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Quiz about Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

"Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy Quiz

A fairly difficult quiz about the great novel of the latter 20th century; only doable if you've read the book carefully.

A multiple-choice quiz by forgottenohio. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
forgottenohio

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
326,255

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
186

Last 3 plays: xchasbox (5/10), Guest 185 (5/10), Guest 24 (0/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Whom among the following does the kid encounter first? Hint

Captain White

Glanton

The Judge

Toadvine

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Question 2 of 10

2. How much is Glanton's life worth (in Texas)? Hint

$500

$700

$5000

$7000

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which character is black? Hint

Sproule

Jackson

McGill

Tate

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Question 4 of 10

4. When the jugglers tell fortunes in the desert, what is the kid's tarot card? Hint

The Fool

The Sun

The Four of Swords

The Four of Cups

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is the only Mexican in Glanton's gang? Hint

Sproule

Jackson

McGill

Bathcat

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following does the Judge *not* utilize to create gunpowder? Hint

charcoal

creekwater

guano

sand

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Question 7 of 10

7. How far does the Judge throw the "enormous iron meteorite shaped like a great molar"? Hint

eleven feet

ten feet

twelve feet

fifteen feet

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Question 8 of 10

8. The "expriest" Tobin protests to the Judge that he was never a priest but only... Hint

an apprentice

a monk

a lay minister

a novitiate

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Question 9 of 10

9. The idiot James Robert and his brother/keeper Cloyce share what last name? Hint

Moss

Bell

Sloat

Snow

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where do the kid (now "the man") and the Judge meet again many years later, and have their final showdown? Hint

Nacogdoches

Los Angeles

Yuma

Griffin

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Nov 10 2024 : xchasbox: 5/10
Nov 09 2024 : Guest 185: 5/10
Oct 10 2024 : Guest 24: 0/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Whom among the following does the kid encounter first?

Answer: The Judge

He sees the Judge in the revival tent just before encountering Toadvine on his way to the outhouse.

2. How much is Glanton's life worth (in Texas)?

Answer: $500

"...but you'd have to discount the note with your ass," Glanton tells the Prussian Jew, Speyer, who sells them the guns.

3. Which character is black?

Answer: Jackson

There is a white Jackson, but he's murdered by the black man early on.

4. When the jugglers tell fortunes in the desert, what is the kid's tarot card?

Answer: The Four of Cups

For more on its significance, look up a tarot guide.

5. Who is the only Mexican in Glanton's gang?

Answer: McGill

He is killed in the raid on the Apache village.

6. Which of the following does the Judge *not* utilize to create gunpowder?

Answer: sand

Of course, all this happened before the kid came along.

7. How far does the Judge throw the "enormous iron meteorite shaped like a great molar"?

Answer: ten feet

Not that ten feet isn't impressive; even Glanton refuses to bet on him in this endeavor.

8. The "expriest" Tobin protests to the Judge that he was never a priest but only...

Answer: a novitiate

"'Journeyman priest or apprentice priest', said the Judge. 'Men of god and men of war have strange affinities'."

9. The idiot James Robert and his brother/keeper Cloyce share what last name?

Answer: Bell

A last name that crops up in both this and "No Country for Old Men".

10. Where do the kid (now "the man") and the Judge meet again many years later, and have their final showdown?

Answer: Griffin

The kid encounters the Judge in all of these places, but it is in the Griffin, TX, jakes that he meets his fate at the Judge's hand.

Source: Author forgottenohio

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