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Rache - Sherlock Holmes' First Case

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Introduction:
"This is a quiz on "A Study in Scarlet," Sherlock Holmes' first published case. It deals with the murders that introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world. Read the book first, and good luck! WARNING: This quiz contains spoilers about many aspects of the book"


1. How did Sherlock Holmes startle Dr John Watson upon their first meeting?
    He attacked Watson like a wild beast.
    He was very rude and offered no introduction at all.
    He immediately confided in Watson about a murder mystery.
    He deduced that Watson had been in Afghanistan.


2. Who was murdered at Number 3, Lauriston Gardens?
    Dr. John Watson
    Joseph Stangerson
    Enoch Drebber
    Sawyer


3. While on the murder scene, John Rance let the murderer slip right through his hands. What was the murderer pretending to be?
    a curious bystander
    a policeman
    an assassin
    a drunkard


4. What item was used to lure the murderer to Holmes and Watson?
    money
    poison capsules
    diary of secrets
    gold wedding ring


5. Who answered the advertisement of Holmes and Watson?
    an old lady
    a young woman
    the murderer
    a very small boy


6. Who was murdered at Halliday's Private Hotel?
    Tobias Gregson
    Enoch Drebber
    Joseph Stangerson
    Sawyer


7. To scrape a living in London, the murderer, Mr Jefferson Hope, was working as what?
    hotel clerk
    cab driver
    professional stalker
    delivery man


8. What group of people rescued John and Lucy Ferrier from the desert?
    Native Americans
    Mormons
    The U.S. Army
    Several Pony Express riders


9. On what condition did John and Lucy's rescuers take them from the desert?
    They would have to work as slaves forever.
    They would have to teach them how to read.
    They would have to lead the group out of the desert.
    They would have to follow their rescuer's creed.


10. Brigham Young demanded what of John Ferrier?
    He must marry Lucy into Drebber's or Stangerson's family.
    He must marry seven women and father fourteen children.
    He must leave and never come back.
    He must kill Stangerson and Drebber.


11. What did Jefferson Hope find after his hunting expedition?
    John and Lucy were being held prisoner.
    John Ferrier had been killed, and Lucy was gone.
    The Mormons had all fallen off of a cliff and died.
    John and Lucy had ambushed a sentry and killed him.


12. Within a month of her marriage to Drebber, what happened to Lucy Ferrier?
    She became pregnant.
    She murdered her husband.
    She died.
    She ran away.


13. How did Mr Jefferson Hope kill Drebber?
    Drebber was stabbed by Jefferson Hope.
    Drebber picked a poison pill out of two identical pills.
    Drebber was killed due to Mr. Jefferson Hope giving him a head injury.
    Drebber wasn't murdered, he died of natural causes.


14. What is the true identity of Jefferson Hope's accomplice (the one who came for the ring)?
    Lucy Ferrier
    John Rance
    It was never revealed.
    Brigham Young


15. What brought about the death of Mr Jefferson Hope?
    aortic aneurism
    murder
    execution
    suicide


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