This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is or who are the protagonist(s) in the story? A) Mr. Summers. B) Old Man Warner. C) Tessie Hutchinson. D) The townspeople. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tessie Hutchinson. 2. Mob mentality is a phenomenon in which people follow the actions and behaviors of their peers when in large groups. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. When Mr. Summers brings the black box, how do the people react? A) Melancholy. B) Joyful. C) Apathetic. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous. 4. Boisterous means ..... A) Disorderly and noisy. B) Merry or joyous humor. C) Being in a far away place. D) Pertaining to a city or town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disorderly and noisy. 5. Who is the official of the lottery? A) Mr. Summers. B) Bill Hutchinson. C) Old Man Warner. D) David Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Summers. 6. Why did Tessie Hutchinson claim the draw wasn't fair? A) She claimed Bill hadn't had enough time to draw properly. B) She claimed Bill was distracted. C) She claimed they went out of turn. D) She claimed Bill had taken too long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She claimed Bill hadn't had enough time to draw properly. 7. A person who is in charge and makes sure people follow rules A) Gravely. B) Reach. C) Official. D) Necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Official. 8. This person draws the slips of paper for each family A) The oldest member. B) Either parent. C) Head of Household. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Head of Household. 9. Which character is respected enough in the town to run the lottery? A) Davy Crockett. B) Bill Hutchinson. C) Tessie. D) Mr. Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Summers. 10. What color is the box? A) White. B) Black. C) Bronze. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black. 11. In what time period is the story set? A) Pre-Revolutionary War. B) Ancient times. C) Modern day (the date of publication). D) The 1850s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modern day (the date of publication). 12. What did Tessie Hutchinson first shout to Mr. Summers? A) Stop the lottery. B) You're a cheater. C) You didn't give him time enough to choose. D) It wasn't fair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You didn't give him time enough to choose. 13. Which is an example of situational irony? A) The fact that winning the lottery is a terrible thing. B) The children participating in the lottery. C) The fact that the lottery is a village tradition. D) The children picking up stones at the start of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fact that winning the lottery is a terrible thing. 14. Who is the father of three children and husband of Tessie Hutchinson? A) Mr. Summers. B) Old Man Warner. C) Bill Hutchinson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bill Hutchinson. 15. In "The Lottery, " the story takes place in which season? A) Spring. B) Summer. C) Fall. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer. 16. How did people feel about the lottery? A) Excited. B) Worried. C) Angry. D) Overjoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worried. 17. 'The Lottery' was published in ..... A) 1989. B) 1960. C) 1967. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1948. 18. What is the effect of the description of the black box as splintered and faded in 'The Lottery'? A) It represents the villagers' indifference. B) It foreshadows the violence to come. C) It symbolizes the decay of tradition. D) It adds a sense of mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It symbolizes the decay of tradition. 19. Why does she say that the lottery is unfair? Do you think she would have said this if someone else "won?" A) Tessie thinks the lottery is unfair because she won. If someone else won, she would not have complained at all. B) Tessie thinks the lottery is unfair because she lost. C) Tessie thinks the lottery is unfair because her paper was blank. D) Tessie thinks the lottery is unfair because she didn't get to pick a grave stone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tessie thinks the lottery is unfair because she won. If someone else won, she would not have complained at all. 20. Why was Tessie late to arrive at the gathering on the day of the lottery? A) She forgot her son and had to pick him up. B) She started to leave town to protest the lottery. C) She forgot what day it was. D) She ran away, but was caught and returned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She forgot what day it was. 21. Who was in charge of the black box? A) Baxter. B) Mr. Summers. C) Tessie. D) Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Summers. 22. The black box symbolizes all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) Winning a prize. B) Death. C) Entombment. D) Evil sins hidden away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winning a prize. 23. What is the overall type of conflict in "The Lottery" ? A) Characters vs self. B) Character vs society. C) Character vs character. D) Character vs fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character vs society. 24. How are the villagers feeling? A) Impatient-ready to get on with their day. B) Sad. C) Horrified. D) Jovial or happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impatient-ready to get on with their day. 25. When Mr. Summers suggests making a new box for the lottery, the villagers are against it because A) Wood is scarce. B) Mr. Summers does not make nice boxes. C) It will upset tradition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It will upset tradition. 26. What word is defined as:a slight error; a temporary deviation or fall; interruption; discontinuance A) Boisterous. B) Perfunctory. C) Lapse. D) Interminable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lapse. 27. For what reason did the author choose to include the line "And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles" ? A) It emphasizes that children no longer understand the violence of the lottery. B) It shows that Davy does not like his mother and wishes to hurt her. C) It reveals that no one expects Davy to seriously injure his mother. D) It stresses that everyone participates in the lottery, even Mrs. Hutchinson's son. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It stresses that everyone participates in the lottery, even Mrs. Hutchinson's son. 28. What is the first thing the person would do if they won the lottery? A) Save the money in the bank. B) Buy a new car. C) Buy a new motorcycle. D) Buy a big house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buy a big house. 29. The mood at the beginning of the story could be described as ..... A) Suspenseful. B) Anxious. C) Peaceful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peaceful. 30. When Old Man Warner hears about other villages discontinuing the lottery he feels ..... A) Angry that people are trying to change tradition. B) Relieved that it will be over. C) Indifferent to the situation. D) Happy that no one will be hurt again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angry that people are trying to change tradition. 31. What is a theme of "The Lottery" ? A) Features of dystopia. B) Boys select stones. C) Villagers. D) Lottery begins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Features of dystopia. 32. Faded and dingy from wear/exposure A) Dingy. B) Strongholds. C) Shabby. D) Old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shabby. 33. Performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial A) Analytical. B) Perfunctory. C) Boorish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfunctory. 34. When was the Lottery? A) First day of summer. B) June 27. C) First day of spring. D) June 1st. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) June 27. 35. Who is the protagonist of the story 'The Lottery'? A) Old Man Warner. B) Bill Hutchinson. C) Tessie Hutchinson. D) Mr. Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tessie Hutchinson. 36. What is the main theme of the story? A) It's dangerous to blindly follow traditions. B) It's easy to ignore something if it is not happening to them. C) It is necessary to preserve the past, even if the traditions are outdated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's dangerous to blindly follow traditions. 37. When do you understand why the boys were picking up rocks in the beginning? A) Only at the very end of the story. B) When the old man Warner explains it. C) When the adult enter the square. D) Once the lottery has started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only at the very end of the story. 38. What happens to Mrs. Hutchinson at the end of the story? A) She is stoned to death. B) She wins the jackpot. C) The townspeople punish her for cheating in the lottery. D) She and her family are banish from the town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is stoned to death. 39. Read the fifth paragraph on page 120 beginning with "Soon the men ..... " and answer the question below.The setting for "The Lottery" is A) In an urban area in the 1700s. B) In ancient times. C) In a rural area in the middle ages. D) In a rural area in the mid-1900s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a rural area in the mid-1900s. 40. "In the morning, the children were gathering stones into a pile." What is the literary device used? A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Oxymoron. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 41. What theme does the story explore through the setting and events? A) The significance of family traditions. B) The joy of village life. C) The juxtaposition of peace and violence. D) The importance of community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The juxtaposition of peace and violence. 42. Which is NOT part of Ivan's fantasy? A) He hunts mushrooms and watches people fish. B) He reads magazines and falls asleep on the couch. C) His children play in the garden and dig in the sand. D) He dances with his wife under the moonlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He dances with his wife under the moonlight. 43. What does the black box symbolize? A) Family. B) Death. C) Darkness. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death. 44. What is the date of the lottery? A) July 4th. B) February 27th. C) June 27th. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) June 27th. 45. At the end of the story, Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, ..... ? A) "This doesn't make any sense!". B) "It isn't fair! It isn't right!". C) "What about my children?". D) "Yippe ki yay, other buckets!". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "It isn't fair! It isn't right!". 46. Which of the following best describes Warner's feelings about the lottery? A) He despises it and thinks it needs to change. B) He holds it in high regards and believes it needs to be preserved. C) He has no strong feelings on it either way. D) He loves it and wants more lotteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He holds it in high regards and believes it needs to be preserved. 47. How is the "winner" of the lottery selected? A) Each person puts half a ticket into the box. The tickets are then drawn by Mr. Summers. B) The person who draws the paper with the bluebird of happiness on it is the winner. C) Each person writes his/her name on a piece of paper and drops it into the box. D) He/she draws a piece of paper with a black spot on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He/she draws a piece of paper with a black spot on it. 48. In a manner that shows open resistance or bold disobedience A) Boisterous. B) Defiantly. C) Droll. D) Ritual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defiantly. 49. What is the consequence of drawing the marked slip in the lottery? A) Exemption from future lotteries. B) Public stoning. C) A leadership position in the community. D) A prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public stoning. 50. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony? A) Crowding forward to try to be first to draw. B) Coming together in family groups. . C) Making a huge circle in the town square. D) In double file lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coming together in family groups. . 51. A word or phrase that is repeated in a rhythmic way usually loudly and by a group of people A) Paraphernalia. B) Jovial. C) Chant. D) Shabbier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chant. 52. Relating to a community or the people who live there A) Civic. B) Gravely. C) Imaginary. D) Apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civic. 53. What is Jackson's TONE in "The Lottery" ? A) Scared. B) Neutral; matter-of-fact. C) Optimistic and positive. D) Appalled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutral; matter-of-fact. 54. What similarity in text structure emphasizes the meaning in both "The Lottery" and the poem "Escape" ? (RL.2.5) A) Both passages use parallel structure to end the story. B) Both passages use repetition to convey the main character's perspective. C) Both passages use internal conflict to develop the theme. D) Both passages use dialogue to foreshadow the ending of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both passages use repetition to convey the main character's perspective. 55. What could be a possible theme for "The Lottery?" A) Mrs. Hutchinson arrives late to the lottery. B) Always work hard to achieve your goals. C) The villagers gather in the square. D) Tradition can cause people to do terrible things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tradition can cause people to do terrible things. 56. Which of the following words matches the definition?"Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough" A) Petulantly. B) Perfunctory. C) Jovial. D) Soberly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfunctory. 57. What are the children gathering in the beginning of the story? A) Stones. B) Toys. C) Sticks. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stones. 58. Which of the following words matches the definition? "All the time; seemingly without stopping" A) Interminably. B) Ritual. C) Reprimand. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interminably. 59. What does the black box symbolize in the story? A) Tradition and Ritual. B) The Town's history. C) Wealth and Properity. D) Government authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tradition and Ritual. 60. What can be seen on the slip of the paper of the winner of the lottery? A) A red dot. B) Nothing because they do not receive one. C) A black spot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A black spot. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Lottery Quiz 1The Lottery Quiz 2The Lottery Quiz 4The Lottery Quiz 5The Lottery Quiz 6The Lottery Quiz 7The Lottery Quiz 8The Lottery Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books