This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This word, using the root-pher (to carry) describes a set of belongings. A) Lottery. B) Tradition. C) Paraphernalia. D) Lapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paraphernalia. 2. What is the significance of the black box to the story? A) The box holds papers, one which has a black dot, and is used to determine who is sacrificed. B) The box holds the information to what Mr. Summers does at the coal factory. C) The box is nothing really, not an important part of the story at all. D) The box contains all the names of each family and those names are drawn randomly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The box holds papers, one which has a black dot, and is used to determine who is sacrificed. 3. Which option is the correct meaning of 'surveying'? A) Boldly resistant or challenging. B) Unending. C) Viewing. D) Personal belongings, items associated with a specific activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Viewing. 4. How do the villagers treat one another as the lottery begins? A) With an intensity that makes it obvious that they want to win. B) With friendliness. C) With sadness. D) Answer not given. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With friendliness. 5. After school was done, the children had ..... to do whatever they wanted A) Liberty. B) Hesitation. C) They hesitate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberty. 6. Who said 'People ain't the way they used to be'? A) Old Man Warner. B) Steve Adams. C) Mrs. Graves. D) Mrs. Delacroix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old Man Warner. 7. What is on the marked piece of paper? A) An X. B) A black spot. C) Nothing. D) The family name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A black spot. 8. Which of the following is a recent change made to the village's lottery ritual? A) The village children can no longer participate. B) They gather leaves instead of stones. C) It occurs during the middle of winter season. D) They use paper slips instead of wood chips. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They use paper slips instead of wood chips. 9. The following quote represents which literary device?"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day, " (Jackson 1). A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Setting. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 10. When told he would not get what he wanted for supper, he stomped his foot ..... A) Perfunctory. B) Petulantly. C) Paraphernalia. D) Profusely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petulantly. 11. Emotionally detached A) Disengaged. B) Jovial. C) Petulantly. D) Paraphenalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disengaged. 12. What is the mood at the end of "The Lottery?" A) Carefree. B) Playful. C) Happy. D) Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tense. 13. What is the meaning of the word Paraphernalia? A) Inherited pattern of thought or action. B) Done in a hurry and as a matter of routine. C) Objects used for a particular purpose or activity. D) Run out, to end. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Objects used for a particular purpose or activity. 14. Who is Old Man Warner and what does he stand for in the grand scheme of things? A) He's the beacon of overcoming tough times. B) He's all about giving props to the elderly. C) He's the poster boy for embracing change as time goes by. D) He's the embodiment of tradition, fearing change and sticking to old ways without question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He's the embodiment of tradition, fearing change and sticking to old ways without question. 15. A life lesson for the story is A) Life isn't fair. B) People often go along with what everybody else does without thinking about what they're actually doing. C) You can never tell what will happen in life. D) Don't take the good things in life for granted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't take the good things in life for granted. 16. What does the word bewildered mean in the following line from the text: "The possibility of winning bewildered them; they could not have said, could not have dreamed, what they both needed that $ 75, 000 for ..... " A) Expected. B) Excited. C) Confused or puzzled. D) Tantalized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confused or puzzled. 17. A long established and inherited custom or practice A) Paraphernalia. B) Lottery. C) Tradition. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tradition. 18. What does the term 'reluctantly' mean? A) Unwillingly. B) Unending. C) To free from attachment. D) Gathered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unwillingly. 19. What kind of stories are told during the big event facilitated by the gift from the Judge? A) True stories. B) Happy stories. C) Future stories. D) Scary stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scary stories. 20. The black box being used to represent tradition is an example of what literary device? A) Symbolism. B) Irony. C) Theme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. ← 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