The Turn of the Screw · Henry James

Whole Book Quiz

Twenty questions on the whole of The Turn of the Screw: its frame, its people, and the question it refuses to answer.

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Q1 of 20
When was The Turn of the Screw published?
Q2 of 20
Who narrates most of the book?
Q3 of 20
What is the central question readers argue about?
Q4 of 20
What is the governess's name?
Q5 of 20
Who are the two children?
Q6 of 20
Who are the two ghosts?
Q7 of 20
Where does the uncle live?
Q8 of 20
Why is the governess so alone at Bly?
Q9 of 20
Why does Mrs. Grose matter to the story?
Q10 of 20
What is strange about Miles's school?
Q11 of 20
How many apparitions does Mrs. Grose see?
Q12 of 20
Why might readers doubt the governess?
Q13 of 20
What does the title suggest?
Q14 of 20
Which Gothic novel also has a governess and a secret in a great house?
Q15 of 20
What kind of book does the frame promise the guests?
Q16 of 20
Which servant does Miles ask to see in the last chapters?
Q17 of 20
What does the governess call herself as she resolves to protect the children?
Q18 of 20
How does Flora treat the governess after the lake?
Q19 of 20
Who wrote the novella?
Q20 of 20
What is left unexplained at the very end?