WorksheetsThe Scarlet Pimpernel, Chaps. 1-7 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is tricked and inadvertently allows aristocracy to escape at the beginning of the story?
Armand
the old hag
Bibot
Sir Ffoukles
Marguerite Blakeney was a...
French Chef
French Artist
French Actress
French Teacher
What happened to Marguerite and Armand's parents?
They sailed to America and never returned.
They were killed by the guillotine.
The Scarlet Pimpernel saved them.
They were killed when both Marguerite and Armand were younger.
What word BEST describes Sir Percy Blakeney in chapter 6?
smart
silly
serious
sweet
What was one purpose of the French Revolution?
elect a new king or queen
establish a republic
build a utopia
just kill all the rich people
Marguerite believes that Sir Percy no longer loves her. Why?
She wanted to send him to the guillotine.
He told her he didn't love her.
She played a part in the death of the Marquis.
She looked ugly without makeup.
What is the name of Sir Percy's schooner?
the Daydream
the Wishmaker
the Rescuer
the Pmpernel
In chapter 7, Marguerite explains to Percy why she incriminated the Marquis.
True
False
Marguerite St. Just married Sir Percy Blakeney because
they fell in love after he saw her perform at the French theater and came up to meet her at the end of the show.
they both valued the same ideas - social status, fashion and equality.
he seemed to idolize and worship her and Marguerite loved the attention and thought she would grow to love him.
they wanted to make a French-English financial and humanitarian alliance during the time of the revolution.
What was Marguerite's motto?
equality of wealth for everyone - aristocrat and commoner
brains and talent are hereditary
inequality of talent and wealth
equality of birth
One of the characters who was vehemently against the French revolutionaries and described them as "them murderin' devils" was __________.
Mr. Hempseed
Mr. Pitt
Mr. Jellyband
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Armand St. Just told Marguerite he is returning to his homeland because "when France is in peril, it is not for her sons to turn their backs on her."
True
False
All of the following were accusations of what the bloody French Revolution was doing EXCEPT__________.
defeating a dynasty
destroying a society
attacking a religion
overthrowing a monarchy
not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated
witticism
peremptory
querulous
fictitious
complaining in a petulant or whining manner
defalcation
querulous
sententious
effusive
of or due from a son or daughter
filial
deferential
effusive
insularity
the feeling or state of being satisfied to the full
ci-devant
satiety
rendezvous
defalcation
expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner
sententious
deferential
effusive
rueful
insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way
querulous
rueful
sententious
peremptory
given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.
peremptory
querulous
sententious
deferential
