The Island of Dr. Moreau Quizzes

The Island of Dr. Moreau Quiz 1

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1 Under whom did both Prendick and Wells study biology?

Huxley

Darwin

Davis

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

Ipecacuanha

Myrtle

Medusa

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

John Huxley

John Davis

Charles Davis

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

Four

Three

Zero

Two
5 What does Prendick's nephew suggest the island is named?

Arica

Noble's Island

Callao

The Island of Doctor Moreau
6 What animal does Montgomery release upon reaching the island with Prendick?

Birds

Snakes

Mice

Rabbits
7 Which most accurately describes Prendick's status?

Lower Class

Nobility

Middle Class

Upper 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?

Dark meat

Brandy

Red meat

Biscuits
10 Which of the following was never a threat to Prendick?

The Leopard Man

The Hyena-Swine

M'ling

The Satyr
11 Prendick spends about how much time on the island in total?

Six months

Eleven months

One month

Nine months
12 About how many Beast Folk are living on the island when Prendick arrives?

Two hundred

One hundred twenty

Sixty

Ten
13 Why did Moreau leave England?

He wanted to work with more exotic animals

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

He was hounded out after a reporter exposed his experiments

He wanted to be able to work where the authorities could not catch him
14 Why did Montgomery leave England?

He was involved in a murder that Moreau helped to cover up

He had been working with Moreau in his lab, so they left together

He too is interested in the limits of vivisection

He "lost his head" one foggy evening
15 Which of the following is NOT an obvious deformity in the Beast Folk?

Abnormally long legs compared to torso

Outwardly-curved spines

Malformed hands

Muzzle-like faces
16 Why does Montgomery find his annual trip to Arica insufficient contact with other humans?

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

The people in the seafaring village are not the finest type of mankind

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

He works primarily through a wildlife agent on the mainland
17 Why does The Lady Vain sink?

A storm ripped the boat apart

A mutiny resulted in a deck fire

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 hut of the Beast Folk

Montgomery's room

A shack outside the enclosure

The outer room of the enclosure
19 What drives Prendick into the jungle for the first time?

He believes M'ling is stalking him

The sounds of the puma being vivisected

Montgomery's drunken antics

Moreau insults him, and Prendick leaves in indignation
20 What observation does Prendick make about the cries of the puma?

That they seem to get louder and more frantic with every moment

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

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

That the cries seem to resonate with every part of his human sympathies
21 How does Montgomery respond when Prendick confronts him about M'ling's pointed ears and luminous eyes?

Angrily tells Prendick to mind his own business

Tells Prendick he must still be delusional

Pretends to have never noticed them himself

Confesses to M'ling's true nature and origin
22 Who chases Prendick on his first exploration of the island?

The Leopard Man

The Sayer of the Law

The Hyena-Swine

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

A libertarian

A communist

A modern democrat

A classical republican
24 Why does the Leopard Man chase Prendick during his first expedition?

Prendick threatened him

Moreau set him on Prendick to keep him from telling anyone about the island

Prendick trespassed into his territory

He has tasted blood and it has awakened his animal instincts
25 How does Montgomery react to Prendick's story of being chased by the Leopard Man?

He tells him it was one of the local animals

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 there must be another human on the island

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