Starter quiz

  • Which genre are the 'Sherlock Holmes' books?
    • adventure
    • historical fiction
    • detective fiction  ✓
    • horror
  • Match the genres to their conventions.
    • myth
      ⇔
      a moral; gods and mortals; set in the distant past ✓
    • adventure
      ⇔
      a journey; a hero; action and threats ✓
    • fantasy
      ⇔
      magic; alternate worlds; impossible situations ✓
  • Which is the correct definition of a 'perpetrator'?
    • the person who investigates who committed a crime
    • someone who may have committed the crime
    • the person who committed the crime  ✓
    • someone who helped commit the crime
  • Which is the best description of the detective fiction character convention 'the bumbling official'?
    • has a unique mind and can see connections others miss
    • is loyal to the detective but more down-to-earth
    • is as intelligent and cunning as the detective
    • is supposed to solve the crime but doesn't  ✓
  • Which plot point from 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' fits with the plot convention 'the red herring'?
    • Peterson arrives with the jewel
    • Mr Baker is in possession of the goose that contains the gem  ✓
    • Holmes and Watson realise that the man at the market is Ryder
    • We learn the story of how Horner was arrested on Ryder's evidence
  • Which of these plot conventions are most likely to occur at the start of the story?
    • the suspects  ✓
    • the investigation  ✓
    • the 'aha!' moment
    • the big reveal
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