The Frog and the Nightingale - Multiple Choice Test

Question 1

Question:    Where does the frog croak?

1.	In Bingle bog
2.	From dusk to dawn
3.	On the Sumac tree
4.	On a toadstool

Answer:    1

Question 2

Question:    What kind of reaction did the animals display to the frog's songs?

1.	They hated it
2.	They adored it
3.	They ignored it
4.	They tried to improve it

Answer:    1

Question 3

Question:    Why were the animals of the Bog dumbstruck?

1.	The frog sang very well
2.	The nightingale sang melodiously
3.	The moon shone brightly
4.	All the animals came to the same place

Answer:    2

Question 4

Question:    One night when the nightingale was about to sing she was startled. What startled her?

1.	The frog's advice
2.	The frog's croak
3.	The frog's movement
4.	The frog's scolding

Answer:    2

Question 5

Question:    What did the frog claim to be?

1.	A great teacher
2.	The owner of the sumac tree
3.	A publisher
4.	The king of the Bog

Answer:    2

Question 6

Question:    'I don't think the song's divine
But - oh - well - at least it's mine.'

What does the nightingale imply by the last line?

1.	She does not like the frog's songs
2.	She sings from her heart
3.	She wants him to train her
4.	She is haughty

Answer:    2

Question 7

Question:    Animals for miles around
Flocked towards the magic sound

What had made the sound magical?

1.	skill and praise
2.	art and fire
3.	inspiration and skill
4.	flattery and money

Answer:    1

Question 8

Question:    In which weather does the nightingale not prefer to sing?

1.	sunny weather
2.	rainy weather
3.	winter
4.	autumn

Answer:    2

Question 9

Question:    'So the frog and nightingale journeyed up and down the scale'. This line refers to their

1.	travel in Bingle Bog
2.	singing
3.	movement on the tree
4.	popularity rating

Answer:    2

Question 10

Question:    Which of the following do not indicate the nightingale's growing popularity?

1.	Attendance by the aristocrats
2.	The joy of the frog
3.	The sale of tickets
4.	The frog's reprimand

Answer:    4

Question 11

Question:    The birds and beasts stopped coming to the concert because the nightingale's song

1.	was always the same
2.	was uninspired
3.	was too loud
4.	had no trills

Answer:    2

Question 12

Question:    The frog says that the nightingale was 'for too prone to influence.'

What was ironical about this statement?

1.	The nightingale was not like that
2.	The frog was too proud
3.	It was this quality that fetched him money
4.	It was the frog who was prone to influence

Answer:   3