The Wicker Man Quiz! CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!

[Jill]

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CONTAINS SPOILERS!

If you have not seen The Wicker Man, don't read the quiz!!!

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Well, I finally found it--a copy of the quiz I gave students in my 2305 class in 1992 on The Wicker Man. I thought some of you might enjoy trying your luck on it. Enjoy!

1. Summerisle is off the coast of
a. England b. Scotland c. France d. Italy.

2. What prompts Seargent Howie to go to the island?
a. a murder b. a kidknapping of a child
c. the disappearance of a girl d. a serial killer is on the loose.

3. How does Howie learn of this news?
a. through an anonymous letter b. through a newspaper article
c. through his colleagues d. his supervisor assigns him the case.

4. What emblem serves as a standard Summerisle's flag?
a. a corn rig b. an apple tree c. a maypole d. the sun.

5. When Howie gets to the island, the islanders claim that Rowan Morrison
a. isn't May Morrison's daughter b. doesn't come from the island
c. has been seen in the village d. both a & b.

6. May Morrison's daughter Myrtle tells Howie that Rowan
a. is dead b. is a hare c. is in hiding d. has been kidnapped.

7. Most of the island's native residents are named after
a. gods and goddesses b. Biblical personae
c. trees, flowers, or months d. literary characters.

8. To Howie's chagrin, he witnesses at the inn
a. Willow McGregor's deflowering a boy in a bizarre ritual.
b. Lord Summerisle reciting a Walt Whitman-style poem about happiness and animal behavior.
c. Lord Summerisle making love to Willow McGregor in a bizarre ritual.
d. both a & b.

9. At the school, the boys are dancing around
a. a bonfire b. a maypole c. a pentagram d. each other.

10. What does this object in #9 represent?
a. the phallic symbol b. the generative force in nature c. the superiority of the Celtic race d. both a & b.

11. What does Howie find in the school desk?
a. a dead hare b. a beetle tied to a nail c. a dirty picture
d. gum stuck to the desk.

12. What word does Mistress Rose say that the people of Summerisle do not use, especially around their children?
a. baptism b. Christianity c. dead d. resurrection.

13. What does Howie make in the graveyard?
a. a face b. an obscene gesture c. a crude pencil with which to write
d. a cross.

14. What is attached to Rowan's tree on her grave?
a. a scarf b. her umbilical cord c. a flag d. a corn rig.

15. What does May put in Myrtle's mouth to help her sore throat?
a. a frog b. a cough drop c. a piece of candy d. a rock.

16. How does the doctor say that Rowan died?
a. by drowning b. by being skinned alive c. shot to death
d. burned to death.

17. What are the girls doing near Lord Summerisle's manor?
a. studying b. partying c. dancing around a bonfire d. playing games.

18. What is autogenesis?
a. the wrath of the fire god b. reproduction without sexual union by the sun god c. an orgy d. naughty.

19. When did the villagers begin practicing pagan rituals?
a. when Lord Summerisle (current) introduced them.
b. when Lord Summerisle's grandfather introduced them.
c. when Christians kept trying to tell them what to do.
d. when they suffered from the plague.

20. What is in Rowan's casket?
a. a dead hare b. a dead beetle c. chicken blood d. a dead frog.

21. What holiday are the islanders celebrating?
a. Christmas b. Halloween c. May day d. MidSummer Night's Eve.

22. What does Howie discover about this bizarre case?
a. that the crops failed and Rowan had been the previous year's May queen.
b. that Willow is soley responsible for Rowan's disappearance.
c. that Lord Summerisle does not really know anything about her disappearance.
c. that the apples of Summerisle are poisoned.
d. that he has lost his faith.

23. What costume does Howie wear to gain access to the holiday festivities?
a. a hobby-horse b. a transvestite (a sweet one, that is)
c. a fool d. the salmon of knowledge.

24. Howie does not make it off the island alive. What happens to him?
a. he is beheaded by swordsmen.
b. he is burnt in a ritual sacrificial bonfire.
c. he kills himself.
d. he is sacrificed by Lord Summerisle on an altar.

Watch the film.
Count up your errors.
0-1 A+ You're an expert on this film! Good for you!:D
2 A Very good! Not bad at all.
3-5 B Ok, but you might go back and review the film. You're a bit rusty.
6 C Average. You may have watched it once or twice, but don't remember the details very well.
7-8 D Needs serious improvement. You really don't remember the film.
9 or more F Failure. Forget it! You're just guessing, arent' you?