The Queen of Spades Quizzes

The Queen of Spades Quiz 1

1 Who narrates The Queen of Spades?
Hermann

The Countess

An unnamed narrator

Liza
2 Who wrote The Queen of Spades?
Alexander Pushkin

No one knows

Hermann

Tomsky
3 How many sections is the story divided into?
One

Five

Six

Two
4 Who is the story's protagonist?
The Countess

Hermann

Liza

Tomsky
5 Who is the story's main antagonist?
Liza

Hermann

The Countess

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

Tomsky's

The Countess's

Hermann's
7 What is Narumov's occupation?
Gambler

Engineers Officer

Horse Guardsman

None of these
8 What is Hermann's occupation?
Horse Guardsman

Card Dealer

Engineers Officer

Professional Gambler
9 In which season is the story set?
Winter

Fall

Summer

Spring
10 Until how late is the game that precedes the story played?
Two in the morning

Four in the morning

Two in the afternoon

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

German

Russian

Jewish
12 What city is the story primarily set in?
Odessa

Petersburg

Paris

Frankfurt
13 What adjective best describes Hermann?
Generous

Romantic

Hatefilled

Calculating
14 Who tells the story about the Countess?
Tomsky

Liza

Hermann

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

The Sleeping Beauty

Venus from Moscow

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

Canada

Ukraine

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

The Duke of Paris

The Duke of Orleans

The Friar of New Orleans
18 To whom does the Countess first go to ask to pay off her gambling debt?
Saratov

Her grandson

The Duke of Orleans

Her husband
19 The Countess incurs a large debt playing what game?
Roulette

Poker

Faro

Slots
20 How does the Countess usually treat her husband?
Like a friend

Like a butler

Like a bank machine

Like fire
21 Who tells the Countess about the secret to winning faro?
Count Saint-Germain

Hermann

Duke of Orleans

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

Chaplitsky

Chekalinsky

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

It is unresolved

He wins big and lives a happy life

He decides not to risk the third hand
24 Who is the young man who stares up at Liza's window?
Narumov

Chekalinsky

Hermann

Tomsky
25 What did Hermann's father leave him?
Nothing

A modest house

A hereditary gambling addiction

A little capital (i.e. money)

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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