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The Sentinel Trivia Quiz

Have fun on this quiz on "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke.

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

Author
tessspoon

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
110,820

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
312

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the setting for this story? Hint

Earth, 1996

The moon, 1996

Mars, 2000

The moon, 1960

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is the "I" in "The Sentinel?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What distracts Wilson while he is cooking breakfast? Hint

Another spaceship landing.

His friends.

Something glittering in the sun.

An alarm system going off.

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Question 4 of 10

4. What food does Wilson burn when he is fixing breakfast? Hint

bacon

toast

eggs

sausages

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Question 5 of 10

5. Wilson's companions try to talk him out of climbing up the mountain.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who climbs up with Wilson? Hint

No one.

Garnett

Everyone in the expedition.

The driver.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Garnett finds the sentinel first.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. What does Wilson find? Hint

Nothing.

A structure made by his own race.

A smooth rock.

A large pyramidal structure.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Wilson first believes that the pyramid was built by his own race.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. What challenges must the race on Earth meet before they can signal the builders of the pyramid? Hint

Escaping the Earth and controlling atomic energy.

Making invisible force fields.

Crossing the oceans.

Levitation.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the setting for this story?

Answer: The moon, 1996

The setting is the late summer of 1996, in a plain called the Mare Crisium on the moon.

2. Who is the "I" in "The Sentinel?

Answer: Wilson

The only time we learn the name of the "I" is when Garnett is saying that the mountain will be called Wilson's Folly from then on.

3. What distracts Wilson while he is cooking breakfast?

Answer: Something glittering in the sun.

While he is cooking breakfast, Wilson notices something glittering in the sun on a ridge in the near mountains.

4. What food does Wilson burn when he is fixing breakfast?

Answer: sausages

Wilson is so distracted that he burns the sausage.

5. Wilson's companions try to talk him out of climbing up the mountain.

Answer: True

Wilson's companions are sure that the glittering thing is not a sign of intelligent life and Wilson is just going to waste his time.

6. Who climbs up with Wilson?

Answer: Garnett

Garnett, although he tried to talk Wilson out of climbing up, is a good climber and went with Wilson.

7. Garnett finds the sentinel first.

Answer: False

Wilson is the first to climb up the up and onto the plateau.

8. What does Wilson find?

Answer: A large pyramidal structure.

Wilson finds a pyramidal structure on the plateau that is twice as high as a man.

9. Wilson first believes that the pyramid was built by his own race.

Answer: False

"In the first excitement of my discovery, I had assumed without question that this crystalline apparition had been built by some race belonging to the Moon's remote past . . ."

10. What challenges must the race on Earth meet before they can signal the builders of the pyramid?

Answer: Escaping the Earth and controlling atomic energy.

Wilson believes that the builders of the pyramid only want contact with advanced civilizations. By escaping Earth and traveling to the moon, as well as controlling atomic energy, the race on Earth would prove itself to be intelligent enough to be worth meeting.

Source: Author tessspoon

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