The Sandman Quizzes

The Sandman Quiz 1

By Madeline Cohen · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed July 23, 2015

1 Who is the first letter of the story from?

Lothar

Coppelius

Nathanael

Clara
2 Who is the first letter of the story to?

Clara

Coppelius

Lothar

Nathanael
3 Who is the second letter of the story from?

Clara

Lothar

Nathanael

Coppelius
4 Who is the second letter of the story to?

Coppelius

Nathanael

Lothar

Clara
5 Who is the third letter of the story from?

Clara

Coppelius

Lothar

Nathanael
6 Who is the third letter of the story to?

Coppelius

Clara

Nathanael

Lothar
7 Who is Franz Moor?

A character in the play "The Seagull"

A character in the movie "Parent Trap"

A character in the play "The Robbers"

A character in the story "The Willows"
8 Who does Nathanael's mother tell him the Sandman is?

Coppola

A way of saying one is sleepy

A man who steals the eyes of children to feed to his children in the moon

Coppelius
9 Who does Nathanael's sister's nursemaid tell him the Sandman is?

A way of saying one is sleepy

Coppelius

A man who steals the eyes of children to feed to his children in the moon

Coppola
10 What sign in the evening let Nathanael know the Sandman was coming on a given night?

His father would be silent

He would smell vapors

He would draw pictures of the Sandman with charcoal

He would see Coppelius
11 How old is Nathanael when he is moved to a different bedroom?

5

10

15

7
12 What happens when Nathanael moves bedrooms?

He doesn't have to live with his brother

He meets Coppola

He meets Clara

He witnesses the Sandman's coming
13 Where does Nathanael hide in his father's room?

Behind a curtain

Under the bed

In a cupboard

In the fireplace
14 Who does Nathanael discover to be his father's late night visitor?

Clara

Coppola

Marcos

Coppelius
15 What does Nathanael's father's visitor do to Nathanael?

Cut open his chest

Dislocate his arms and legs

Steal his eyes

Burn his eyes in a fire
16 What does Coppelius do to upset Nathanael and his siblings?

Touch their food and wine

Whisper secrets to them

Sell their toys

Steal their eyes
17 What happens on Coppelius's final visit to Nathanael's childhood home?

Coppelius dislocates Nathanael's arms and legs

Coppelius reveals that he is the Sandman

Nathanael's father dies

Coppola and Spalanzani fight over Olimpia
18 What is Clara's point of view on Nathanael's story of his childhood?

Coppelius is not scary

Coppelius must die for Nathanael to move on

Nathanael should be with Olimpia

Fear of Coppelius and Coppola comes from within and should be forgotten
19 What does Nathanael NOT say in his second letter to Lothar?

That Coppola is the same as Coppelius

That he is upset Clara read the letter

That he has seen Olimpia for the first time

That Coppola is not the same as Coppelius
20 Why does the story's narrator say he has written the story?

Because Lothar asked him to

To get justice for Clara

Because he feels so compelled by the story

To get justice for Nathanael
21 What does "In medias res" mean?

For example

And so on

In the media

In the middle
22 What art form is Nathanael talented at?

Drawing portraits

Playing violin

Writing stories

Writing opera
23 Which of these does NOT happen in Nathanael's poem for Clara?

Nathanael's father burns his face

Nathanael falls in a ring of fire

Her eyes burn him at their wedding

A black hand reaches into their lives and ruins things
24 What does Nathanael call Clara after she tells him to destroy his poem?

A wench

A cox-comb

An automaton

A philistine
25 What does Lothar decide must be done because of Nathanael's insult to Clara?

Nathanael must leave for university

Nathanael and Lothar must duel

Nathanael must go to the madhouse

Nathanael's mother must be told

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