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Quiz about Book the Fifth
Quiz about Book the Fifth

Book the Fifth Trivia Quiz


This should be a fairly easy quiz on "The Austere Academy". Hope you do well!

A multiple-choice quiz by mzperfect. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
mzperfect
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
159,428
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
12 / 15
Plays
1347
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Question 1 of 15
1. What is the name of the dreadful little girl who was so rude to the Baudelaires? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. What word does this horrible person call the Baudelaires throughout this book? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What is the school motto of Prufrock Preparatory School?

Answer: (Two Latin words or four English words)
Question 4 of 15
4. What was the name of Violet's teacher at Prufrock Preparatory School? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. What did Sunny do during the daytime and Prufrock Prep.? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What was the punishment for a student who was late to a meal at Prufrock Prep.? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What are the names of the two siblings who befriend the Baudelaires? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Who comes up with a solution to the problem of the tan fungus dripping off the ceiling of the Orphan's Shack? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. What happened when Sunny ran out of staples? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. What was the name of the new gym teacher at Prufrock Prep.? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. What did the new gym teacher say about the Baudelaires' athletic abilities? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What event were the Baudelaires forced to miss while doing S.O.R.E? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. In order to stay at Prufrock Preperatory School, the Baudelaires had to take a test on everything they knew about Vice Principal Nero.


Question 14 of 15
14. _____ and_____ covered up for the Baudelaires while they studied for their tests.

Answer: (Three Words- two names and put the word and in)
Question 15 of 15
15. As Isadora and Duncan Quagmire were being taken away, what one last thing did Duncan manage to yell before he was suppressed? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name of the dreadful little girl who was so rude to the Baudelaires?

Answer: Carmelita Spats

The first thing Carmelita Spats did when she met the Baudelaires was shove them aside and call them a mean name.
2. What word does this horrible person call the Baudelaires throughout this book?

Answer: cakesniffers

Carmelita first calls the Baudelaires cakesniffers when she pushes them aside on their first day of school. She also calls them this almost every time she sees them at lunch.
3. What is the school motto of Prufrock Preparatory School?

Answer: Memento Mori

In Latin, 'memento mori' means remember you will die.
4. What was the name of Violet's teacher at Prufrock Preparatory School?

Answer: Mr. Remora

At Prufrock Preparatory School, Violet Baudelaire was taught by Mr.Remora, who told her exceedingly boring stories, and Klaus was taught by Mrs. Bass, who had an odd obsession with the metric system.
5. What did Sunny do during the daytime and Prufrock Prep.?

Answer: she was a secretary to Vice Principal Nero

Vice Principal Nero didn't have a class for Sunny to attend, so he made her his secretary. This is an impossible job for an infant, but somehow Sunny managed.
6. What was the punishment for a student who was late to a meal at Prufrock Prep.?

Answer: they had their beverages served to them in puddles on their tray

Vice Principal Nero had strange methods of discipline. If a student was late to a meal, they wood have to drink their beverages from small puddles on their trays. If a student was caught in the administrative building, they would have to eat without silverware, and if they did not attend one of Vice Principal Nero's six-hour violin recitals, they would have to buy him a large bag of candy and watch him eat it.
7. What are the names of the two siblings who befriend the Baudelaires?

Answer: Duncan and Isadora

Duncan and Isadora Quagmire were triplets (their brother Quigley died in a terrible fire) who were orphans, just like the Baudelaires. The two quickly became friends with the Baudelaires.
8. Who comes up with a solution to the problem of the tan fungus dripping off the ceiling of the Orphan's Shack?

Answer: Klaus

Klaus, being the well-read person he is, read up on the fungus and decided that salt would help it to stop dripping onto the children.
9. What happened when Sunny ran out of staples?

Answer: she was forced to make her own

When Sunny ran out of staples for all the papers Vice Principal Nero gave to her, the Vice Principal refused to buy her new ones, and she was forced to make her own.
10. What was the name of the new gym teacher at Prufrock Prep.?

Answer: Coach Genghis

Coach Genghis was actually Count Olaf in disguise, as this was part of another one of his evil schemes to steal the Baudelaire fortune.
11. What did the new gym teacher say about the Baudelaires' athletic abilities?

Answer: orphans had excellent bone structure- perfect for running

The new gym teacher, Coach Genghis, who was really Count Olaf in disguise, said that orphans had excellent bone structure, and they would be perfect for running, so he made them run laps every night.
12. What event were the Baudelaires forced to miss while doing S.O.R.E?

Answer: Vice Principal Nero's violin concert

Every night after dinner, Coach Genghis made the Baudelaires participate in S.O.R.E, or Special Orphan Running Exercises. This was in this same time slot as Vice Principal Nero's violin concert.
13. In order to stay at Prufrock Preperatory School, the Baudelaires had to take a test on everything they knew about Vice Principal Nero.

Answer: False

In order to stay at Prufrock Preperatory School, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny had to each take separate tests. Sunny had a stapling test, Violet had a test on every single detail of Mr. Remora's stories, and Klaus had a test on the measurements of every single object he had ever measured in Mrs. Bass's class.
14. _____ and_____ covered up for the Baudelaires while they studied for their tests.

Answer: Duncan and Isadora

Duncan and Isadora disguised themselves as the Baudelaires and ran laps for them while they studied for their tests.
15. As Isadora and Duncan Quagmire were being taken away, what one last thing did Duncan manage to yell before he was suppressed?

Answer: "V.F.D!"

Before the two women with white powder on their faces pushed him into the car, Duncan Quagmire managed to shout "V.F.D!". The Baudelaires had no clue at all what he meant.
Source: Author mzperfect

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