All the Light We Cannot See Quizzes

All the Light We Cannot See Quiz 1

1 What does Marie-Laure’s father do when she goes blind?
Gives up and just sits quietly by Marie-Laure’s bed

Tells the neighbors they are cursed and gets mad when Marie-Laure knocks things over

Hires an assistant to help her navigate her blindness

Patiently creates tools, such as a model of their neighborhood, to help Marie-Laure navigate her blindness
2 Marie-Laure’s father’s actions after she becomes blind demonstrate which of these themes:
Nationalism and humanism

Familial love and nationalism

Humanism and imagination

Imagination and familial love
3 Which comparison is used to describe cannon in Saint Malo?
The cannon’s power is compared to the power of the radio

The cannon is compared to a Queen bee, in the manner in which she is respected by the men using her, who are compared to worker bees

The cannon’s stinging power is compared to that of a Queen Bee

A metaphor compares way the men treat the canon with the respect and admiration the Nazis feel for Hitler
4 Where is Etienne during the bombing of Saint-Malo?
Number 4 rue Vauborel

The Chateau

Fort National

Paris
5 What kind of literary element is used in the following quote: “You will become like a waterfall, a volley of bullets—you will all surge in the same direction at the same pace toward the same cause. You will forgo comforts; you will live by duty alone. You will eat country and breathe nation.”
Synecdoche

All are correct

Paraelllism

Metaphor
6 What does Marie-Laure count on the streets in order to find her way through the cities she lives in?
Doors

Trash cans

Storm drains

Snails
7 What is objects fill Marie-Laure’s room in Paris?
Pinecones

Keys

Seashells

All of these answers are correct
8 Werner and his sister often use which vehicle to explore?
A boat they made

None, they do not often leave their home

A wagon

Riding the local bus
9 Werner’s talent for engineering and science is recognized by:
Dr. Hauptmann

Jutta

Herr Seidler

All of these characters
10 Which of the answers best describes the themes highlighted in Werner’s relationship with Jutta, and Marie-Laure’s relationship with her father?
Imagination and nationalism

Familial love and nationalism

Science and technology

Imagination and familial love
11 Which of the following is the best example of how humanism portrayed in the novel?
Neumann Two shoots the mother of the girl he killed

Jutta writes a letter to Werner that is mostly censored

Madame Manec caters to Etienne’s needs because he cannot leave the house

Werner decides to save Marie-Laure
12 Familial love and loyalty is portrayed in the relationships between which characters
Strong willed and opinionated

Strict, authoritarian

Kind, loving, not very strict

Loving and strict
13 Which of the following literary devices describes the structure with which the novel begins?
Deus Ex Machina

In media res

Bildungsroman

Metonymy
14 Who teaches Marie-Laure about mollusks?
Dr. Geffard and later, Etienne

None of these answers are correct

Her father, and later Dr. Geffard

Her father, and later Etienne
15 What does Marie-Laure usually receive on her birthdays
A handmade puzzle with a gem inside

A wooden model house

A handmade puzzle from her father with a treat inside

A key
16 What is inside Werner{s childhood notebook?
Questions he has, and drawings of inventions

His diary

A log of birds he has seen

Information on radio transmission
17 What do Jutta and Werner call the host of their favorite radio show
Henri

The Professor

Clair de Lune

All of these answers are correct
18 Familial love and loyalty is portrayed in the relationships between which characters
All of the answers are correct

Volkheimer and Werner

Jutta and Frau Elena

Marie-Laure and Etienne
19 How is Marie-Laure able to learn her way around her neighborhood in Paris?
She studies the model and goes out with her father to practice

She guides herself solely by smells

She guides herself solely by smells

She never is able to learn the streets
20 Which theme does Daniel LeBlanc evoke as he tells his daughter what their surrounding are like as they flee Paris
Humanism

Imagination

Nationalism

All of these are correct
21 What does Daniel LeBlanc believe he carries with him as he flees Paris
A rock that may or may not be the Sea of Flames

A replica of the Sea of Flames

A puzzle box that may contain a valuable stone

The real diamond the Sea of Flames
22 Who is Joseph Goebbels?
The Nazi Minister of Propaganda

The commandant at Schulpforta

The Director of the National Fuhrer Museum

The Director of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris
23 What is the purpose of the leaflets?
To warn the Germans to get out of the town safely

To announce the arrival of the Americans

To warn the civilians in the town to get to safety

To strengthen the resistance
24 What do the Austrian Detachment do while they fire the cannon?
All of the Answers are Correct

Shout Heil Hitler

Sing

Pray
25 Which allusion occurs as Etienne watches the bombs drop from the sky?
The Locusts in the Old Testament

Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest

Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Audubon’s descriptions of birds

Which 4 scenes/passages in the book are the most important?

GradeSaver has a complete page devoted to the novel's most important quotes, as well as analysis for each quote that is provided readily available in its study guide for the unit.

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How is the theme of imagination proven throughout the story?

The fairy tale nature of the story is played out in some of the characters' other-worldliness: Werner and Jutta as snowy-haired orphans in a soot-covered mine, Volkheimer as ogre, and Marie-Laure as blind but with the power to see more than many...

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What happened to the stone?

The stone was stolen by thieves who attacked the prince in Borneo.

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