This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The War Of The Worlds – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The War Of The Worlds Quiz 6 (44 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. No one on Earth ..... A) Believed there was life on Mars. B) Saw the flames on Mars. C) Believed in Mars. D) Ever looked up at the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Believed there was life on Mars. 2. Why does Henry continue to fight for his survival throughout the play? A) He wants to see Clara again. B) He is angry at the Martians and wants to destroy them. C) He wants to become famous. D) He wants to learn more about the Martians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to see Clara again. 3. Which word from paragraph 4 provides context that supports the meaning of the word shivered? A) Amidst. B) Fragments. C) Splinters. D) Descent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragments. 4. In reality, the radio program was doing a version of a book. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. Bill killed the ..... when he stepped on it. A) Stiff. B) Blood. C) Spider. D) Dust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spider. 6. At the family picnic, I found an ..... in my sandwich. A) Inn. B) Ant. C) Dream. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ant. 7. Fill in the blank:There is increasing ..... in the political process in many countries because of how unresponsive presidents have been to their people's demands. A) Complacence. B) Scrutiny. C) Calamity. D) Disillusionment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disillusionment. 8. What 2 figurative language examples are used in the sentence below?"Close on it's apparition, and blindingly violet by contrast, danced out the first lightening of the gathered storm, and the thunder burst like a rocket overhead." A) Metaphor and simile. B) Personification and simile. C) Simile and hyperbole. D) Personification and metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification and simile. 9. If I put a book upon the table, I put it under the table. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 10. What event caused panic among the American public as described in the text? A) A national emergency drill. B) A television broadcast about an alien sighting. C) A real Martian invasion. D) A radio play about a Martian invasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A radio play about a Martian invasion. 11. The army defeated the Martians. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. What is the setting of the BOOK? A) 19th century England. B) 19th century America. C) 21st century England. D) 21st century America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th century England. 13. What is the meaning of "howling" ? A) Arma. B) Jovial. C) Howl. D) Working day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Howl. 14. Synonym for arachnid or crawler. A) Dust. B) Spider. C) Stiff. D) Fifth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spider. 15. The author gave up digging because ..... A) He got very tired. B) It made him very thirsty. C) He was making too much noise. D) He broke his shovel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was making too much noise. 16. As they walked, the author and the coward were careful ..... A) Not to step on the grass. B) To hide from the neighbors. C) To hide from the Martians. D) Not to eat up all their food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To hide from the Martians. 17. All people on ..... need water to live. A) Smoke. B) Earth. C) Upon. D) Flame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth. 18. Important information A) Sensationalized. B) Salient. C) Apocryphal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salient. 19. ..... Sets the scene, identifies action ..... Spoken words between characters ..... To establish the environment, adds realism ..... Underscoring creates a dramatic mood A) Music, Sound Effects, Dialogue, Narration. B) Narration, Dialogue, Sound Effects, Music. C) Narration, Sound Effects, Music, Dialogue. D) Dialogue, Sound Effects, Music, Narration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narration, Dialogue, Sound Effects, Music. 20. It succinctly covered all the ..... points of the case A) Salient. B) Apocryphal. C) Sensationalized. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salient. 21. Which of the following is an example of an apocryphal story? A) . a well-researched story that is repeated by many different news outlets. B) A true story about an event that becomes famous years after it happened. C) A meaningful story that uses real events to convey an important message. D) An often-told story about a real person that is probably not true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An often-told story about a real person that is probably not true. 22. What was the outcome for Orson Welles after the controversy surrounding "War of the Worlds" ? A) His career was ruined. B) He was banned from radio broadcasting. C) He landed a contract with a Hollywood studio. D) He retired from public life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He landed a contract with a Hollywood studio. 23. The Thing was covered with ash A) True. B) False. C) Not Stated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. How did the protagonist's relationships evolve during the invasion? A) The protagonist's relationships deteriorated due to the stress of the invasion. B) The protagonist's relationships strengthened due to the shared adversity. C) The protagonist's relationships remained the same throughout the invasion. D) The protagonist did not have any significant relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The protagonist's relationships strengthened due to the shared adversity. 25. What is an apocryphal story? A) One that teaches a lesson. B) One that is well-researched. C) One that is probably not true. D) One that is probably true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One that is probably not true. 26. Friends make war all the time. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 27. Synonym for dirt, grime, filth, smut, or soot. A) Fifth. B) Discover. C) Spider. D) Dust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dust. 28. It was very noisy that morning A) True. B) False. C) Not Stated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. Where does the narrator find food in the ruined house after the curate dies? A) The backyard. B) He doesn't. C) The scullery. D) The basement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He doesn't. 30. What happens when the narrator returns to Woking after taking his wife to Leatherhead? A) He meets the artilleryman. B) He finds the innkeeper's dead body. C) He is captured by the Martians. D) He sees a large machine with three legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He sees a large machine with three legs. 31. Welles declared that people used to believe everything that the radio programs said. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. Which sentence below is a simile? A) " crawling out in a thing like a dish cover.". B) "A sudden whirl of black smoke driving across the road ". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) " crawling out in a thing like a dish cover.". 33. What did the martians look like? A) Small green men. B) Purple dogs. C) Heads with tentacles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heads with tentacles. 34. In paragraph 10, the word irresolute means- A) Weak. B) Decisive. C) Shocked. D) Uncertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uncertain. 35. Fill in the blank:If you're a wildly popular celebrity, you probably don't go anywhere without a ..... bodyguard. A) Formidable. B) Capricious. C) Incapacitated. D) Consecrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formidable. 36. This word means a 3D circle object. A) Martian. B) Cylinder. C) Intelligent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cylinder. 37. What was the Thing in the field that the protagonist saw? A) A cylinder from Mars. B) A tree. C) A horse. D) A rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cylinder from Mars. 38. What is the name of the well known astronomer at Ottershaw? A) Henderson. B) Ogilvy. C) Hawking. D) Higgins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ogilvy. 39. What was the protagonist doing while watching the monstrous beings of metal moving about in the distance? A) Reading a book. B) Eating dinner. C) Lying in the rain and darkness. D) Sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying in the rain and darkness. 40. Fill in the blank the best vocabulary word:The media is quick to ..... a story, so don't believe what you read A) Sensationalize. B) Apocryphal. C) Salient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensationalize. 41. Synonym for rigid, hard, or firm. A) Spider. B) Dust. C) Stiff. D) Fifth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stiff. 42. What event caused mass panic and hysteria in the United States? A) A realistic radio dramatisation of The War of the Worlds. B) A nationwide alien invasion. C) A Halloween prank gone wrong. D) A misleading newspaper article. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A realistic radio dramatisation of The War of the Worlds. 43. Something unauthentic, but is spread to be true A) Sensationalized. B) Apocryphal. C) Salient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apocryphal. 44. Sally felt very ..... when her best friend over away. A) Inn. B) None. C) Lonely. D) Tunnel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lonely. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesEnglish Literature 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 5One Flew Over The Cuckoo'S Nest QuizThe Adventures Of Tom Sawyer QuizThe Canterville Ghost QuizThe Pearl Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books