This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The War Of The Worlds – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The War Of The Worlds Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How can the spread of fake news impact society? A) Fake news has no real impact on society. B) Fake news can lead to misinformation, influence public opinion, and incite panic. C) Fake news can improve public awareness and understanding of important issues. D) Fake news can encourage healthy debate and critical thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fake news can lead to misinformation, influence public opinion, and incite panic. 2. Which of the following is NOT in the same word family as "hand?" A) Handbag. B) Handled. C) Channel. D) Handcuff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Channel. 3. Which word in the following sentences is an onomatopoeia? (a sound word) A) "Crawl up under cover ". B) "I heard a train running towards Woking.". C) "I heard a rattle of his chariot ". D) " and they began to argue among themselves.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I heard a rattle of his chariot ". 4. What did the protagonist see the colossal mechanism doing after he fell into the water? A) Passing uphill towards Pyrford. B) Dancing. C) Stooping over something in the field. D) Disappearing into thin air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stooping over something in the field. 5. Synonym for underpass, subway; shaft; burrow, or hole. A) Tunnel. B) Lonely. C) None. D) Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tunnel. 6. In Chapter 4, why was the horse unable to continue? A) It was too tired. B) The cart was damaged. C) It was injured. D) The cart was too heavy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was injured. 7. As the great rounded bulk comes out of the cylinder, what do all the people do? A) The people kneel to worship the Thing. B) The people freeze at first then run away in horror. C) The people take pictures of the Thing and post on social media. D) The people start shooting arrows at the Thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The people freeze at first then run away in horror. 8. To begin to appear or develop A) Emerge. B) Gripping. C) Portrayal. D) Defeat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emerge. 9. Which of the following best describes salient information? A) It is fascinating but not relevant. B) It is meaningful and important. C) It is unnecessarily outrageous. D) It is purposefully misleading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is meaningful and important. 10. Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5? A) "The crowd far away on the left, towards Woking, seemed to grow, and I heard now a faint murmur from it.". B) "Then, by the light of their own destruction, I saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run.". C) "There was scarcely an intimation of movement from the pit.". D) "But it was scarcely a time for articulate conversation.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The crowd far away on the left, towards Woking, seemed to grow, and I heard now a faint murmur from it.". 11. Thing used to cut. A) Weep. B) Blade. C) Cause. D) Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blade. 12. Men travel through ..... to reach the moon. A) War. B) Space. C) Upon. D) Smoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Space. 13. Why did newspaper reporters exaggerate the effects of the War of the Worlds broadcast? A) To impress audiences. B) To get people to distrust radio news. C) They wanted to hurt CBS and Welles. D) They didn't check their sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get people to distrust radio news. 14. "Fake news" existed in 1938. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic, " why did newspaperreporters exaggerate the effects of the War of the Worlds broadcast? A) They wanted people to distrust radio as a valid, reliable source of news. B) They wanted to punish Welles for making fun of reporters in his play. C) They hoped to impress audiences by telling a gripping but untrue story. D) They forgot to check their sources before the newspaper went to print. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They wanted people to distrust radio as a valid, reliable source of news. 16. The nineteenth century happens in the ..... A) 1900s. B) 1800s. C) 1700s. D) 2000s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1800s. 17. What is a most likely central idea of the passage? A) Humans have a sense that there is something bad coming and they should not trust the Martians. B) The fear caused by the invasion has caused all people to unite in one universal response. C) People are curious about the mysterious visitors. D) Before approaching the pit, the humans hold a summit to decide what was the best move. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The fear caused by the invasion has caused all people to unite in one universal response. 18. What motivates the narrator to venture towards London despite the dangers? A) To join the military efforts against the Martians. B) To reunite with his wife. C) To find his brother. D) To gather more information about the Martians for his research. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To gather more information about the Martians for his research. 19. One reason people reacted in fear to the radio play airing in 1938 was due to their fear of war. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. At the end of Scene 3, N2 says that a violent crash shakes the ground, and N3 says that the tops of nearby trees burst into flame. This imagery helps shift the mood from A) Urgent to uncertain. B) Suspenseful to joyful. C) Tense to terrifying. D) Confusing to gloomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tense to terrifying. 21. Fill in the blank:Provincetown has a ..... population of thousands during the month of June when LGBT Pride events are happening throughout the city. A) Ethereal. B) Transverse. C) Conjectural. D) Transient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transient. 22. TRUE OR FALSE:Grover's Mill is a real location and was used in the "War of the Worlds" . A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 23. Why did newspapers misrepresent the story? A) To criticize radio as a competitor. B) To support the idea of an alien invasion. C) To celebrate Halloween. D) To scare people even more. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To criticize radio as a competitor. 24. Fill in the blank:The northern lights cast an ..... glow across the Canadian sky. A) Conjectural. B) Ethereal. C) Incandescent. D) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethereal. 25. What strategies can be used to identify and combat fake news? A) Accept all news as true to avoid missing out on important information. B) Check the credibility of the source, verify the information from multiple sources, and be skeptical of sensationalist headlines. C) Only read news from social media as it is always reliable. D) Ignore all news to avoid the risk of encountering fake news. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Check the credibility of the source, verify the information from multiple sources, and be skeptical of sensationalist headlines. 26. Synonym for zero, nothing, no one, or nobody. A) Tunnel. B) Lonely. C) None. D) Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) None. 27. When the author left the coal room and went into the kitchen, A) He fixed himself something to eat. B) He found that all the food was gone. C) He found blood all over the floor. D) He found all his dishes broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He found that all the food was gone. 28. The first falling flame was seen ..... A) At dinner time. B) In the early evening. C) In the early morning. D) Late at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the early morning. 29. What does the narrator plan to do with the animal he hears outside of the house? A) Trap and eat it. B) Save it as a present for his wife. C) Keep it for company. D) Bait the Martians with it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trap and eat it. 30. What was the main purpose of the radio play? A) To entertain people. B) To scare people into believing in aliens. C) To compete with newspapers. D) To celebrate Halloween. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To entertain people. 31. What is the first act of aggression by the Martians? A) They launch an attack on London. B) They destroy a group of approaching humans with a Heat-Ray. C) They release a toxic gas. D) They capture and enslave humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They destroy a group of approaching humans with a Heat-Ray. 32. In the BOOK, how did the author describe the way the aliens arrived to earth? A) In UFO's. B) Falling Stars. C) Bright light. D) Teleportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Stars. 33. Chapter 7Why does the narrator believe the Martians will have great difficulty moving about on earth? A) The narrator believes that due to the earth's gravity, the Martians will have a hard time moving around. B) They narrator believes that the Martians need water to swim in. C) They narrator believes that the Martians can't move to lack of strong legs. D) They narrator believes that the Martians are too bulky due to Earth's lack of oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The narrator believes that due to the earth's gravity, the Martians will have a hard time moving around. 34. What effect does the Martian invasion have on the social order in England? A) It strengthens the bonds between different social classes. B) It has no significant effect. C) It causes mass panic and a breakdown of societal norms. D) It leads to a temporary truce between warring nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It causes mass panic and a breakdown of societal norms. 35. 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) Disillusioned. B) Scrutinized. C) Conjectured. D) Riled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjectured. 36. 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. 37. This word means "A hot line of light" A) Intelligent. B) Meteorite. C) Beam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beam. 38. 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) Calm. C) B. Amazement. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fear. 39. A series of thoughts, images, and feelings in a person's mind during sleep. A) Ant. B) Dream. C) Lonely. D) Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dream. 40. '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) The highest point. C) Underneath. D) Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The highest point. 41. 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. 42. How do the Martians appear to communicate with each other? A) The use sign language. B) They don't. C) Siren like howls. D) They whisper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Siren like howls. 43. What happened to the water when the Martians aimed the heat ray at it? A) It boiled. B) It died. C) Nothing. D) It froze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It boiled. 44. The aliens have arrived in ..... A) Square. B) Circle. C) Triangle. D) Cylinder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cylinder. 45. What was the color of the smoke that squirted out from the joints of the limbs of the monster? A) Green. B) Yellow. C) Blue. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Green. 46. '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) Revealed. C) Whispered. D) Promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revealed. 47. 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. 48. What animal does the narrator hear on his fifteenth day in the ruined house? A) A dog. B) A bird. C) A cat. D) A mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A dog. 49. You must travel through space to reach the moon. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 50. 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. 51. According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic, " how did thenewspaper industry feel about the radio industry after the Depression? A) Uncaring, because it posed no threat. B) Resentful, because it took their advertisers. C) Impressed by the variety of programs. D) Curious about the new technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resentful, because it took their advertisers. 52. 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. 53. Hearing a nose outside, the author hid. He watched as one of the Martians A) Took hold of his companion. B) Entered the house through a kitchen window. C) Came through the front door. D) Drank a cup of coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took hold of his companion. 54. The red plants died quickly because A) No on watered them. B) They grew too fast. C) They grew too big. 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. 55. 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. 56. 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. 57. The doctor gave Joseph a ..... test yesterday. A) Blood. B) Dust. C) Fifth. D) Stiff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood. 58. The picture fell off the ..... and broke. A) Blade. B) Wall. C) Weep. D) Throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wall. 59. Fill the sentence:She won a Best Actress award for her ..... of the title character in "Erin Brockovich." A) Absorbed. B) Conquer. C) Portrayal. D) Equipped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portrayal. 60. What can the Martian Heat-Ray do? A) Freeze objects. B) Generate electricity. C) Create illusions. D) Burn anything combustible. 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