The Sandman Quizzes

The Sandman Quiz 1

By Madeline Cohen · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed July 23, 2015

1 Who is the first letter of the story from?

Clara

Nathanael

Lothar

Coppelius
2 Who is the first letter of the story to?

Lothar

Clara

Nathanael

Coppelius
3 Who is the second letter of the story from?

Nathanael

Clara

Coppelius

Lothar
4 Who is the second letter of the story to?

Coppelius

Clara

Nathanael

Lothar
5 Who is the third letter of the story from?

Lothar

Coppelius

Nathanael

Clara
6 Who is the third letter of the story to?

Nathanael

Lothar

Clara

Coppelius
7 Who is Franz Moor?

A character in the story "The Willows"

A character in the play "The Robbers"

A character in the play "The Seagull"

A character in the movie "Parent Trap"
8 Who does Nathanael's mother tell him the Sandman is?

Coppola

Coppelius

A man who steals the eyes of children to feed to his children in the moon

A way of saying one is sleepy
9 Who does Nathanael's sister's nursemaid tell him the Sandman is?

Coppola

A man who steals the eyes of children to feed to his children in the moon

Coppelius

A way of saying one is sleepy
10 What sign in the evening let Nathanael know the Sandman was coming on a given night?

He would draw pictures of the Sandman with charcoal

He would see Coppelius

He would smell vapors

His father would be silent
11 How old is Nathanael when he is moved to a different bedroom?

10

15

5

7
12 What happens when Nathanael moves bedrooms?

He meets Clara

He meets Coppola

He witnesses the Sandman's coming

He doesn't have to live with his brother
13 Where does Nathanael hide in his father's room?

Behind a curtain

Under the bed

In the fireplace

In a cupboard
14 Who does Nathanael discover to be his father's late night visitor?

Coppelius

Clara

Coppola

Marcos
15 What does Nathanael's father's visitor do to Nathanael?

Cut open his chest

Steal his eyes

Burn his eyes in a fire

Dislocate his arms and legs
16 What does Coppelius do to upset Nathanael and his siblings?

Steal their eyes

Touch their food and wine

Sell their toys

Whisper secrets to them
17 What happens on Coppelius's final visit to Nathanael's childhood home?

Coppelius dislocates Nathanael's arms and legs

Coppola and Spalanzani fight over Olimpia

Coppelius reveals that he is the Sandman

Nathanael's father dies
18 What is Clara's point of view on Nathanael's story of his childhood?

Coppelius is not scary

Fear of Coppelius and Coppola comes from within and should be forgotten

Nathanael should be with Olimpia

Coppelius must die for Nathanael to move on
19 What does Nathanael NOT say in his second letter to Lothar?

That he has seen Olimpia for the first time

That Coppola is not the same as Coppelius

That he is upset Clara read the letter

That Coppola is the same as Coppelius
20 Why does the story's narrator say he has written the story?

To get justice for Clara

To get justice for Nathanael

Because he feels so compelled by the story

Because Lothar asked him to
21 What does "In medias res" mean?

And so on

For example

In the media

In the middle
22 What art form is Nathanael talented at?

Playing violin

Writing opera

Drawing portraits

Writing stories
23 Which of these does NOT happen in Nathanael's poem for Clara?

Nathanael falls in a ring of fire

Nathanael's father burns his face

A black hand reaches into their lives and ruins things

Her eyes burn him at their wedding
24 What does Nathanael call Clara after she tells him to destroy his poem?

A wench

An automaton

A philistine

A cox-comb
25 What does Lothar decide must be done because of Nathanael's insult to Clara?

Nathanael must leave for university

Nathanael and Lothar must duel

Nathanael must go to the madhouse

Nathanael's mother must be told

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