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?

1879

1887

1881

1886
2 This novel is the ______ Sherlock Holmes novel.

third

first

second

fourth
3 The narrator of the novel is

A third-person omniscient narrator

Watson

John Ferrier

Holmes
4 Watson was stationed in

Russia

Austria

Afghanistan

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

He was saved by his orderly

He lost a limb

He got typhoid fever

He was struck with a bullet
6 Watson was sent to recover in

Oxford

London

Paris

America
7 Stamford is

Watson's cousin

Watson's orderly

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 poverty

His illness

His need to find cheap lodging

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

Stamford does not know what Holmes actually does for a living

He is a scientist and a chemist

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

He is very scientific and cold-blooded
10 What piece of information does Holmes identify about Watson upon their first meeting?

That Watson was wealthy

That Watson had been wounded

That Watson had been in Afghanistan

That Watson was an only child
11 The "Sherlock Holmes test" concerns

Fingerprints

Dirt

Mucus

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

He is excessively fond of smoking

He eats a great deal

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

He keeps strange hours
13 All of the following are shortcomings of Watson EXCEPT

He is extremely lazy

He keeps odd hours

He keeps a bull pup

He has frequent company
14 "The proper study of mankind is _____"

God

Man

Love

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

Main Street

Dover Street

Baker Street

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

A love affair

Crime

Religious faith

Narcotics
17 Watson is extremely surprised that Holmes is unaware of the

Impressionist Painters

Theory of Evolution

Copernican Theory

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

Literature

Astronomy

Chemistry

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

Politics

Geology

Botany

Sensational literature
20 Holmes's musical instrument of choice is the

Violin

Clarinet

Piano

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

Observation and deduction

Religion

Politics

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

Watson

Holmes

A renowned scientist

Anonymous
23 Holmes describes himself as a

Scientist

Law-enforcing detective

Consulting detective

Teacher
24 Watson says Holmes reminds him of the creation of

Samuel Johnson

Edgar Allen Poe

Daniel Defoe

William Shakespeare
25 Holmes identifies the man outside as

A retired sergeant of the Marines

A professor at Oxford

A soldier

A member of Scotland Yard

A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work.

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