A Study in Scarlet Quizzes

A Study in Scarlet Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne · Edited by Dr. Illiana Celia Quimbaya · Last reviewed February 09, 2012

1 What year was the novel published?

1886

1881

1879

1887
2 This novel is the ______ Sherlock Holmes novel.

second

first

fourth

third
3 The narrator of the novel is

John Ferrier

A third-person omniscient narrator

Holmes

Watson
4 Watson was stationed in

Afghanistan

Uzbekistan

Austria

Russia
5 At war, all of the following happened to Watson EXCEPT

He got typhoid fever

He was struck with a bullet

He lost a limb

He was saved by his orderly
6 Watson was sent to recover in

America

London

Paris

Oxford
7 Stamford is

Watson's orderly

Watson's cousin

An old war friend of Watson's

A man Watson met at a bar for the first time
8 The problem Watson tells Stamford about is

His need to find cheap lodging

His poverty

His illness

His unrequited love for a young woman
9 Stamford offers all of the following information about Holmes EXCEPT

He is very scientific and cold-blooded

He is a scientist and a chemist

He has a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge

Stamford does not know what Holmes actually does for a living
10 What piece of information does Holmes identify about Watson upon their first meeting?

That Watson was wealthy

That Watson was an only child

That Watson had been wounded

That Watson had been in Afghanistan
11 The "Sherlock Holmes test" concerns

Dirt

Fingerprints

Mucus

Blood
12 Holmes admits to which of the following as a shortcoming of his?

He eats a great deal

He keeps strange hours

He is in the dumps and doesn't open his mouth for days on end

He is excessively fond of smoking
13 All of the following are shortcomings of Watson EXCEPT

He keeps a bull pup

He is extremely lazy

He has frequent company

He keeps odd hours
14 "The proper study of mankind is _____"

God

Love

Man

Nature
15 Holmes's and Watson's new abode is on

Downing Street

Baker Street

Main Street

Dover Street
16 Watson suspected that Holmes was involved with _______, but concluded that was probably not true

Crime

Narcotics

A love affair

Religious faith
17 Watson is extremely surprised that Holmes is unaware of the

Copernican Theory

Impressionist Painters

American Civil War

Theory of Evolution
18 All of the following are areas of knowledge in which Watson identifies Holmes as having little or no awareness of EXCEPT

Literature

Astronomy

Philosophy

Chemistry
19 The area of knowledge of which Holmes has an immense understanding of is

Sensational literature

Geology

Politics

Botany
20 Holmes's musical instrument of choice is the

Flute

Piano

Clarinet

Violin
21 "The Book of Life" is an article about

Religion

Politics

Observation and deduction

Chemistry
22 Who is the author of the "Book of Life?"

Anonymous

Holmes

A renowned scientist

Watson
23 Holmes describes himself as a

Teacher

Law-enforcing detective

Scientist

Consulting detective
24 Watson says Holmes reminds him of the creation of

William Shakespeare

Daniel Defoe

Edgar Allen Poe

Samuel Johnson
25 Holmes identifies the man outside as

A professor at Oxford

A soldier

A retired sergeant of the Marines

A member of Scotland Yard

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