The Sign of Four Quiz

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A quiz for Miss Bickerton's year 9, 10 and 11 students to take as part of their revision.
Ashleigh Bickerton
Quiz by Ashleigh Bickerton, updated more than 1 year ago
Ashleigh Bickerton
Created by Ashleigh Bickerton about 7 years ago
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Question 1

Question
Why is Doctor Watson worried at the beginning of the novel?
Answer
  • He thinks Sherlock is eating too much.
  • He thinks Sherlock is playing his violin badly.
  • He thinks Sherlock is taking drugs too often.
  • He thinks that he is getting fat.

Question 2

Question
Finish the quote: '"My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most obstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in __________________________."'
Answer
  • hell
  • my own proper atmosphere.
  • my idea of a party.
  • my idea of what heaven should be.

Question 3

Question
What is the name of the career Sherlock Holmes has designed for himself?
Answer
  • A detective.
  • A consulting detective.
  • An unofficial consulting detective.
  • An unofficial consulting police detective.

Question 4

Question
How is Mary Morstan described when she enters 221B Baker Street?
Answer
  • A woman with perfect taste, beautiful, but simply dressed.
  • A woman with perfect taste, beautiful, and dressed in the finest outfit money can buy.
  • A woman with imperfect taste, ugly, and dressed in a potato sack.
  • A woman with imperfect taste, ugly, and smelled like a corpse.

Question 5

Question
What date did Mary Morstan's father disappear?
Answer
  • 3rd of December, last year.
  • 3rd of December, nearly 3 years ago.
  • 3rd of December, nearly 10 years ago.
  • 3rd of December, nearly 20 years ago.

Question 6

Question
What had Mary Morstan received once a year, for the last six years?
Answer
  • Money.
  • A pearl.
  • A lump of coal.
  • Some clothing.

Question 7

Question
Where does the letter want Mary Morstan and two friends to go that night?
Answer
  • The Lyceum Theatre.
  • The Lychee Theatre.
  • The Lycanthropy Theatre.
  • The Liar's Theatre.

Question 8

Question
What is the name of the bald-headed man we meet in chapter 4?
Answer
  • Thaddeus Sholto.
  • Thackerly Sholto.
  • Tholto Shaddeus.
  • Thaddeum Shoals.

Question 9

Question
True or false: Thaddeus Sholto smokes a hookah.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

Question
True or false: Thaddeus Sholto asks Doctor Watson to examine his health.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

Question
True or false: Thaddeus Sholto is not a hypochondriac.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

Question
True or false: Thaddeus Sholto cannot tell Mary Morstan for sure whether her father is dead.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

Question
True or false: Thaddeus cares about Mary Morstan and wants to split the treasure with her.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 14

Question
What is the name of Thaddeus Sholto's brother?
Answer
  • Bartholomew Sholto.
  • Barty Sholto.
  • Bartholomew Soul.
  • Bart Simpson.

Question 15

Question
How do they find Bartholomew Sholto?
Answer
  • He is having a party.
  • He has decided to steal the treasure and has run away.
  • He is dead.
  • Trick question: there is no such character as Bartholomew Sholto!

Question 16

Question
*Note* There is more than one answer to this question. What evidence is left in the room where they find Bartholomew's body?
Answer
  • A thorn in Bartholomew's body.
  • Footsteps on the ground.
  • Pictures smashed and broken.
  • Handprints around Bartholomew's neck.
  • There is someone still there.
  • Footprints on the windowsill.

Question 17

Question
Where does Sherlock send Thaddeus Sholto at the end of chapter 5?
Answer
  • To fetch the police.
  • To get bleach to clean the scene of the crime.
  • To pick up some takeaway.
  • To go home and sleep.

Question 18

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True or false: Thaddeus is happy that his brother is dead.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 19

Question
True or false: the door to Bartholomew's room was locked.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 20

Question
True or false: Sherlock wants Thaddeus to leave the crime scene so he can examine it without anyone interfering.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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