Call Of The Wild Quote Identification Quiz

“Hal swung the club with all his might.” What is revealed?

“Spitz was a practiced fighter.” Who is Spitz?

“Buck broke into a long, wolfish howl.” What does this symbolize?

“There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life.” When does this occur?

“The Yeehats found the long, leaping wolf.” What turning point does this mark?

“He was a killer, a thing that preyed.” Who is being described?

“Perrault and François were fair men, hard men.” What is emphasized?

“He had killed man, the noblest game of all.” What does this signify?

“He was older than the days… the primal beast who would not be denied.” What is suggested?

“The timber wolf trotted out to him, friendly and unabashed.” Who is this?

“Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time.” To whom does this refer?

“The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.” What is described?

“And so it went, day after day, night after night.” What is being described?

“Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing.” What does this foreshadow?

“The club was a revelation.” What does Buck learn?

“He was beaten… but he was not broken.” Who does this describe?

“Old longings nomadic leap, chafing at custom’s chain.” Who is this about?

“They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.” Who are “they”?

“The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck.” What does this mean?

“And when, whimpering and frothing, he knocked her off her feet, she never got up.” Which event is this?

“He had learned well the law of club and fang.” What does this line signify?

“There is a patience of the wild—dogged, tireless, persistent as life itself.” What quality is praised?

“And not only did he learn by experience, but instincts long dead became alive again.” What is revealed?

“The team took the strain, bent low to it, and pulled.” What event is shown?

“He sprang upon Spitz like a flash.” Which moment is this?

“Dave ‘wanted to die in the traces.’” What does this indicate?

“The call sounded more imperiously than ever before.” What is happening?

“John Thornton was the ideal master.” What does Buck feel?

“Black Burton struck at Thornton—a blow that was to fell him.” What follows?

“And Buck answered the call.” What does he do next?