The Sound Machine Quizzes

The Sound Machine Quiz 1

1 Who narrates "The Sound Machine"?
Mrs. Saunders

The doctor

Klausner

An unnamed third-person narrator
2 Who wrote "The Sound Machine"?
An unnamed narrator

Roald Dahl

Klausner

The doctor
3 What genre is "The Sound Machine"?
Short story

Comics

Novel

Play
4 Which is not a major theme in "The Sound Machine"?
The Personification of Plants

Genius vs. Madness

Poverty

Obsession
5 Who is the story's protagonist?
Klausner

Klausner's wife

The doctor

Mrs. Saunders
6 Where is Klausner's workshop?
The Doctor's shed

A mental hospital

A prison yard

His garden shed
7 What is Klausner's profession?
Railroad engineer

Botanist

Musician

Something to do with sound that is never clearly specified
8 What does the narrator liken the shape of the sound machine to?
A briefcase

An artillery case

A clown's shoebox

A child's coffin
9 What does Klausner do while tinkering with the wires in his box?
Talk softly to himself

Listen to jazz

Shout with his neighbor

Cry
10 Who comes to visit Klausner in his workshop?
Mrs. Saunders

The doctor

A police officer

Klausner's father
11 What is the doctor's name?
Ellis

Johnson

Scott

Stone
12 What part of Klausner's body does the doctor ask about?
Throat

Ears

Teeth

Eyes
13 What is the mood in the workshop when the doctor asks Klausner about his box?
Tense

Airy

Haunting

Drab
14 How does Klausner initially respond when asked about the box?
Thrilled someone asked

He yawns as if it is boring

Reluctant to speak about it

Bouncing off the walls with manic energy
15 What is the likely unsaid reason the doctor checks up on Klausner?
He is monitoring Klausner's mental health

He is Klausner's brother

He has a crush on Klausner

He is Klausner's father
16 What is the purpose of Klausner's box?
To detect sounds so high- or low-pitched the human ear can't hear them

To listen to what plants are feeling

To pick up alien radio frequencies

To make toast on a timer every morning
17 What does Klausner say is the upper limit of the human hearing range?
He never says a number

15,000 vibrations a second

5,000 vibrations a second

20,000 vibrations a second
18 How high does Klausner believe notes go above human hearing range?
20 kHz higher

Infinitely higher

Not at all higher

A few semitones
19 What does the doctor believe there is "an immeasurable distance" between?
Forces of good and evil

Reality and fantasy

Hither and yon

Klausner's body and mind
20 How does Klausner's sound machine make the inaudible audible?
It turns high vibrations into lower-pitched tones

It has a very large microphone

It never works

None of these
21 What example does Klausner give for animals being able to hear different things than humans?
A baby dove's song

A dog whistle

The music of the spheres

An infrasonic device
22 Where does Klausner conduct his first test?
His workshop

The park

His back garden

The doctor's office
23 What does "bespectacled" mean?
Full of acne

Sizzling hot

Wearing eyeglasses

Covered in spots
24 Who is Klausner's neighbor?
Mrs. Saunders

His brother

His ex-wife

The doctor
25 What does Klausner hear make a shriek?
His neighbor

Rose stems being cut

Lily stems being cut

Tree leaves detaching and falling

The Characters in this story

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How do you turn the sound down on a Mgaxyff White Noise sound machine

Sorry, I don't know this.

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Sound machine

I think he was an obsessive inventor that wanted a result any way he coud get it. Obsession is a prevailing theme throughout the book. What starts out as piqued interest soon turns into full-fledged obsession, as Klausner resorts to cruel methods...

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