Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Quizzes

Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Quiz 1

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1 What year was the novel written?

1824

1800

1924

1709
2 The novel takes place in

Ireland

Scotland

England

France
3 The novel was

never published in the author's lifetime

published anonymously

beloved in its day

not controversial
4 The novel is partly about

war

art

religion

marriage
5 Whose teachings play a big role in the text?

Calvin

Aristotle

Bentham

Augustine
6 Rabina is known for her

charity

generosity

religious devotion

muteness
7 Miss Logan is the laird's

mistress

sister

maid

adviser
8 What do Wringhim and Rabina do to Robert?

Make him hate school

Make him an atheist

Make him hate his brother and father

Make him afraid of them
9 George is described as

pious

intelligent

mean

handsome
10 Where does Robert first meet George?

At a tavern

A tennis match

The mountain

Parliament
11 Robert appears very

meek

stupid

malevolent

friendly
12 What happens as a result of the tensions between George and Robert?

Reunion of warring factions

Religious conflict ceases

A mob and fighting

Everyone turns against both of them
13 What does Robert do to George that confounds him?

Tries to turn his friends against him

Asks for reconciliaton

Follows him wherever he goes

Preaches at him
14 What frightens George on top of the mountain?

A thunderstorm

An apparition of his brother

A religious vision

A strange young man
15 Why is George arrested?

Beating up Robert

Lying to authorities

Blasphemy

Inciting a mob
16 Who is the suspected killer of George?

Drummond

Wringhim

Bell Calvert

Adam Gordon
17 Who undertakes a mission to find out who killed George?

Rabina

Miss Logan

Drummond

Wringhim
18 What does Bell Calvert want Miss Logan to do?

Beg for her release

Say the stolen goods weren't hers

Say the stolen goods were hers

Find out George's killer
19 Who is Bessy Gillies?

A young woman George is involved with

A prostitute

The laird's mistress

A maid testifying at the stolen goods trial
20 What reason does Bell Calvert give for the deplorable condition of her life?

Men

Poverty

Lack of education

Age
21 Whom did Bell try to seduce?

Robert

Drummond

George

Wringhim
22 What does the young man do to Bell?

Laughs at her

Winks at her

Waves at her

Glares at her
23 What does Bell witness?

Robert's persecutions of George

Drummond fleeing

The death of the laird

George's murder
24 The two women think the other young man with Robert looks like

George

a politician from Glasgow

the laird

Wringhim
25 In Dalcastle, whom do Miss Logan and Bell encounter?

Drummond

Robert and a young man

Rabina

Wringhim

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