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The Moon and Sixpence Trivia Quiz

One of my favorite authors is W. Somerset Maugham, and one of my favorite books of his is "The Moon and Sixpence".

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

Author
mcdede

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
152,771

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
195

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Is this book based on a real person? Hint

It could happen

Not on your life

You betcha

More than likely

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Strickland's employment in England? Hint

ship's captain

stockbroker

architect

pastor

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was considered an object of ridicule and thought that Strickland was a great artist? Hint

Dr. Coutras

Blanche Stroeve

Dirk Stroeve

Captain Nichols

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where did Strickland head to paint after his time in Paris? Hint

Australia

Greenland

Puerta Vallarta

Tahiti

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Question 5 of 10

5. What characteristic interested Strickland in people, particularly the narrator? Hint

Flattery of his art

Scions of industry

If they were self-made

Indifference to his feelings

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Question 6 of 10

6. Did the narrator ever see Strickland after he left France? Hint

it could have happened

yes

maybe

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Question 7 of 10

7. How does Strickland perceive women? Hint

places them on a pedestal

as a necessary evil

as equals

he never notices them

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Question 8 of 10

8. How does the narrator become involved in Strickland's life? Hint

they double date

he buys a painting from Strickland

Strickland's first wife sends the narrator after him

Strickland robs the narrator

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Question 9 of 10

9. What did Strickland care about? Hint

living a leisurely existence

to become wealthy through his efforts

to become a well-know artist

that people leave him alone

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did Strickland die of? Hint

murdered

leprosy

syphillis

drowning

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Is this book based on a real person?

Answer: You betcha

Somerset Maugham based his novel on the painter Gauguin. He took serious poetic license with the character including making him English.

2. What was Strickland's employment in England?

Answer: stockbroker

He was described to the narrator at a party as being very dull and not at all interested in literature or the arts.

3. Who was considered an object of ridicule and thought that Strickland was a great artist?

Answer: Dirk Stroeve

Stroeve's wife left him for Strickland and inevitably Strickland left her. She later killed herself.

4. Where did Strickland head to paint after his time in Paris?

Answer: Tahiti

Of course Tahiti. Any decent art musuem has a Tahiti picture by Gauguin.

5. What characteristic interested Strickland in people, particularly the narrator?

Answer: Indifference to his feelings

Whenever the narrator wanted to get Strickland's attention or see his work he feigned disinterest.

6. Did the narrator ever see Strickland after he left France?

Answer: no

The narrator never saw Strickland, but learned about his adventures through talking to others that knew him. At the end of one chapter, the narrator states that he knew the source was an outrageous liar and had probably never seen Strickland in his life.

7. How does Strickland perceive women?

Answer: as a necessary evil

He despises the lust that he feels and which distracts him from his work.

8. How does the narrator become involved in Strickland's life?

Answer: Strickland's first wife sends the narrator after him

Srickland's first wife believes that he left her for a woman and she realizes he won't come back when the narrator tells her that there is not another woman. She was hoping for a passing infatuation.

9. What did Strickland care about?

Answer: that people leave him alone

Strickland only wanted to paint and did not care about fame or wealth. The narrator states that Strickland was single-hearted in his aim and willing to sacrifice not only himself, but others. He say he was an odious man, but great.

10. What did Strickland die of?

Answer: leprosy

He went off into the bush to paint until he died.

Source: Author mcdede

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