Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
How did the Emperor first find out about the nightingale?
From a fisherman.
From a kitchen girl.
From a book.
Why did the palace official always answer "Pooh!" when some people asked him a question?
He was too important to answer their questions.
He was only allowed to answer questions from the Emperor.
He didn't want to look stupid by giving a wrong answer.
What reward did the Emperor offer the nightingale after he first heard it sing?
His golden slipper to wear round her neck.
Nothing, because there were tears in his eyes.
A special cage to live in at court and twelve servants.
Why did the Emperor like the mechanical nightingale more than the real one?
It was much more beautiful and covered in diamonds abd precious stones.
The Emperor thought the real nightingale was a very ungrateful creature.
The real bird only knew one song and sang it over and over.
Who was the only one person who thought there was something missing from the mechanical bird's song?
A fisherman.
The Music Master.
A watchmaker.
Why did the people of the court come to the palace after the Emperor became very ill?
To pray that he got well.
To pay respect the new Emperor.
To hear the nightingale.
What were the ghostly faces that the Emperor saw on the curtains around his sick bed?
The angel of death which had come to take him away.
His good and bad actions during his life.
His ancestors; all the emperors in his family who had died before.
Why did Death leave the Emperor's bedroom?
It was scared away by the nightingale's song of hope and happiness.
The nightingale's song made Death want to go and visit its garden.
Morning had come and the sun was shining outside the window.
What happened at the end of the story?
The nightingale lived secretly in the Emperor's bedroom.
The nightingale kept the Emperor informed about what was happening in China.
The mechanical nightingale was broken into a thousand pieces.
Which of these is NOT a likely moral (life lesson) from the story?
Natural things are better because mechanical things can break.