engineered fabricant (clone) server at a fast-food restaurant, is interviewed before her execution. She recounts how she was released from her compliant life of servitude by Hae-Ju Zheng, a member of the local Resistance, and other rebels. They reveal to her that fabricants like her are "recycled" into food for future fabricants, and hold off a brutal armed assault as she speaks on a live broadcast before her capture.
6. The Hawaiian Islands on post-apocalyptic Earth (dated "106 winters after "The Fall", identified as 2321). "Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After“ DYSTOPIAN MOVIE (= A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living). Valley tribesman named Zachry lives a primitive life after most of humanity has died during "The Fall" and is plagued by visions of his people's perception of the devil, "Old Georgie". The character appears to be some kind of foreign entity that exists in Zachry's mind. After Zachry's brother-in-law is murdered by the cannibal Kona Chief, Georgie appears to Zachry in waking visions to manipulate him into giving in to his fear. Zachry is visited by Meronym, a member of the "Prescients", the last remnants of a technologically-advanced civilization. In exchange for saving his young niece from a venomous bite, Zachry agrees to guide Meronym into the mountains in search of Cloud Atlas, an outpost station where she is able to send a message to people who have left Earth and now live on other planets. After returning, Zachry discovers the slaughter of his tribe at the hands of the Kona. After killing the Kona Chief, Zachry and his niece are chased by a number of his tribesmen into the forest and attacked. Meronym intervenes at a crucial point and they both kill off the remaining tribesmen. Zachry and his niece join Meronym and the Prescients in a journey to a new world.
A seventh time period, several decades after the Hawaiian one, is featured in the film's prologue and epilogue. In the prologue, a lone, elderly Zachry delivers a monologue, and his location is not revealed. In the epilogue, Zachry is revealed to have been telling these stories to his numerous grandchildren, with two moons in the night sky and Earth visible as a pale blue dot. Meronym emerges from their home and they embrace.