This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did each head of the household draw from the box? A) A number. B) A stone. C) A colored ball. D) A slip of paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A slip of paper. 2. "After that, there was a long pause, a breathless pause, until Mr. Summers, holding his slip of paper in the air, said, 'All right, fellows.' For a minute, no one moved, and then all the slips of paper were opened" (paragraph 44). A) Not Foreshadowing. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 3. Why is the setting important in a story? A) It tells us about the conflict. B) It tells us the end. C) Its not important. D) It creates the mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It creates the mood. 4. The black box most likely symbolizes what? A) A good harvest. B) Sadness. C) Life. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tradition. 5. This word means "noisy, energetic, cheerful, rowdy" A) Boisterous. B) Reprimand. C) Survey. D) Lapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boisterous. 6. Match character to description:Old man who has taken part in 77 lotteries A) Mr. Warner. B) Mr. Summers. C) Tessie. D) Bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Warner. 7. Someone who speaks petulantly is A) Wicked. B) Grouchy. C) Relaxed. D) Sociable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grouchy. 8. I gathered all my soccer ..... and loaded it in the trunk. A) Paraphernalia. B) Assembled. C) Ritual. D) Profusely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraphernalia. 9. Which of the following statement about the lottery is true? A) Most of the townspeople want to end the tradition. B) It takes place annually, in late June. C) The children are the least willing to participate. D) Most people want to change the black box used for the drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It takes place annually, in late June. 10. Which charity would the person most likely give some of the money to? A) Charity for sick children. B) Charity for the environment. C) Charity for elderly people. D) Charity for animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charity for sick children. 11. "Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while. Used to be a saying, '' Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon ..... There's always been a lottery." What does the speaker symbolize? A) Mob Mentality. B) Death. C) Tradition. D) Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tradition. 12. "Hatred and Hope both disappeared at once, and it began to immediately seem to Ivan and his wife that their room was dark, small and low pitched" it can be inferred? A) The lights were cut off since they didn't win the lottery,. B) They became weary because things were going to stay the same. C) They had mixed feelings and didn't know what to expect for their future,. D) They were happy to not win the lottery ticket so life has not changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They became weary because things were going to stay the same. 13. "The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."Profusely means A) Plentifully. B) Simply. C) Deeply. D) Forcefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plentifully. 14. The exposition sets the stage for ..... A) The village and the atmosphere. B) Introducing Mr. Summers, townspeople, and children. C) Basic details about the tradition. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. Information about things that have just happened A) Famous. B) News. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) News. 16. In an abundant manner, excessively A) Jovial. B) Liberty. C) Daintily. D) Profusely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profusely. 17. What does it mean when theme is universal? A) It is relevant and relatable across different cultures, time periods, and contexts. B) It is only relevant in one specific context. C) It is limited to a single time period. D) It only applies to one specific culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is relevant and relatable across different cultures, time periods, and contexts. 18. What is an example of situational irony in the story? A) The children picking up stones at the beginning of the story. B) The lottery is a village tradition. C) Winning the lottery is a terrible thing. D) Children participating in the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winning the lottery is a terrible thing. 19. Ethical means that something or someone is ..... A) Morally wrong. B) Morally right. C) Super cool. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morally right. 20. A synonym for jovial is A) Sad. B) Angry. C) Mean. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angry. 21. We packed all the football ..... into the trunk, including jerseys, helmets, and footballs. A) Perfunctory. B) Disengaged. C) Ritual. D) Paraphernalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paraphernalia. 22. Who is supposed to draw for each family? A) The mother/wife. B) The father/husband. C) The oldest person. D) The oldest child. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The father/husband. 23. Casey drove to school in a ..... manner; she knew the roads so well that the drive had become a habit. A) Civic. B) Petulantly. C) Disengaged. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perfunctory. 24. The word LOTTERY means that the chance to win is ..... A) Random. B) Guaranteed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Random. 25. (noun) a temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment; an interval or passage of time A) Lapse. B) Interminably. C) Perfunctory. D) Regretfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lapse. 26. How would you describe the tone in the first couple of paragraphs? A) Light-hearted and pleasant. B) Dark and dreary. C) Remorseful and gloomy. D) Suspenseful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light-hearted and pleasant. 27. What is it about? A) Afro-Man. B) The Black Box. C) Cars. D) Horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Black Box. 28. What does Mr. Summers organize besides the lottery? A) The village market. B) Square dances, the teen club, and the Halloween program. C) The annual village fair. D) The village council meetings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Square dances, the teen club, and the Halloween program. 29. What happens when Robin tries to feed some animals by himself? A) His is attacked. B) He gets scared. C) He gets lost. D) He falls down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His is attacked. 30. Which statement best expresses a theme in this text? A) If you don't play, you can't win. B) Money doesn't buy happiness. C) Always ask for more than you need. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Money doesn't buy happiness. 31. When Old Man Warner hears that some places have dropped the lottery, he ..... A) Feels a flicker of hope but remains silent. B) Is so stunned that he leaves the village. C) Expresses strong disapproval. D) Agrees with the other villages and petitions to end the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expresses strong disapproval. 32. What is the motif in 'The Lottery'? A) The village square. B) The stones. C) The black box. D) The lottery tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The black box. 33. The period of time in which a group of people are born or live A) Generation. B) Reach. C) Imaginary. D) Liberty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generation. 34. How do the townspeople view the black box? A) They see it as part of the tradition. B) They are disinterested in it. C) They want to get rid of it. D) They are afraid of it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They see it as part of the tradition. 35. The black box is also a metaphor for A) Sin. B) Freedom. C) A coffin. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A coffin. 36. To tantalize someone means to A) Torment or tease them. B) Play nicely with them. C) Give them all the money they deserve. D) Be a good friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torment or tease them. 37. What is the plot of the book? A) Lottery. B) Tessies lottery number. C) Peter Griffin. D) The lottery for the black box. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The lottery for the black box. 38. Who is selected as the "winner" of the lottery in the story? A) Tessie Hutchinson. B) Old Man Warner. C) Mr. Summers. D) Bill Hutchinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tessie Hutchinson. 39. Mrs Hutchinson (Tessie) was late for the lottery gathering because: A) She was collecting stones. B) She forgot it was lottery day. C) She would rather do her chores. D) She was helping a man stack wood. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She forgot it was lottery day. 40. What event foreshadows what will happen at the end of the story? A) Names are drawn from a black box. B) The boys gather stones. C) Clyde Dunbar can't attend because of his broken leg. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boys gather stones. 41. What word is defined as:noisily turbulent; rowdy A) Civic. B) Perfunctory. C) Interminable. D) Boisterous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boisterous. 42. What is Old Man Warner's reason for keeping the lottery? A) His parents invented it. B) The Box is special to him. C) He wants to die. D) The tradition of the Lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The tradition of the Lottery. 43. Very noisy and active in a lively way A) Petulant. B) Chant. C) Boisterous. D) Ritual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boisterous. 44. The characters tell us ..... A) When and where a story takes place. B) Who is in the story. C) What the sequence of events are in the story. D) Why we are reading the story (the overall message.). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who is in the story. 45. Old Man Warner has been in the lottery ..... times. A) 87. B) 67. C) 97. D) 77. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 77. 46. Pick the best word for the definition: "given freely; lavishly" . A) Profusely. B) Defiantly. C) Perfunctory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profusely. 47. How is this story a dystopia? A) It is dark. B) It is a cautionary tale. C) It has rules that people follow blindly. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 48. The white slips of paper symbolize this A) Life. B) Purity. C) Peace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 49. The human sacrifice for this Lottery is? A) Mrs. Adams. B) Mrs. Hutchinson. C) Mr. Graves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Hutchinson. 50. What part of the setting was the same for both stories? A) They both took place in a small village. B) They both took place in a town meeting with a lottery. C) Both stories involve rocks. D) They are all farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They both took place in a town meeting with a lottery. 51. How Dose The Auther Feel About The Lottery? A) Doesn't like it. B) Loves it more than anything. C) Enjoys the lottery. D) Thinks of it as a scam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't like it. 52. When Bill draws the black spot, Mrs. Hutchinson is best characterized as ..... A) Psychotic. B) Satisfied. C) Vengeful. D) Resentful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resentful. 53. Careless; reckless; without thinking A) Perfunctory. B) Defiantly. C) Petulant. D) Perfectly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfunctory. 54. The ..... sounds coming from the apartment were getting louder and louder. A) Boisterous. B) Shabby. C) Jovial. D) Petulant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boisterous. 55. What is the black box used for? A) Storing village records. B) Keeping the village's historical artifacts. C) Collecting village taxes. D) Holding the slips of paper for the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holding the slips of paper for the lottery. 56. The quality of being free to act or speak as you choose A) Liberty. B) Gravely. C) Imaginary. D) Generation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberty. 57. Objects used for a particular purpose or activity A) Paraphernalia. B) Tradition. C) Ritual. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraphernalia. 58. Mr. Summers ran the lottery because A) He was retired. B) He did not have a wife. C) He did not have any children. D) He volunteered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He did not have any children. 59. What is the meaning of the word 'petulantly'? A) The action or fact of treating someone unfairly. B) In an angry or sulky way. C) Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection. D) Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In an angry or sulky way. 60. After everyone has selected their piece of paper, which family receives the black mark? A) Hutchinson. B) Summers. C) Adams. D) Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hutchinson. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Lottery Quiz 1The Lottery Quiz 2The Lottery Quiz 3The Lottery Quiz 4The Lottery Quiz 5The Lottery Quiz 6The Lottery Quiz 7The Lottery Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books