General Knowledge Quiz on The Book Thief

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Leaving Certificate English LC (The Book Thief) Quiz sobre General Knowledge Quiz on The Book Thief, criado por mcglynnsiobhan em 01-03-2016.
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Questão 1

Questão
Why is it ironic that Liesel steals The Gravedigger's Handbook?
Responda
  • She's been digging graves since she could walk, she doesn't need a handbook
  • She's already dead. A la the Sixth Sense.
  • She can't read. Makes the whole book thing a little difficult.
  • She meant to steal Ditch Digging Handbook.

Questão 2

Questão
Why is Hans conscripted? - Select all correct answers.
Responda
  • He writes a pop song about Hitler.
  • He is the best goose stepper in Germany.
  • He paints a full beard on a Hitler poster.
  • He fed a Jewish prisoner a piece of bread.

Questão 3

Questão
Why does Hans get to come home? - Select all correct answers.
Responda
  • He broke his leg.
  • He has flat feet.
  • He sang too much.
  • He sneezes at inopportune times.

Questão 4

Questão
Death snags a lock of hair from Liesel after the bombing.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 5

Questão
Who narrates The Book Thief?
Responda
  • God
  • Spongebob Squarepants
  • Death
  • Liesel Meminger

Questão 6

Questão
Liesel is running away from home at the start of the novel.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 7

Questão
Liesel’s brother dies during the train ride.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 8

Questão
What book is in Liesel’s suitcase when she arrives at the Hubermann’s?
Responda
  • The Gravedigger’s Handbook
  • War and Peace
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
  • The Book Thief

Questão 9

Questão
From where does Liesel steal her second book?
Responda
  • Adolf Hitler’s personal library
  • A bookstore
  • A burning pile of books
  • School

Questão 10

Questão
What prompts Hans to hide Max from the Nazis?
Responda
  • Hans feels it’s his duty to help as many people escape the Nazis as possible
  • He was instructed to do so by a rather specific fortune cookie message
  • Max’s father saved Hans’s life during World War I
  • He lost a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors

Questão 11

Questão
The Gestapo want Rudy to join the military.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 12

Questão
Liesel calls the story of her life [blank_start]The Sound of Music.[blank_end]
Responda
  • The Sound of Music.
  • Himmel Street Blues.
  • The Book Thief.
  • Little Women.

Questão 13

Questão
Death gives Liesel [blank_start]her book[blank_end] as she dies.
Responda
  • her book
  • angel's wings
  • a pass to Heaven
  • his business card

Questão 14

Questão
Where did Max Vandenburg go?
Responda
  • To Israel
  • Home
  • He died
  • To a concentration camp

Questão 15

Questão
This novel is set [blank_start]before World War I.[blank_end]
Responda
  • before World War I.
  • during World War I.
  • before World War II.
  • during World War II.

Questão 16

Questão
This novel takes place in the city of [blank_start]Munich.[blank_end]
Responda
  • Munich.

Questão 17

Questão
Who is the Book Thief?
Responda
  • Hitler
  • Death
  • Liesel
  • Rudy

Questão 18

Questão
How does Death affect the narrative style of this book?
Responda
  • He allows us to see just how many people die.
  • He can be many places simultaneously and 'see' everything.
  • He's naturally morbid.
  • He has no humour, so we get just how serious this all is.

Questão 19

Questão
What does Death want to prove to himself?
Responda
  • That he can annihilate an entire race himself.
  • That humans are inherently selfish.
  • That it's worth it to make an effort for humans.
  • That humans will always naturally fail.

Questão 20

Questão
After the war, Max lives and learns of Liesel's death.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 21

Questão
Death steals [blank_start]The Book Thief[blank_end]
Responda
  • The Book Thief

Questão 22

Questão
How could we argue that Hitler is the Book Thief?
Responda
  • We can't; he's not a character
  • He orders to have enormous numbers of books burned.
  • He steals books from burn piles.
  • He hoards books in his library.

Questão 23

Questão
Why is Death "haunted by humans"?
Responda
  • Because he doesn't understand us
  • Because it's what God forced him to struggle with
  • Because of our capacity for kindness and suffering
  • Because ghosts are so passé

Questão 24

Questão
After Liesel steals a book from the bonfire, what does the burning book against Liesel's chest symbolise?
Responda
  • Guilt
  • Hitler's anti-Semitic rhetoric
  • Liesel's passion for words
  • The physical effect words can have
  • Shame

Questão 25

Questão
How is Hans's character developed in Part 4?
Responda
  • His role in World War I is explained.
  • His "secret life" is revealed.
  • How he learned accordion is revealed.

Questão 26

Questão
On Hitler's birthday, what was burned in the bonfire?
Responda
  • Books
  • Charcoal
  • Enemy propaganda
  • Trash
  • Firewood

Questão 27

Questão
The death of her brother causes Liesel to...
Responda
  • ...cry all the time.
  • ...hate her lot in life.
  • ...hate the war.
  • ...have nightmares.
  • ...have severe depression.

Questão 28

Questão
Rudy's fight with Franz parallels what other fight in the book?
Responda
  • Liesel vs. Max
  • Liesel vs. Nazi Party
  • Max vs. Hitler
  • Right vs. wrong
  • Rosa vs. Liesel

Questão 29

Questão
The money troubles the Hubermanns experience in Part 2 foreshadow what?
Responda
  • A stock market crash
  • Nothing
  • Rosa getting old
  • The beginning of World War II
  • The invention of the washing machine

Questão 30

Questão
The Nazi party marching down Himmel Street in Part 1 shows
Responda
  • how clean the streets are.
  • how you can't predict parade routes.
  • that Himmel Street is not immune to the Nazi Party.
  • that the residents on that street clap the loudest.

Questão 31

Questão
The swastika embroidered on Ilsa's bathrobe symbolizes...
Responda
  • ...how far reaching Nazi Party has become.
  • ...Ilsa's feelings about Jewish people.
  • ...Ilsa's poor decorating taste.
  • ...Nazi propaganda.
  • ...the Nazi Party.

Questão 32

Questão
Rosa truly hates Liesel.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 33

Questão
What essential theme is introduced in the beginning of The Book Thief?
Responda
  • Importance of war
  • Liesel's struggle with words
  • Rudy's lack of pride
  • Uselessness of love
  • Wrongness of stealing

Questão 34

Questão
Who survived the bombing of Himmel Street?
Responda
  • Hans
  • Liesel
  • Max
  • Rudy
  • Nobody

Questão 35

Questão
Who witnesses Liesel's theft?
Responda
  • Frau Hermann
  • Hans
  • Rudy
  • The Mayor's wife

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