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The Moonstone

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Context

Plot Overview

Character List

Analysis of Major Characters

Themes, Motifs, and Symbols

Prologue; First Period, Chapters I—III

First Period, Chapters IV—VI

First Period, Chapters VII—IX

First Period, Chapters X and XI

First Period, Chapters XII—XIV

First Period, Chapters XV—XVII

First Period, Chapters XVIII—XXI

First Period, Chapters XXII—XXIII

Second Period, First Narrative, Chapters I and II

Second Period, First Narrative, Chapters III—V

Second Period, First Narrative, Chapters VI—VIII

Second Period, Second Narrative, Chapters I—III

Second Period, Third Narrative, Chapters I—IV

Second Period, Third Narrative, Chapters V—VII

Second Period, Third Narrative, Chapters VIII—X

Second Period, Extracts from the Journal of Ezra Jennings

Second Period, Fifth Narrative—Sixth Narrative

Second Period, Seventh Narrative—Epilogue

Important Quotations Explained

Key Facts

Study Questions and Suggested Essay Topics

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The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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Who is the author of the prologue document in The Moonstone?

(A) an unnamed cousin of John Herncastle's

(B) Colonel Herncastle

(D) Sir John Verinder

To what book does Gabriel Betteredge refer for prophecies?

(A) Confessions of an Opium-Eater

(B) The Bible

(D) The Life, Letters and Labours of Miss Jane Ann Stamper

Who has asked Gabriel Betteredge to write his narrative?

(A) Lady Verinder

(B) Franklin Blake

(D) Rachel Verinder

Who leaves the Moonstone to Rachel Verinder?

(A) Sir John Verinder

(B) Mr. Mathew Bruff

(D) Colonel John Herncastle

Why does Betteredge guess that Franklin Blake is indecisive?

(A) Because he is guilty

(B) Because of his European training

(D) Because of his love for Rachel

What happens to the Indians the night of the diamond theft?

(A) They are put in jail

(B) They caught lurking around Lady Verinder's house

(D) They become lost

Why does Rosanna Spearman sneak into Frizinghall the day after the diamond is stolen?

(A) To meet with Septimus Luker

(B) To meet with Lucy Yolland

(D) To buy material to make a new nightgown

What is the main clue in Sergeant Cuff's investigation?

(A) The paint smudge on Rachel's door

(B) The washing-book

(D) The tin and chains that Rosanna buys from Mrs. Yolland

Why does Rachel refuse to cooperate with the diamond investigation?

(A) Because Superintendent Seegrave insulted her

(B) Because she saw Franklin steal the diamond

(D) Because she stole the diamond herself

Where does Rosanna commit suicide?

(A) At Cobb's Hole

(B) In Frizinghall

(D) At the Shivering Sands

With which character is Miss Clack most closely connected?

(A) Godfrey Ablewhite

(B) Lady Verinder

(D) Mr. Bruff

Why does Rachel break off her engagement to Godfrey Ablewhite?

(A) Because she becomes financially independent when Lady Verinder dies

(B) Because she realizes that he stole her diamond

(D) Because she knows he really loves Miss Clack

What does Miss Clack distribute around Lady Verinder's house?

(A) Rosaries

(B) Flowers

(D) Christian tracts

What question does Mr. Bruff's Indian visitor ask him?

(A) If he can have a job

(B) How soon one can redeem a pawned object in England

(D) How the English economy works

How does Franklin first realize that he took the diamond?

(A) Meeting with Rachel

(B) Reading Rosanna's letter

(D) Speaking with Ezra Jennings

Why does Lucy Yolland treat Franklin so contemptuously?

(A) Because she knows he was the cause of Rosanna's suicide

(B) Because she knows that he stole the diamond

(D) Because he treats her meanly

How does Jennings know that Franklin took the diamond without his own knowledge?

(A) Because Jennings is an opium addict

(B) Because of Mr. Candy's mutterings

(D) Because Jennings has read Franklin's diary

What of the following is not a preparation made to re-enact the night of the diamond theft?

(A) Franklin quits smoking

(B) The Verinder house is rearranged

(D) A banquet is served

Who of the following was not present for the re-enactment of the night of the diamond theft?

(A) Mrs. Merridew

(B) Mr. Candy

(D) Mr. Bruff

Who follows the mysterious sailor to "The Wheel of Fortune?"

(A) The Indians

(B) Sergeant Cuff

(D) Franklin Blake

Who does the mysterious sailor turn out to be?

(A) Superintendent Seegrave

(B) John Herncastle

(D) One of the Indians

How did Godfrey get the diamond?

(A) Franklin gave it to him

(B) He stole it from Rachel's room

(D) He bought it from Septimus Luker

What does Ezra Jennings leave to Franklin Blake?

(A) His book on his theory of medicine

(B) His journal entries

(D) His opium

Whose narrative ends The Moonstone?

(A) Franklin Blake's

(B) Gabriel Betteredge's

(D) Mr. Murthwaite's

Which is the correct number of narrators and narratives included in The Moonstone (counting the prologue and epilogue)?

(A) fourteen, fourteen

(B) Eleven, thirteen

(D) eight, twelve

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