This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 39 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pick the best word for the definition: "given freely; lavishly" . A) Profusely. B) Defiantly. C) Perfunctory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profusely. 2. How is this story a dystopia? A) It is dark. B) It is a cautionary tale. C) It has rules that people follow blindly. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 3. The white slips of paper symbolize this A) Life. B) Purity. C) Peace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 4. The human sacrifice for this Lottery is? A) Mrs. Adams. B) Mrs. Hutchinson. C) Mr. Graves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Hutchinson. 5. What part of the setting was the same for both stories? A) They both took place in a small village. B) They both took place in a town meeting with a lottery. C) Both stories involve rocks. D) They are all farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They both took place in a town meeting with a lottery. 6. How Dose The Auther Feel About The Lottery? A) Loves it more than anything. B) Thinks of it as a scam. C) Doesn't like it. D) Enjoys the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doesn't like it. 7. When Bill draws the black spot, Mrs. Hutchinson is best characterized as ..... A) Satisfied. B) Resentful. C) Psychotic. D) Vengeful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resentful. 8. Careless; reckless; without thinking A) Defiantly. B) Perfunctory. C) Petulant. D) Perfectly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfunctory. 9. The ..... sounds coming from the apartment were getting louder and louder. A) Jovial. B) Petulant. C) Boisterous. D) Shabby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boisterous. 10. What is the black box used for? A) Collecting village taxes. B) Holding the slips of paper for the lottery. C) Storing village records. D) Keeping the village's historical artifacts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holding the slips of paper for the lottery. 11. The quality of being free to act or speak as you choose A) Generation. B) Gravely. C) Liberty. D) Imaginary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liberty. 12. Objects used for a particular purpose or activity A) Perfunctory. B) Paraphernalia. C) Ritual. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraphernalia. 13. Mr. Summers ran the lottery because A) He did not have a wife. B) He did not have any children. C) He was retired. D) He volunteered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He did not have any children. 14. What is the meaning of the word 'petulantly'? A) The action or fact of treating someone unfairly. B) In an angry or sulky way. C) Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection. D) Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In an angry or sulky way. 15. After everyone has selected their piece of paper, which family receives the black mark? A) Hutchinson. B) Warner. C) Adams. D) Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hutchinson. 16. To manage; to direct in action A) Demolished. B) Conducted. C) Enacted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conducted. 17. Why are the villagers against the idea of making a new box for the lottery? A) Because it would cost a lot to make a new one from scratch. B) Because the present box was made with parts from the previous box and no one wants to go against the tradition. C) Because Mr. Summers insists that the village should stop using the box. D) Because Old Man Warner says that it is not good to change the box. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because the present box was made with parts from the previous box and no one wants to go against the tradition. 18. What can be seen on the slip of paper of the winner of the lottery? A) A red X. B) A black spot. C) The word "winner". D) Nothing; the paper is blank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A black spot. 19. When do they have the lottery? A) June. B) December. C) March. D) October. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June. 20. The power to act as one pleases A) Liberty. B) Lottery. C) Civic. D) Lapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberty. ← 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