This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lottery in June ..... be heavy soon A) Peppers. B) Potties. C) Water. D) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corn. 2. What does it mean to 'disengage'? A) To engage in a conflict. B) To release from engagement. C) To become more engaged. D) To engage in a conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To release from engagement. 3. To come before something else A) Ritual. B) Precede. C) Perfect. D) Select. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precede. 4. The word "gravely" means A) Divided by something. B) To do something regularly and in a particular way. C) Behaving a somber or dignified way. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behaving a somber or dignified way. 5. "The crowd was quiet. 'I hope it's not Nancy, ' and the sound of the whisper reached the edges of the crowd" (paragraph 68). A) Not Foreshadowing. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 6. Showing sudden, impatient irritation A) Petulantly. B) Tranquilly. C) Emphatically. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petulantly. 7. The quote reads: "[The children] tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play, and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands.What does the word "reprimands" most likely suggest/mean? A) Scoldings tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4. B) Criticisms. C) Warnings. D) Praises. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoldings tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4. 8. Which of these characters has a broken leg? A) Mr. Baxter. B) Mr. Watson. C) Mr. Dunbar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Dunbar. 9. What information is revealed in the exposition (beginning) of the story? A) It is June 27th. B) The villagers gather together for the lottery. C) It is a warm and sunny day. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. The lottery winner receives a cash prize. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Andy and Simon won ..... A) The jackpot. B) $ 2, 000, 000. C) $ 200, 000. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The jackpot. 12. Careful students give their homework more than a ..... review before giving it to the teacher. A) Perfunctory. B) Defiantly. C) Paraphernalia. D) Ritual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfunctory. 13. This word means "endless or nonstop" A) Raid. B) Survey. C) Murmur. D) Interminable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interminable. 14. Another word for being noisy, energetic, and cheerful, rowdy A) Perfunctory. B) Liberty. C) Boisterous. D) Lapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boisterous. 15. What happened to Tessie Hutchinson at the end of the story? A) She was stoned to death. B) She escaped the village. C) She fainted from shock. D) She won a prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was stoned to death. 16. The climax of the story is when it is revealed that ..... has the slip with the black dot. A) Tessie. B) Mark. C) Summers. D) Bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tessie. 17. Why did the people of the town accept the removal of the wood chips, chant, and salute? A) The other towns got rid of them. B) They wanted to get rid of the lottery. C) They didn't like it. D) It made the process more efficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It made the process more efficient. 18. What is ironic about the setting in the story? A) This happens to take place in summer, which is typically a time of joy and happiness. B) School just let out for the summer. C) Everyone was able to attend the lottery. D) There just happened to be stones lying around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This happens to take place in summer, which is typically a time of joy and happiness. 19. What is the meaning of the word 'profusely'? A) Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection. B) Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity. C) To a great degree; in large amounts. D) In an angry or sulky way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To a great degree; in large amounts. 20. How does the mood change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story? A) It goes from bright to happy. B) It goes from scared to horrified. C) It goes from light-hearted to dreadful. D) It goes from dreadful to light-hearted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It goes from light-hearted to dreadful. 21. After the lottery begins, the townspeople become ..... A) More energetic. B) More nervous. C) More relaxed. D) More excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More nervous. 22. What is Mrs. Harper's name? A) Martha. B) Melissa. C) Mary. D) Molly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molly. 23. What is the consequence of "winning" the lottery for the story The Lottery? A) They have to clean up the town's trash. B) They are a sacrifice and get stoned to death. C) They get to go on a vacation. D) Who knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are a sacrifice and get stoned to death. 24. If a newspaper reports about a city or a region, it is called a ..... A) Local newspaper. B) Scrap of paper. C) As usual. D) So far. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local newspaper. 25. To release from attachment or connection; loosen; to free onself A) Suppressed. B) Disengaged. C) Criticized. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disengaged. 26. Pick the best word for the definition: "a matter of routine" . A) Jovial. B) Defiantly. C) Perfunctory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perfunctory. 27. Why does Mrs. Hutchinson get upset and tell Tessie to, "shut up" ? 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. 28. Watch this video clip until 9:22. What can you infer by what Old Man Warner is saying in this clip? A) The lottery has made Old Man Warner bitter and grumpy. B) The lottery determines what crops should be planted. C) The lottery helps ensure a good harvest. D) The lottery tells farmers what crops to plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lottery helps ensure a good harvest. 29. Directions:Please match the following definition with the correct term belownoisy and rowdy A) Daintily. B) Duly. C) Interminably. D) Jovial. E) Boisterous. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Boisterous. 30. What is the setting of the Lottery? A) December 25th at the North Pole. B) February 14th in a big city. C) At Tessie's house. D) June 27th at the village square. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) June 27th at the village square. 31. The tone of "The Lottery" is at the beginning is: A) Apprehensive. B) Stubborn. C) Tranquil. D) Disturbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tranquil. 32. School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them ..... " This is an example of what kind of figurative language: A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 33. Get away from a place or person you don't like A) Hide. B) Escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Escape. 34. How does Mrs. Hutchinson react when she realizes she forgot about the lottery? A) She panics and runs away. B) She laughs it off. C) She blames her husband. D) She demands to reschedule the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She laughs it off. 35. The beginning of the story; introduces the characters, conflict, and setting. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 36. The imagery in the beginning of the story is to make the reader feel ..... A) Suspicious about the meaning of the lottery. B) That the lottery is a pleasant tradition. C) That the lottery is very important. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That the lottery is a pleasant tradition. 37. An established or prescribed procedure A) Ritual. B) Annex. C) Mania. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ritual. 38. Why was Tessie late to the lottery? A) She had a cake in the oven. B) She forgot what day it was. C) Her clock stopped. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She forgot what day it was. 39. I was sweating ..... after all that running! A) Daintily. B) Interminably. C) Profusely. D) Regretfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Profusely. 40. What did Mr. Summers suggest every year after the lottery? A) To make a new box. B) To change the date of the lottery. C) To cancel the lottery. D) To have a bigger gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make a new box. 41. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day ..... "The preceding passage is in what part of the story? A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Rising Action. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 42. Which of the following words matches the definition?"In an easily irritated or annoyed manner" A) Profusely. B) Petulantly. C) Paraphernalia. D) Jovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petulantly. 43. What did Mrs. Hutchinson forget on the day of the lottery? A) Her husband. B) The date of the lottery. C) Her children. D) Her sweater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The date of the lottery. 44. Where does the story 'The Lottery' take place? A) In a small village. B) In a bustling metropolis. C) In a remote island. D) In a big city. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a small village. 45. How does the government control the people in both stories? A) By controlling their food supplies and jobs. B) By keeping families apart. C) Through a set schedule that is strictly enforced. D) Through fear of their name being drawn (fear of death). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through fear of their name being drawn (fear of death). 46. How does the story end for Tessie Hutchinson? A) She escapes the village. B) She is pardoned by Mr. Summers. C) She becomes the new lottery conductor. D) She is stoned by the villagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She is stoned by the villagers. 47. She copied it ..... , making thousands of drawings of the pattern to create the final panting on canvas. A) Interminably. B) Reluctantly. C) Hastily. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interminably. 48. "Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. "It isn't fair, " she said ..... "it isn't right, " Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her. This passage supports the story's: A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbolism. C) Situational Irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 49. Who was exempt from the lottery? A) Women. B) No one was exempt. C) Little children. D) Elderly people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No one was exempt. 50. Read the sentence from "The Lottery" . "Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones." Based on these sentence above, the reader can infer that the town will ..... A) Will be like other towns and give up the Lottery. B) Continue the tradition of The Lottery. C) Will pick a new woman every year. D) Will not choose kids to participate in The Lottety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continue the tradition of The Lottery. 51. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day? A) They play an exhibition football game before the lottery. B) They collect stones and bring them to the town square. C) They form an honor guard for the lottery box. D) They keep the younger children off of the grass. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They collect stones and bring them to the town square. 52. She apologized for the lapse in judgment. What does the word 'lapse' mean? A) Objects or equipment used for a specific activity. B) Loud, noisy, and full of energy. C) However. D) To make a mistake or forget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make a mistake or forget. 53. True or false:Little Davy Hutchinson was not given pebbles to throw at his mom. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. Noisy, energetic, or wild A) Boisterous. B) Civic. C) Jovial. D) Raids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boisterous. 55. What is the definition of ritual? A) The quality of being free to act or speak as you choose. B) System in which something is selected in a way that is by chance. C) Custom that is always done in the same way. D) Relating to a community or people who live there. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Custom that is always done in the same way. 56. Who helps little Davy with his slip of paper? A) Bill Hutchinson. B) Mr. Graves. C) Mr. Summers. D) Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Graves. 57. Andy wanted to know if the ticket was the winning ticket. He watched the ..... A) Drawing. B) Publicity. C) Split. D) Really. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drawing. 58. Synonym of skepticism A) Hopeful. B) Doubt. C) Confident. D) Certainty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doubt. 59. Reprimand:they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play, and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands. A) An act or expression of criticism and censure. B) In an easily irritated or annoyed manner. C) An event in which the outcome is determined by chance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An act or expression of criticism and censure. 60. What is symbolized by the black dot on the slip of paper? A) Mankind. B) Tradition. C) Suffering. D) Faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffering. ← 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