The Moon and Sixpence Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 102 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Moon and Sixpence Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 102 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the Stricklands owed?
(a) Money.
(b) Jokes.
(c) Dinners.
(d) Books.

2. What does the author say Strickland is not good at?
(a) Writing.
(b) Talking.
(c) Painting.
(d) Joking.

3. How does Mrs. Strickland offer to help her husband?
(a) Building him a studio.
(b) Sending him money.
(c) Divorcing him.
(d) Finding him another woman.

4. What does Crabbe say Mrs. Stroeve occupies herself like all day?
(a) A fly.
(b) A dog.
(c) An ant.
(d) A cat.

5. What kind of people does Strickland think are unintelligent?
(a) The middleclass.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Commoners.

6. When does Strickland say he last came to Paris?
(a) On a family holiday.
(b) With his father.
(c) On a business trip.
(d) His honeymoon.

7. How does Strickland address Dirk?
(a) Fatty.
(b) Dope.
(c) Ape.
(d) Clown.

8. What word does the author use to describe Mrs. Strickland's face in Chapter 9?
(a) Earthy.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Glassy.
(d) Sandy.

9. What park does the author cut across after leaving the Colonel?
(a) Central Park.
(b) St. James Park.
(c) Kleist Park.
(d) Hyde Park.

10. What does the author say Dirk has a delicate feeling for?
(a) Women.
(b) Art.
(c) Writing.
(d) People.

11. What was Strickland employed as during the strike?
(a) A transcriber.
(b) A bricklayer.
(c) A translator.
(d) A house painter.

12. Why does Mrs. Strickland invite the author to the dinner party?
(a) She needs a writer there.
(b) She needs him for own sanity.
(c) She wants him to meet her husband.
(d) Another guest has failed to turn up.

13. What artist does Dirk say never sold a painting?
(a) Maney.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Coret.
(d) Monet.

14. What does the author say Strickland's clothes hang off him like?
(a) Rags on a dog.
(b) An adult's suit on a child.
(c) Tissue on a skeleton.
(d) Rags on a scarecrow.

15. What does the author call the English he corresponded with Dirk in?
(a) Blunt.
(b) Ungrammatical.
(c) Entertaining.
(d) Queer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Strickland ask Dirk to get for him?

2. What does Mrs. Stroeve ask Dirk not to do before strangers?

3. What city does Crabbe travel to in Chapter 11?

4. What is the nationality of Dirk's wife?

5. What does the author say was authentic about Charles Strickland?

(see the answer keys)

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