Hound of the Baskervilles: Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz: Quick Quiz

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What does Mortimer believe the hound to be?

Non-existent
A puppet
A real animal
A supernatural beast

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What literary tradition does the story take on?

Epistolary literature
The Gothic
Science fiction
Modernism

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What quality do Henry's servants demonstrate?

Rebelliousness
Docility
Murderousness
Slyness

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What makes up most of the 18th-century manuscript presented at the opening of the story?

The Baskerville curse
A scientific theory
A theological treatise
The Baskerville family tree

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What is a classic of the mystery/detective motif used prominently in Hound of the Baskervilles?

A femme fatale
A Macguffin
A red herring
A gun

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Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Quiz

1 of 5
What does Mortimer believe the hound to be?

2 of 5
What literary tradition does the story take on?

3 of 5
What quality do Henry's servants demonstrate?

4 of 5
What makes up most of the 18th-century manuscript presented at the opening of the story?

5 of 5
What is a classic of the mystery/detective motif used prominently in Hound of the Baskervilles?

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1 of 5 What does Mortimer believe the hound to be?

2 of 5 What literary tradition does the story take on?

3 of 5 What quality do Henry's servants demonstrate?

4 of 5 What makes up most of the 18th-century manuscript presented at the opening of the story?

5 of 5 What is a classic of the mystery/detective motif used prominently in Hound of the Baskervilles?

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1 of 5
What does Mortimer believe the hound to be?

2 of 5
What literary tradition does the story take on?

3 of 5
What quality do Henry's servants demonstrate?

4 of 5
What makes up most of the 18th-century manuscript presented at the opening of the story?

5 of 5
What is a classic of the mystery/detective motif used prominently in Hound of the Baskervilles?