The Great Train Robbery

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1. In what period is this novel set? 1970’s 1770’s 1850’s 1950’s

2. The novel ‘The Great Train Robbery’ is entirely a work of fiction. True False

3. The novel was made into a film featuring Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland as the main protagonists. Who directed this film? Michael Crichton Edwin Porter Steven Spielberg Sean Connery

4. What did Pierce want to rob in the train? Gold for payment as salary to the cabinet A crate of imported wine Money being transferred to the central bank Gold for payment to the British troops

5. How many keys were required to break open the safes containing the gold? Answer: (One Word)

6. Who had one of the keys to the safe hung around his neck? Fowler Burgess Trent None of these

7. Where did the bank’s partner keep his key? In the wine cellar In the bank On his neck He did not have a key

8. How much time did Agar have to get into the railway office to make impression of two keys? 60 seconds 56 seconds 84 seconds 64 seconds

9. Who escaped from Newgate prison to play an important role in the train robbery? Barlow Pierce Willy Agar

10. How did Pierce fool Scotland Yard when they were on his trail? He made them think that he was planning a heist at Greenwich He made them think that he had dropped his plan He made them think that he was planning to steal the Crown jewels He couldn’t fool them

11. How did Agar enter the luggage van of the train where the gold was kept? Disguised as a policeman He hid on the roof of the train He hid in one of the crates As a corpse

12. One of the employees of the train was on Pierce’s payroll, who was it? McPherson Fowler Burgess Trent

13. How did Pierce get caught after the train robbery? He was betrayed by Burgess He was caught red handed selling the gold He was caught because of brilliant deduction work by Harranby He was betrayed by Agar

14. Which historical incident overshadowed the trial of Pierce? The Crimean War The Sepoy Mutiny in India The death of Czar Nicholas The American Civil war

15. Queen Victoria expressed a desire to either meet Pierce, or to witness his hanging. Did her wish come true? No, Pierce escaped from prison Yes, she gave him a special audience and commuted his sentence No, Pierce was not sentenced to death and was acquitted Yes, she was present at his public execution