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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
"There's no safety for anyone until he is under lock and key."
Metaphor
200
What is Holmes's plan for catching Stapleton?
Ambush him on the moor when he tries to follow Sir Henry home
200
When Holmes and Watson see that one of the portraits in the Hall resembles Stapleton, this is an example of a what?
Complication
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
"...but the baronet looked pale and distrait. Perhaps the thought of that lonely walk across the ill-omened moor was weighing heavily upon his mind." Complication? Conflict: Which type? or Neither?
Conflict: Man vs. self
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
"Barrymore considers that he has a grievance," he said. "He thinks that it was unfair on our part to hunt his brother-in-law down when he, of his own free will, had told us the secret." Meaning of GRIEVANCE as used in the sentence?
Possible answers: complaint, objection, to have a problem with
400
"Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him."
Metaphor
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
"Partly it came no doubt from his own masterful nature, which loved to dominate and surprise those who were around him. Partly also from his professional caution, which urged him never to take any chances." Who does this describe?
Holmes
400
Due to a sinister reputation, Stapleton fled from England for a period of time. Where did he go?
South America
500
"I proceed, then, from the morning which followed our abortive chase of the convict and our other strange experiences upon the moor." Meaning of ABORTIVE as used in the sentence?
Possible answers: ineffective, unsuccessful, failed, worthless
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
"We should be laughed out of court [by the jurymen] if we came with such a story and evidence."
Man vs. Society
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