Oliver Twist Quizzes

Oliver Twist Quiz 1

1 Who names Oliver?
Mrs. Thingummy

Mrs. Mann

Mr. Bumble

His mother
2 Who convinces Mr. Fang to drop the charges against Oliver?
Mr. Brownlow

The bookstall keeper

Fagin

The police officer
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 is the smallest

He will be least likely to betray them

He looks innocent

He will be too scared to disobey
5 Who always threatens to eat his own head?
Fagin

Mr. Brownlow

Mr. Grimwig

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?"
Tom Chitling

John Dawkins

Charley Bates

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 preparing to run away

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

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

Allusion

Irony
11 What is the one thing that makes Oliver sad at the end of the novel?
That Dick has died

That Fagin has to die

That Rose and Harry's marriage will take them away

That Mrs. Maylie is ill
12 What is Noah Claypole's preferred method of thievery?
Stealing from old ladies

Pickpocketing gentlemen

House breaking

Stealing from children
13 Who does Mr. Bumble marry?
Mrs. Mann

Mrs. Corney

Betsy

Nancy
14 Who gets shot during the robbery?
Oliver

Bill Sikes

Toby Crackit

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?
Tom Chitling

Charley Bates

Bill Sikes

Fagin
17 How does Nancy sneak out to meet Rose the first time?
She waits until Sikes is on a job

She gives Sikes laudanum in his drink

She tells Sikes she is going to see Fagin

She encourages Sikes to dirnk until he passes out
18 Which of these does not describe Oliver as a character?
Flat

Dynamic

Static

Protagonist
19 What city is the novel centered on?
Oxford

Dublin

New York City

London
20 Why does Mr. Brownlow go to the West Indies?
To find a wife

To look for Edward Leeford

To recover from the heartbreak caused by Oliver

To recover from an illness
21 Who often pretends to be drunk?
Bill Sikes

Fagin

Nancy

The artful Dodger
22 In whose apartment building does the hunt for Sikes end?
Toby Crackit's

Tom Chitling's

Sike's

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

Rose Maylie

Mrs. Maylie

Agnes Fleming
24 Who overhears Monks and Fagin talking?
The artful Dodger

Noah Claypole

Bill Sikes

Nancy
25 What is Oliver almost sentenced to for stealing Mr. Brownlow's handkerchief?
Hard labor

Community service

Three years in prison

Death