This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The War Of The Worlds – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The War Of The Worlds Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... when I see a real sad movie. A) Cause. B) Throat. C) Weep. D) Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weep. 2. The people slowly started to realize the Martians wanted A) To imprison them. B) To exterminate them. C) To live with them. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To exterminate them. 3. What does the narrator find when he ventures out of the cellar? A) The house is destroyed. B) The curate is dead. C) The artilleryman is missing. D) The Martians have moved on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The curate is dead. 4. Who is H. G. Wells. A) The main character. B) Mary's brother. C) The author. D) The best friend of George. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The author. 5. Where is the curate's body before the Martians take it? A) The bedroom. B) The kitchen. C) The living room. D) The bathroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The kitchen. 6. What is the public's reaction to the narrator's attempt to talk about the Martians? A) They are intrigued and ask for details. B) They are indifferent and brush him off. C) They are hostile and confrontational. D) They are sympathetic and offer help. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are indifferent and brush him off. 7. What do the Martians do when the heavy lid of the cylinder falls to the ground? A) They disappear into thin air. B) They start attacking the crowd. C) They retreat back into the cylinder. D) They emerge from the pit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They emerge from the pit. 8. When I saw ..... coming from the building, I called the police. A) Earth. B) Upon. C) Smoke. D) War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smoke. 9. Chapter 6Why do you suppose that news of the landing of Martians was slow to be broadcasted? A) It wasn't slow to get out, it was broadcasted on radio across the world. B) The media didn't take the original reports seriously. Others didn't believe it really happened or was exaggerated. C) The Martians attacked the local newspaper building, and blew it up. D) The townspeople wouldn't let the Martians read the newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The media didn't take the original reports seriously. Others didn't believe it really happened or was exaggerated. 10. What did the Thing set up as it passed by the protagonist? A) A howl. B) A fire. C) A trap. D) A tent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A howl. 11. Which is an example of alliteration in War of the Worlds? A) "My terror had fallen from me like a garment.". B) " As swift as a passage of light. C) "Forthwith flashes of actual flame ". D) " that this was death leaping from man to man.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Forthwith flashes of actual flame ". 12. Chapter 11-When the soldier is invited into the house and given some whiskey, what is his first reaction to his emotions? A) He tried to kill the narrator to get his food. B) He sat and sobbed like a little boy. C) He drank the whiskey and then went to bed. D) The soldier slept outside in the barn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He sat and sobbed like a little boy. 13. What is the significance of the Thunder Child in the story? A) It's a warship that successfully attacks a Martian tripod. B) It's a safe haven where survivors gather. C) It's the code name for the human resistance movement. D) It's the name of the Martian leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's a warship that successfully attacks a Martian tripod. 14. How many people were actually frightened by the radio play? A) 1.2 million. B) 6 million. C) None of the listeners. D) The whole population of the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) None of the listeners. 15. Fill in the blank:A year ago he was so poor that he had ..... clothes for his back. A) Transversely. B) Scarcely. C) Transiently. D) Complacently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarcely. 16. What was inside the cylinder? A) An animal with a giant eye. B) A creature with a giant eye. C) A human with a giant eye. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A creature with a giant eye. 17. What is the meaning of "Artilleryman" A) Shooter. B) Artist. C) Gunslinger. D) Gunner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gunner. 18. How much time does the narrator spend in the ruined house in total? A) 4 days. B) 2 months. C) 2 weeks. D) 15 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15 days. 19. In the BOOK, what happens to the narrators companion, the curate, at the end of his life? A) He gets killed in the army trying to fight the aliens. B) He takes his own life. C) He gets taken away by the aliens while in hideout with the narrator. D) He dies of starvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He gets taken away by the aliens while in hideout with the narrator. 20. When Ogilvy saw the top of the Thing opening up, A) He ran home to tell him mother. B) He left the country. C) He ran back to town to tell everyone. D) He ran home to tell his wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He ran back to town to tell everyone. 21. Which of the following belongs to the word family derived from the base word help? A) Yelp. B) Helium. C) Assist. D) Unhelpful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unhelpful. 22. Chapter 2This first cylinder came down near Woking. What appears to be the first estimate of the number of people killed that evening? A) 400. B) 40. C) 4. D) 4000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40. 23. How does the author risk his safety on his tenth day in the ruined house? A) He tries to signal for help. B) He ventures outside to investigate the Martians. C) He tries to find the curate's body. D) He pumps water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He pumps water. 24. Who is telling the story? A) Professor Oglivy. B) The narrator. C) Mr. Denning. D) A martian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The narrator. 25. How long does the narrator stay in the house after he is found wandering the streets? A) 1 week. B) 1 day. C) 4 days. D) 3 weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 days. 26. What does the artilleryman plan to do to survive? A) Tunnel into the sewers. B) Surrender to the Martians. C) Build a fortress. D) Join the Martians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tunnel into the sewers. 27. What is the meaning of "heat ray" ? A) Giant lightning bolt. B) Laser beam. C) Destroyer ray. D) Heat ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heat ray. 28. How is the appearance of the monstrous tripod described in the text? A) Like a horse. B) Like a milking stool. C) Like a car. D) Like a boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like a milking stool. 29. What caused panic in 1938 related to The War of the Worlds? A) A live event. B) A radio dramatization. C) A stage play. D) A movie adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A radio dramatization. 30. An ..... story about a former president A) Sensationalized. B) Apocryphal. C) Salient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apocryphal. 31. Fill in the blank:When they didn't ..... the grocery bill, they missed the fact that they were charged twice for the bottle of juice. A) Rile. B) Conjecture. C) Scrutinize. D) Disillusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scrutinize. 32. Chapter 12 What appears to be the trouble with the Curate? A) He is unable to cure the martians. B) He is having a crisis of faith. C) He is a soldier and needs more ammunition. D) He is a child without his parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is having a crisis of faith. 33. What was the shape of the meteorite? A) Ball. B) Obelisk. C) Cylinder. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cylinder. 34. Fill in the blank:We can't go camping while the weather is so ..... ; I don't want to get caught in the rain while sleeping outside. A) Capricious. B) Formidable. C) Putrefactive. D) Derelict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capricious. 35. How are the clip from Radiolab:War of the Worlds and the article "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic" different from each other? A) Only the article included statements made by the producers of the play. B) Only the article mentioned newspaper reports of the play causing panic. C) Only Radiolab included transcripts of responses from actual listeners. D) Only Radiolab provided ratings information for the night of the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only Radiolab included transcripts of responses from actual listeners. 36. Describe the protagonist's first encounter with the Martians. A) The protagonist encounters the Martians while exploring a cave on Earth. B) They witness a large cylinder crashing to the Earth from Mars. C) The Martians attack the protagonist's hometown with no warning. D) The protagonist meets the Martians in a peaceful negotiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They witness a large cylinder crashing to the Earth from Mars. 37. What was the primary reason for the Spaniards' victory over the Aztecs? A) The Aztecs' lack of combat experience. B) Advanced technology and tactics. C) Superior numbers. D) The spread of disease among the Aztecs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The spread of disease among the Aztecs. 38. Fill in the blank:His injury ..... him for playing basketball. A) Ordained. B) Consecrated. C) Licked. D) Incapacitated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incapacitated. 39. If you pour water on a flame it goes out. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 40. The passage from the mouth to the stomach or lungs. A) Weep. B) Blade. C) Throat. D) Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Throat. 41. In the MOVIE, the heat ray gun turned the people in to ..... (a) A) Water. B) A dust. C) Stone. D) Charcoal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dust. 42. What was the effect of the fire started by the Heat-Ray? A) It burned the nearby grass and trees. B) It caused a flood. C) It attracted more Martians. D) It was extinguished quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It burned the nearby grass and trees. 43. Ogilvy is a ..... A) Reporter. B) Scientist. C) Farmer. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientist. 44. How did Orson Welles respond when news of the real-life panic reached the CBS studio? A) He confirmed the events as true to increase the drama. B) He apologized on air for the confusion. C) He shut down the broadcast immediately. D) He went on air as himself to remind listeners it was just fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He went on air as himself to remind listeners it was just fiction. 45. How did the protagonist's perspective on life change after the invasion? A) The protagonist's perspective on life became more positive and optimistic. B) The protagonist's perspective on life became more negative and pessimistic. C) The protagonist's perspective on life remained the same. D) The protagonist did not have any significant change in perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The protagonist's perspective on life became more negative and pessimistic. 46. Fill in the blank:The office assistant tried to ..... the smoke from the manager's cigarette by opening a window of the meeting room. A) Lick. B) Incapacitate. C) Dissipate. D) Ordain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dissipate. 47. Part of a room or building; sometimes people hang things on, or it may have a window. A) Weep. B) Blade. C) Cause. D) Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wall. 48. People has exaggerated this story for years. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. The Martians were good and they wanted to help humanity. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 50. When something burns, smoke rises up in the air. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 51. What does the narrator find out about his house when he returns to it? A) It has been robbed. B) Someone was staying there. C) It has been destroyed. D) No one has been in it since he left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No one has been in it since he left. 52. The dad's name in the movie: A) Robby. B) Henderson. C) Jonathon. D) Ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ray. 53. Why did Henderson's telegram not make it into print? A) It was censored by the government. B) The newspaper thought it was a joke. C) It was lost in transit. D) The newspaper's editor was out of town. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The newspaper thought it was a joke. 54. How many people were killed around the pit? A) Twenty. B) Eighty. C) Sixty. D) Forty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forty. 55. The name of the astronomer with the telescope? A) Ogilways. B) Henderson. C) Harwick. D) Peters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ogilways. 56. What literary technique is used in the following quote? "Air seeped in or out of the rim, making a seeping sound." A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 57. According to this novel, who comes to Earth to conquer humanity? A) People. B) Woking. C) Martians. D) Wells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martians. 58. What tone is found throughout the excerpt? A) Apprehension. B) Uncertainty. C) Enthusiasm. D) Anticipation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anticipation. 59. Why did newspapers find the story appealing to publish? A) It was about a pretend alien invasion. B) It was a chance to criticize radio. C) It was a Halloween prank gone wrong. D) All of the above options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was about a pretend alien invasion. 60. The Earth is made up of milk and cheese. A) No. B) Yes. 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