Words mean things. “He was engulfed by the very tide of life.” Call Of The Wild Quotes Quiz. Identify the speaker and moment. The text speaks the wild.
Call Of The Wild Quotes Quiz Questions
- “Old longings nomadic leap, chafing at custom’s chain.” Who is this about?
- “He was beaten… but he was not broken.” Who does this describe?
- “He had learned well the law of club and fang.” What does this line signify?
- “And not only did he learn by experience, but instincts long dead became alive again.” What is revealed?
- “There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life.” When does this occur?
- “He was a killer, a thing that preyed.” Who is being described?
- “Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time.” To whom does this refer?
- “They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.” Who are “they”?
- “He had killed man, the noblest game of all.” What does this signify?
- “The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.” What is described?
- “And when, whimpering and frothing, he knocked her off her feet, she never got up.” Which event is this?
- “The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck.” What does this mean?
- “The club was a revelation.” What does Buck learn?
- “Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing.” What does this foreshadow?
- “There is a patience of the wild—dogged, tireless, persistent as life itself.” What quality is praised?
- “Spitz was a practiced fighter.” Who is Spitz?
- “The Yeehats found the long, leaping wolf.” What turning point does this mark?
- “John Thornton was the ideal master.” What does Buck feel?
- “He was older than the days… the primal beast who would not be denied.” What is suggested?
- “And so it went, day after day, night after night.” What is being described?
- “Perrault and François were fair men, hard men.” What is emphasized?
- “The team took the strain, bent low to it, and pulled.” What event is shown?
- “Black Burton struck at Thornton—a blow that was to fell him.” What follows?
- “Hal swung the club with all his might.” What is revealed?
- “Dave ‘wanted to die in the traces.’” What does this indicate?
- “He sprang upon Spitz like a flash.” Which moment is this?
- “The call sounded more imperiously than ever before.” What is happening?
- “Buck broke into a long, wolfish howl.” What does this symbolize?
- “The timber wolf trotted out to him, friendly and unabashed.” Who is this?
- “And Buck answered the call.” What does he do next?