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The Man Without A Country Trivia Quiz

A quiz about one of the most patriotic works in American literature, very appropriate considering our present mood.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,238

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
231

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Who wrote the story "The Man Without A Country"? Hint

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

John Greenleaf Whittier

Edward Everrett Hale

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Question 2 of 15

2. During what era was it written? Hint

Mexican War era

Civil War era

War of 1812 era

Spanish-American War era

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who is the protagonist? Hint

Philip Nolan

Theron Ware

Arthur Dimmesdale

Israel Potter

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who was the traitorous politician he followed?

Answer: (Last name, or, first and last)

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Question 5 of 15

5. What did he do to become a 'Man Without A Country'? Hint

killed his superior officer

shot the President

cursed the United States

sold out his country

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Question 6 of 15

6. On the Navy ships that keep him from America, what is his nickname? Hint

Benedict Arnold

Mr. Plain Buttons

Old Turncoat

The Traitor

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who wrote the poem he reads that starts to change his attitude towards the country he has disowned? Hint

Homer

Scott

Longfellow

Holmes

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who is the lady whom he asks about home?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 9 of 15

9. Do the ships ever let Nolan visit any other land? Yes or No?

Yes

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Question 10 of 15

10. What war does he help his shipmates during a battle? Hint

War of 1812

Civil War

Mexican War

Spanish-American War

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Question 11 of 15

11. Afterwards the captain gives his sword to Nolan. True or False?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is not one of the prisoner's hobbies? Hint

drawing

woodcarving

butterflies

birdwatching

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Question 13 of 15

13. Where did Captain Vaughan promise to take the freed slaves? Hint

Brazil

Cape of Good Hope

Cape Palmas

Portugal

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Question 14 of 15

14. Was the prisoner buried at sea? Yes or No?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 15 of 15

15. What magazine published the story?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote the story "The Man Without A Country"?

Answer: Edward Everrett Hale

A clergyman and educator, as well as a descendant of Nathan Hale, he wrote many other stories but is remembered for this one. A statue of him is in Boston Common.

2. During what era was it written?

Answer: Civil War era

Hale wrote and published it during the height of the Civil War to inspire patriotism.

3. Who is the protagonist?

Answer: Philip Nolan

Nolan was a young army officer stationed in the West.

4. Who was the traitorous politician he followed?

Answer: Aaron Burr

Burr, once Vice-President, is known chiefly for killing Treasurer Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

5. What did he do to become a 'Man Without A Country'?

Answer: cursed the United States

When asked of his fidelity to his country, Nolan cries, 'Damn the United States! I wish I may never hear of the United States again!' And the military court grants his wish.

6. On the Navy ships that keep him from America, what is his nickname?

Answer: Mr. Plain Buttons

Nolan is not allowed to wear buttons with U.S. insignia.

7. Who wrote the poem he reads that starts to change his attitude towards the country he has disowned?

Answer: Scott

Best known for such novels as 'Ivanhoe', Sir Walter Scott also wrote poetry. It is his 'Lay of the Last Minstrel' with its lines 'Breathes there the man with soul so dead, that never to himself hath said, 'This is my own, my native land!' that drives home to Nolan his predicament.

8. Who is the lady whom he asks about home?

Answer: Mrs. Graff

It is during a ball on Nolan's ship in the Bay of Naples that he asks her of home and she replies 'I thought you were the man who never wanted to hear of home again!'

9. Do the ships ever let Nolan visit any other land? Yes or No?

Answer: No

Nolan never again steps on land as long as he lives.

10. What war does he help his shipmates during a battle?

Answer: War of 1812

By helping the ship's cannoneers during a fight with the British, he expiates himself a little.

11. Afterwards the captain gives his sword to Nolan. True or False?

Answer: True

This brings tears to Nolan's eyes.

12. What is not one of the prisoner's hobbies?

Answer: woodcarving

In his many scrapbooks he also has newspaper clipping of his native land, along with butterflies, drawings, specimens, etc.

13. Where did Captain Vaughan promise to take the freed slaves?

Answer: Cape Palmas

But when they plead to be taken to their homeland, through Nolan's translation, the captain agrees, further adding to Nolan's homesickness.

14. Was the prisoner buried at sea? Yes or No?

Answer: yes

Nolan himself requested it, in a note he wrote before he died.

15. What magazine published the story?

Answer: Atlantic Monthly

The 'Atlantic' published much of Hale's fiction.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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