Basilisk Quiz
Let's test if you were paying attention to the story or not and try to answer this 10-question quiz about the basilisk.
1. What kind of mark is on the basilisk's head?
A. a cowboy hat
B. a baseball cap
C. a crown
D. a sombrero
2. What does "basiliskos" mean?
A. little girl
B. little king
C. adorable reptile
D. fierce dinosaur
3. What is another name for the basilisk?
A. cockatoo
B. cuckoo clock
C. cooking utensil
D. cockatrice
4. What color is the basilisk?
A. purple
B. blue
C. pink
D. green
5. Why did the basilisk live in the desert?
A. because he felt like it
B. because his fire-breath would burn everything down
C. because people cut down all of the trees and put the basilisk there
D. because that was the habitat he lived in
6. How long has the basilisk existed in legend?
A. for decades
B. for years
C. for days
D. for centuries
7. Which one is true?
A. people thought the basilisk was the offspring of a hen or rooster that mated with a snake or toad
B. the basilisk was DEFINITELY wasn't part chicken
C. the basilisk was brown
D. the basilisk hatched from a toad or snake egg that was incubated by a hen or rooster
8. Which type of snake was the basilisk thought to have originated from?
A. Gardener Snake
B. Striped Cobra
C. Rattle Snake
D. Egyptian Cobra
9. What feature did the basilisk have?
A. poisonous venom
B. he could fly
C. he teeth were made of steel
D. he could shoot a lazer beam from his mouth
10. How long was the basilisk thought to be?
A. 7 feet or 12 feet
B. smaller than a foot or 10 years worth of growing
C. 1 foot or giant
D. 5 feet or no one knows