A Study in Scarlet Quizzes

A Study in Scarlet Quiz 1

1 What year was the novel published?
1886

1879

1881

1887
2 This novel is the ______ Sherlock Holmes novel.
first

fourth

second

third
3 The narrator of the novel is
Holmes

Watson

John Ferrier

A third-person omniscient narrator
4 Watson was stationed in
Uzbekistan

Afghanistan

Russia

Austria
5 At war, all of the following happened to Watson EXCEPT
He got typhoid fever

He was saved by his orderly

He lost a limb

He was struck with a bullet
6 Watson was sent to recover in
Oxford

Paris

London

America
7 Stamford is
Watson's orderly

A man Watson met at a bar for the first time

An old war friend of Watson's

Watson's cousin
8 The problem Watson tells Stamford about is
His illness

His need to find cheap lodging

His poverty

His unrequited love for a young woman
9 Stamford offers all of the following information about Holmes EXCEPT
He is a scientist and a chemist

He has a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge

Stamford does not know what Holmes actually does for a living

He is very scientific and cold-blooded
10 What piece of information does Holmes identify about Watson upon their first meeting?
That Watson was an only child

That Watson had been in Afghanistan

That Watson was wealthy

That Watson had been wounded
11 The "Sherlock Holmes test" concerns
Fingerprints

Blood

Dirt

Mucus
12 Holmes admits to which of the following as a shortcoming of his?
He is excessively fond of smoking

He eats a great deal

He is in the dumps and doesn't open his mouth for days on end

He keeps strange hours
13 All of the following are shortcomings of Watson EXCEPT
He is extremely lazy

He keeps odd hours

He has frequent company

He keeps a bull pup
14 "The proper study of mankind is _____"
Love

Man

God

Nature
15 Holmes's and Watson's new abode is on
Main Street

Baker Street

Dover Street

Downing Street
16 Watson suspected that Holmes was involved with _______, but concluded that was probably not true
Crime

Narcotics

A love affair

Religious faith
17 Watson is extremely surprised that Holmes is unaware of the
American Civil War

Theory of Evolution

Copernican Theory

Impressionist Painters
18 All of the following are areas of knowledge in which Watson identifies Holmes as having little or no awareness of EXCEPT
Philosophy

Chemistry

Literature

Astronomy
19 The area of knowledge of which Holmes has an immense understanding of is
Botany

Geology

Politics

Sensational literature
20 Holmes's musical instrument of choice is the
Flute

Violin

Piano

Clarinet
21 "The Book of Life" is an article about
Chemistry

Observation and deduction

Religion

Politics
22 Who is the author of the "Book of Life?"
Holmes

A renowned scientist

Watson

Anonymous
23 Holmes describes himself as a
Scientist

Law-enforcing detective

Teacher

Consulting detective
24 Watson says Holmes reminds him of the creation of
Edgar Allen Poe

William Shakespeare

Daniel Defoe

Samuel Johnson
25 Holmes identifies the man outside as
A member of Scotland Yard

A professor at Oxford

A soldier

A retired sergeant of the Marines

A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work.

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A Study in Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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