This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Jovial" is the opposite of: A) Miserable. B) Unattractive. C) Ecstatic. D) Fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miserable. 2. ..... means an action was performed with little effort. A) Profusely. B) Defiantly. C) Petulantly. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perfunctory. 3. An antonym (opposite word) for boisterous is ..... A) QUIET. B) NOISY. C) LOUD. D) ROWDY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) QUIET. 4. The purpose of the lottery seems to be to ..... A) Offer a sacrifice for the town's sins. B) Seek revenge against evildoers. C) Randomly honor a person and his/her family. D) Out-do neighboring communities' crop yields. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offer a sacrifice for the town's sins. 5. Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. A) Dystopia. B) Utopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dystopia. 6. CJ, Kamryn, and Noah are planning a fun project to build a birdhouse. They are making a list of ..... needed for their activity. Can you help them? A) Paraphernalia. B) Materials. C) Supplies. D) Tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraphernalia. 7. What is the "main idea?" A) A. B) An important idea about a topic, what a story is mostly about. C) The title. D) An idea that is on main street. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An important idea about a topic, what a story is mostly about. 8. What does the word emphasize mean? A) To bring special attention to. B) To compare multiple topics. C) To paint a picture in the reader's mind. D) To show enthusiasm for a topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To bring special attention to. 9. Why is Mrs. Hutchinson upset? A) Mr. Summers tricked her husband. B) She wasn't chosen for the lottery. C) Her husband was chosen for the lottery. D) Mr. Summers chose her husband for the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her husband was chosen for the lottery. 10. How does the authors build suspense in the story? A) Through humorous interactions between characters. B) Through detailed descriptions of characters. C) Through flashbacks of the past. D) Through the use of foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through the use of foreshadowing. 11. Events from The Lottery that would be considered part of the rising action ..... A) Tessie screaming that it is not fair. B) The development of the setting. C) The theme is conveyed. D) Mr. Summers informing the reader of the tradition of the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tessie screaming that it is not fair. 12. What is mob psychology? A) A contradictory statement that is actually true. B) Individuals in the crowd lose their sense of personal responsibility. C) Equipment associated with a particular activity. D) A nice way of saying something terrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individuals in the crowd lose their sense of personal responsibility. 13. Independent or Dependent ClauseEven if I didn't go to the park A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 14. To put something on a place where is hard to find A) Hide. B) Escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hide. 15. To stop doing something A) Select. B) Quit. C) Apart. D) Precisely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quit. 16. What type of story is The Lottery? A) A drama. B) A history. C) A comedy. D) A satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A satire. 17. What is true about the lottery? A) It takes place annually, in late June. B) Most people want to change the black box used for the drawing. C) The children are the least willing to participate. D) Most of the townspeople want to end the tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It takes place annually, in late June. 18. What is Jackson's main theme in this short story? A) The foolishness of blindly following tradition. B) The value of human life. C) The need for tradition in small towns. D) The need for change in a community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The foolishness of blindly following tradition. 19. Sophia, Asma, and Zoe are at a high tea event at the Ritz. Who among them is sipping their tea in a way that shows delicate manners? A) Sophia, sipping her tea daintily. B) Asma, sipping her tea politely. C) Zoe, sipping her tea aggressively. D) None of them, they are all sipping their tea rudely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sophia, sipping her tea daintily. 20. What is the overall mood of atomphers of "The Lottery" A) Satirical (contradicting). B) Romantic (affectionate). C) Euphoric (joyful). D) Melancholic (depresesed). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melancholic (depresesed). 21. Who is the official leader of the lottery in the village? A) Tessie Hutchinson. B) Mr. Summers. C) Nancy Hutchinson. D) Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Summers. 22. You see someone drop their wallet. Which of these options would be the UNETHICAL decision? A) Giving the wallet back. B) Putting the wallet in your pocket and walking away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Putting the wallet in your pocket and walking away. 23. According to the villager's saying about the lottery, what can be expected after each lottery? A) Earthquakes. B) Heavy corn. C) Fruit harvest. D) Heavy rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavy corn. 24. In his camouflage, Joe was ..... to the unlucky deer. A) Fervent. B) Imperceptible. C) Oblige. D) Confidential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperceptible. 25. Due to the fact that there was an age limit, children couldn't participate in the tradition. A) True. B) False. C) Doesn't say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. Irony can best be defined as: A) An object, place, name, character, or event that represents something else. B) The message the author wants to convey to readers. C) An outcome that is very different from what is expected. D) A long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An outcome that is very different from what is expected. 27. What type of irony did we focus on in "The Lottery" and how did it present itself? A) Ironic:It caused amusement and horror. B) Situational:What happened was the opposite of what was expected to happen. C) Verbal:Tessie said it wasn't fair when it actually was. D) Dramatic:The audience knew what would happen so it added to the drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational:What happened was the opposite of what was expected to happen. 28. What is an adjective? A) Action word. B) Describing word that describes a VERB. C) Describing word that describes a NOUN. D) Person, place, thing, idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describing word that describes a NOUN. 29. Represents a person or group singled out for no reason. A) Boys gathering stones. B) Black dot. C) Mr. Summers. D) Black box. E) Tessie Hutchinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tessie Hutchinson. 30. How long does it take to complete the lottery? A) 2 minutes. B) 2 days. C) 2 hours. D) 20 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 hours. 31. What does profusely mean? What does it mean to do something profusely? A) To a great degree/a lot. B) To do a small degree/with small effort. C) Angrily/with resentment. D) Joyful/with joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To a great degree/a lot. 32. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin? A) Standing together and talking politics. B) Standing together and talking about women. C) Standing in a group but not talking. D) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain. 33. Feeling or showing doubt about doing something:not willing or eager to do something A) Reluctantly. B) Boisterous. C) Profusely. D) Conducted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reluctantly. 34. Behaving in a somber (gloomy) or dignified way A) Ritual. B) Gravely. C) Quit. D) Conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravely. 35. Gathered together in one place for a common purpose A) Boisterous. B) Assembled. C) Perfunctory. D) Liberty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assembled. 36. (adv) (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered A) Profusely. B) Petulantly. C) Stoutly. D) Regretfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petulantly. 37. What does the word preceded mean in this sentence? The dark clouds preceded the rain. A) Came after. B) Came before. C) Happened at the same time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came before. 38. Repeated rhythmic phrase typically called in unison A) Boisterous. B) Chant. C) Ritual. D) Profusely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chant. 39. Which character called those who want to give up the lottery "a pack of crazy fools?" A) Horace Dunbar. B) Old Man Warner. C) Steve Adams. D) Bill Hutchinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old Man Warner. 40. The man was ..... , but his wife was a scold; she was mean. A) Boisterous. B) Petulant. C) Jovial. D) Defiant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jovial. 41. Why did the author most likely include Old Man Warner's character in the story? A) To emphasize that the lottery is necessary for survival. B) To ridicule old people. C) To establish a villain in the story. D) To symbolize society's reluctance to change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To symbolize society's reluctance to change. 42. We saw "man versus society" conflict. What type of conflict is this? A) Internal. B) Integral. C) External. D) Extraneous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) External. 43. Who wrote the short story "The Lottery" ? A) William Faulkner. B) Shirley Jackson. C) William Shakespeare. D) Hugh Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shirley Jackson. 44. Which of these is not a theme of the Lottery A) Blindly following traditions is wrong. B) Society always seeks someone to blame for problems. C) Don't judge a book by its cover. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't judge a book by its cover. 45. Rather than show favoritism, we held a ..... to determine who would join the club. A) Tradition. B) Perfunctory. C) Ritual. D) Lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lottery. 46. How do the villagers respond to the arrival of the black box? A) The want to buy a new one. B) They kept their distance. C) They were excited. D) The ran to see who is selected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They kept their distance. 47. What does Mr. Summers say to Mrs. Hutchinson's suggestion of starting over? A) He agrees and restarts the lottery. B) He ignores her and continues. C) He scolds her for questioning the process. D) He cancels the lottery for the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He ignores her and continues. 48. Which of the following is NOT a foreshadowing clue? A) The story starts out on a beautiful sunny day. B) The boys are creating a pile of rocks. C) The townspeople turn the slips of paper in their hands nervously. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The story starts out on a beautiful sunny day. 49. This word means "to be free from imprisonment or slavery" A) Liberty. B) Jovial. C) Defiant. D) Murmur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberty. 50. What word is defined as:characterized by routine or superficiality; mechanical; lacking in interest or enthusiasm A) Petulant. B) Perfunctory. C) Jovial. D) Profusely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfunctory. 51. To follow rules, standards, or laws A) Select. B) Imaginary. C) Conform. D) Precede. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conform. 52. Many times the author slows down the pace of the story to ..... A) Emphasize tradition. B) Build suspense. C) Cheer up the reader. D) Show the sadness of death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Build suspense. 53. How does the community justify the lottery tradition? A) It brings good luck to the village. B) It ensures a bountiful harvest. C) It maintains order and tradition. D) It is a form of entertainment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It maintains order and tradition. 54. A formal or public delivery of something memorized A) Fabrication. B) Stipulation. C) Recital. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recital. 55. How are the names called when people draw for the lottery? A) Reverse order. B) Alphabetical order. C) Numerical order. D) First name order. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alphabetical order. 56. Which word is a good synonym for the word "disengaged?" A) Attached. B) Engaged. C) Disconnected. D) Entangled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disconnected. 57. True or False:Most Dystopian novels share common themes or elements. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. What main topic does Jackson discuss in "The Lottery" ? A) Traditions/rituals. B) Loyalty. C) Family. D) Equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditions/rituals. 59. '' 'First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There's always been a lottery, ' he added petulantly."What is the best synonym for the word petulantly? A) Rudely. B) Cheerfully. C) Sorrowfully. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rudely. 60. Whose family was first drawn from the draw lots? A) Hutchinson Family. B) Delacroix Family. C) Jones Family. D) Watson Family. 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