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Quiz about The Sentinel
Quiz about The Sentinel

The Sentinel Trivia Quiz


Have fun on this quiz on "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke.

A multiple-choice quiz by tessspoon. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
tessspoon
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
110,820
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
309
Last 3 plays: Guest 64 (4/10), Guest 79 (5/10), Guest 147 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the setting for this story? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who is the "I" in "The Sentinel?

Answer: (One word)
Question 3 of 10
3. What distracts Wilson while he is cooking breakfast? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What food does Wilson burn when he is fixing breakfast? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Wilson's companions try to talk him out of climbing up the mountain.


Question 6 of 10
6. Who climbs up with Wilson? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Garnett finds the sentinel first.


Question 8 of 10
8. What does Wilson find? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Wilson first believes that the pyramid was built by his own race.


Question 10 of 10
10. What challenges must the race on Earth meet before they can signal the builders of the pyramid? Hint



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Feb 28 2024 : Guest 64: 4/10
Feb 02 2024 : Guest 79: 5/10
Jan 28 2024 : Guest 147: 6/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the setting for this story?

Answer: The moon, 1996

The setting is the late summer of 1996, in a plain called the Mare Crisium on the moon.
2. Who is the "I" in "The Sentinel?

Answer: Wilson

The only time we learn the name of the "I" is when Garnett is saying that the mountain will be called Wilson's Folly from then on.
3. What distracts Wilson while he is cooking breakfast?

Answer: Something glittering in the sun.

While he is cooking breakfast, Wilson notices something glittering in the sun on a ridge in the near mountains.
4. What food does Wilson burn when he is fixing breakfast?

Answer: sausages

Wilson is so distracted that he burns the sausage.
5. Wilson's companions try to talk him out of climbing up the mountain.

Answer: True

Wilson's companions are sure that the glittering thing is not a sign of intelligent life and Wilson is just going to waste his time.
6. Who climbs up with Wilson?

Answer: Garnett

Garnett, although he tried to talk Wilson out of climbing up, is a good climber and went with Wilson.
7. Garnett finds the sentinel first.

Answer: False

Wilson is the first to climb up the up and onto the plateau.
8. What does Wilson find?

Answer: A large pyramidal structure.

Wilson finds a pyramidal structure on the plateau that is twice as high as a man.
9. Wilson first believes that the pyramid was built by his own race.

Answer: False

"In the first excitement of my discovery, I had assumed without question that this crystalline apparition had been built by some race belonging to the Moon's remote past . . ."
10. What challenges must the race on Earth meet before they can signal the builders of the pyramid?

Answer: Escaping the Earth and controlling atomic energy.

Wilson believes that the builders of the pyramid only want contact with advanced civilizations. By escaping Earth and traveling to the moon, as well as controlling atomic energy, the race on Earth would prove itself to be intelligent enough to be worth meeting.
Source: Author tessspoon

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