SparkNotes: Robinson Crusoe: Quiz

1. When Crusoe eats eggs on the island, from what animal do they come?

(A) Seagull

(B) Quail

(C) Penguin

(D) Turtle

2. Which of the following describes Robinson Crusoe’s place in his family?

(A) Oldest son

(B) Middle son

(C) Youngest son

(D) Only son

3. Crusoe names his servant Friday in honor of what?

(A) Good Friday

(B) The day on which the native’s life was saved

(C) The last workday before the weekend

(D) The day on which Crusoe’s life was saved

4. In what century is Robinson Crusoe set?

(A) Sixteenth

(B) Nineteenth

(C) Eighteenth

(D) Seventeenth

5. Where does Crusoe serve as a slave?

(A) North Africa

(B) Sub-Saharan Africa

(C) Spain

(D) Brazil

6. To what does the name Xury refer?

(A) The African port where Crusoe is enslaved

(B) The Brazilian town where Crusoe settles

(C) The name of Friday’s father

(D) The name of a slave boy

7. How does Crusoe first grow grain on the island?

(A) Friday gives him seeds

(B) He throws seeds by accident when he discards cornhusks

(C) He salvages seeds from the Spanish wreck

(D) He transplants grain from another area of the island

8. To what does the name Poll refer?

(A) A widow

(B) A pet bird

(C) A servant girl

(D) A ship

9. Of what nationality are the mutineers on the ship that arrives?

(A) Spanish

(B) Brazilian

(C) Moorish

(D) English

10. What does Crusoe do after drinking a rum and tobacco mixture?

(A) Expresses his love to Friday

(B) Paddles his canoe into a dangerous current

(C) Accidentally sets his hut on fire

(D) Experiences a religious illumination

11. Why is Friday excited when he sees the cannibals’ captive in the boat?

(A) The captive is Friday’s father

(B) The captive is Friday’s hated enemy

(C) The captive is Friday’s brother

(D) The captive is Friday’s fiancée

12. Crusoe is frightened in a cave when he sees whose eyes?

(A) A goat’s

(B) A cannibal’s

(C) The Spaniard’s

(D) The captain’s

13. Why does Crusoe’s first attempt at making a canoe fail?

(A) The wood is rotten

(B) The canoe is too fragile

(C) The canoe is too heavy

(D) Termites eat through the bottom

14. What livestock makes up Robinson’s meat supply on the island?

(A) Rabbits

(B) Wildfowl

(C) Goats

(D) Cows

15. To what does the name Benamuckee refer?

(A) Friday’s father

(B) Friday’s cannibal feast

(C) Friday’s tribe

(D) Friday’s god

16. Crusoe’s father wishes his son to go into which profession?

(A) Law

(B) Medicine

(C) Business

(D) Farming

17. How does Crusoe impress the natives on the African coast?

(A) Showing them his watch

(B) Killing a leopard

(C) Giving them rum

(D) Sailing the boat in circles

18. The cross that Crusoe erects on the island serves as what?

(A) A religious icon

(B) A scarecrow

(C) A calendar

(D) A sign for passing ships

19. When Crusoe departs on his second trading voyage, with whom does he leaves some of his money?

(A) A widow friend

(B) His father

(C) His sister

(D) A London merchant

20. To what does the name Sallee refer?

(A) Crusoe’s first ship

(B) A North African territory

(C) The river bordering Crusoe’s plantation

(D) A weapon used by the cannibals

21. In Europe, Crusoe encounters ravenous wolves in which country?

(A) England

(B) France

(C) Belgium

(D) Spain

22. Which type of fruit does Crusoe learn how to dry?

(A) Bananas

(B) Grapes

(C) Pineapples

(D) Apples

23. Two years after discovering the footprint, with what does Crusoe find the shore strewn?

(A) Clothing

(B) The remains of a ship

(C) Human body parts

(D) Goat carcasses

24. After returning to England, what does Crusoe find out about his family?

(A) They are dead except for two sisters

(B) They are dead except for one brother

(C) They are not overjoyed to see him alive

(D) They have moved away from England years earlier

25. Why doesn’t Crusoe take his wife back to the island with him?

(A) She is pregnant

(B) He realizes he does not love her like he loves Friday

(C) She dies

(D) She is too prone to seasickness