This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Canterville Ghost – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Canterville Ghost Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The twins in the Otis family liked playing ..... A) Football. B) Tricks. C) The piano. D) Cards. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tricks. 2. What happened to Sir Simon? A) He was stabbed by his brothers. B) He was starved to death by his brothers. C) He was poisoned to death by his brothers. D) He was kicked to death by his brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was starved to death by his brothers. 3. Virginia is the adopted child of the couple. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Who said this line to whom:I Am afraid you are not very well. A) Canterville ghost said to Mr.Otia. B) Mr.Otis said to Mrs.Otis. C) Mrs.Otis said to Ghost. D) Mister.Otis said to Ghost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mrs.Otis said to Ghost. 5. When the ghost gave his terrible ghostly laugh, Mrs Otis ..... A) Fell to the floor. B) Started to cry. C) Decided to leave the house. D) Offered him some medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Offered him some medicine. 6. The twins appeared as a ..... to frighten Sir Simon. A) Skeleton. B) Green man. C) Ghost. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ghost. 7. Were the Otis scared of the Ghost? A) Yes. B) No. C) Sometimes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 8. Who killed his wife? A) Mrs. Umney. B) Mr. Simon. C) Mr. Otis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Simon. 9. The Otis family is from England A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 10. The ghost convinced Virginia to help him find ..... A) Love. B) His wife. C) Peace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peace. 11. Which adjectives would you use to describe Virginia? A) Young, beautiful, kind. B) Frustrated, annoyed, dreadful. C) Old, frightened. D) Practical, annoyed, patriotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Young, beautiful, kind. 12. ASSERTION:The author of the story is Oscar Wilde.REASON:The author of the story is Sir Simon. A) The assertion is true, but the reason is false. B) The assertion is false, but the reason is true. C) Both assertion and reason are true. D) Both assertion and reason are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The assertion is true, but the reason is false. 13. Why does Virginia like Sir Simon (the ghost)? A) Because he has made her rich. B) Because he has frightened her brothers. C) Because he has shown her what Life, Death and Love means. D) Because he was really funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he has shown her what Life, Death and Love means. 14. The ghost took the bottle of oil and ..... A) Drank it. B) Put it on the table. C) Gave it back to Mr Otis. D) Threw it onto the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Threw it onto the floor. 15. Who erased the blood stain the first day? A) Washington Otis. B) Mr. Otis. C) Mrs. Otis. D) Mrs. Umney. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washington Otis. 16. What is the meaning of phantom A) A ghost. B) A person who scares peoples. C) A friendly ghost who helps people. D) Both A and B. E) Both A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A ghost. 17. Was Mr. Otis afraid of The Canterville Ghost? A) Maybe. B) Yes, of course!. C) No, he wasn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, he wasn't. 18. ..... was sick of fear for six months. A) Madame Tremouillac. B) Mrs Otis. C) Mr.Otis. D) Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madame Tremouillac. 19. In the chapter two, Who had the ''superwhite" ? A) Mrs. Otis. B) Stars. C) Mr. Otis. D) Stripes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Otis. 20. The next morning after the encounter between the Ghost and Mr Otis, the Embassador was annoyed because ..... A) The Ghost had appeared and was disgusting. B) His present hadn't been accepted by the Ghost. C) The Ghost had woken him up at night. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His present hadn't been accepted by the Ghost. 21. The ghost was famous all over the country for ..... A) Being silly. B) Living in a big house. C) Scaring a lot of people. D) Changing the weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scaring a lot of people. 22. In the reading, "said Mr. Otis, rather angrily", what's not a synonym for "rather": A) Pretty. B) A little. C) Quite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A little. 23. In Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost, what does the ghost claim his death was caused by? A) Drowning. B) Starvation. C) Heart attack. D) Natural death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Starvation. 24. Choose a good summary for the story of Simon de Canterville A) After killing his wife, he left her corpse tied to a chain behind a secret door. B) After killing his wife, his brother-in-law locked him up alive, tied behind a secret door in revenge for killing his sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After killing his wife, his brother-in-law locked him up alive, tied behind a secret door in revenge for killing his sister. 25. Where do Mr and Mrs Otis find their daughter? A) In the room. B) In the garden. C) On the roof. D) Under the bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the garden. 26. ..... doesn't believe in ghosts. A) Mr. Otis. B) Lord Canterville. C) Mrs. Umney. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Otis. 27. Mr Otis sells the house to Lord Canterville. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. What does happend at 1:00 O'clock in the morning? A) The Cantersville's ghost appears. B) Mrs. Umney wakes up. C) The twins wake up. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Cantersville's ghost appears. 29. The ghost never stopped trying to frighten the Otis family even after they played tricks on him again and again. (P.23) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. Virginia ..... at Sir Simon's funeral. A) Cried. B) Sang. C) Laughed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cried. 31. "You don't know anything about Americans."Who said it? A) Virginia. B) Mrs. Otis. C) Mr. Otis. D) Sir Simon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virginia. 32. Who did offer to the ghost oil for his chain? A) Smarter. B) Virginia. C) Mr. Otis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Otis. 33. Because of the family's reaction, the ghost A) Was hidden in the secret room for several days. B) Decided to leave Canterville. C) Was happy to have people in his house again. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was hidden in the secret room for several days. 34. What did the Ghost make with the chains? A) Noises. B) A cage. C) A loop. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noises. 35. True or false:The Canterville ghost was unhappy because he could not frighten anyone. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 36. She went to church to ..... for her sick friend. A) Forgive. B) Kneel. C) Pray. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pray. 37. The ghost has been in the house for ..... A) Three hundred years. B) Thirty years. C) One hundred years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three hundred years. 38. What would the Otis family will do if the ghost didn't use the oil and kept making noise? A) They would take the chains away from him. B) They would ask the ghost to leave the house. C) They would play a terrible trick on the ghost. D) They would give the house back to Lord Canterville. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They would take the chains away from him. 39. Mister Otis woke up because of ..... A) The noise outside his room. B) The ghost that called his name. C) His wife who was afraid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The noise outside his room. 40. Virginia was very good at riding horses. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Mr Otis didn't believe in ghosts A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 42. What has Virginia got in the little box? A) Some sweets and candies. B) Beautiful jewels. C) A new red pair of shoes. D) Oil for noisy chains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautiful jewels. 43. What did the Mr. Otis give the ghost when he was making the noise of the clacking chains at night? A) Knife to free him from the chains. B) Watson premium Lubricator. C) He didn't give him anything. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watson premium Lubricator. 44. "It's the only reason I exist."Who said it? A) Virginia. B) Sir Simon. C) Lord Canterville. D) Mrs. Otis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Simon. 45. What creature lives in the castle? A) A werewolf. B) A zombie. C) A ghost. D) A leprechaun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A ghost. 46. Who helps the ghost in 'The Canterville Ghost'? A) Casper the Friendly Ghost. B) Virginia Otis. C) The Headless Horseman. D) The Ghostbusters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virginia Otis. 47. Where did the Ghost finally go? A) To the church. B) To America. C) To the garden. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the garden. 48. Which adjectives would you use to describe The Ghost? A) Traditional, aristocratic, wealthy. B) Frustrated, annoyed, evil, lonely. C) Practical, brave, young. D) Old, frightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frustrated, annoyed, evil, lonely. 49. His first story in the print was The Canterville Ghost, a novella which includes elements of both comedy and horror. A) Wordsworth William. B) Yeats William Butler. C) Wilde Oscar. D) Kipling Rudyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wilde Oscar. 50. Where did Sir Simon sleep? A) In Washington's room. B) Inside Virginia's wardrobe. C) In a coffin. D) In the hallway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a coffin. 51. Who scared who? Did The Canterville Ghost scare the twins or did the twins scare The Canterville Ghost? A) The twins scared The Canterville Ghost. B) The Canterville Ghost scared the twins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The twins scared The Canterville Ghost. 52. Choose the future perfect tense form. He ..... all these e-mails by 9 p.m. A) Had been sent. B) Will have sent. C) Did not have sent. D) Will had sent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have sent. 53. Mrs Lucretia Otis came from New York City. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) Doesn't say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doesn't say. 54. Mrs. Umney prepares the A) Lunch. B) Dinner. C) Breakfast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breakfast. 55. The ghost looked ..... A) Terrible. B) Beautiful. C) Scary. D) Miserable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrible. 56. Otis family violated many costums and traditions, however they are ..... and eventually ..... because of the wealth they have to offer. A) Tolerated ; disbeleived. B) Refused ; disbeleived. C) Tolerated ; embraced. D) Refused ; embraced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tolerated ; embraced. 57. In the end of the story ..... A) Virginia helped the ghost to become free and go to heaven. B) Virginia died. C) Mr. Otis and his family left the castle forever. D) The ghost became alive. E) The ghost became a member of the family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virginia helped the ghost to become free and go to heaven. 58. How is Virginia Otis described in the news? A) A girl with a bad temper. B) A sweet, tender and kind girl. C) A naughty and bad girl. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sweet, tender and kind girl. 59. Where will the olympic games be held? A) Japan. B) Germany. C) Uruguay. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germany. 60. Mrs Umney didn't want the stain to be removed ..... A) Because the Canterville ghost would be angry. B) Because it was the blood of Lady Eleanore de Canterville. C) Because it made her faint (= to pass out). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it was the blood of Lady Eleanore de Canterville. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Canterville Ghost Quiz 1The Canterville Ghost Quiz 2The Canterville Ghost Quiz 3The Canterville Ghost Quiz 4The Canterville Ghost Quiz 5The Canterville Ghost Quiz 6The Canterville Ghost Quiz 7The Canterville Ghost Quiz 9The Canterville Ghost Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books