Q.1
When is set?
  • Late 18th century
  • Early 19th century
  • Late 19th century
  • Early 20th century
Q.2
Besides London, where does the novel take place?
  • The South of England
  • The North of England
  • Scotland
  • Wales
Q.3
What distinguishes the island where Eel Marsh House is located from most other islands?
  • It often experiences thick mists, or sea-frets
  • It has a graveyard
  • It experiences strong winds
  • It is joined to the mainland by a causeway
Q.4
"Sounds were deadened, shapes blurred. It was a fog that had come three days before, and did not seem inclined to go away and it had, I suppose, the quality of all such fogs - it was menacing and sinister, disguising the familiar world and confusing the people in it, as they were confused by having their eyes covered and being turned about, in a game of Blind Man's Buff." To which of the following does this description belong?
  • London
  • Crythin Gifford
  • Monk's Piece
  • Eel Marsh House
Q.5
Which of the following best describes Monk's Piece?
  • Spooky
  • Mysterious
  • Menacing
  • Idyllic
Q.6
"I simply went about the house looking in every room and finding nothing of much interest or elegance. Indeed, it was all curiously impersonal, the furniture, the decoration, the ornaments, assembled by someone with little individuality or taste, a dull, rather gloomy and rather unwelcoming home. It was remarkable and extraordinary in only one respect - its situation." What does Arthur find interesting about Eel Marsh House?
  • The pervading sense of gloom
  • The gothic interior
  • Its position on the island
  • Its stylish decoration
Q.7
The door to which room is locked?
  • The scullery
  • The nursery
  • The cellar
  • Mrs Drablow's bedroom
Q.8
"I had never been quite so alone, nor felt quite so small and insignificant in a vast landscape before, and I fell into a not unpleasant brooding, philosophical frame of mind, struck by the absolute indifference of water and sky to my presence. Some minutes later, I could not tell how many, I came out of my reverie, to realise that I could no longer see very far in front of me and when I turned around I was startled to find that Eel Marsh House, too, was invisible." How does the experience of trying to cross Nine Lives Causeway make Arthur feel?
  • Insignificant
  • Exposed
  • Surprised
  • All of the above
Q.9
"I could see the entrance to the old, overgrown orchard that lay behind the house and petered out in long grass and tangled thicket at the far end. Beyond that, I glimpsed the perimeter of some rough-looking, open land." Which word choices are especially striking in this description of Arthur's future happy home?
  • Old, orchard, grass, perimeter
  • Overgrown, tangled, thicket, rough-looking
  • Orchard, house, thicket, open
  • Petered, thicket, glimpsed, perimeter
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