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Quiz about The Book of the Dun Cow
Quiz about The Book of the Dun Cow

The Book of the Dun Cow Trivia Quiz


Have you read Walter Wangerin Jr's "The Book of the Dun Cow"? Then this quiz is for you. If you haven't, then this quiz will introduce you.

A multiple-choice quiz by ertrum. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
ertrum
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
277,926
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
8 / 15
Plays
241
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 15
1. In the beginning, we met Chauntecleer the Rooster, lord of the Coop. What was disturbing his sleep? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. "MAROONED!" Whose cry was this? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Chauntecleer, like all Roosters, crows seven times a day to tell the Coop and surrounding lands the time of day. Which is the first crow of the day? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Unknown to themselves, Chauntecleer's animals were some of the Keepers. Who were they keeping? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Who laid the egg from which hatched the Cockatrice? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Once Cockatrice came of age, what happened to his father, Senex? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Who are Cockatrice's children? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Who manages to escape from Cockatrice's realm, along with the Wee Widow Mouse and her children?
Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. What did God do, after he saw that Wyrm was working his way free? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Chauntecleer and Pertelote had three chicks. What were their names? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. What happened to Chauntecleer's chicks? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Why were the turkeys pouting? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. In the first battle between the Coop and the basilisks, who went berserk after a basilisk killed his friend, and slew hundreds of basilisks? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Who or what were Gaff and Slasher? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. What did the Dun Cow give up at the end of the book? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the beginning, we met Chauntecleer the Rooster, lord of the Coop. What was disturbing his sleep?

Answer: Someone crying outside

"In the middle of the night, somebody began to cry outside Chauntecleer's Coop. If it had been but a few sprinkled tears with nothing more than a moan or two, Chauntecleer would probably not have minded."
Walter Wangerin's "The Book of the Dun Cow" was published in 1978. It won the National Book Award and NY Times "Best Children's Book of the Year" award.
2. "MAROONED!" Whose cry was this?

Answer: Mundo Cani the Dog

Mundo Cani has terribly low self-esteem. But he can run faster than the wind, can carry creatures in his mouth, and has one more very important role to play.
3. Chauntecleer, like all Roosters, crows seven times a day to tell the Coop and surrounding lands the time of day. Which is the first crow of the day?

Answer: Matins

These are the "Canonic Crows", one of three kinds of crow that Chauntecleer has. He also crows for special events, such as to mourn the death of one of his animals. He later learns a third kind of crow, the "Crow Potens".

The Canonic crows - matins, prime, terce, sexte, none, vespers and compline correspond to the Medieval Liturgical Hours.
4. Unknown to themselves, Chauntecleer's animals were some of the Keepers. Who were they keeping?

Answer: Wyrm

"Sum Wyrm, sub terra." "I am Wyrm below the earth." God had imprisoned Wyrm in the center of the earth, and had appointed the animals his keepers. Wyrm, of course, sought to free himself from his prison.
5. Who laid the egg from which hatched the Cockatrice?

Answer: his father

Cockatrice was born from the egg laid by the old rooster, Senex, and incubated under a toad. Wyrm had found his escape route.
6. Once Cockatrice came of age, what happened to his father, Senex?

Answer: Cockatrice killed him.

Senex was old and without heir. Wyrm came to him in dreams, and fathered Cockatrice upon him. On his fiftieth day, Cockatrice first curses, then kills his old father, Senex.
7. Who are Cockatrice's children?

Answer: basilisks

Cockatrice fathers thousands upon thousands of basilisks, poisonous serpents who kill everything in his land.
8. Who manages to escape from Cockatrice's realm, along with the Wee Widow Mouse and her children?

Answer: Pertelote

Pertelote and the mice flee down the river from Cockatrice's land and come ashore near the Coop.

Pertelote and Chauntecleer are the main characters in Chaucer's "The Nun's Priest's Tale", from "The Canterbury Tales".
9. What did God do, after he saw that Wyrm was working his way free?

Answer: He covered the Earth with clouds.

"God Himself cloaked the entire Earth with cloud. He shut it up. Sadly, he closed it from the rest of creation."

But He didn't leave the Keepers completely alone; he sent them the Dun Cow.
10. Chauntecleer and Pertelote had three chicks. What were their names?

Answer: Ten Pin, Five Pin, and One Pin

Chauntecleer and Pertelote were married in the winter, while the world was still shrouded in clouds. Beryl Hen was the chicks' nursmaid.
11. What happened to Chauntecleer's chicks?

Answer: They were killed by basilisks.

The sun had come out, and a holiday was declared. The chicks had gone to Lord Russel Fox's house in the woods, where he told them how to get rid of fleas, and they toddled off to the river to see if his plan worked (and to play in the water). They were all killed by a basilisk - Beryl Hen's neck was broken and the chicks were bitten. Evil was upon the Coop.
12. Why were the turkeys pouting?

Answer: Because Mundo Cani had knocked them away from the basilisks.

Mundo Cani, who can run faster than the wind, ran after the turkeys and knocked them back to the Coop. He saved all but one from the basilisks. But the turkeys were affronted that he'd saved them by bumping them backwards so they pouted.
13. In the first battle between the Coop and the basilisks, who went berserk after a basilisk killed his friend, and slew hundreds of basilisks?

Answer: John Wesley Weasel

After a basilisk had killed the Wee Widow Mouse, John Wesley Weasel ran amok, killing basilisks in their hundreds.
14. Who or what were Gaff and Slasher?

Answer: iron spurs

Gaff and Slasher were two iron spurs that Chauntecleer had owned since before he came to rule the Coop. He uses them to kill the Cockatrice, then beheads it and throws its head into the river.
15. What did the Dun Cow give up at the end of the book?

Answer: a horn

She broke off a horn for Mundo Cani to use to blind Wyrm.

"The Book of the Dun Cow" is also the English translation of "Lebor na hUidre", which is the name of one of the oldest surviving Irish manuscripts.
Source: Author ertrum

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