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Quiz about The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) Quiz

Match the major characters in this novel with their description. (NO SPOILERS)

A matching quiz by MotherGoose. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
MotherGoose

Time
3 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
398,159

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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232

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Questions		Choices
1. The local village doctor and narrator of the story		Ursula Bourne
2. A wealthy and highly successful business man who is stabbed to death with his own Tunisian dagger		John Parker
3. The widow whose suicide set in motion the events leading to the murder of Roger Ackroyd		Mrs Ferrars
4. The doctor's older, unmarried sister, who makes it her business to know everything about everybody		James Sheppard
5. The step-son of Roger Ackroyd; the prime suspect in the eyes of the police, as he had means, motive, opportunity, and no alibi		Hercule Poirot
6. The parlour-maid and the secret wife of Ralph Paton		Caroline Sheppard
7. Roger Ackroyd's niece, who is engaged to Ralph Paton, whom she likes but does not love		Ralph Paton
8. Roger Ackroyd's sister-in-law, widow of his brother, who is dependent on his charity		Mrs Cecil Ackroyd
9. Roger Ackroyd's butler		Flora Ackroyd
10. The private detective whose retirement is interrupted by Roger Ackroyd's murder, and who solves the crime		Roger Ackroyd

Select each answer

1. The local village doctor and narrator of the story

2. A wealthy and highly successful business man who is stabbed to death with his own Tunisian dagger

3. The widow whose suicide set in motion the events leading to the murder of Roger Ackroyd

4. The doctor's older, unmarried sister, who makes it her business to know everything about everybody

5. The step-son of Roger Ackroyd; the prime suspect in the eyes of the police, as he had means, motive, opportunity, and no alibi

6. The parlour-maid and the secret wife of Ralph Paton

7. Roger Ackroyd's niece, who is engaged to Ralph Paton, whom she likes but does not love

8. Roger Ackroyd's sister-in-law, widow of his brother, who is dependent on his charity

9. Roger Ackroyd's butler

10. The private detective whose retirement is interrupted by Roger Ackroyd's murder, and who solves the crime

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The local village doctor and narrator of the story

Answer: James Sheppard

Dr James Sheppard lives next door to Hercule Poirot, who has retired and occupies his time by growing vegetable marrows. Dr Sheppard assists Poirot with his investigation and keeps a written narrative of events with a view to publishing them.

2. A wealthy and highly successful business man who is stabbed to death with his own Tunisian dagger

Answer: Roger Ackroyd

Roger Ackroyd is one of the most famous murder victims in the history of detective fiction. In this novel, Agatha Christie broke one of the (unwritten) rules of crime fiction by her choice of murderer - a plot twist which had never been done before. In her autobiography, she stated that a lot of people thought it was "cheating", but she insisted that the clues were all there if they read the novel carefully.

3. The widow whose suicide set in motion the events leading to the murder of Roger Ackroyd

Answer: Mrs Ferrars

Mrs Ferrars poisoned her alcoholic husband because she was in love with Roger Ackroyd. As a result, she was being blackmailed. When she confessed what she had done to Ackroyd, she could see the revulsion on his face. Faced with being bled dry by her blackmailer, and losing the love and respect of Roger Ackroyd, she takes an overdose of Veronal.

4. The doctor's older, unmarried sister, who makes it her business to know everything about everybody

Answer: Caroline Sheppard

In her autobiography, Agatha Christie stated, "I think it is possible that Miss Marple arose from the pleasure I had taken in portraying Dr Sheppard's sister...she had been my favourite character in the book -- an acidulated spinster, full of curiosity, knowing everything, hearing everything".

Dr Sheppard stated that "Caroline can do any amount of finding out by sitting placidly at home...there was no need for Caroline to go out to get information. She sits at home and it comes to her". He attributes this to her network of friends, servants and tradespeople.

5. The step-son of Roger Ackroyd; the prime suspect in the eyes of the police, as he had means, motive, opportunity, and no alibi

Answer: Ralph Paton

Ralph Paton is described as "extraordinarily handsome" but with a "strain of weakness" in him. He acquiesces to his step-father's demand to become engaged to Flora Ackroyd for fear of having his income cut off if he does not comply.

6. The parlour-maid and the secret wife of Ralph Paton

Answer: Ursula Bourne

Six months prior to Roger Ackroyd's murder, Ralph Paton married Ursula Bourne, the parlour-maid. He persuaded her to keep their marriage a secret for fear of being disinherited by his step-father.

7. Roger Ackroyd's niece, who is engaged to Ralph Paton, whom she likes but does not love

Answer: Flora Ackroyd

Flora Ackroyd agrees to the engagement for financial security. She does not believe Ralph Paton murdered her uncle, so she begs Hercule Poirot to find out the truth. However, she unwittingly complicates matters, and aids the murderer's alibi, by lying about bidding her uncle goodnight, not knowing he was already dead.

8. Roger Ackroyd's sister-in-law, widow of his brother, who is dependent on his charity

Answer: Mrs Cecil Ackroyd

Roger's sister-in-law, and Flora's mother, Mrs Cecil Ackroyd is a greedy, scheming woman. Dr Sheppard detests her and describes her as "most unpleasant...she had small pale flinty blue eyes and, however gushing her words may be, those eyes of hers always remain coldly speculative".

9. Roger Ackroyd's butler

Answer: John Parker

Dr Sheppard describes Parker, the butler, as having "a fat, smug, oily face" and a shifty look in his eye. Dr Sheppard claimed that Parker phoned him that night, stating that Roger Ackroyd had been murdered and summoning the doctor to the house. However, Parker denied making the phone call.

10. The private detective whose retirement is interrupted by Roger Ackroyd's murder, and who solves the crime

Answer: Hercule Poirot

In this novel, Hercule Poirot has retired and taken up residence in the village of King's Abbot, next door to the Sheppards. He becomes involved in solving the murder of Roger Ackroyd even before Flora begs him to prove Ralph's innocence. Despite the great amount of circumstantial evidence against Ralph, Hercule Poirot also believes he is innocent.

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