The Bishop's Candlesticks Quiz

'He was kind to me too-but what's a Bishop for except to be kind to you? Here, cheer up, my hearty, you're getting soft.' To whom is the convict talking?

• Bishop

• Himself

• Persome

• None

'Convict: Ah! thanks, thanks, Monseigneur. I-I, Ah, I'm a fool, a child to cry, but somehow you have made me feel that-that it is just as if something had come into me- as if I were a man again, not a wild beast.' Why does the convict cry?

• Due to sudden help by Bishop

• Due to extreme compassion shown to him

• Because of humanitarian feelings

• Pain in the eyes

'It is hopeless, hopeless. We shall have nothing left. His estate is sold, his savings have gone. His furniture, everything. Were it not for my little dot, we should starve.' Why is Persome so upset?

• Bishop does not bother for her

• He neglects his health

• He is overgenerous with total disregard for his own comfort

• He is silly and people take undue advantage of him

'You see, my dear, my mother gave them to me on her deathbed just after you were born and she asked me to keep them in remembrance of her.' Who is the speaker and who is the listener?

• Bishop - Convict

• Convict - Persome

• Bishop - Persome

• None of the above

'Marie : Pardon, Madam, but I think it was for Mere Gringoire. Persome : Mere Gringorie indeed. Mere Gringoire. What, the old witch who lives at the top of the hill, and who says she is bedridden because she is too lazy to do any work? And what did Mere Gringoire want with the money, pray?' What was done for Mere Gringoire?

'You told him she was feeling poorly, did you? And so my brother is to be kept out of his bed, and go without his supper because you told him she was feeling poorly. There's gratitude for you!' Who is 'she' in the above extract?

'Bishop: That is why they are left open. Convict: Well they are shut now! Bishop (sighs): For the first time in thirty years.' What are 'they' and why were 'they' left open?

'Bishop : The knife, oh, well, you see, dear, perhaps he may have thought that I-I had sold ours, (laughs gently) Persome : Brother, I am frightened. He glares at us like a wild beast (aside to him).' What is the tone of the Bishop in the above extract?

What does the convict mean when he says I'm too old a bird to be caught with chaff?

Why does the convict say, 'I have a wolf inside me'?