This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 22 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who opposes giving up the lottery? A) Mr. Summers. B) Old Man Warner. C) Mr. Graves. D) Mr. Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old Man Warner. 2. What is the tone of the short story "The Lottery, " as it begans? A) Dry like a newspaper article. B) An average day with overcast sky. C) Dreary and ominous. D) Cheerful, bright and colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cheerful, bright and colorful. 3. What does the black spot on the slip of paper symbolize in 'The Lottery'? A) Death. B) Misfortune. C) Guilt. D) Fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death. 4. The winner ..... A) Gets a large sum of money. B) Is killed. C) Is awarded a new house. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is killed. 5. Hesitation A) Uninterested. B) Pausing before saying/doing. C) Doing something with ease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pausing before saying/doing. 6. "'I'm drawing for my mother and me.' He blinked and his eyes nervously and ducked his head ..... " (paragraph 16). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 7. What order are people called up to draw a paper in? A) Whoever has lived in the town the longest. B) Alphabetical by their last name. C) The families with the most children go first. D) There is no order; people just wait in line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alphabetical by their last name. 8. Tradition A) Done in a hurry and as a matter of routine. B) A ceremony or set of acts always performed in the same way. C) The handing down of knowledge, beliefs, customs, or the like from one generation to another. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The handing down of knowledge, beliefs, customs, or the like from one generation to another. 9. What is the meaning of the word 'lapse'? A) The action or fact of treating someone unfairly. B) Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection. C) Become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire. D) In an angry or sulky way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire. 10. "Mr. Graves opened the slip of paper and there was a general sigh through the crowd as he held it up and everyone could see that it was blank" (paragraph 68). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 11. The title of the story is an example of A) Irony. B) Setting. C) Mood. D) POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 12. What is the meaning of the word 'jovial'? A) Jolly, joyful. B) Perfunctory. C) Disengaged. D) Petulantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jolly, joyful. 13. As the lottery begins, the author says, "Most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around." This suggests that the atmosphere is ..... A) Polite and friendly. B) Calm and relaxed. C) Tense and nervous. D) Angry and hostile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tense and nervous. 14. Sophia, Laney, and Zoe are playing a game of soccer. If one of them commits a foul, they have to face a certain consequence. What is another word for this consequence? A) Fine. B) Penalty. C) Reprimand. D) Praise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reprimand. 15. Which of the following words matches the definition?"In a serious or subdued manner" A) Soberly. B) Boisterous. C) Jovial. D) Reprimand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soberly. 16. It can take some of the larger villages up to two days to complete the lottery. (a) A) A True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A True. 17. Pick the best word for the definition: "equipment used for a particular purpose or activity" . A) Paraphernalia. B) Ritual. C) Disengaged. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraphernalia. 18. What does the word 'reprimand' mean? A) Praise. B) Approval. C) Le samurai family. D) Encouragement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Le samurai family. 19. The equipment needed for a particular activity A) Raids. B) Civic. C) Perfunctory. D) Paraphernalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paraphernalia. 20. What is the reaction of the villagers when Tessie Hutchinson is chosen? A) Shock and protest. B) Celebration and joy. C) Indifference. D) Sorrow and sympathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indifference. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesThe Lottery Quiz 1The Lottery Quiz 2The Lottery Quiz 3The 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