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Quiz about Northern Lights and The Subtle Knife
Quiz about Northern Lights and The Subtle Knife

"Northern Lights" and "The Subtle Knife" Quiz


This is a quiz about the books "Northern Lights" and "The Subtle Knife", written by Phillip Pullman.

A multiple-choice quiz by sun211. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
sun211
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
101,167
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1498
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the name of Lee Scoresby's daemon?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 2 of 10
2. What was Will's surname? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Was Lyra's daemon a moth at the beginning of "Northern Lights"?


Question 4 of 10
4. In Will's Oxford, what is the name of the doctor that Lyra goes to?

Answer: (Two words, or just her surname)
Question 5 of 10
5. True or False: Mrs. Coulter has a golden monkey as her daemon.


Question 6 of 10
6. Under what type of tree was the window that Will found?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 7 of 10
7. In the retiring room at Jorden college, did Lord Asriel really have Grumman's head?


Question 8 of 10
8. What was the name of the bear that Lyra helped?

Answer: (One Word, first name only.)
Question 9 of 10
9. What is the name of the book after "The Subtle Knife"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What was the name of Will's cat?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name of Lee Scoresby's daemon?

Answer: Hester

Hester was in the shape of a hare. She always scolded Lee. Unfortunately, Lee and Hester died at the end of "The Subtle Knife".
2. What was Will's surname?

Answer: Parry

Will is the bearer of the knife. This passed over to him in the fight between Angelica's brother and Will. Two of Will's were cut off, the sign of the bearer.
3. Was Lyra's daemon a moth at the beginning of "Northern Lights"?

Answer: Yes

This is when they are going to sneak into the retiring room at Jordan College. Lyra had never been in there before and was curious.
4. In Will's Oxford, what is the name of the doctor that Lyra goes to?

Answer: mary

She is studying dark matter, which Lyra suspects is Dust.
5. True or False: Mrs. Coulter has a golden monkey as her daemon.

Answer: True

This monkey prowls around a lot looking for things. This monkey was the one that found Lyra's Alethiometer.
6. Under what type of tree was the window that Will found?

Answer: hornbeam

The black cat who was following Will found this. Will followed her into the other city, Cittagaze.
7. In the retiring room at Jorden college, did Lord Asriel really have Grumman's head?

Answer: No

It was just a trick to make them believe he was dead. No one was too keen to look closely.
8. What was the name of the bear that Lyra helped?

Answer: Iorek Byrnison

He had his armour taken away from him, and Lyra helped him to find it. In return, the bear would help them.
9. What is the name of the book after "The Subtle Knife"?

Answer: The Amber Spyglass

"The Amber Spyglass" is the last one in this set of books.
10. What was the name of Will's cat?

Answer: moxie

He says this several times and also says he misses her.
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Source: Author sun211

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