Confessions of an English Opium Eater Quizzes

Confessions of an English Opium Eater Quiz 1

1 According to the prefatory note to the reader, what does De Quincey hope his memoir will do?
Entertain the reader

Educate readers about the dangers of opium

Encourage more people to use opium

Make opium use more publicly acceptable
2 What subset of workers in Manchester uses opium heavily, according to De Quincey?
Skilled artisans

Seamstresses

Cotton makers

Coal miners
3 Why does De Quincey believe opium appeals to the working class?
It doesn't cause a hangover, so they can use it on weeknights

It is inexpensive

It is glamorous, and they are trying to imitate the upper class

It can be used to relieve pain
4 Which poet does De Quincey praise as a "subtle thinker?"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Lord Byron

Percy Bysse Shelley

William Wordsworth
5 How old was De Quincey when he first began to take opium daily?
20

15

28

25
6 Why did De Quincey increase his opium intake to start using it every day?
It helped his pain from a stomach illness

He was upset because his wife died

It was fashionable among his friends to take opium every day

It was the first time in his life he could afford to do so
7 What was De Quincey's best subject in school?
Composition

Math

Philosophy

Greek
8 How did De Quincey practice Greek?
By translating newspapers

By practicing conversation with his friends

By translating classical literary texts

By spending his summers in Greece
9 How much money does De Quincey's family friend lend him when he wants to run away from school?
Ten guineas

Five guineas

100 pounds

Twelve guineas
10 Why was the groom willing to help De Quincey move his trunk?
The groom hated the headmaster

He didn't realize that De Quincey was running away

De Quincey had befriended all of the servants

De Quincey bribed him
11 Why does De Quincey leave the inn in Bangor?
Its conditions are squalid

His landlady implied he was a criminal

He was worried about being apprehended for running away from school

He ran out of money
12 How does De Quincey endear himself to the family of Welsh siblings?
He writes love-letters for the women

He makes a beautiful speech in Greek

He helps the brothers with manual labor in the fields

He recounts the exciting story of how he ran away from school
13 Why did De Quincey leave the family of Welsh siblings?
He was uncomfortable sleeping on their floor

He became ill

They could not afford to feed him

Their parents did not like him
14 What is the little girl at the house in London afraid of?
Ghosts

Her abusive father

Starvation

Thunderstorms
15 What does De Quincey suspect is the relationship between the little girl and the lawyer, Mr. –––?
She is his housekeeper

She is his illegitimate daughter

He is her secret benefactor

She is his secret lover
16 How old was Ann when De Quincey knew her?
17

16

13

15
17 What was Ann's occupation?
Opium-dealer

Dentist

Prostitute

Match-seller
18 What did Ann buy for De Quincey when he was starving?
Bread

Wine

Broth

Milk
19 What document(s) did De Quincey use to convince the moneylenders of his identity?
Letters from his attorney

His birth certificate

A deed to property in Wales

Letters from friends
20 Why does De Quincey go to Eton?
Because rent is low there

To get a friend to cosign on a loan

To prepare to study at Oxford

To visit his fiancée's brother
21 How does De Quincey get to Eton?
By riding in the back of a wine-merchant's cart

By horse

By stagecoach

By mail-cart
22 Why can't De Quincey find Ann in later years?
He doesn't know her last name

She has moved to Manchester

She has died

She changed her name
23 Why isn't De Quincey afraid of the murderer on Hounslow-Heath?
He wasn't aware that a murder had taken place

He is high on opium

He has no money

He believes the murderer has fled the scene
24 Why is Lord Densart ultimately unable to help De Quincey?
His family won't allow it

The paperwork he sends to the moneylender gets lost in the mail

He is bankrupt himself

The moneylender won't accept his terms
25 Which of these qualities best describes De Quincey's parents?
Politically radical

Intellectual

Noble

Fabulously wealthy

C.Receives a shave

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