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Quiz about The Crooked Man
Quiz about The Crooked Man

The Crooked Man Trivia Quiz


In Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Crooked Man", Sherlock Holmes had most of the case solved before he asked Dr. Watson to accompany him to interview the suspect. What do you remember about the story?

A multiple-choice quiz by PDAZ. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
PDAZ
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
334,858
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
504
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (1/10), 350287625 (4/10), Guest 171 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Where did Nancy Barclay encounter "The Crooked Man"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Where had James and Nancy Barclay met "The Crooked Man"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. How was James Barclay responsible for Henry Wood's condition in "The Crooked Man"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In "The Crooked Man", why did James Barclay want to get rid of Henry Wood? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What creature belonging to Henry Wood had run up the curtains in the Barclay's house in "The Crooked Man"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. How did "The Crooked Man" make his living? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What clue led Sherlock Holmes to believe that a third person was present on the night that James Barclay died in "The Crooked Man"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In "The Crooked Man", why couldn't Sherlock Holmes interview Nancy Barclay? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What was James Barclay's cause of death in "The Crooked Man"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In "The Crooked Man", why did Nancy Barclay call her husband "David"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where did Nancy Barclay encounter "The Crooked Man"?

Answer: While walking home from a church guild meeting

Nancy Barclay had attended a church guild meeting with her neighbor, Miss Morrison. As they were walking home that evening, they passed a shriveled man with a crooked back who cried out, "My God, it's Nancy!" Nancy spoke with him and then told Miss Morrison that it was an old acquaintance and not to mention what she had seen. Nancy had met the man before but he wasn't a "crooked man" then.
2. Where had James and Nancy Barclay met "The Crooked Man"?

Answer: In India

James Barclay had been a sergeant in the same unit as Nancy Barclay's father, who was the color-sergeant. She wasn't as taken with him as he was with her, but they were a happily married couple and had been so for thirty years.
3. How was James Barclay responsible for Henry Wood's condition in "The Crooked Man"?

Answer: He set Henry up to be captured.

Their unit was surrounded, and they needed to get help. Henry Wood volunteered to go, and James Barclay drew up the plans to get him past the enemy. However, Barclay actually was setting him up to walk into an ambush. Wood was believed to be dead, but he was actually captured and tortured. As the result of being repeatedly tortured, his body had become twisted, turning him into a "crooked man".
4. In "The Crooked Man", why did James Barclay want to get rid of Henry Wood?

Answer: Both men were Nancy's suitors.

Both James Barclay and Henry Wood, who served in the same unit, were pursuing Nancy. Although her father favored James, Nancy preferred Henry so James decided to get rid of his rival.
5. What creature belonging to Henry Wood had run up the curtains in the Barclay's house in "The Crooked Man"?

Answer: A mongoose

Sherlock Holmes was baffled by the animal; it had the footprint of a dog, yet it had run up the curtains, apparently in an attempt to get to the canary that was hanging nearby. He believed it might be a member of the weasel family based on his calculations of its height and length. When he later caught up with Henry Wood, Henry showed him that it was a mongoose.
6. How did "The Crooked Man" make his living?

Answer: As a conjurer

Henry Wood had learned magic tricks from the various natives with which he had lived. After escaping, he used the tricks to entertain troops. He eventually saved up enough money to return to England, but he continued to do the only work he knew how to do.
7. What clue led Sherlock Holmes to believe that a third person was present on the night that James Barclay died in "The Crooked Man"?

Answer: The door was locked and the key was missing.

When the servants heard screaming from the room, they tried to enter, but the door was locked. The butler then entered the room from the French windows in the yard, but he was unable to open the inner door leading to the house because the key was gone. It wasn't found on either James or Nancy Barclay, so this meant that a third person must have taken it.
8. In "The Crooked Man", why couldn't Sherlock Holmes interview Nancy Barclay?

Answer: She was suffering from brain fever.

Nancy Barclay had been severely agitated after running into Henry Wood and had had a fierce argument with her husband on her return home. She then fainted when she saw her husband collapse. According to Holmes, she was "temporarily insane from an acute attack of brain fever".
9. What was James Barclay's cause of death in "The Crooked Man"?

Answer: Apoplexy

Although the police initially thought that James Barclay had been beaten with a club that was found in the room, the physician later confirmed that the cause of death was apoplexy. Everyone who had seen the body remarked on the look of terror on Barclay's face, and Henry Wood had told Sherlock Holmes that Barclay had that look on his face when he saw Wood; Wood believed Barclay was dead before he hit the floor.
10. In "The Crooked Man", why did Nancy Barclay call her husband "David"?

Answer: Because of the similarity to the Biblical story of David and Bathsheba

In the Biblical story, David wanted to marry Bathsheba, but she was already married to Uriah, so David sent Uriah into battle where he was killed. Like David, James Barclay had tried to send Henry Wood to his death so that he could have Nancy for himself.
Source: Author PDAZ

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