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Honors English V Name:

Mrs. Maurno Date:


Bell:

Study Guide for Hound of the Baskervilles Exam

Part I: Vocabulary
Know definition of the word and be able to identify it in the context of a sentence
about the novel. (2 points each/30 points)

e.g. Dr. Watson needs to be __________ after seeing the hellish looking hound
charging for the moor.

a. resigned b. austere c. pacified d. corroborated

1. flippant 16. corroborate 31. melancholy

2. benevolent 17. prosaic 32. expedient

3. slovenly 18. erroneous 33. indifferent

4. austere 19. furtive 34. fallacy

5. loitered 20. venerable 35. bias

6. pacify 21. somber

7. reproach 22. astute

8. induced 23. propitious

9. inadvertent 24. incessant

10. audacious 25. profane/profanity

11. impassive 26. loiter

12. eccentric 27. trivial

13. compelled 28. shrewd

14. resigned 29. pugnacious

15. secluded 30. unmitigated


16. prosaic

17. erroneous

18. furtive

19. venerable

20. somber

21. astute

22. propitious

23. incessant

24. profane/profanity

25. loiter

26. trivial

27. shrewd

28. pugnacious

29. unmitigated

30. melancholy

31. expedient

32. indifferent

33. fallacy

34. bias
Part II: Character Analysis
Identify a character in the novel from a quote from or description of the character.
Please know information about the following characters:
Sherlock Holmes, Dr. James Mortimer, Barrymore, Mrs. Barrymore,
Cartwright, Hugo Baskerville, Charles Baskerville, Henry Baskerville, Mr.
Stapleton, Beryl (Mrs.?) Stapleton, Selden, Mr. Frankland, Laura Lyons, Dr.
Watson. (3 points each/30 points)

Here is a possible question:

“He carried a green butterfly net in one of his hands.”


_______________________ (Mr. Stapleton)

Part III: Setting


Be able to describe this setting and have a general idea of the events that took
place in that setting and/or the significance to the plot. (2 points each/16 points)

Coombe Tracey, Yew Alley, the Moor, London, Baskerville Hall, Merripit
House, Grimpen Mire, Northumberland Hotel

e.g. a bustling city; home of Holmes’ headquarters ______________ (London)

Part IV: Developing a Good Mystery


Be able to show how six (6) of the ten (10) examples help to develop the
mystery. You must write at least two sentences for each example. (5 points
each/30 points)

1. The portrait in Baskerville Hall


2. Henry’s ruddy tweed suit
3. a huge, black mastiff
4. the fog
5. Grimpen Mire
6. Cartwright’s search through the trash
7. Mrs. Barrymore’s sorrow
8. Stapleton’s reaction to Sir Henry’s marriage proposal
9. phosphorus
10. the missing boot

Part V: Figurative Language


Read the quote from the novel and identify the type of figurative language used.
Many quotes may have more than one answer. Choose from this list:
personification, simile, metaphor, irony, allusion (3 points each/15 points)

Ex. The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not? (31) allusion

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