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Quiz about The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

'The Dark Is Rising' by Susan Cooper Quiz

This is a quiz on the book 'The Dark Is Rising', the second of a series called 'The Dark Is Rising Sequence'. The other books in the series are 'Over Sea, Under Stone', 'Greenwitch', 'The Grey King', and 'Silver On the Tree'.

A multiple-choice quiz by booktriv. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
booktriv

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
69,420

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
474

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. How many gardeners worked at Huntercombe Manor? Hint

none

Bates worked as a butler and gardener

one

three

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Question 2 of 10

2. When Merriman looked into Will's mind and saw his father's shop, what was the tear-shaped pendant made out of? Hint

rubies

emeralds

silver

gold

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Question 3 of 10

3. When at Miss Greythorne's house with the other Old Ones, what was the name of the liquid that Will drank? Hint

Metelyn

Metheglyn

Methelyn

Meteglyn

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which verse came first in the canticle that James and Will sang in the church? Hint

O ye Light and Dark

O ye Ice and Snow

O ye Frost and Cold

O ye Light and Darkness

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is a cailey? Hint

special cake

toy

weapon

concert

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Question 6 of 10

6. Name the two great shire horses that the Dawsons owned. What were their names? Hint

Polly and Pollux

Cardin and Polly

Castor and Pollux

Pollux and Cardin

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Question 7 of 10

7. How long had the dead king waited for Will to take his Sign? How many years? Hint

15000

5000

2000

1500

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Question 8 of 10

8. When Will found the Sign of Stone in the church, Paul and the rector were talking about a cellist. Where did he play a famous Bach sonata? Hint

Dublin

Cardiff

Edinburgh

Glasgow

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Question 9 of 10

9. What jewel was not found on the second Sign of Fire? Hint

an emerald

a diamond

an agate

a sapphire

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the Sign of Water engraved with besides the cross-quartered circle? Hint

nothing

things of water

a whale

the sea

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many gardeners worked at Huntercombe Manor?

Answer: one

Bates did not hold the position of gardener, but was often seen helping the single gardener who worked in the manor grounds.

2. When Merriman looked into Will's mind and saw his father's shop, what was the tear-shaped pendant made out of?

Answer: emeralds

Also in the shop were a gold model of a Crusader castle, a very old grandfather clock, a turquoise necklace with silver serpents on it, and Will's mother's ring.

3. When at Miss Greythorne's house with the other Old Ones, what was the name of the liquid that Will drank?

Answer: Metheglyn

When Hawkin held up Will's glass, he could almost see brown-robed figures making the Metheglyn he had just downed.

4. Which verse came first in the canticle that James and Will sang in the church?

Answer: O ye Frost and Cold

By the time that James was singing 'O ye Light and Darkness', Will had sensed that the dark was about to attack, but he didn't know that was what he was feeling.

5. What is a cailey?

Answer: concert

Miss Greythorne mentions what the Scots call a cailey, she is talking about a concert. It comes from the Gaelic word C�il� which is a celebration of traditional music and dancing. Miss Greythorne suggests a cailey, or concert, for entertainment when everyone is together in the Manor, and one of the party pieces will be Paul playing the flute. (waterfaerie)

6. Name the two great shire horses that the Dawsons owned. What were their names?

Answer: Castor and Pollux

This fact was mentioned when Will was battling his way through the floods, trying to find and Old One. Old George pulled him up onto Pollux's back and thereby saved him from drowning in the melted snow.

7. How long had the dead king waited for Will to take his Sign? How many years?

Answer: 1500

Will blanched at disturbing the dead king, but Merriman quietlty informed him '

8. When Will found the Sign of Stone in the church, Paul and the rector were talking about a cellist. Where did he play a famous Bach sonata?

Answer: Edinburgh

9. What jewel was not found on the second Sign of Fire?

Answer: an agate

On the Sign there was also gold of different colors, beaten into the mandala known by all Old Ones: the cross-quartered circle.

10. What was the Sign of Water engraved with besides the cross-quartered circle?

Answer: things of water

'The ornament in the quiet hands of the long-ship king was shaped as a circle, quartered by a cross. It was wrought of iridescent glass, engraved with serpents and eels and fishes, waves and clouds and things of the sea. It called silently to Will. It was without any question the Sign of Water: the last of the Six Great Signs.'

Source: Author booktriv

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