After an absence of almost 10 years, Conan Doyle brought Holmes back for 34 more adventures. This quiz contains questions about Holmes great hiatus and his return to London.
1. What did Dr. Watson do when he first saw Holmes after presuming he was dead?
2. Where did Holmes spend his time during his absence?
3. Who was the only person to know that Holmes was still alive?
4. What alias did Holmes use?
5. Why did Holmes return to London?
1. "…then it appears that I must have fainted for the first and the last time in my life."
2. "I travelled for two years in Tibet, therefore, and amused myself by visiting Lhassa, and spending some days with the head lama…I then passed through Persia, looked in at Mecca, and paid a short but interesting visit to the Khalifa at Khartoum, the results of which I have communicated to the Foreign Office. Returning to France, I spent some months in a research into the coal-tar derivatives, which I conducted in a laboratory at Montpellier, in the south of France.
3. "I had only one confidant–my brother Mycroft. I owe you many apologies, my dear Watson…"
4. "You may have read of the remarkable explorations of a Norwegian named Sigerson, but I am sure that it never occurred to you that you were receiving news of your friend."
5. "…I was about to return when my movements were hastened by the news of this very remarkable Park Lane Mystery, which not only appealed to me by its own merits, but which seemed to offer some most peculiar personal opportunities."
That was fast! May Holmes live forever!