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The Martian Chronicles Trivia Quiz

'The Martian Chronicles': this classic by Ray Bradbury explores many issues showing the colonization of the Mars.

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

Author
Lanire

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
102,894

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
925

Last 3 plays: Minister (3/10), Guest 67 (10/10), Guest 24 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many expeditions were there before the successful one? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the year the first expedition arrived on Mars? Hint

2036

1999

2391

3001

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Question 3 of 10

3. What gas, according to Bradbury, was not as plentiful on Mars as on Earth?

Answer: (In the air)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which race decided to pack up and leave Earth? Hint

African Americans

Russians

Chinese

Canadian

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of an archeologist who did not want Earth people to colonize Mars? Hint

Jeff Spender

Sam Parkhill

Hathaway

Cheroke

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Question 6 of 10

6. True or false: William Stendhal made a House of Usher on Mars to kill all the members of the Society of the Prevention of Fantasy.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. True or false: Once the news of a big war on Earth reached the colonies on Mars, they decided to stay there and refused to accept any more refugees.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. What business did Sam Parkhill, who came during the fourth expedition, decide to open? Hint

Funeral service

Gas station

Hot dog stand

Lottery booth

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which member of the fourth expedition recreated his family after their deaths? Hint

Sam Parkhill

Hathaway

Captain Wilder

Jeff Spender

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where did the children in the last chapter have to look, to see Martians? Hint

In the water

On top of a hill

In the fire

On the edge of a forest

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many expeditions were there before the successful one?

Answer: 3

There were three expeditions. The first one consisted of two men who were killed by a Martian. The second expedition were thought to be mad natives and killed. The third expedition was killed by the Martians who took the form of dead relatives of the crew. Only the fourth expedition found all the Martians dead and started to colonize the planet.

2. What was the year the first expedition arrived on Mars?

Answer: 1999

The time span throughout the book is 27 years. The first expedition arrives in 1999, and the last people of the Earth come in 2026.

3. What gas, according to Bradbury, was not as plentiful on Mars as on Earth?

Answer: Oxygen

Oxygen contained in atmosphere on Mars was lower and some people had problems with breathing at first. This is why one of the settlers decided that his mission was to plant trees, which were absent on Mars.

4. Which race decided to pack up and leave Earth?

Answer: African Americans

In the book, African Americans are still mostly servants to the caucasians, so they had collected money in secret and built rockets. Then they left all in one day and no one could stop them.

5. What was the name of an archeologist who did not want Earth people to colonize Mars?

Answer: Jeff Spender

All of the men were in the fourth expedition with Captain Wilder. Jeff Spender killed some of the men so they would not go back to Earth and allow people to colonize and pollute it as they did with Earth. However, he is stopped by the remainder of the crew.

6. True or false: William Stendhal made a House of Usher on Mars to kill all the members of the Society of the Prevention of Fantasy.

Answer: True

The Government forbade reading of any kind of fantasy books and burned the libraries. including the personal library of William Stendhal. He, however, loves Poe, and he implements many themes from Poe's books in his house, then uses the house as an artful way to kill people from the society.

7. True or false: Once the news of a big war on Earth reached the colonies on Mars, they decided to stay there and refused to accept any more refugees.

Answer: False

Everyone left Mars to help in the war on Earth. Only several people were left in the whole planet who could not make it by the time the last rocket had left.

8. What business did Sam Parkhill, who came during the fourth expedition, decide to open?

Answer: Hot dog stand

He opened a hot dog stand on the crossing of two roads that were to become alive once more immigrants would come from Earth. There Martians gave him scrolls naming him an owner of half of the planet, but in a week he left Mars to travel back to Earth.

9. Which member of the fourth expedition recreated his family after their deaths?

Answer: Hathaway

He spent 26 years living almost alone on Mars with a wife and three children who never got older.

10. Where did the children in the last chapter have to look, to see Martians?

Answer: In the water

Their reflection in the water was what they saw.

Source: Author Lanire

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