The Magician’s Nephew Quizzes

The Magician's Nephew Quiz 1

1 Which of these descriptions best fits Digory's character?

Courageous, arrogant, and greedy

Caring, Courageous, and arrogant

Selfless, silly, and childish

Courageous, selfless, and caring
2 When Digory discovers the true nature of Uncle Andrew's laboratory, Digory describes Uncle Andrew as:

A wicked, cruel magician

A powerful, controlling wizard

A sad, crazy old man

An evil villain
3 Which of the following is an example of irony:

Uncle Andrew's desire to experiment with magic, but not to go himself to any magic lands

Aslan's love for the creatures he created

Polly is late for dinner because she was adventuring in other worlds

Digory's need to follow Polly into an unknown world because Uncle Andrew tricks him
4 How is Queen Jadis/ the Witch characterized in the novel?

greedy, cruel, severe-looking, understanding

cruel, powerful, greedy, severe-looking

Beautiful, cruel, powerful, greedy

Beautiful, powerful, kind, caring
5 Aslan is representative of which of the following

Goodness

Divinity

Son of God

All of these are correct
6 How does Queen Jadis kill all life in Charn?

The Deplorable Word

She turns herself to wax

None of these are correct

A long and bloody war
7 Why does Digory live with the Ketterleys?

The Ketterleys are taking care of Digory’s sick mother while Digory’s father is in India

He wanted to be closer to Polly so they could go on adventures together

He is prisoner of his mad uncle

His parents have died
8 How do Digory and Polly arrive at the Woods Between Worlds

By touching the yellow rings

Queen Jadis calls them there

By touching the green rings

Uncle Andrew says a magic spell
9 What is the grave mistake that Digory almost makes in the Wood Between Worlds?

He almost goes to Charn alone

He jumps in the wrong pool

He kills a guinea pig

He almost leaves the home pool without marking it
10 What creatures do Digory and Polly find in the Wood Between Worlds?

Mice

Guinea pigs

Other children

None, no animals live there
11 What color is the sun in Charn?

red

white

yellow

black
12 How does Digory awaken Queen Jadis?

He rings a bell

He touches her

He puts a ring on her

Digory doesn't wake her, Polly does
13 Which theme does Queen Jadis help to develop the most in the novel

Friendship

Nature and Growth

Faith

Temptation
14 Which literary element is best represented in the following quote: “Make your choice, adventurous Stranger; / Strike the bell and bide the danger, / Or wonder, till it drives you mad, / What would have followed if you had.”(Chapter 4, p 58)

Imagery

Paradox

Metaphor

Juxtaposition
15 Uncle Andrew makes the magic rings from which of the following materials:

Ancient precious metal

Magical jewels

Ash that he turned to jewels

Dust from Atlantis
16 When Aunt Letty and Queen Jadis meet, how does Aunt Letty react

She asks Queen Jadis to tea

She thinks Queen Jadis is from the circus

She feels scared

All of these answers are correct
17 Who is Fledge?

Aslan's messenger

The London cab horse Strawberry, and the first flying horse of Narnia

Digory's horse at his country home

The charger Queen Jadis had in Charn
18 When the characters arrive in an “empty world (112), the Cabby says, “If we’re dead-- which I don’t deny it might be-- well, you got to remember worse things ‘appen at sea and a chap’s got to die sometime.” (113). Which literary element is demonstrated in this situation?

Understatement

Imagery

Simile

Metaphor
19 Who are the antagonist and protagonist of the novel?

Uncle Andrew; Digory

Queen Jadis; Aslan

Queen Jadis; Digory

Uncle Andrew; Aslan
20 What is Atlantis?

The sister kingdom of Charn

A lost city, who met its downfall due to greed and immorality

A land outside of Narnia

The hometown of Uncle Andrew's fairy godmother
21 What are the functions of the yellow and green rings, as discovered by Digory and Polly?

The yellow ring brings you to the Woods; the green ring brings you into the Other Worlds

The yellow ring brings you to Other Worlds; the green ring brings you home

The yellow ring brings you to Home; the green ring brings you to the Woods

The yellow ring brings you to Other Worlds; the green ring brings you to London
22 Which of the following situations helps to develop the theme of friendship?

The animals make a pet of Uncle Andrew

Aslan talk to the Cabby before asking him to be King

Polly touches her yellow ring while Digory touches the Witch, in order to get her out of London

Uncle Andrew orders the hansom cab for Queen Jadis
23 What do both Polly and Digory feel when they arrive in the Wood Between the Worlds?

Scared

Angry with Uncle Andrew

As if they have been there forever

All of these are correct
24 How do the children arrive in Charn?

Aslan puts them there as punishment

They use the green rings to jump into a pool in the woods

Queen Jadis summons them there

Uncle Andrew sent them there to seek Queen Jadis for her beauty
25 Which of the following situations demonstrates the theme of temptation

Queen Jadis tells Digory the benefits of the silver apple

Digory reads the inscription in Charn and wants to ring the bell

Polly sees the rings in Uncle Andrew's study and wants to touch them

All of these are correct

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