The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Conclusion quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What does Marie's mother tell her to do with the memories of her night of adventures?

   • Correct answer: Put it all out of her head
   • Write it all down at once
   • Tell it to Godpapa Drosselmeier
   • Keep it a secret from Fritz

   Her mother calls the adventure a long, beautiful dream and says Marie must now put it all out of her head.

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   Question 2. Who joins in the laughter after Marie says Nutcracker praised her father?

   • Godpapa Drosselmeier and the doctor
   • Correct answer: Her sister Louise and even Fritz
   • The cook and the housemaids
   • Miss Clara and the other dolls

   The parents laugh first; then the laughter grows louder as Louise, and even Fritz, join in.

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   Question 3. According to Marie, what did young Mr. Drosselmeier say about her father?

   • That he was the bravest officer in Nürnberg
   • That he once fought the mouse king himself
   • Correct answer: That he was a most worthy medical man
   • That he built the glass cupboard by hand

   Marie says that while introducing her to his sisters, the princesses, Nutcracker called her father a most worthy medical man.

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   Question 4. How does young Drosselmeier address Marie when he goes down on one knee?

   • As the little queen of Toyland
   • Correct answer: As his most dearly-beloved Miss Stahlbaum
   • As his brave and faithful soldier
   • As Princess Pirlipat's true heir

   He begins, "Ah! my most dearly-beloved Miss Stahlbaum!" before thanking her for saving his life on that very spot.

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   Question 5. What is Godpapa Drosselmeier wearing when he presents his nephew to Marie?

   • A red coat trimmed with gold lace
   • A soldier's uniform with a plumed helmet
   • Correct answer: His yellow coat and his glass wig
   • A long black cloak and a velvet cap

   Marie looks up to see her godpapa in his yellow coat and glass wig; the red coat with gold lace belongs to the nephew.

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   Question 6. Why is Dr. Stahlbaum's profession fitting for his role in this chapter?

   • As a doctor, he can finally heal Marie's injured arm
   • Correct answer: As a man of science, he speaks for reason and doubts wonder
   • As a doctor, he alone recognizes the strange metal of the crowns
   • As an old friend, he knows the Drosselmeier family secrets

   Dr. Stahlbaum is a medical man who trusts only what can be explained, so he scolds Marie for untruthfulness even while he admires crowns no human hands could have made.

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   Question 7. Why is it meaningful that young Drosselmeier brings Marie the very figures the mouse king ate?

   • Correct answer: It repays the sweets and toys she gave up to save him
   • It shows he wants Fritz to envy all of Marie's presents
   • It hints that the mouse king is still alive somewhere
   • It proves his uncle carved every one of the figures

   Marie sacrificed her sweets and sugar figures to protect Nutcracker; restoring them shows he remembers and repays her loyalty.

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   Question 8. Which of these events actually happen in the final chapter?

   • Marie's mother takes Nutcracker out of the glass cupboard to show he is only wood.

     Happened

   • Godpapa Drosselmeier tells the family that Nutcracker really is his nephew.

     Didn't happen

   • Dr. Stahlbaum looks at the seven crowns with admiration and astonishment.

     Happened

   • Marie gives the seven crowns back to Godpapa Drosselmeier for his watch-chain.

     Didn't happen

   • Marie falls from her chair after a tremendous bang and shock.

     Happened

   • The mouse king returns one last night to demand Marie's picture-books.

     Didn't happen

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   Question 9. What does 'recanted' mean as used in: 'he now, on a public parade, formally recanted what he had said to his red hussars'?

   • Loudly repeated an earlier command
   • Correct answer: Publicly took back an earlier statement
   • Quietly whispered a secret order
   • Proudly sang an old marching song

   To recant is to withdraw a statement; no longer believing Marie, Fritz takes back his harsh words to the hussars and restores their honor.

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    Question 10. What does 'enjoined' mean as used in: 'both the father and the mother enjoined Marie most earnestly to tell them where she really had got them from'?

    • Gently teased or mocked
    • Warmly thanked or praised
    • Correct answer: Urged or commanded firmly
    • Strictly forbade or prevented

    To enjoin is to urge or order; Marie's parents press her earnestly to explain where the crowns came from.

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    Question 11. What does 'intoxication' mean as used in: 'the memories of that fairy realm haunted her with a sweet intoxication'?

    • A sickness caused by too many sweets
    • A dull and lasting sadness of spirit
    • A sudden fear of the dark at night
    • Correct answer: An overpowering, dreamy sense of delight

    Here intoxication is figurative: Marie's memories fill her with a spellbinding delight, as though she were still under the fairy realm's enchantment.

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