Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Multiple Choice

The first Sherlock Holmes story was published in 1887, in what time period is that?

• Interwar period

• Victorian era

• Elizabethan era

• Jacobean era

Victorian era

• Reign of Queen Victoria

• 1837-1901

• Reading culture

Open Ended

Who is the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• °1859, Edinburgh

• Writer and doctor

• 'Sir' --> knighted

Multiple Choice

How was the first Sherlock Holmes story published?

• In book form

• In a paper

• As a play

• In a magazine

Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887

• Paperback Magazine

• Only 11 originals left

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Open Ended

What is Sherlock's job?

Detective

• Private detective

• Consulting detective

• Art of deduction

Open Ended

Who is Sherlock's companion?

John Watson

• Army doctor

• Shares a flat with Sherlock

• Narrator

Multiple Choice

How many Sherlock Holmes stories did Doyle write?

• 60

• 4

• 9

• 35

The Canon of Sherlock Holmes

• 4 novels

• 56 short stories

• Short stories collected in 5 books