This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Three Men In A Boat – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Three Men In A Boat Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "We went through Maidenhead quickly, and then eased up, and took leisurely that grand reach beyond Boulter's and Cookham locks."Which image corresponds to it? A) A device to keep things safe. B) A gate on a river. C) A game tagsobservation and memory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A gate on a river. 2. Why does the doctor include "And don't stuff up your head with things you don't understand" in the prescription for the narrator? A) The narrator lacks the intelligence necessary to become a physician. B) The narrator should avoid reading medical journals about diseases. C) The narrator should try to diagnose illnesses in others around him. D) The narrator must stay away from things to which he is allergic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The narrator should avoid reading medical journals about diseases. 3. Harris had a very difficult time A) Cooking the scramble eggs. B) And burnt himself. C) Playing with the stove. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking the scramble eggs. 4. The story is about A) George. B) George's father. C) George's friend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George's father. 5. What does the prescription imply? A) The narrator needs a good "last meal.". B) The doctor does not understand the illness. C) The narrator needs more medicine than usual. D) The doctor does not believe the narrator is ill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The doctor does not believe the narrator is ill. 6. ..... did George and J decide to do after supper? A) How many . B) What . C) Why . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What . 7. ..... swans did Harris fight? A) How many . B) What . C) Why . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How many . 8. What did George ask the lock-keeper at Hambledon Lock for? A) Some mustard. B) Some food. C) Some water. D) A tin-opener. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some water. 9. George, Haarris and J decided to relax after working with the canvas cover, A) And accidentally fell into the cold water. B) In order to make the water boil. C) So the put the tea kettle on the stove. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So the put the tea kettle on the stove. 10. ..... did George want to find a policeman and hit him? A) How many . B) What . C) Why . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why . 11. Harris reminds J of ..... who always volunteers to help others. A) Uncle Podger. B) Stivvings. C) Tom. D) Mrs. Poppets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uncle Podger. 12. According to the selection, what type of relationship does the narrator have with the doctor? A) The men do not know each other at all. B) The men are well acquainted with each other. C) The doctor has diagnosed the narrator's ailments. D) The narrator is familiar with the doctor's patients. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The men are well acquainted with each other. 13. ..... did Harris do with the whisky? A) How many . B) What . C) Why . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What . 14. ..... people said that they had caught the fish in the glass case? A) How many . B) What . C) Why . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How many . 15. Since it was a cold morning, A) George laughed loudly. B) No one wanted to go swimming. C) And burnt himself. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No one wanted to go swimming. 16. Who are the three men in the boat? A) George, Harris, and J. B) George, Harris, and Smith. C) George, William, and Tom. D) George, Harris, and Jerome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George, Harris, and J. 17. J went to the rive bank A) Wasn't J's shirt-it was George" s. B) And took a short walk. C) And accidentally fell into the cold water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And accidentally fell into the cold water. 18. What type of food item do the three men repeatedly have trouble opening during their trip? A) Eggs. B) Canned peas. C) Bread. D) Jam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bread. 19. "The sight of those notice-boards rouses every evil instinct in my nature. I feel I want to tear each one down and hammer it over the head of the man who put it up, until I have killed him, and then I would bury him, and put the board up over the grave as a tombstone."The above narration is an example of A) Exaggeration. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor tagslanguage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggeration. 20. What is the main setting of "Three Men in a Boat" ? A) London. B) Paris. C) Venice. D) Carrying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) London. 21. The men were going to sleep A) In one room. B) In one bed. C) In separate rooms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In one room. 22. Who is responsible for the famous "packing the hamper" incident? A) J. B) Montmorency. C) George. D) Harris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George. 23. ..... happened to their clothes when they washed them? A) How many . B) What . C) Why . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What . 24. Harris and J are ashamed of their luggage because it looked ..... A) Small. B) Heavy. C) Light. D) A lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A lot. 25. What happened at Runnymede? A) King Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn. B) King John fought an important battle. C) Queen Elizabeth met her cousin. D) King John signed the Magna Carta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King John signed the Magna Carta. 26. What did the swans want to do? A) Live in the boat. B) Swim down the river. C) Return to their nest. D) Attack Harris and Montmorency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attack Harris and Montmorency. 27. What is the meaning of the word indolently in paragraph 2? A) In a hurried manner. B) Without much effort. C) In a frightened way. D) With great enthusiasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without much effort. 28. What did Harris and J have difficulty doing? A) Cooking the stew. B) Finding peas for the stew. C) Peeling potatoes for the stew. D) Finding old food in the hampers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peeling potatoes for the stew. 29. WHO READ THE BOOK OF DIEASES IN THE MUSEUM A) WILLAM. B) GEORAGE. C) THE SPEAKER. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THE SPEAKER. 30. What happened when the three men were getting ready for lunch? A) Harris fell into the river. B) Harris disappered. C) Harris ate the meat pie. D) Harris ran away with the meat pie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harris disappered. 31. When J's shirt fell into the river, A) George laughed loudly. B) And burnt himself. C) Harry fell after him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George laughed loudly. 32. "It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from the particular disease therein dealt with in its most virulent form." What does the word 'virulent' imply about the author? A) The narrator is brilliant. B) The narrator expects sympathy tagsvocabulary. C) The narrator expects the worst. D) The narrator is a physician. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator expects the worst. 33. George and J woke up quite easily, A) But it was difficult to woke up Harry. B) No one wanted to go swimming. C) George laughed loudly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But it was difficult to woke up Harry. 34. The narrator keeps moving away from the present incident to tell us about other stories. Which word would best describe this tendency to move away from the discussion? A) Apprehension. B) Inspiration tagsvocabulary. C) Digression. D) Progression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Digression. 35. The friends decide to ..... A) Stay in the country. B) Go on a boating. C) Take a sea trip. D) Go to market. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go on a boating. 36. The novel 'Three Men in a Boat', is written by ..... A) Charles Dickens. B) Thomas Hardy. C) Jerome K Jerome. D) George Eliot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jerome K Jerome. 37. Montmorency put his nose over the frying pan A) And spread the eggs. B) And burnt themselves. C) And burnt himself. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And burnt himself. 38. What happened at the Alhambra Theatre? A) The people looked at the three men's clothes and smiled. B) The three men fell asleep. C) The play was very boring. D) Three men had supper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people looked at the three men's clothes and smiled. 39. What did they ask the boatman at Pangbourne? A) The name of the train station. B) For three umbrellas. C) To put a new cover on the boat. D) To take care of the boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To take care of the boat. 40. They were surprised because A) There were other people in their beds. B) They accidentally got in the same bed without realising it. C) They got in the wrong room. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They accidentally got in the same bed without realising it. 41. Based on the first paragraph, what can the reader infer about the narrator? A) The narrator has discovered his illness. B) The narrator has overcome many diseases. C) The narrator is sick and has not found a cure. D) The narrator is obsessed with his health. tagscritical reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The narrator is obsessed with his health. tagscritical reading. 42. WHO WAS NOT INTERSED IN THE TALK A) MONTMORENCY. B) THE SPEAKER. C) RIVER. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MONTMORENCY. 43. What happened when Harris tried to cook scrambled eggs? A) Harris burnt them. B) Harris forgot the cooking method. C) Montmorency ate them. D) Harris didn't have the ingredients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harris burnt them. 44. ..... islands were there in the river? A) How many . B) What . C) Why . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How many . 45. Montmorency had fun in Oxford because ..... A) He had twenty-five dog fights. B) He met a friendly dog. C) He had a fight with a black cat. D) He killed eleven chickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had twenty-five dog fights. 46. When they were ready to leave, they took ..... A) The 11:00 train at Paddington Station. B) The 11:05 train at Kingston. C) The 11:05 train at Waterloo Station. D) The 11:50 train at Waterloo Station. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 11:05 train at Waterloo Station. 47. They decided to return to London because ..... A) They were tired of the rain. B) It was too hot on the river. C) They were bored. D) George wanted to go back to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were tired of the rain. 48. WHO SAID TO WHOM I AM A CHEMIST I MIGHT BE ABLE TO OLBLIGE YOU A) Chemist to Itself. B) Chemist to speaker. C) Chemist to dog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemist to speaker. 49. 'Three Men in a Boat' is a ..... A) Auto-biography. B) Social novel. C) Comic travelogue. D) Historical novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comic travelogue. 50. How does paragraph 3 impact the selection? A) It adds humor through exaggeration. B) It explains why the narrator needs medication. C) It develops the plot with details. D) It foreshadows the doctor'sprescription. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It adds humor through exaggeration. 51. " ..... and then, in an unthinking moment, I idly turned the leaves, and began to indolently study diseases, generally."What is the meaning of the word indolently? A) Without much effort. B) In a hurried manner. C) In a frightened way. D) With great enthusiasm tagsvocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without much effort. 52. The three men decided to go on holiday because ..... A) They all had liver problems. B) It was summer. C) They needed a rest. D) They wanted to visit their friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They needed a rest. 53. What was the final fate of the tin of pineapple? A) Harris hurled it in the river tagsclose reading. B) J buried it under a tree. C) Montmorency attacked the tin. D) George opened it with a toothpick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harris hurled it in the river tagsclose reading. 54. In the first sentence of the selection, what does the use of the word virulently imply about the narrator? A) The narrator expects compensation. B) The narrator is a physician. C) The narrator expects the worst. D) The narrator is brilliant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator expects the worst. 55. What is the primary reason the three men decide to take a boating trip? A) To escape their jobs. B) To find buried treasure. C) To improve their health. D) To win a bet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To improve their health. 56. NAME THE THREE FRIENDS A) Elsa. B) KRISTOFF. C) ANNA. D) GEORGE, WILLAM SAMUEL HARRIS AND JEROME K JEROME. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GEORGE, WILLAM SAMUEL HARRIS AND JEROME K JEROME. 57. The three old fishermen were furious because ..... A) It was too windy. B) They didn't catch any fish. C) The three men cursed them. D) The three men sailed straight into their boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The three men sailed straight into their boat. 58. In orde to make the water boil, A) Decided to cook scramble eggs. B) And took a short walk. C) They had to pretend they weren't interested in having tea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had to pretend they weren't interested in having tea. 59. For breakfast, Harris A) Took a short walk with his dog. B) Had a glass of milk and some toasts. C) Decided to cook scramble eggs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decided to cook scramble eggs. 60. The shirt that fell into the river A) Wasn't J's shirt-it was George's!. B) So the had a glass of milk. C) Was white with blue and red stripes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't J's shirt-it was George's!. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Three Men In A Boat Quiz 2One Flew Over The Cuckoo'S Nest QuizThe Adventures Of Tom Sawyer QuizThe Canterville Ghost QuizThe Pearl QuizThe Prisoner Of Zenda QuizThe Ransom Of Red Chief QuizThe Scarlet Pimpernel QuizThe Time Machine Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books