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Phantastes | Quiz

George MacDonald
This Study Guide consists of approximately 52 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Phantastes.

Phantastes | Quiz

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1)

What is the true form of the marble lady? (from Chapter 6)

A marble tombstone.
A white horse.
A secretary desk.
An open coffin standing on end.
2)

How does Anodos feel in his new home beneath the ground? (from Chapter 24)

Depressed.
Content.
Claustrophobic.
Confused.
3)

What does the woman in the small windowless hut, found by Anodos after he leaves the farmhouse, do as he steps inside? (from Chapter 8)

She reads aloud from a book.
She tries to physically push him out of the hut.
She calls to her husband for help.
She lights candles.
4)

What does the family at the farmhouse discuss during the evening as Anodos listens? (from Chapter 7)

Dinner plans.
Sleeping arrangements.
The next day's schedule.
Fairy tales.
5)

How does the crystal globe benefit the little girl who carries it? (from Chapter 9)

It enables her to look into the future.
It gives her something to play with.
It protects her.
It helps her make friends.
6)

In the story Anodos retells about women with wings, while the women have wings for appendages, what do the men have? (from Chapter 12)

Tentacles.
Arms.
Wings.
Branches.
7)

What surrounds Anodos' burial site? (from Chapter 24)

Rocks.
Vines.
White marble figures.
Trees and flowers.
8)

After Anodos awakens in a field, what does he realize the darkness in front of him is? (from Chapter 25)

The shadow from Fairy Land.
The shadows of the strangers surrounding him.
His natural shadow.
The shadow of his home.
9)

What does Anodos notice about the books he reads in the library in the Fairy Palace? (from Chapter 11)

The books are boring.
The books are written in an unknown language.
The books read themselves to him.
He finds himself in the world he is reading about.
10)

What does the woman in the small windowless hut tell Anodos when he tries to open a door inside the hut? (from Chapter 8)

She tells him a story about a knight in rusty armor.
She tells him a wish will be granted if he opens the door.
She warns him not to open the door.
She remains silent, simply staring at Anodos.
11)

What is the condition of the shoreline on which Anodos stands after the rock walls close in on him? (from Chapter 18)

Bright.
Crowded.
Inviting.
Dismal.
12)

What does Cosmo do to impress the lady in the mirror? (from Chapter 13)

He changes his room.
He reads to her.
He dresses like a knight.
He polishes the mirror.
13)

When Anodos meets the knight again, in what condition is the knight's armor? (from Chapter 9)

More rusty than before.
Less rusty than before.
The armor is hanging off the knight in pieces.
There is no rust at all.
14)

After speaking with the king about the results of the battle with the three giants, why does Anodos put on armor and ride away? (from Chapter 21)

He is looking for the elder brother's lady.
He is looking for the knight.
He is looking for a way home.
He is looking for the two giants who ran away.
15)

How is Anodos affected when he comes close to the woman and her daughter at the farmhouse? (from Chapter 7)

Anodos realizes how homesick he is.
Anodos realizes he must find the Maiden of the Alder.
Anodos doubts the reality of Fairy Land.
Anodos is convinced Fairy Land exists.
16)

How does Anodos communicate his feelings for the white lady to the goblin-like creatures? (from Chapter 17)

He sings.
He writes on the wall of the hole.
He shouts.
He makes up a poem.
17)

How does the king react to Anodos when the king finds out the results of the battle with the three giants? (from Chapter 21)

He knights Anodos.
He makes Anodos an honorary son.
He punishes Anodos.
He gives Anodos his own kingdom to rule.
18)

How does Anodos acquire the instrument from one of the dancers In the crimson hall as Anodos sings to make the white lady appear? (from Chapter 15)

The dancer silently offers the instrument to Anodos.
Anodos roughly seizes the instrument from the dancer as he dances by Anodos.
Anodos takes the instrument from a dancer who has turned into a statue.
The dancer drops the instrument on the floor at Anodos' feet.
19)

When Anodos and the knight arrive together at a house, what does the woman at the house ask the knight about her daughter? (from Chapter 23)

If he will take her daughter with them.
If he has found her daughter.
If he will marry her daughter.
If he will ride to the next town to get medicine for her daughter.
20)

When Anodos awakens in a field, what terrifies him? (from Chapter 25)

The thought of having to assume adult responsibilities.
He feels the shadow has found him.
He doesn't know where he is.
A number of strangers are surrounding him.
21)

How are Anodos' needs met during his stay at the Fairy Palace? (from Chapter 11)

The shadow sees to his needs.
A fairy follows him around.
Anodos takes care of himself.
Unseen figures serve him.
22)

What does Anodos do when he discovers a hole on the other side of a door after he ignores the warning on the door? (from Chapter 16)

He waits until morning next to the hole.
He returns to the crimson hall.
He begins to sing again.
He plunges into the hole.
23)

Where does Cosmo get the mirror? (from Chapter 13)

His mother.
A friend.
An antique store.
An auction.
24)

What does the old woman, who changes into a beautiful woman while Anodos is in the hole, offer him? (from Chapter 17)

She offers to show him how to get home.
She offers to take the white lady's place.
She offers to walk with him.
She offers to show him how to get rid of the shadow.
25)

According to the woman Anodos meets at the farmhouse, what does he have in common with other men who have passed by the farmhouse as they leave the forest? (from Chapter 7)

They all have had the same experience with the Maiden of the Alder.
They all worried about how to get home.
They all were saved by the same person.
They all wondered about the reality of Fairy Land.
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