This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 26 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We have the same family ..... every year at Christmas. A) Lapse. B) Lottery. C) Perfunctory. D) Traditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traditions. 2. When the student asked to go to the bathroom, the teacher answered with a ..... nod. A) Perfunctory. B) Profusely. C) Paraphernalia. D) Petulantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfunctory. 3. What is the author's purpose in writing 'The Lottery'? A) To entertain readers with a shocking twist. B) To criticize the dangers of blind conformity. C) To promote the tradition of the lottery. D) To explore the psychology of violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To criticize the dangers of blind conformity. 4. How do the villagers know who the winner is? A) The person raises their hand. B) They get a black box. C) An x is written on their paper. D) Their paper has a black spot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their paper has a black spot. 5. How does the town respond to Mrs. Hutchinson's lateness?suspiciouslyrudelyangrilypleasantly A) Suspicious. B) Rudely. C) Angrily. D) Pleasantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleasantly. 6. "Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times" (paragraph 3). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 7. What is the significance of the faded house dresses and sweaters worn by the women in 'The Lottery'? A) They symbolize the villagers' poverty. B) They represent the passage of time. C) They foreshadow the violence to come. D) They show the villagers' disregard for appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They represent the passage of time. 8. Which family member was responsible fordrawing a slip of paper from the box? A) The oldest son. B) The wife. C) The husband. D) Family's choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The husband. 9. What have the villages in the north done? A) Given up the lottery. B) Taken their old black box. C) Answer not given. D) Starved because of a terrible harvest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Given up the lottery. 10. Where did the people of the village gather for the lottery? A) In the school playground. B) At the bank. C) In the town square. D) At the post office. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the town square. 11. Another word meaning in an abundant manner, excessively A) Jovial. B) Liberty. C) Profusely. D) Daintily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Profusely. 12. Which conclusion is best supported by the text? A) Money gives people the potential to do great and noble things. B) Just the thought of money can bring out the worst in people. C) Nothing brings a couple closer together like planning a vacation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Just the thought of money can bring out the worst in people. 13. A pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess. A) Symbolism. B) Allegory. C) Hypocrisy. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypocrisy. 14. The Hunger Games is an example of what kind of society? A) Dystopian. B) Democratic. C) Dictatorial. D) Utopian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dystopian. 15. Paragraph two is mainly about ..... A) The children being out of school for the summer. B) The role of the children in the lottery. C) Children playing. D) Bobby and Harry Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The role of the children in the lottery. 16. The Lottery's setting could be described as: A) A cold and windy winter day. B) A clear and sunny summer morning. C) A brisk fall morning. D) A foggy and gloomy spring morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A clear and sunny summer morning. 17. Based on the following passage, what is the best synonym replacement for "surveying" ? Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. A) Spying. B) Yelling. C) Calling. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watching. 18. "They grinned at one another humorlessly and nervously" (paragraph 20). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 19. The lottery in this story takes place on A) Halloween. B) June 27th. C) April 15th. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) June 27th. 20. In what order do the people go up to the box to select their piece of paper? A) The draw straws to see who goes first. B) The richest people go first. C) Alphabetical order. D) There is no order. 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