The Queen of Spades Quizzes

The Queen of Spades Quiz 1

1 Who narrates The Queen of Spades?
Hermann

Liza

The Countess

An unnamed narrator
2 Who wrote The Queen of Spades?
Alexander Pushkin

Tomsky

Hermann

No one knows
3 How many sections is the story divided into?
Six

Five

One

Two
4 Who is the story's protagonist?
Tomsky

Liza

Hermann

The Countess
5 Who is the story's main antagonist?
Tomsky

Hermann

The Countess

Liza
6 At whose house does the story begin?
Narumov's

Tomsky's

Hermann's

The Countess's
7 What is Narumov's occupation?
Gambler

Engineers Officer

Horse Guardsman

None of these
8 What is Hermann's occupation?
Professional Gambler

Horse Guardsman

Card Dealer

Engineers Officer
9 In which season is the story set?
Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall
10 Until how late is the game that precedes the story played?
Two in the afternoon

Four in the morning

Two in the morning

Four in the afternoon
11 What is Hermann's ethnic background?
Russian

Jewish

German

French
12 What city is the story primarily set in?
Frankfurt

Petersburg

Odessa

Paris
13 What adjective best describes Hermann?
Hatefilled

Romantic

Generous

Calculating
14 Who tells the story about the Countess?
Narumov

Hermann

Tomsky

Liza
15 What was the Countess known as in her youth?
The Horseguards' Delight

Venus from Moscow

The Sleeping Beauty

The Queen of Spades
16 What country is the story primarily set in?
Russia

Ukraine

Canada

France
17 To whom does the young Countess incur a large debt?
The mayor of Paris

The Friar of New Orleans

The Duke of Paris

The Duke of Orleans
18 To whom does the Countess first go to ask to pay off her gambling debt?
Her husband

Saratov

Her grandson

The Duke of Orleans
19 The Countess incurs a large debt playing what game?
Poker

Slots

Faro

Roulette
20 How does the Countess usually treat her husband?
Like a bank machine

Like fire

Like a friend

Like a butler
21 Who tells the Countess about the secret to winning faro?
Duke of Orleans

Tomsky

Count Saint-Germain

Hermann
22 Who is the only man the Countess tells the secret card sequence to while living?
Tomsky

Chaplitsky

Chekalinsky

Hermann
23 What is Chaplitsky's fate?
He loses everything on the final bet

He decides not to risk the third hand

He wins big and lives a happy life

It is unresolved
24 Who is the young man who stares up at Liza's window?
Hermann

Chekalinsky

Narumov

Tomsky
25 What did Hermann's father leave him?
A little capital (i.e. money)

A hereditary gambling addiction

Nothing

A modest house

I'm not sure what you are asking here. Can you elaborate?

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Which of the following describes one purpose of paragraph two?

"Which of the following" means that you have been provided with answer choices for your question. In addition, please provide the paragraph or excerpt.

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Herman and the Countess

Hermann hopes to seduce the Countess and learn her secrets. He wants to use her for his own benefit, regardless, of how his goal is to be accomplished. The Countess is Hermann's means to independence and wealth.

The story of the three cards had...

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The Queen of Spades

by Alexander Pushkin

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