The minor canon quiz

By Cecilia Brabin | June 4, 2009

Test your understanding of the story in the quiz based on it.

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1. [Multiple choice]

The canon met the stranger on……………………

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. the cathedral steps
  • 2. Monday (correct)
  • 3. Sunday

2. [Multiple choice]

The canon had to sing on Sunday because the other canons were………………………

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. ill or away (correct)
  • 2. ill or on holiday
  • 3. on holiday or away

3. [Multiple choice]

The stranger was from………………………………..

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. Marchbury
  • 2. Austria
  • 3. Australia (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

The stranger agreed to meet the canon at his home at……………………

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. 6am
  • 2. 6pm (correct)
  • 3. 7pm

5. [Multiple choice]

The canon imagined that the stranger would make him a dean and pay him…………………………

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. $10,000 per year
  • 2. £10,000 per year (correct)
  • 3. £1000 per year

6. [Multiple choice]

The stranger made a donation of………………..to be shared by the choir

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. £10,000
  • 2. £10
  • 3. £5 (correct)

7. [Multiple choice]

The role offered was as a ballad singer to promote……………………………

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. Poulter’s Pills (correct)
  • 2. Marchbury cathedral
  • 3. Australia
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