This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The War Of The Worlds – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The War Of The Worlds Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the blank:He ..... that the population might double in the next ten years, but didn't have much evidence to explain why. A) Scrutinized. B) Conjectured. C) Riled. D) Disillusioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjectured. 2. At the beginning of Scene 5, Henry passes through a town. The townspeople A) Are very angry and want to join the fight against the Martians. B) Are overcome with fear. C) Have no hope of survival and see it as a waste of time to run from the Martians. D) Are sure the army can protect them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are sure the army can protect them. 3. This word means "A hot line of light" A) Intelligent. B) Meteorite. C) Beam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beam. 4. Which of the following best describes the mood in Paragraph 14? Then, by the light of their own destruction, I saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run. A) A. Curiosity. B) B. Amazement. C) Fear. D) Calm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fear. 5. A series of thoughts, images, and feelings in a person's mind during sleep. A) Dream. B) Lonely. C) Ant. D) Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dream. 6. 'At its apex was a dome, with a basket-like attachment at the rear ..... 'What does the writer mean by the 'apex'? A) Back. B) Front. C) The highest point. D) Underneath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The highest point. 7. This word means long legs and arms of a sea creature. A) Tentacles. B) Sizzling. C) Cylinder. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tentacles. 8. How do the Martians appear to communicate with each other? A) They don't. B) They whisper. C) The use sign language. D) Siren like howls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Siren like howls. 9. What happened to the water when the Martians aimed the heat ray at it? A) It froze. B) It boiled. C) Nothing. D) It died. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It boiled. 10. The aliens have arrived in ..... A) Triangle. B) Square. C) Cylinder. D) Circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cylinder. 11. What was the color of the smoke that squirted out from the joints of the limbs of the monster? A) Red. B) Blue. C) Green. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green. 12. 'Perhaps I should have confided the reason for my urgent need of transport ..... ' What does the verb confided mean in this sentence? A) Shouted. B) Whispered. C) Revealed. D) Promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revealed. 13. What was the initial reaction of the public to the "War of the Worlds" broadcast? A) They recognized it as a fictional story. B) They were amused and entertained. C) They panicked thinking it was a real invasion. D) They ignored the broadcast completely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They panicked thinking it was a real invasion. 14. What animal does the narrator hear on his fifteenth day in the ruined house? A) A cat. B) A mouse. C) A bird. D) A dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A dog. 15. You must travel through space to reach the moon. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 16. The question is what to believe, for much that we have heard about her is almost certainly ..... A) Sensationalized. B) Apocryphal. C) Salient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apocryphal. 17. According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic, " how did thenewspaper industry feel about the radio industry after the Depression? A) Curious about the new technology. B) Impressed by the variety of programs. C) Uncaring, because it posed no threat. D) Resentful, because it took their advertisers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resentful, because it took their advertisers. 18. A tactic used to present things in a sensational way to attract readers and listeners A) Sensationalized. B) Apocryphal. C) Salient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensationalized. 19. Hearing a nose outside, the author hid. He watched as one of the Martians A) Entered the house through a kitchen window. B) Came through the front door. C) Drank a cup of coffee. D) Took hold of his companion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took hold of his companion. 20. The red plants died quickly because A) They grew too fast. B) They grew too big. C) No on watered them. D) They couldn't fight the germs that made them sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They couldn't fight the germs that made them sick. ← 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 10The War Of The Worlds Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books