This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The War Of The Worlds – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The War Of The Worlds Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The boy wasn't afraid of that Thing A) True. B) False. C) Not Stated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Fill in the blank: ..... lightbulbs can be very bright and last a long time. A) Incandescent. B) Ethereal. C) Transient. D) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incandescent. 3. The doctor gave Joseph a ..... test yesterday. A) Blood. B) Fifth. C) Dust. D) Stiff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood. 4. The picture fell off the ..... and broke. A) Blade. B) Wall. C) Weep. D) Throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wall. 5. Fill the sentence:She won a Best Actress award for her ..... of the title character in "Erin Brockovich." A) Absorbed. B) Equipped. C) Portrayal. D) Conquer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portrayal. 6. What can the Martian Heat-Ray do? A) Create illusions. B) Generate electricity. C) Burn anything combustible. D) Freeze objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burn anything combustible. 7. Which is an example of a metaphor in War of the Worlds? A) "My terror had fallen from me like a garment.". B) "I was a battleground of fear and curiosity.". C) "Forthwith flashes of actual flame ". D) " that this was death leaping from man to man.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I was a battleground of fear and curiosity.". 8. What was the difference between being frightened and in complete panic? A) A big difference. B) There was no difference. C) Frightened people were in complete panic. D) Frightened people eventually calmed down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A big difference. 9. What resource other than the Sun are the Martians missing? (Hint:it's the other reason they came specifically to earth). A) Water. B) TikTok followers. C) Human Blood. D) Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human Blood. 10. I couldn't turn my neck because it was ..... A) Stiff. B) Blood. C) Discover. D) Fifth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stiff. 11. What literary device this quote an example of?"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own ..... " A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 12. The narrator's name is ..... A) Fred. B) Bob. C) Ogilvy. D) We don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We don't know. 13. Which line from the excerpt best foreshadows that the Thing might be more than simply a meteorite? A) Then came the night of the first falling star. B) A line of flame high in the atmosphere. C) Taken it for an ordinary falling star. D) As leaving a greenish streak behind it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taken it for an ordinary falling star. 14. Does a spaceship shaped like a cylinder come to Woking England? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 15. The author, finding no one else around, thought that ..... A) The Martians had killed everyone. B) Everyone got away safely. C) Everyone died of germs like the red plants. D) Everyone was hiding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Martians had killed everyone. 16. The author and his cowardly friend were in an empty house. They were hiding from A) The world. B) Their wives. C) The black smoke. D) A group of robbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The black smoke. 17. Hollow A) Empty. B) Forward. C) Hollow. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hollow. 18. What was the impact of the invasion on the protagonist's mental health? A) The protagonist's mental health improved due to the challenges of the invasion. B) The protagonist's mental health deteriorated due to the stress and fear. C) The protagonist's mental health remained stable throughout the invasion. D) The protagonist did not show any signs of mental health issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The protagonist's mental health deteriorated due to the stress and fear. 19. What is the best definition of ERUPTION based on the text? A) The breaking out of a rash or the like. B) An issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak. C) The ejection of molten rock, steam, etc., as from a volcano or geyser. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ejection of molten rock, steam, etc., as from a volcano or geyser. 20. Based on "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic, " what can readers determine about the survey conducted the night Welles's broadcast aired? A) Everyone who responded to the survey knew who Orson Welles was. B) No one who responded mistook the War of the Worlds play for news. C) The people who were interviewed did not represent most radio listeners. D) The people who were surveyed did not know what they were listening to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No one who responded mistook the War of the Worlds play for news. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesThe War Of The Worlds Quiz 1The War Of The Worlds Quiz 2The War Of The Worlds Quiz 3The War Of The Worlds Quiz 4The War Of The Worlds Quiz 5The War Of The Worlds Quiz 6The War Of The Worlds Quiz 7The War Of The Worlds Quiz 8The War Of The Worlds Quiz 9The War Of The Worlds Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books