The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Quizzes

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Quiz 1

By Jessica Bear · Edited by Neal Adolph Akatsuka · Last reviewed February 26, 2015

1 Who is the narrator of the novel?

The narration shifts between many characters

There is an omniscient narrator

Dr. Sheppard

Hercule Poirot
2 Where does Dr. Sheppard's sister Caroline get most of her gossip from?

She frequently goes out and prods strangers for gossip

No one - she is not much of a gossip

Her upper-class friends

The servants and tradesmen
3 Whose dies first in the novel?

Mrs. Ferrars

Ursula Bourne

Dr. Sheppard

Roger Ackroyd
4 How does Mrs. Ferrars die?

She poisons herself

She is poisoned by someone else

She accidentally overdoses on heroin

She accidentally overdoses on Veronal
5 Why does Miss Russell really visit Dr. Sheppard the day after Mrs. Ferrars' death?

She wants to learn about Veronal and how it could be used to kill someone

She hopes that Dr. Sheppard will tell her how Mrs. Ferrars died

She wants to learn more about cocaine and whether someone with a cocaine habit can ever be cured of it

She wants to learn more about different kinds of deadly poisons
6 How is Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd related to Roger Ackroyd?

She is his sister-in-law

She is his mother

She is is his sister

She is his divorced wife
7 How is Ralph Patton related to Roger Ackroyd?

Ralph is Roger Ackroyd's son

Ralph is Roger Ackroyd's son-in-law

Ralph is Roger Ackroyd's stepson

None of the above
8 Who was Ralph Patton really talking to in the woods?

It is never revealed

Ursula Bourne

Mrs. Ferrars

Flora Ackroyd
9 What does Dr. Sheppard initially believe his neighbor's profession to be?

Performer

Police Officer

Detective

Hairdresser
10 Who is "Porrot"?

The detective who first comes to investigate Roger Ackroyd's death

The name Dr. Sheppard mistakenly assigns to his neighbor before he learns his name is actually "Hercule Poirot"

The mysterious man who visits the summer house the night of Roger Ackroyd's death

Dr. Sheppard's first name
11 Why did Hercule Poirot originally come to King's Abbot?

Because Roger Ackroyd begged him to

To investigate Roger Ackroyd's murder

To be head detective of the town

To retire
12 Ultimately, who is the mysterious stranger who Dr. Sheppard meets approaching Fernly Park on the night of the murder?

Ralph Paton in disguise

Charles Kent, Flora Ackroyd's secret lover

Charles Kent, Miss Russell's estranged son

None of the above
13 What does Roger Ackroyd receive from Parker when he is talking to Dr. Sheppard that causes him such surprise?

A letter from his stepson Ralph Paton

A letter from Charles Kent

A knife that is later used to kill him

A letter from the dead Mrs. Ferrars
14 Why is Roger Ackroyd so upset at dinner?

His stepson Ralph Paton refused to marry Flora Ackroyd

He believes someone wants to kill him

He is concerned about Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd's spending habits

Mrs. Ferrars told him she was being blackmailed before her death
15 Who killed Ashley Ferrars, Mrs. Ferrars' late husband?

Dr. Sheppard

Mrs. Ferrars

Roger Ackroyd

Ralph Paton
16 What did Flora Ackroyd initially pretend that she said goodnight to her uncle at 9:45?

She didn't want her mother to know that she'd snuck out to meet Charles Kent

She didn't want the police to know that she'd snuck out to meet Ralph Paton

Parker caught her outside of Ackroyd's office, and she didn't want him to suspect that she'd just been in Ackroyd's bedroom to steal money

Parker caught her outside of Ackroyd's office, and she didn't want him to suspect that she'd actually been having a fight with her uncle about money
17 Who moved the chair in Roger Ackroyd's office after his murder?

Major Blunt

Geoffrey Raymond

Parker

Dr. Sheppard
18 Who was Roger Ackroyd talking to when Raymond overheard him in his office at 9:30?

Geoffrey Raymond

Ralph Paton

Major Blunt

None of the above
19 Why does Flora Ackroyd want to enlist Poirot's help in solving her uncle's murder?

She is worried that the inspectors are going to accuse Ralph and wants Poirot to find the real truth

She is worried that the inspectors are going to accuse her and wants Poirot to find the real truth

She is worried that the inspectors are going to find out she stole the money and wants Poirot to distract them

She is worried that the inspectors are going to accuse her mother and wants Poirot to find the real truth
20 How does Flora Ackroyd know that Dr. Sheppard attempted to visit Ralph the night of the murder?

When she went to the inn the next morning, the servants there told her

She followed him

She had Poirot follow him

Ralph told her
21 Poirot says to Dr. Sheppard that "cases of this kind" all have what in common?

They are always easy to solve

Everyone involved in them has something to hide

The guilty person is always who you least suspect

The case is always much more confusing that you first think
22 Poirot says that the grandfather chair being moved in Ackroyd's study is "completely unimportant. That's why...." what?

"we won't be examining it further"

"it's the answer to the entire mystery"

"it's so interesting"

"we'll let the police distract themselves investigating it"
23 What nationality is Hercule Poirot?

Dutch

British

Belgian

French
24 What clues does Poirot find on the floor of the summerhouse?

A wedding ring with the inscription "From R"

The dagger that was used to kill Roger Ackroyd

A goose quill and a piece of cambric

The dictaphone
25 The inspectors immediately find footprints outside of Ackroyd's study window. Who do these initially point to as the murderer?

Ursula Bourne, who frequently walks around outside Fernly Park

Dr. Sheppard, who has two pairs of shoes that match the footprints

Major Blunt, who frequently walks around outside Fernly Park

Ralph Paton, who has two pairs of shoes that match the footprints

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