Oliver Twist Quizzes

Oliver Twist Quiz 1

1 Who names Oliver?
His mother

Mrs. Thingummy

Mrs. Mann

Mr. Bumble
2 Who convinces Mr. Fang to drop the charges against Oliver?
The police officer

Mr. Brownlow

The bookstall keeper

Fagin
3 What do the officers suspect about the attempted robbery at Mrs. Maylie's?
That it was committed by men from the village

That it was committed by men from the city

That Oliver masterminded it

That the servants were involved
4 Why do Fagin and Sikes think Oliver will be best for the job they are planning?
He will be too scared to disobey

He will be least likely to betray them

He looks innocent

He is the smallest
5 Who always threatens to eat his own head?
Fagin

Mr. Grimwig

Mr. Brownlow

Bill Sikes
6 Who starts the cries of "Stop thief!"?
The bookseller

Fagin

Mr. Brownlow

The artful Dodger
7 Whose name is often preceded by "flash?"
Charley Bates

John Dawkins

Tom Chitling

Toby Crackit
8 Why does Fagin decide to spy on Nancy?
He thinks she is planning to turn them in to the police

He thinks she is having an affair, and wants to blackmail her

He thinks she is preparing to run away

He thinks she knows where Oliver is
9 Who is Monks?
Sikes

Fagin's favorite boy

Oliver's brother

Oliver's father
10 What is this quote an example of: "Everything told of life and animation, but one dark cluster of objects in the centre of all--the black stage, the cross-beam, the rope, and all the hideous apparatus of death?"
Juxtaposition

Metaphor

Irony

Allusion
11 What is the one thing that makes Oliver sad at the end of the novel?
That Fagin has to die

That Rose and Harry's marriage will take them away

That Dick has died

That Mrs. Maylie is ill
12 What is Noah Claypole's preferred method of thievery?
Pickpocketing gentlemen

Stealing from old ladies

Stealing from children

House breaking
13 Who does Mr. Bumble marry?
Mrs. Corney

Betsy

Mrs. Mann

Nancy
14 Who gets shot during the robbery?
Oliver

Toby Crackit

Bill Sikes

Nancy
15 Who goes on Oliver's wildflower-picking expeditions with him?
Rose Maylie

Dr. Losberne

Mrs. Maylie

Harry Maylie
16 Which of these characters is redeemed by the end of the novel?
Charley Bates

Tom Chitling

Bill Sikes

Fagin
17 How does Nancy sneak out to meet Rose the first time?
She encourages Sikes to dirnk until he passes out

She tells Sikes she is going to see Fagin

She waits until Sikes is on a job

She gives Sikes laudanum in his drink
18 Which of these does not describe Oliver as a character?
Dynamic

Static

Protagonist

Flat
19 What city is the novel centered on?
Oxford

New York City

London

Dublin
20 Why does Mr. Brownlow go to the West Indies?
To look for Edward Leeford

To recover from an illness

To find a wife

To recover from the heartbreak caused by Oliver
21 Who often pretends to be drunk?
Nancy

The artful Dodger

Bill Sikes

Fagin
22 In whose apartment building does the hunt for Sikes end?
Tom Chitling's

Fagin's

Toby Crackit's

Sike's
23 Who is the portrait of that Oliver likes in Mr. Brownlow's house?
Mr. Brownlow's fiancee

Mrs. Maylie

Agnes Fleming

Rose Maylie
24 Who overhears Monks and Fagin talking?
Bill Sikes

The artful Dodger

Nancy

Noah Claypole
25 What is Oliver almost sentenced to for stealing Mr. Brownlow's handkerchief?
Death

Community service

Hard labor

Three years in prison