This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After school was done, the children had ..... to do whatever they wanted A) Liberty. B) Hesitation. C) They hesitate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberty. 2. Who said 'People ain't the way they used to be'? A) Mrs. Delacroix. B) Old Man Warner. C) Steve Adams. D) Mrs. Graves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old Man Warner. 3. What is on the marked piece of paper? A) An X. B) A black spot. C) Nothing. D) The family name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A black spot. 4. Which of the following is a recent change made to the village's lottery ritual? A) They gather leaves instead of stones. B) The village children can no longer participate. C) It occurs during the middle of winter season. D) They use paper slips instead of wood chips. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They use paper slips instead of wood chips. 5. The following quote represents which literary device?"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day, " (Jackson 1). A) Symbolism. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 6. When told he would not get what he wanted for supper, he stomped his foot ..... A) Paraphernalia. B) Petulantly. C) Profusely. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petulantly. 7. Emotionally detached A) Paraphenalia. B) Petulantly. C) Jovial. D) Disengaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disengaged. 8. What is the mood at the end of "The Lottery?" A) Tense. B) Happy. C) Playful. D) Carefree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tense. 9. What is the meaning of the word Paraphernalia? A) Inherited pattern of thought or action. B) Done in a hurry and as a matter of routine. C) Objects used for a particular purpose or activity. D) Run out, to end. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Objects used for a particular purpose or activity. 10. Who is Old Man Warner and what does he stand for in the grand scheme of things? A) He's the beacon of overcoming tough times. B) He's all about giving props to the elderly. C) He's the poster boy for embracing change as time goes by. D) He's the embodiment of tradition, fearing change and sticking to old ways without question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He's the embodiment of tradition, fearing change and sticking to old ways without question. 11. A life lesson for the story is A) Life isn't fair. B) People often go along with what everybody else does without thinking about what they're actually doing. C) You can never tell what will happen in life. D) Don't take the good things in life for granted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't take the good things in life for granted. 12. What does the word bewildered mean in the following line from the text: "The possibility of winning bewildered them; they could not have said, could not have dreamed, what they both needed that $ 75, 000 for ..... " A) Expected. B) Excited. C) Confused or puzzled. D) Tantalized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confused or puzzled. 13. A long established and inherited custom or practice A) Tradition. B) Perfunctory. C) Paraphernalia. D) Lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tradition. 14. What does the term 'reluctantly' mean? A) Gathered. B) Unending. C) Unwillingly. D) To free from attachment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unwillingly. 15. What kind of stories are told during the big event facilitated by the gift from the Judge? A) True stories. B) Happy stories. C) Future stories. D) Scary stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scary stories. 16. The black box being used to represent tradition is an example of what literary device? A) Irony. B) Theme. C) Symbolism. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 17. The black box is ..... A) Splintering. B) New. C) Freshly painted. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Splintering. 18. What is the significance of the characters' names? A) They are all common names. B) They all have ironic meanings. C) They are all related to nature. D) They have symbolic meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They have symbolic meaning. 19. Caiti was prepared. She had studied every night for a week. There was no reason for her to feel nervous about the test. She was going to do just fine. All she had to do was stay focused and not let her nervousness get in the way of her success. What words best describes the tone of the passage? A) Sad. B) Happy. C) Loving. D) Encouraging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Encouraging. 20. Something that is not real A) Imaginary. B) Gravely. C) Dystopia. D) Liberty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imaginary. 21. To which family does Tessie belong? A) Graves. B) Hutchinson. C) Dunbar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hutchinson. 22. Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. (Audience knows what is happening, but the characters do not) A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 23. Performing the ceremony in Latin had been a church ..... for centuries. A) Ritual. B) Paraphernalia. C) Lottery. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ritual. 24. When Mr. Summers brings the black box, how do the people ract? A) Excited. B) Nervous. C) Joyful. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous. 25. A reprimand is a formal expression of ..... ? A) A reprimand is a formal expression of praise. B) A reprimand is a formal expression of disapproval (Criticism). C) A reprimand is a formal expression of romantic interest. D) A reprimand is a formal expression of a requst. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reprimand is a formal expression of disapproval (Criticism). 26. Which of the following is NOT a strategy Jackson employs to impact the irony of "The Lottery" ? A) A rural setting. B) Folksy characters. C) An unreliable narrator. D) Biblical allusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An unreliable narrator. 27. What is the significance of the black box in 'The Lottery'? A) The black box represents the power and authority of the lottery organizers. B) The black box signifies the randomness and unpredictability of the lottery. C) The black box represents the fear and anxiety of the villagers. D) The black box symbolizes tradition and conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The black box symbolizes tradition and conformity. 28. She sat REGRETFULLY because all of the dessert was already gone. A) Angry. B) Tired. C) Overjoyed. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sad. 29. The class seemed to go on INTERMINABLY. A) To be undending. B) To be annoyed. C) To be great. D) S. E) To be quick. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) To be quick. 30. What makes Georgie hate Mr. Collier's story? A) He makes the rosebush sick. B) He doesn't create pictures. C) He writes about the accident. D) He includes Mrs.Harper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He includes Mrs.Harper. 31. Part B:Identify the paragraph where Tessie Hutchinson's perspective shifts. (RL.2.6 and RL.1.1) A) Paragraph 8. B) Paragraph 46. C) Paragraph 79. D) Paragraph 61. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paragraph 46. 32. Which of the following words matches the definition?"Full of or showing happiness/high spirits" A) Soberly. B) Boisterous. C) Jovial. D) Profusely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jovial. 33. Who pulled the papers first? A) Heads of families. B) Teenage boys. C) Mothers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heads of families. 34. What happens to the lottery "winner" ? A) The "winner" is taken in back of the town hall to be beheaded by Mr. Graves. B) The "winner" is allowed to divorce his/her spouse and marry any other villager of his/her choice. C) The "winner" wins all the money in the town's treasury, although the amount has never risen higher than $ 52.75. D) The "winner" is stoned to death by the entire village. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The "winner" is stoned to death by the entire village. 35. Some other towns are giving up the lottery. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. The ..... in the car would certainly send Jasier to jail. A) Ritual. B) Regretfully. C) Paraphernalia. D) Discard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paraphernalia. 37. Who is drawing for his mother and himself? A) Old Man Warner. B) Jack Watson. C) Mr. Summers. D) Steve Adams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jack Watson. 38. Read this line from the text: "There was a great deal of fussing to be done before Mr. Summers declared the lottery open"What is the meaning of the word "fussing" ? A) To be busy or occupied. B) To be angry or annoyed. C) To be calm and quiet. D) To be lazy or inactive tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be busy or occupied. 39. What is the condition of the black box used in the lottery? A) Brand new. B) Well-maintained. C) Shabby and splintered. D) Lost and replaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shabby and splintered. 40. Hanief ..... disobeyed the new dismissal time and walked right out of school at 2:35. He was quickly then expelled. A) Paraphernalia. B) Defiantly. C) Civic. D) Civic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defiantly. 41. Desperation describes this character A) Mrs. Delacroix. B) Tessie. C) Lil Davey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tessie. 42. "The Lottery" is told in the ..... tense, from a ..... point of view. A) Past tense, third person. B) Past tense, first person. C) Present tense, first person. D) Present tense, third person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past tense, third person. 43. When is the lottery held? A) June 26th. B) June 25th. C) June 24th. D) June 27th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) June 27th. 44. What does the box contain? A) Presents. B) Food. C) Pieces of wood. D) Slips of paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slips of paper. 45. What mood does the author set at the beginning of the story? A) Dreadful. B) Somber. C) Light-hearted. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light-hearted. 46. Why is the title of the story ironic? A) Lotteries sounds like a funny word. B) Lotteries are not normally done in towns. C) Lotteries are a very popular thing. D) Lotteries are typically good things for a person to win, but this one is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lotteries are typically good things for a person to win, but this one is not. 47. To free from attachment A) Daintily. B) Jovial. C) Disengage. D) Jovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disengage. 48. Directions:Please match the following definition with the correct term belowIrritably; childishly sulky or bad-tempered A) Petulantly. B) Interminably. C) Profusely. D) Paraphernalia. E) Shabbier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petulantly. 49. What does the detail, "And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles, " at the end of the text show? A) It shows that the children no longer understand the violcnece of the lottery. B) It shows that Davy doesn't like his mother and wishes to hurt her. C) It shows that no one expects Davy to seriously injure his mother. D) It shows that everyone participates in the lottery, even Mrs. Hutchinson's young son. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It shows that everyone participates in the lottery, even Mrs. Hutchinson's young son. 50. Who drew the slip of paper for Clyde Dunbar? A) Baxter Martin. B) Mr. Martin. C) Janey Dunbar. D) Mr. Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Janey Dunbar. 51. What word is defined as:characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality; jolly A) Petulant. B) Reprimand. C) Jovial. D) Paraphernalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jovial. 52. What Was The Day Of The Lotery? A) August 27th. B) Christmas. C) June 2nd. D) June 27th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) June 27th. 53. Ready for a fun challenge? Can you unscramble the letters and find the correct spelling in this word jumble? A) Asembble. B) Asemblle. C) Assemble. D) Asemmble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assemble. 54. Tessie was late to the Lottery because she was A) Washing dirty dishes. B) Hanging laundry outside. C) Cleaning the house. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washing dirty dishes. 55. What is the following line an example of? "They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner ..... " A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Foreshadowing. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 56. Part A:How is the reader's point of view different from the characters in the story? (RL.2.6) A) The reader knows Mrs. Hutchinson is going to die the whole time but she does not know until the end. B) The reader does not know what the lottery is for but the characters know. C) The reader knows that the winner will get a lot of money but the characters do not know. D) The reader does not know that someone is going to die and neither does Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reader does not know what the lottery is for but the characters know. 57. Select the evidence that BEST shows that Old Man Warner is traditional and set in his ways. A) "Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery.". B) "People ain't the way they used to be". C) "Pack of crazy fools. Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them There's always been a lottery". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Pack of crazy fools. Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them There's always been a lottery". 58. A matter of routine; careless A) Soberly. B) Ritual. C) Scold. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perfunctory. 59. As more people entered the ..... the chances of winning became slimmer and slimmer. A) Ritual. B) Paraphernalia. C) Lottery. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lottery. 60. "She watched while Mr. Graves came around from the side of the box, greeted Mr. Summers gravely and selected a slip of paper from the box."What does the use of the word "gravely" suggest about the characters in this scene? A) They are careless and indifferent. B) They are happy and excited. C) They are inattentive and being playful. D) They are serious and nervous. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4. 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