Chapter XIV. 'Le Roi est mort--vive le Roi.' Quiz — The Prince and the Pauper

When Tom Canty first wakes up at the beginning of Chapter 14, what does he believe?

• That he has been crowned king
• That his experience as a prince was only a dream
• That Henry VIII is still alive
• That Prince Edward has returned

What major event is Tom told about when he first wakes?

• Prince Edward has been found
• A foreign army has invaded England
• Henry VIII has died and Tom is now King of England
• The Great Seal has been recovered

In Tom's dream about the buried treasure, how much does the dwarf promise he will find each seventh day?

• A gold sovereign
• Twelve bright new pennies
• A silver crown
• Six copper coins

During the royal dressing ceremony, what causes a panic among the officials?

• Tom refuses to wear the purple mantle
• A missing tag on a truss-point of the hose
• The Archbishop drops the royal crown
• Tom's shirt is the wrong size

What does Tom compare the elaborate dressing ceremony to?

• A royal procession
• A game of chess
• Passing buckets at a fire
• A church service

What naive suggestion does Tom make about the crown's massive debts?

• To raise taxes on the nobility
• To sell the royal jewels
• To move to a smaller house near the fish-market at Billingsgate and dismiss the servants
• To borrow money from foreign ambassadors

Who is Humphrey Marlow?

• Tom's personal tutor
• A foreign ambassador
• The royal whipping-boy
• The Head Keeper of the King's Hose

What hereditary title does Tom bestow upon Humphrey Marlow?

• Hereditary Grand Diaperer
• Hereditary Grand Whipping-Boy to the Royal House of England
• Earl of Offal Court
• Lord High Keeper of the Royal Studies

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

What does the word "obsequies" mean, as used in the phrase "the obsequies of his late most illustrious Majesty"?

• Royal commands or decrees
• Funeral rites or ceremonies
• Expressions of loyalty
• Financial accounts

In the sentence "Tom sat still and contemplated him soberly a moment," what does "soberly" most likely mean?

• While intoxicated
• With great anger
• In a serious and thoughtful manner
• With obvious fear

What does "peradventure" mean in the sentence "peradventure it may be annulled, as unbefitting the season of mourning"?

• Certainly
• Unfortunately
• Perhaps or possibly
• Nevertheless