The Scarlet Pimpernel

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What claim is made by the Scarlet Pimpernel’s circle as to their primary motivation for freeing French nobles?

A) Sympathy

B) Sport

C) Justice

D) Fame

2. Which character is Percy’s most important disguise?

A) The Scarlet Pimpernel

B) The old hag

C) Sir Percy Blakeney

D) Benjamin Rosenbaum

3. Based on Orczy’s background, what can be inferred about Orczy’s opinion of nobles?

A) She believes they are foppish and ridiculous.

B) She thinks they are superior.

C) Marguerite is a rare exception to the peasantry.

D) The peasantry is savage and hateful.

4. Which of the following best describes the mood of the novel when the Vicomte de Tournay challenges Percy to a duel?

A) Tension

B) Dismissal

C) Delight

D) Humor

5. Which group is the novel primarily about?

A) Peasants

B) Nobility

C) French revolutionaries

D) The English

6. What is the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel credited for inspiring?

A) Heroes with secret identities

B) The tale of Marie Antoinette

C) Public executions

D) The swashbuckling genre

7. What event marks a change in Marguerite’s opinion of Percy?

A) He is revealed as the Scarlet Pimpernel.

B) She realizes his foppishness is an act.

C) He goes out to rescue her brother.

D) She discovers the ring in his study.

8. Why does Percy distance himself from Marguerite?

A) He is angered that she killed the marquis.

B) He knows she is friends with Chauvelin.