WorksheetsELA A10: Final Review - A Study in Scarlett
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
A Study in Scarlett and "A Study in Pink" are an example of what genre?
Gothic Literature
Satirical Fiction
Science Fiction
Murder Mystery
Mystery novels are often called...
Whodunnits
Detective Fiction
Murder Fiction
Crimestoppers
The murder mystery genre is....
The most popular genre of fiction
The most historical form of short story telling
A subgenre of crime fiction
The most published genre in history
Murder mysteries follow all the following crimes, except?
Robberies
Murder
Disappearances
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: A great mystery should invite the reader to try to solve the crime, and a great opening is critical to piquing their interest.
Momentum
Uncertainty
Foreshadowing
Ending
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: Stories in this genre should create an ominous, uneasy mood through setting to support the anxiety of an unknown antagonist lurking in the shadows.
Foreshadowing
Atmospheric Setting
Ending
Sleuth
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: Hints about a future event. Often given through a small clue or through character dialogue.
Crime
Foreshadowing
Ending
Villian
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: The event that fuels the plot in a mystery novel and provides the central conflict.
Ending
The Villian
The Crime
The Sleuth
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: The main character who is determined to solve the crime.
A Sleuth
A Villain
The Crime
Uncertainty
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: They remain unknown until they are caught at the end. While there are suspicions, the main character and the reader discover the criminal’s identity together as the plot reaches its climax.
The Villain
Red Herrings
Trail of Clues
The Crime
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: The big reveal where the sleuth discovers the identity of the culprit and alibis are established for other suspects.
Trail of Clues
The Ending
Momentum
Uncertainty
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: The constant forward motion of the text thanks to cat-and-mouse narrative threads. The closer you get to the story’s ending, the faster the pacing.
Ending
Atmospheric Setting
Momentum
Foreshadowing
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: The literary element that allows mystery stories to engage readers on a deeper level than other types of fiction.
Uncertainty
Momentum
Trail of Clues
Red Herrings
Identify the Murder Mystery Characteristic: False clues that build tension by creating other suspects and distracting the detective and the reader, and leading them away from the real culprit.
The Crime
Red Herrings
Momentum
Trail of Clues
Radio dramas are a unique genre that contains many of the same elements of a standard drama.
True
False
Radio Drama's rely solely on the element of...
Sound
Vision
Feeling
Thoughts
Radio Drama's help the audience picture what is happening through all the following mediums, except...
Sound Effects
Distinctive Voices
Colour
Silence
Music
Radio dramas require...
Active engagement from the listener
Audiences to buy scripts to following along with the audio
Creative and freethinking people to imagine what is happening
Modern technology like sound stages, editing, and computers
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a radio drama?
Setting
Character
Action
Conflict
Dialogue
Identify the Radio Drama Characteristic: Typically there are a handful of characters so they are more easily distinguishable. They have distinctive voices. Their age, emotions, social background, personal history, and ethnicity must be clearly communicated to you.
Character
Action
Dialogue
Setting
Identify the Radio Drama Characteristic: Actions are communicated through dialogue and sound effects. Characters in radio dramas frequently describe what they’re doing or what they’re seeing.
Reliance on imagination allows actors to do things that are impossible or too costly to film or perform in real life.
Characters
Action
Dialogue
Setting
Idenitfy the Radio Drama Characteristic: One of the most important elements in a radio drama is dialogue. Dialogue helps conveys the setting, the character’s thoughts and emotions, their actions, and how they react to what’s happening around them.Voices can be altered to convey proximity, location, or action.
Character
Action
Dialogue
Setting
Idenitfy the Radio Drama Characteristic: Time and place are told through a combination of sound effects, music, and dialogue since there are no stage or visuals. Radio dramas can evoke scenarios better than stage plays or film as they only need audio elements and your imagination. It is possible to create multiple sets and quickly switch between them by utilizing certain sounds and music elements.
Character
Action
Dialogue
Setting
Arthur Conan Doyle was born in...
London
Essex
Edinburgh
Glasgow
In 1885 Doyle received what degree from the University of Edinburgh?
Political Science
Writing
Law
Medicine
One of Doyle’s first jobs was...
A doctor on the home front in WW1
An elementary school teacher
A doctor on an Arctic whaler
A cab driver
Doyle wrote what type of fiction?
Science
Crime
Utopian
Dystopian
Doyle is best known for his creation of...
James Bond
Harry Potter
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
Doyle’s other works were often overshadowed by Holmes and Watson.
True
False
Sherlock Holmes is the...
Protagonist
Antagonist
Tragic Hero
Dynamic character
Which of the following statements does not describe Sherlock Holmes?
Eccentric
Brilliant
Deductive
Empathetic
Harsh
Sherlock Holmes is a...
Professional Criminal
Consulting Detective
Police Detective
Crime Scene Invesigator
How does Sherlock solve his crimes?
The science of criminology
The science of neurology
The science of deductive reasoning
The science of human psychology
Dr. Watson is a...
Professor of Medicine
Trauma Physician
Veterinarian
Military Doctor
Dr. Watson is all of the following, except...
Sherlock Holmes' Roommate
Sherlock Holmes' Crime Solving Partner
Sherlock Holmes' Arch Nemesis
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are an example of a...
Foil
Antagonistic Relationship
Archetype Character
Bromance
Which of the following properly defines FOIL?
A major character who acts as the villian or problem for the main character
A minor character who brings to light the best characteristics of the main character
A character who mirrors the protagonists, in order to reinforce their qualities and characteristics
A character who contrasts the protagonist, in order to highlight certain qualities of the protagonist
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", which answer best describes Dr. Watson?
A retired government official who is looking for a thrill
A military veteran who has returned from service
A police consultant who works solving crimes
A Professor of Law that was just fired
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", what crime was committed?
A series of gruesome murders
A series of suicides that turned out to be the work of a serial killer
A series of kidnappings of wealthy nobility
A series of fires that burned down government officials buildings, killing them
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", what word was scratched onto the wall at the crime scene?
Rache
Rachel
Revenge
Rachhal
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", the wedding ring, the pink suitcase, and the missing phone are an example of what murder mystery characteristic?
Trail of Clues
Red Herring
Ending
Crime
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are an example of what murder mystery characteristic?
Villain
Ending
Sleuth
Crime
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", Sherlock and Watson chasing down the cab through the streets of London is an example of what murder mystery characteristic?
Atmospheric Setting
Red Herring
Slueth
Momentium
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", the intense music and quick cuts between scenes help establish what?
Ending
Atmospheric Setting
Uncertainty
Trail of Clues
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", Sherlock looking for a Rachel connected to the victim is an example of what murder mystery characteristic?
Red Herring
Trail of Clues
Villain
Foreshadowing
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", the mysterious figure who tries to bribe Watson into spying on Sherlock was...
Sherlock's father
The killer
Sherlock's nemesis Moronity
Sherlock's brother Mycroft
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", who is the culprit?
The mysterious figure who tries to bribe Watson into spying on Sherlock
Detective Inspector Lestrade
Mrs. Hudson
The cab driver
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", which pill was poisonous?
The pill Sherlock took
The pill the Cab Driver took
We never find out
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", when the cab drive is dying, what name does he shout out?
Mycroft
Watson
Dumbledore
Moronity
In the adaptation “A Study in Pink", which of the following statements is true?
The narrative was set in England and North America
The police take full credit for solving the case
The killer offered two pills to his victims; both were poison
Watson saved Holmes by shooting his assailant
