The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Themes
All Themes
Secrecy and the Universal Capacity for Violence
Detection and Intellect
Law vs. Ethics
Gossip and Small Town Life
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Dr. James Sheppard
Hercule Poirot (“Mr. Porrot”)
Roger Ackroyd
Caroline Sheppard
Ralph Paton
Flora Ackroyd
Mrs. Ackroyd
Miss Elizabeth Russell
Major Hector Blunt
Geoffrey Raymond
Ursula Bourne / Ursula Paton
Symbols
All Symbols
Mah Jong
“Little Grey Cells”
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices
Dramatic Irony
Ethos
Foreshadowing
Genre
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Logos
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Unreliable Narrator
Quizzes
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Chapter 1: Dr. Sheppard at the Breakfast Table Quiz
Chapter 2: Who’s Who in King’s Abbot Quiz
Chapter 3: The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows Quiz
Chapter 4: Dinner at Fernly Quiz
Chapter 5: Murder Quiz
Chapter 6: The Tunisian Dagger Quiz
Chapter 7: I Learn My Neighbor’s Profession Quiz
Chapter 8: Inspector Raglan Is Confident Quiz
Chapter 9: The Goldfish Pond Quiz
Chapter 10: The Parlormaid Quiz
Chapter 11: Poirot Pays a Call Quiz
Chapter 12: Round the Table Quiz
Chapter 13: The Goose Quill Quiz
Chapter 14: Mrs. Ackroyd Quiz
Chapter 15: Geoffrey Raymond Quiz
Chapter 16: An Evening at Mah Jong Quiz
Chapter 17: Parker Quiz
Chapter 18: Charles Kent Quiz
Chapter 19: Flora Ackroyd Quiz
Chapter 20: Miss Russell Quiz
Chapter 21: The Paragraph in the Paper Quiz
Chapter 22: Ursula’s Story Quiz
Chapter 23: Poirot’s Little Reunion Quiz
Chapter 24: Ralph Paton’s Story Quiz
Chapter 25: The Whole Truth Quiz
Chapter 26: And Nothing But the Truth Quiz
Chapter 27: Apologia Quiz
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Themes
All Themes
Secrecy and the Universal Capacity for Violence
Detection and Intellect
Law vs. Ethics
Gossip and Small Town Life
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Dr. James Sheppard
Hercule Poirot (“Mr. Porrot”)
Roger Ackroyd
Caroline Sheppard
Ralph Paton
Flora Ackroyd
Mrs. Ackroyd
Miss Elizabeth Russell
Major Hector Blunt
Geoffrey Raymond
Ursula Bourne / Ursula Paton
Symbols
All Symbols
Mah Jong
“Little Grey Cells”
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Dramatic Irony
Ethos
Foreshadowing
Genre
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Logos
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Unreliable Narrator
Quizzes
All Quizzes
Chapter 1: Dr. Sheppard at the Breakfast Table Quiz
Chapter 2: Who’s Who in King’s Abbot Quiz
Chapter 3: The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows Quiz
Chapter 4: Dinner at Fernly Quiz
Chapter 5: Murder Quiz
Chapter 6: The Tunisian Dagger Quiz
Chapter 7: I Learn My Neighbor’s Profession Quiz
Chapter 8: Inspector Raglan Is Confident Quiz
Chapter 9: The Goldfish Pond Quiz
Chapter 10: The Parlormaid Quiz
Chapter 11: Poirot Pays a Call Quiz
Chapter 12: Round the Table Quiz
Chapter 13: The Goose Quill Quiz
Chapter 14: Mrs. Ackroyd Quiz
Chapter 15: Geoffrey Raymond Quiz
Chapter 16: An Evening at Mah Jong Quiz
Chapter 17: Parker Quiz
Chapter 18: Charles Kent Quiz
Chapter 19: Flora Ackroyd Quiz
Chapter 20: Miss Russell Quiz
Chapter 21: The Paragraph in the Paper Quiz
Chapter 22: Ursula’s Story Quiz
Chapter 23: Poirot’s Little Reunion Quiz
Chapter 24: Ralph Paton’s Story Quiz
Chapter 25: The Whole Truth Quiz
Chapter 26: And Nothing But the Truth Quiz
Chapter 27: Apologia Quiz
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