This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the characteristics of Dystopian literature? A) Non-fiction (real), historical. B) Fiction (fake/not real), and historical. C) Fiction (fake/not real), oppressive leaders/government. D) Beats me. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiction (fake/not real), oppressive leaders/government. 2. What are some themes explored in the story 'The Lottery'? A) Hope, optimism, and perseverance. B) Love, friendship, and loyalty. C) Luck, fate, and chance. D) Tradition, conformity, and the dark side of human nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tradition, conformity, and the dark side of human nature. 3. What is the author's attitude toward the lottery and the stoning in 'The Lottery'? A) Supportive and approving. B) Neutral and objective. C) Critical and disapproving. D) Humorous and satirical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Critical and disapproving. 4. How long does Georgie have a fever? A) 5 days. B) 7 days. C) 9 days. D) 3 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 days. 5. What do the people believe it does for them? A) A means of raising money. B) Rite of Passage. C) To ensure the community's continued well being. D) Increase the harvest yield. E) Ritual casting of stones at the devil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ensure the community's continued well being. 6. What does it mean for something to 'lapse'? A) To come slowly to an end. B) To continue indefinitely. C) To increase in intensity. D) To change suddenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To come slowly to an end. 7. Which of these statements about Marsha is FALSE? A) She thinks bad things about her husband. B) She knows her husband very well. C) She would enjoy sharing her winnings with her husband. D) She is in a worse position for having played the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She would enjoy sharing her winnings with her husband. 8. An event in which the result is determined by chance A) Paraphernalia. B) Lottery. C) Tradition. D) Ritual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lottery. 9. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery? A) They hate it. B) They are confused by it. C) They look forward to it. D) They do not like the suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They do not like the suspense. 10. To arrive somewhere or attain something A) Perfect. B) Reach. C) Liberty. D) Imaginary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reach. 11. Carried out the minimum of effort or reflection A) Petulantly. B) Interminably. C) Defiant. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perfunctory. 12. Which family does Don and Eva belong to? A) Summer. B) Adam. C) Hutchinson. D) Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hutchinson. 13. What is the definition of official? A) System in which something is selected in a way that is by chance. B) Person who is in charge and makes sure people follow rules. C) Period of time in which a group of people are born and live. D) Relating to a community or people who live there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person who is in charge and makes sure people follow rules. 14. What aspect of the lottery goes unquestioned? A) The fact that Tessie is the subject of the sacrifice, having been the "winner" of the lottery. B) The idea of conformity and blind allegiance to tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The idea of conformity and blind allegiance to tradition. 15. What is the setting of the story, and when does the lottery take place? A) Winter in a small village. B) Summer in a large town. C) Summer in a small village. D) Fall in a suburban area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summer in a small village. 16. A lot of one item; significant in amount; plentiful A) Profusely. B) Boisterous. C) Jovial. D) Petulantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profusely. 17. Why did Mrs. Dunbar have to draw for her family? A) Her husband was dead. B) Her son didn't want to. C) Her son wasn't old enough. D) She wanted to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her son wasn't old enough. 18. Which of the following is NOT an example of foreshadowing in "The Lottery?" A) Children placing stones in their pockets and making piles of stones in the town square. B) Mrs. Hutchinson's late arrival. C) The description of the bright sunny summer afternoon. D) Mrs. Hutchinson frantically protesting Bill's selection of the paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The description of the bright sunny summer afternoon. 19. Delacroix means in French A) "anti cross". B) "of the cross". C) "one with the cross". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "of the cross". 20. Shirley Jackson's writing was met with ..... A) Intrigue. B) Praise. C) Curiosity. D) Criticism. 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