This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Delacroix means in French A) "anti cross". B) "of the cross". C) "one with the cross". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "of the cross". 2. Shirley Jackson's writing was met with ..... A) Praise. B) Intrigue. C) Curiosity. D) Criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Criticism. 3. What did the children do before the lottery started? A) Played boisterously. B) Went to school. C) Gathered quietly. D) Read books. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gathered quietly. 4. What is the definition of 'interminably'? A) Unending. B) Unwillingly. C) Rowdy, loud. D) With unreasonable irritation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unending. 5. Who is exempt (does not have to participate in) the lottery? A) Very young children and babies. B) Single-parents. C) The elderly. D) No one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No one. 6. Who draws for each household? A) The youngest child. B) The eldest child. C) The man of the house. D) The woman of the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The man of the house. 7. "She hesitated for a minute, looking around defiantly, and then set her lips and went up to the box. She snatched a paper out and held it behind her."What does defiantly mean? A) Rebelliously. B) Sloppily. C) Awkwardly. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebelliously. 8. Is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. A) Symbolism. B) Imagery. C) Traditions. D) Hypocrisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 9. What is the primary conflict? A) Tessie v. Bill. B) Tessie v. the society. C) Mr. Summers v. Tessie. D) Mr. Graves v. Mr. Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tessie v. the society. 10. What does it mean to precede and to discard? A) To precede is to come after, to discard is to get rid of. B) To precede is to come before, to discard is to keep things. C) To precede is to come before, to discard is to throw away. D) To precide is to laugh, to discard is to frown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To precede is to come before, to discard is to throw away. 11. What does the winner of the lottery receive? A) The black box. B) A shopping spree at Summer's store. C) Death by stoning. D) The years' harvest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death by stoning. 12. What is one thing the person does not have right now, but would buy if they won the lottery? A) A new motorcycle. B) A new bicycle. C) A new skateboard. D) A new boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A new motorcycle. 13. How often does the lottery take place? A) Every week. B) Bi-weekly. C) Semestrially. D) Annually. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annually. 14. Why does Mrs. Hutchinson claim the lottery is unfair? A) She didn't have enough time to prepare. B) She forgot about it. C) Her husband wasn't present. D) The drawing process was rushed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The drawing process was rushed. 15. Who is the winner of the lottery? A) Old Man Warner. B) Tessie Hutchinson. C) Bill Hutchinson. D) Mrs. Delacroix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tessie Hutchinson. 16. To lift something to a higher level A) Conform. B) Civic. C) Raise. D) Apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raise. 17. Who was running late for the lottery? A) Mrs. Hutchinson. B) Bobby Martin. C) Mr. Summers. D) Mr. Graves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Hutchinson. 18. Defiantly:She hesitated for a minute, looking around defiantly, and then set her lips and went up to the box. A) In a rebellious manner. B) Be earlier in time. C) In an easily irritated or annoyed manner. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a rebellious manner. 19. Which of the following is a possible theme for the text? A) Even is something is cruel, people have the tendency to follow the crowd and participate. B) Sometimes a few people must be sacrificed to ensure the group's survival. C) Important decisions should not be made by lotteries. D) Traditions help people understand the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Even is something is cruel, people have the tendency to follow the crowd and participate. 20. The children were ..... , laughing and playing as they gathered rocks. A) Jovial. B) Ritual. C) Hesitation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jovial. 21. The story opens with the children doing this A) Playing hide n go seek. B) Gathering rocks. C) Playing catch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gathering rocks. 22. Without end; constant A) School. B) Interminable. C) Intermittent. D) Endless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interminable. 23. The ..... Ernesto brought to school got him sent to the principal. A) Interminably. B) Paraphernalia. C) Civic. D) Defiantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraphernalia. 24. Discuss the symbolism of the stones in 'The Lottery'. A) The stones symbolize luck, prosperity, and happiness. B) The stones symbolize fear, isolation, and oppression. C) The stones symbolize tradition, violence, and the power of the community. D) The stones symbolize unity, love, and forgiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stones symbolize tradition, violence, and the power of the community. 25. "Be a good sport, Tessie." Mrs. Delacroix called, and Mrs. Graves said, "All of us took the same chance." "I think we better start over, " Mrs. Hutchinson said, as quietly as she could. "I tell you it wasn't fair. You didn't give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that." Tessie's change in attitude is an example of: A) Symbolism. B) Bad luck. C) Foreshadowing. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 26. True of False:Mrs Hutchinson (Tessie) won the lottery. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Old Man Warner functions as a symbol of A) Fear. B) Death. C) Time. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tradition. 28. How the text makes the reader feel (Ex. Peaceful, eerie, humorous, sad) A) Description. B) Tone. C) Analysis. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 29. "Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets with stones, and the other boys soon followed his example ..... eventually, they had a great pile of stones in one corner of the square ..... " This passage is an example of what? A) Hyperbole. B) Theme. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 30. Where is the box kept between lotteries? A) A special shelf had been constructed for the box in the back room of the town hall. B) Mr. Summers always kept the box in the attic of his house. C) The lottery box was kept under lock and key in the town's bank vault. D) It had no special place. One year it was at the post office, another the grocery store, another a barn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It had no special place. One year it was at the post office, another the grocery store, another a barn. 31. The winner of the lottery is ..... A) Old Man Dunbar. B) Janey Dunbar. C) Tessie Hutchinson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tessie Hutchinson. 32. To do something delicately or in a refined manner A) Coarsely. B) Daintily. C) Instantaneously. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daintily. 33. What is the name of the small town where the lottery takes place? A) Pleasantville. B) Rockwell. C) Meadowville. D) Summertown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pleasantville. 34. " ..... First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There's always been a lottery, " he added petulantly. "Bad enough to see young Joe Summers up there joking with everybody."Someone who speaks petulantly is A) Wicked. B) Sociable. C) Grouchy. D) Relaxed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grouchy. 35. Why does Tessie say she was late to arrive on the day of the lottery? A) She was praying. B) She forgot what day it was. C) She thought no one would notice. D) She wanted to protest the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She forgot what day it was. 36. The lottery takes place during ..... A) Fall. B) Winter. C) Spring. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summer. 37. Which word means "to do something disrespectfully or with an attitude?" A) Perfunctory. B) Disengaged. C) Civic. D) Interminably. E) Petulantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Petulantly. 38. "It's not the way it used to be, " Old Man Warner said clearly. "People ain't the way they used to be." He seems to believe that ..... A) People are more violent today. B) People don't change much. C) Traditions should change drastically. D) Past ways of living are best. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past ways of living are best. 39. To be earlier in time A) Defiantly. B) Gravely. C) Jovial. D) Precede. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precede. 40. To collect (things) or gather (people) into one place or group A) Stoutly. B) Petulantly. C) Assembled. D) Conducted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assembled. 41. "" I think we ought to start over, ' Mrs. Hutchinson said, as quietly as she could. 'I tell you it wasn't fair. You didn't give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that" (paragraph 61). A) Not Foreshadowing. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 42. In a rebellious manner A) Defiantly. B) Duly. C) Jovial. D) Gravely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defiantly. 43. "Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones." This passage in the story reflects a ..... mood in the story. A) Melancholy. B) Compassionate. C) Hesitant. D) Violent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Violent. 44. What is an example of foreshadowing in "The Lottery" ? A) The children participating in the lottery. B) The fact that the lottery is a village tradition. C) The children picking up stones at the start of the story. D) The fact that winning the lottery is a terrible thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The children picking up stones at the start of the story. 45. How many people live in the village? A) About 300. B) 3, 446. C) About four hundred. D) Less than 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 300. 46. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day ..... " The passage from the story "The Lottery" is developing the A) Setting. B) Characterization. C) Theme. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 47. "Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets with stones, and the other boys soon followed his example ..... eventually, they had a great pile of stones in one corner of the square ..... " What chilling secret does this passage hint at? A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Foreshadowing. D) Situational Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 48. My normally enthusiastic brother delivered a ..... performance at his piano recital. A) Ritual. B) Lottery. C) Perfunctory. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perfunctory. 49. Mr. Graves made up the slips of paper and put them in the box. A) True. B) False. C) Doesn't say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. How many people live in the town? A) 300. B) 100, 000. C) 5, 000. D) 30, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 51. Which one of these actions is behaving "petulantly" ? A) Fighting. B) Sleeping. C) Laughing. D) Pouting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pouting. 52. Why is Mrs. Dunbar stepping up for the lottery? A) It's her adventurous spirit calling!. B) Her family's men are nowhere to be found. C) She lost a bet with the town. D) Her family is playing hide and seek. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her family's men are nowhere to be found. 53. We know the exact year each story takes place. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. As the population of the village grew, ..... were replaced with slips of paper in the lottery box. A) Small stones. B) Scraps of ribbon. C) Pieces of cardboard. D) Chips of wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chips of wood. 55. What is the final twist or revelation in "The Lottery" ? A) The winner is pardoned. B) The winner is stoned to death by the villagers. C) The lottery is held in another town. D) The lottery is abolished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The winner is stoned to death by the villagers. 56. How tall is Ms. Angela? (deduct CA if wrong) A) Definitely shorter than I am (hehe!). B) Maybe between 1m and 2m. C) 1.59999999999999 meters. D) Ms. Angela is still growing so I cannot answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.59999999999999 meters. 57. What is the meaning of the word Tradition? A) The state of being gathered together. B) An event in which the result is determined by chance. C) Inherited pattern of thought or action. D) Objects used for a particular purpose or activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inherited pattern of thought or action. 58. What kind of questions does Georgie hate to answer? A) Math. B) Reading. C) Personal. D) Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal. 59. Who said that:''Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery." A) Bobby Martin. B) Old Man Warner. C) The tall boy. D) Tessie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old Man Warner. 60. What is the best description of a theme from the story? A) Not everything is as it seems. B) Stone people to death to have a successful harvest. C) It is important to follow traditions no matter what. D) Blindly following tradition can be dangerous. 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