The Golden Compass Quizzes

The Golden Compass Quiz

1 Who feels most like family to Lyra at Jordan College?
The Scholars

The Servants

Pantalaimon

The Dæmons
2 How does the Master try to kill Lord Asriel?
By sabotaging his flight away from the College

By poisoning his wine

By poisoning his coffee

By hiring an assassin to stab him as he leaves the College
3 Why does Lyra decide to be careful around Ma Costa at the horse fair?
Because Ma Costa once snapped a boy’s backbone in two

Because Ma Costa might tell the Master about whatever Lyra does around her

Because Ma Costa is angry

Because the year before Lyra stole Ma Costa’s boat
4 What kind of animal does Pantalaimon become when Lyra is getting into a fight with the other children in Oxford?
A tiger

A gargoyle

A snake

A dragon
5 Before the cocktail party, why does the golden monkey attack Pantalaimon?
As part of Pantalaimon’s combat training

Because Pantalaimon was trying to steal the monkey’s food

Because Pantalaimon made fun of the monkey

To force Lyra to obey Mrs. Coulter instead of arguing back
6 Why does Ma Costa leave the room when Tony and Lyra start to discuss the North?
The boat is being attacked by the Oblation Board

Her son was taken to the North so she doesn’t like talking about what happens there

To prepare breakfast for Lyra

She has work to do to prepare for the meeting of gyptians that they are on their way to
7 What is a byanroping?
A weapon made of ropes used by the gyptians to hunt eels

A kind of dance performed at gyptian weddings

A gyptian dish made of roasted eel in garlic sauce

A grand meeting of many gyptian families
8 What reasons does the woman at the roping give to John Faa for bringing women on the journey north?
Some of the women have been to the North before

The women also want to fight for their children

The women are curious to see what the North is like

The women can disguise themselves as guards and nurses
9 Apart from time, what is the second meaning of the hourglass in the alethiometer?
Sand

Death

Racing

Seasons
10 Which of the following is NOT a rumor regarding the police's search for Lyra?
That she is from another universe

That she is a Tartar spy

That she is actually two spirits in the form of a child and her dæmon

That she has escaped from the Gobblers
11 What does Jerry say is the advantage of one’s dæmon losing its ability to change forms as an adult?
Dæmons that change forms cannot be trusted

When a dæmon takes on a permanent form a person can be more sure of what kind of person they are

Changing forms takes a lot of energy and makes a child tired all the time

A dæmon that changes forms could leave a child at any time.
12 Who does Serafina Pekkala send to help the rescue party in its mission?
Her dæmon

Her daughter

Her pet goose

A servant
13 How does Lyra respond to the village person who tries to charge her for the fish that Tony Makarios takes with him?
She bargains to get a lower price

She simply runs away with Tony and Iorek

She tells him that taking Tony away is payment enough

She pays him a gold coin
14 Where does Lyra get the idea to carve Tony’s dæmon’s name on a coin for him to be cremated with?
The Masters of Jordan College were buried this way

The Librarian and Jordan College taught her about the tradition

She heard that witches do this for their dead

Ma Costa told her about the tradition
15 Before the Samoyed attack on the caravan, why doesn’t Lee Scoresby take to the sky to gather information?
The weather wouldn’t allow him to see anything anyway

He cannot find a source of gas to fill his balloon

He is too tired to fly

His balloon needs to be repaired
16 There is a photo on a wall of the halls of Bolvangar to give the illusion of light. What is the photo of?
The aurora borealis

An autumn day

A sunset

A tropical beach
17 Why do the doctors try to perform an intercision on Lyra?
To punish her for releasing the dæmons

So that she cannot tell anybody about the conversation she eavesdropped on

Because Mrs. Coulter has instructed them to

Because she is reaching puberty
18 Why does Lee Scoresby’s balloon fall out of the sky on the outskirts of Svalbard?
They are attacked by panserbjørne

There is bad weather

One of the witches accidentally tears a hole in the balloon

They are attacked by dangerous, winged animals
19 How would you describe Lee’s tone when he speaks with Serafina?
Dismissive and rude

Submissive and deferential

Respectful and direct

Sarcastic and joking
20 Why does Lyra pretend to hate Professor Trelawney?
To gain favor with Iofur Raknison, who truly despises Trelawney

To bother Jotham Sentalia, who has said that Trelawney is a good friend of his

To gain favor with Jotham Sentalia, who truly despises Trelawney

To bother Iofur Raknison, who has said that Trelawney is a good friend of his
21 While Lyra is talking to Iofur Raknison, why does Pantalaimon make himself as small as possible?
He is exhausted and wants to sleep in Lyra’s pocket

If Iofur sees that Lyra has a dæmon, it will be obvious that she herself is not a dæmon

Pantalaimon is afraid of Iofur

While Lyra is talking to Iofur, Pantalaimon sneaks around his throne-room to find information
22 According to Soren Eisaron, how did Iofur manipulate Iorek’s destiny?
He drugged Iorek, stoking his fears and causing him to kill another bear

He killed Iorek’s father

He tricked Iorek into killing his own father

He drugged another bear so that the bear would step beyond his boundaries, provoking Iorek to kill him
23 According to the Church, what does Dust represent?
The effects of Original Sin in the material world

The existence of God

That dæmons bring people harm

The supremacy of the Church over other religious organizations
24 What causes Iorek to turn back, leaving Lyra to go after her father on her own?
He wants to help his troops in battle

He is offended by a comment that Lyra makes, and no longer wants to help her

Lyra tells him that it is her destiny to finish her journey alone

Lord Asriel’s tracks cross a bridge that is too weak to hold Iorek’s weight
25 Why is Lyra surprised to see Mrs. Coulter appear at Lord Asriel’s side?
Because Lyra does not know of any other way that Mrs. Coulter could have gotten to the top of the mountain after the snow-bridge collapses

Because she thought that Mrs. Coulter was in London

Because she has never seen her parents together before

Because she thought that Iorek had killed Mrs. Coulter

When the Master gave Lyra the alethiometer, he told her it would --

From the text:

“It's an alethiometer. It's one of only six that were ever made. Lyra, I urge you again: keep it private. It would be better if Mrs. Coulter didn't know about it. Your uncle—”

“But what does it do?”

“It tells you the truth. As for...

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What does Lord Asriel bring to the meeting?

Lord Asriel brings slides taken on his trip to Lapland, slides of the dust falling in the area.

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How does the college make money?

The college makes money because it owns enormous plots of land, on which, there are dye workd, brick kilns, forests, and atomcrom works. Each of these businesses pays large rents to the college.

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