The Sign of the Four Flashcards
What does Watson ask Holmes about the drug he takes?
‘Which is it today? Morphine or cocaine?’
What is Sherlock’s job description?
‘the only UNOFFICIAL consulting detective’
What does Sherlock us about how his mind works?
‘My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work!’
How is Holmes’ character described?
‘Cold and unemotional’
How does Sherlock find out his information?
‘Eliminate all factors and the one which remains must be the truth.’
What information is given to us about the pearls?
‘Every year upon the same date there has a similar box containing a similar pearl.’
What does Watson say about Mary?
‘What a very attractive woman!’
How does Holmes react Watson’s love for Mary?
‘I did not observe’
What are we told about the sign of the Four?
‘Like 4 crosses in a line with their arms touching. Beside it is written in very rough and source letters- The sign of the four- Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar’
How is city described?
‘The monster tentacles which the giant city was throwing out into the country’
How is Thaddeus Sholto described?
‘Small man with a very high head, a bristle of red hair all round the fringe of it and a bald shining scalp.’
How is Sholto’s house described?
‘The richest and glossiest of curtains and tapestries draped on the walls.’
How does Mary react upon hearing her father is dead?
‘I knew in my heart he was dead’
How did Captain Morstan die?
‘His face turned a dusky hue and he fell backwards, cutting his head against the corner of the treasure chest’
How is Pondicherry Lodge described?
‘A huge clump of a house, square and prosaic, all plunged in shadow’
