This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Turn Of The Screw > The Turn Of The Screw – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Turn Of The Screw Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The governess believes that the two ghosts are getting closer and will fill the children with ..... A) Bad thoughts. B) Nightmares. C) Fear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bad thoughts. 2. The governess saw Peter Quint ..... A) Next to Miles. B) Next to the window. C) Outside the window. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outside the window. 3. Palpable A) Visible; perceivable. B) Certain that something bad is about to happen. C) Mournful; sad. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visible; perceivable. 4. The governess was sure that Flora was ..... A) In her bedroom. B) Out. C) In the schoolroom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out. 5. Miles told the governess that he ..... A) Said things at school. B) Stole letters at school. C) Fought other boys at school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said things at school. 6. Incongruous A) Uncertain of the future. B) Contradictory; opposed. C) Certain one cannot escape. D) An idea that is ingrained in someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contradictory; opposed. 7. What does the governess compare Bly to? A) A ship. B) A book. C) A street. D) A dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A ship. 8. Unscrupulous A) Dishonest; immoral. B) Seclusion. C) A person of the highest moral fiber. D) A monumental catastrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dishonest; immoral. 9. What in Ch. 17 suggests that the ghosts might be real? A) All the lights go out in the room at once. B) There is a gust of wind and the room shakes although the curtains do not move. C) Flora confesses to protect her brother. D) Mrs. Grose finally sees the ghosts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is a gust of wind and the room shakes although the curtains do not move. 10. What does The governess do to the letter the children write to their uncle? A) Keeps. B) Sends. C) Hides. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keeps. 11. The governess says that Miles and Flora belong to ..... A) Quint and Jessel. B) Her and mrs Grose. C) To no one. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quint and Jessel. 12. The housekeeper said Miles was ..... a bad boy. A) Usually. B) Constantly. C) Never. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never. 13. The governess knew that the children were ..... A) Alone. B) With servants. C) With the ghosts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With the ghosts. 14. Deprecate A) Unfaithful to a friend. B) To accuse someone of a crime. C) To abhor; express disapproval. D) Someone who is totally unruffled by anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To abhor; express disapproval. 15. On day when they were walking to church, Miles said he wanted to ..... A) Go to a new school. B) Talk to his uncle. C) Send Flora to a school far away. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talk to his uncle. 16. Where does Miles ask when he can go back to school? A) On the way to the village shop. B) On the way to the village bakery. C) On the way to the village church. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the way to the village church. 17. What is the name of the estate where the governess arrives? A) Hill House. B) Thornfield Hall. C) Bly. D) Pemberley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bly. 18. Propriety A) Unprincipled. B) A paid position in a large household. C) Etiquette; correctness. D) A stiff upper lip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Etiquette; correctness. 19. The governess realizes that Miles piano playing A) Was to bribe her to send him back to school. B) Was a song that Peter Quint taught him. C) Was a distraction so that Flora could sneak away. D) Was forbidden by the uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was a distraction so that Flora could sneak away. 20. How does the story conclude? A) The uncle finally comes and fires the governess. B) Miles's heart stops. C) Flora runs away. D) The governess runs away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miles's heart stops. Next →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesThe Turn Of The Screw Quiz 2The Turn Of The Screw Quiz 3The Turn Of The Screw Quiz 4The Turn Of The Screw Quiz 5The Turn Of The Screw Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books