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Quiz about Stranded with Robinson Crusoe

Stranded with Robinson Crusoe Trivia Quiz

Let's see what you know about Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe."

A multiple-choice quiz by munchkinn. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
munchkinn

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
245,063

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
713

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What did Crusoe's father tell Crusoe he would do if Crusoe did not go to sea? Hint

find him a wife

disinherit him

help him get started

buy him his own private ship

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Question 2 of 10

2. What type of animal did Crusoe NOT have as a pet? Hint

a goat

a cat

a sheep

a parrot

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Question 3 of 10

3. How did Crusoe mark off the number of days he had been on the island? Hint

notched them on a wooden stake

scratched them into the cave wall

wrote them in his diary

etched them onto a wooden slate

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Question 4 of 10

4. What did Crusoe NOT create while on the island? Hint

a table and chairs

an umbrella

a wheelbarrow

pottery

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which edible plants grew on the island after Crusoe threw the seeds away? Hint

barley

carrots

tomatoes

wheat

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was a delicacy for Crusoe to eat? Hint

goat

turtle

barley

parrot

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did Crusoe name his new companion? Hint

Pippin

Sunday

Friday

Daniel

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did Crusoe see on the beach that terrified him? Hint

a tribe of cannibals

a footprint

one of his goats that got loose

a dead parrot

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Question 9 of 10

9. How did Crusoe and Friday get off the island? Hint

They were found by merchants and taken to England

They saw a ship and lit a rescue fire

They rescued a ship's captain from mutineers

They built a canoe and floated out to sea

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Question 10 of 10

10. How long was Crusoe stranded on the island? Hint

28 years and two months

11 months

3 years and 4 months

13 years and 15 months

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What did Crusoe's father tell Crusoe he would do if Crusoe did not go to sea?

Answer: help him get started

Crusoe's father didn't want Crusoe going to sea because he believed that bad things would happen to Crusoe. But Crusoe disobeyed.

2. What type of animal did Crusoe NOT have as a pet?

Answer: a sheep

Crusoe found a cat on the ship and then he found an unexpected present later in the book - kittens! He found his parrot on the opposite side of the island and beat it over the head to capture it. And Crusoe used to kill goats, but he soon realized that it would be easier to capture and tame them so he could get their milk.

3. How did Crusoe mark off the number of days he had been on the island?

Answer: notched them on a wooden stake

Crusoe did his best to notch the number of days on a wooden stake, but he ended up missing days and did not know how long he had been stranded until he was rescued.

4. What did Crusoe NOT create while on the island?

Answer: a wheelbarrow

Crusoe had many crazy attempts while trying to make all these items. He disliked what his table and chairs looked like but still used them because that's all he was able to create and he couldn't make pottery that actually resembled any real pottery. He did actually try to make a wheelbarrow, but he couldn't find a way to make the wheel.

5. Which edible plants grew on the island after Crusoe threw the seeds away?

Answer: barley

This was an amazing event, because not only was the climate of the island unsuitable for barley to be grown, but the barley looked too old and mouldy to be used.

6. What was a delicacy for Crusoe to eat?

Answer: turtle

Turtles were hard to come by on Crusoe's side of the island. On the opposite side of the island there were a lot of turtles, but it was too hard to drag turtles from this other side to his home.

7. What did Crusoe name his new companion?

Answer: Friday

Crusoe rescued Friday from being eaten by a tribe of cannibals. Friday pledged to serve Crusoe by bowing down at Crusoe's feet and placing one of Crusoe's feet on top of his head. But Friday soon became a friend instead of a servant.

8. What did Crusoe see on the beach that terrified him?

Answer: a footprint

Crusoe became terrfied because he thought that he was going to be invaded by savages. He thought it was funny because the one thing he had been hoping for (a companion) is the one thing that he also dreaded.

9. How did Crusoe and Friday get off the island?

Answer: They rescued a ship's captain from mutineers

Crusoe and Friday saw that the captain was in trouble and went to help him. The funny thing is that the captain wanted to know if he was talking to a god or an angel.

10. How long was Crusoe stranded on the island?

Answer: 28 years and two months

Crusoe came back to England on June 11. He had been stranded on the island for 28 years and away from England for 35 years.

Source: Author munchkinn

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