Fifteen Dogs Quizzes

Fifteen Dogs Quiz 1

1 Which of the following is NOT an animal that Apollo compares humans to in Chapter 1?
Dogs

Elephants

Fleas

Frogs
2 What is the significance of the Wheat Sheaf Tavern as a setting?
It is an informal location that lends a casual air to the wager made by the gods.

Its image recalls Demeter, who plays an important role in the novel.

Its historic status links the origin of human civilization in Toronto to the origin of the new dog civilization recounted in the book.

It reveals that the gods are fallible in their choice to drink alcohol.
3 In what industry did André Alexis' artistic career begin?
Painting

Scultpure

Voice Acting

Theater
4 "Fifteen Dogs" is part of a larger work known as what?
The Alexandria Quartet

The Philadelphia Cycle

The Forsyte Saga

The Quincunx Cycle
5 Which of the following is credited by Alexis as a major influence on "Fifteen Dogs"?
George Orwell's "Animal Farm"

The story of Alexis' own dog, who went missing after a trip to the veterinary clinic

Alexis' experiences growing up abroad

Pier Paolo Pasolini's film "Teorema"
6 Finish the quote from Chapter 1: "You can't know what a life has been until ___."
you have lived it yourself

it is over

it is your own

you have watched it unfold
7 What is the first sign of new intelligence in the dogs?
The dogs collectively invent a word for the back door of the clinic.

Rosie sees the pink color of her bowl for the first time.

Majnoun figures out how to unlock the cages.

Rosie thinks of her pups that she has lost over the years.
8 Which of the following is NOT a dog that chooses to remain at the clinic?
Lydia

Agatha

Bobbie

Ronaldhino
9 Which aspect of Lydia's death foreshadows later concerns of the dogs as a pack?
The fact that her funeral mound is covered in yellow flowers

The new awareness of time and its passage

The fact that Lydia's owners are cruel to her intentionally

Her development of catatonic symptoms
10 To where are the twelve dogs who set out from the clinic instinctively drawn, and why?
The lake, because of its mix of smells

High Park, because it offers shelter

Nira and Miguel's house, because the two appear friendly

A garden of death, because they are lured by the scents
11 After leaving the clinic, which of the following is NOT an innovation of the dogs?
The development of new techniques for attacking other dogs

The proliferation of words in their new language

The construction of their shelter in a coppice

Their development of units of time, with which they segment the day
12 What two words does Prince pun on in Chapter 1 while speaking the new language?
"Bone" and "squirrel"

"Bone" and "master"

"Stone" and "squirrel"

"Stone" and "bone"
13 Which dogs initially attract the attention of humans for their strange behavior?
Atticus and Majnoun

Dougie and Benjy

Bella and Athena

Frick and Frack
14 Which of the following dogs does NOT conspire with Atticus?
Frick

Frack

Max

Bobbie
15 Why does Prince frighten the conspirators so much?
His poetry makes the conspirators too emotional and vulnerable.

Prince has aspirations of becoming the pack leader and killing Atticus.

His poetry is critical of the new social order.

His ability to use language creatively gives him a kind of power that the conspirators are unfamiliar with.
16 Why does Atticus approach Majnoun towards the end of Chapter 1?
To apologize for Max's earlier behavior

To tell him of his plans to court Rosie

To brawl with him over leadership of the pack

To see if he is sympathetic with Atticus' regressive vision for the pack
17 Who is the first dog to be killed by the conspirators?
Athena

Dougie

Majnoun

Bella
18 How is Bella lured to her death?
The conspirators induce her to eat poisoned squirrel meat.

The conspirators tell Bella that her master is waiting for her by the pond, then drown her.

The conspirators tell her Athena is in danger, and they make her cross a street, where she is struck by a car.

The conspirators tell her that another pack of dogs is attacking the coppice, then attack her themselves.
19 Why does Hermes argue that Bella and Athena died happy?
Because their newfound intelligence convinced them that death was nothing to fear

Because of the mutually enriching friendship they experienced in life

Because their deaths were sudden and quick

Because each of them had defeated a human being in combat
20 How does Hermes appear to Prince?
As a dog with a patch of blue on his chest

As Majnoun, telling him that he needs to leave the den

As his original owner, Kim

As an old man who lures him with a biscuit
21 How does Prince escape the den?
Hermes teleports him from the den to a faraway place.

Hermes freezes time for all dogs but Prince, allowing him to escape.

Hermes grants him invisibility, which allows him to flee.

Hermes puts the other dogs into a deep trace, allowing Prince to flee.
22 What do Atticus and Majnoun agree is the best feeling in existence?
Dominance

Belonging

Love

Loyalty
23 Where does Majnoun find himself at the beginning of Chapter 2?
Back in the coppice

In Olympus with the gods

Nira and Miguel's home

Another veterinary clinic
24 What do Nira and Miguel name Majnoun?
Elvis

Russell

The Golden Bowl

Lord Jim
25 Which human smell does Majnoun say he likes best?
The smell of natural human musk

The smell of human sweat

The smell of sex

The smell of human food

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