Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Events
Elements of a Story
Miscellaneous
100
"The incidents of the next few days are indelibly graven upon my recollection" What is the meaning of INDELIBLY as used in this sentence?
Possible answers: infinitely, forever, unforgettably, impossible to forget
100
"You look like a general who is planning a battle with his chief of the staff
Simile
100
Who did Stapleton turn to when his wife wouldn't help him kill Sir Charles?
Laura Lyons
100
Describe the mood of the moor/ Grimpen Mire.
Awful, dangerous, sinister, melancholy
100
How did Stapleton use Laura Lyons to kill Sir Charles?
He forced her to send a letter asking Sir Charles to meet her at the moor gate at night
200
"Mrs. Lyons," said I as I rose from this long and inconclusive interview, "you are taking a very great responsibility and putting yourself in a very false position by not making an absolutely clean breast of all that you know." What is the meaning of INCONCLUSIVE as used in the sentence?
Possible answers: proving nothing, useless, indeterminate, pointless
200
What is the name of the train station.
Waterloo Station.
200
"This man had offered me marriage on condition that I could get a divorce from my husband. He has lied to me, the villain, in every conceivable way. Not one word of truth has he ever told me." Who says this?
Laura Lyons
300
"My life has been one incessant persecution from a husband whom I abhor. The law is upon his side, and every day I am faced by the possibility that he may force me to live with him." What does ABHOR mean as used in the sentence?
Possible answers: hate, loathe, dispise
300
"...and the roof floated like a strange ship upon a shadowy sea..." Identify at least TWO types of figurative language in the example above.
1. Personification 2. Alliteration 3. Simile
300
What does Holmes realize when he is looking at family portraits of the Baskervilles? (Hint: who does Stapleton resemble in appearance?)
Stapleton resembles Hugo Baskerville
300
Give an example of when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle speeds up time.
When Sir Hugo figures out that the maiden has escaped.
300
"It is very probable, therefore, that in the absence of his master it was he who cared for the hound, though he may never have known the purpose for which the beast was used." Who does Holmes believe may have been taking care of the hound?
Anthony: Stapleton's manservant
400
Who is the "dark sheep" of the Baskerville family?
Rodger Baskerville 2nd.
400
What does Sherlock ask Watson to due once he returns home from Baskerville Hall?
Report everything back to him.
400
How does Holmes plan to trick/deceive the Stapletons by thinking he is in London?
He sends a telegram stating he has lost his pocketbook and for it to be returned to Baker Street
400
What is the room like when Watson walks in (after Sherlock has been thinking), due to what, and where did Sherlock "transport" himself to?
The room is smokey due to Sherlock smoking his pipe, and he says he went to Devonshire.
400
Due to a sinister reputation, Stapleton fled from England for a period of time. Where did he go?
South America
500
Who is the manager of the district messenger office?
Wilson
500
"He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody."
Foreshadowing
500
Why does Stapleton tie up and gag Beryl?
After learning about her husband's affair with Laura Lyons, Stapleton was worried she would betray him.
500
Name the three broken threads.
1. Getting the telegraph saying that Barrymore is at the hall. 2. Cartwright not finding the cut up newspaper. 3. Getting tricked by the man in the cab.
500
By the end of the novel, what is the one "loose end" Holmes still has regarding the case?
How exactly Stapleton planned on taking the Baskerville estate without causing suspicion
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