The Island of Dr. Moreau Quizzes

The Island of Dr. Moreau Quiz 1

1 Under whom did both Prendick and Wells study biology?
Huxley

Davis

Darwin

Kellar
2 The ship that first picked up Prendick at the beginning of the story is named which of the following?
Medusa

Ipecacuanha

Myrtle

The Lady Vain
3 What is the captain's name?
Charles Davis

Alfred Huxley

John Davis

John Huxley
4 How many people were initially in the lifeboat with Prendick, excluding him?
Three

Four

Two

Zero
5 What does Prendick's nephew suggest the island is named?
The Island of Doctor Moreau

Callao

Arica

Noble's Island
6 What animal does Montgomery release upon reaching the island with Prendick?
Birds

Snakes

Mice

Rabbits
7 Which most accurately describes Prendick's status?
Nobility

Upper Class

Lower Class

Middle Class
8 Why did Moreau finally allow Prendick to stay on the island?
He feared Prendick would tell others about his experiments

He wanted to experiment on Prendick

Prendick promised to help him with his experiments

He did not believe the captain would really leave him stranded in the lifeboat
9 What does Prendick refuse to consume?
Biscuits

Brandy

Red meat

Dark meat
10 Which of the following was never a threat to Prendick?
The Satyr

The Hyena-Swine

The Leopard Man

M'ling
11 Prendick spends about how much time on the island in total?
Eleven months

Nine months

One month

Six months
12 About how many Beast Folk are living on the island when Prendick arrives?
One hundred twenty

Sixty

Two hundred

Ten
13 Why did Moreau leave England?
He wanted to be able to work where the authorities could not catch him

The Royal College of Science and Technology paid him to research abroad

He wanted to work with more exotic animals

He was hounded out after a reporter exposed his experiments
14 Why did Montgomery leave England?
He had been working with Moreau in his lab, so they left together

He "lost his head" one foggy evening

He too is interested in the limits of vivisection

He was involved in a murder that Moreau helped to cover up
15 Which of the following is NOT an obvious deformity in the Beast Folk?
Malformed hands

Muzzle-like faces

Abnormally long legs compared to torso

Outwardly-curved spines
16 Why does Montgomery find his annual trip to Arica insufficient contact with other humans?
He works primarily through a wildlife agent on the mainland

He does not get a chance to talk enough with the crew

He speaks no Portuguese and thus cannot interact with the Arican natives

The people in the seafaring village are not the finest type of mankind
17 Why does The Lady Vain sink?
A mutiny resulted in a deck fire

A storm ripped the boat apart

Pirates attacked, looted, and scuttled the ship

It collided with a derelict
18 Where does Moreau propose that Prendick stay while on the island?
A shack outside the enclosure

Montgomery's room

A hut of the Beast Folk

The outer room of the enclosure
19 What drives Prendick into the jungle for the first time?
Moreau insults him, and Prendick leaves in indignation

The sounds of the puma being vivisected

He believes M'ling is stalking him

Montgomery's drunken antics
20 What observation does Prendick make about the cries of the puma?
That the cries seem to resonate with every part of his human sympathies

That the sounds of the puma are like the sounds of a woman

That if he had known such pain was felt, but could not hear the cries himself, he could stand it well enough

That they seem to get louder and more frantic with every moment
21 How does Montgomery respond when Prendick confronts him about M'ling's pointed ears and luminous eyes?
Tells Prendick he must still be delusional

Angrily tells Prendick to mind his own business

Confesses to M'ling's true nature and origin

Pretends to have never noticed them himself
22 Who chases Prendick on his first exploration of the island?
The Leopard Man

The Hyena-Swine

The Sayer of the Law

The Satyr
23 H.G. Wells was which of the following?
A communist

A modern democrat

A classical republican

A libertarian
24 Why does the Leopard Man chase Prendick during his first expedition?
He has tasted blood and it has awakened his animal instincts

Prendick trespassed into his territory

Prendick threatened him

Moreau set him on Prendick to keep him from telling anyone about the island
25 How does Montgomery react to Prendick's story of being chased by the Leopard Man?
He tells him it was just a "bogle," a product of his imagination

He tells him that Moreau has forbidden him to talk about it

He tells him it was one of the local animals

He tells him there must be another human on the island

Who narrates the harrowing days at sea? How long were they at sea for?

I think that Charles Prendick does. They were at sea for 8 days.

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What grizzly thing happens on the sixth day?

The ship crew are considering cannibalism.

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Midterm Question

By 1896, England was well into the Second Industrial Revolution, and it had developed a strong confidence in science's ability to solve problems. Darwinism had proven to many that humans and animals were not finished, immutable products but were...

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