This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 53 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 53 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To put something on a place where is hard to find A) Escape. B) Hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hide. 2. To stop doing something A) Quit. B) Precisely. C) Apart. D) Select. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quit. 3. What type of story is The Lottery? A) A comedy. B) A satire. C) A history. D) A drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A satire. 4. What is true about the lottery? A) It takes place annually, in late June. B) Most people want to change the black box used for the drawing. C) The children are the least willing to participate. D) Most of the townspeople want to end the tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It takes place annually, in late June. 5. What is Jackson's main theme in this short story? A) The foolishness of blindly following tradition. B) The value of human life. C) The need for tradition in small towns. D) The need for change in a community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The foolishness of blindly following tradition. 6. Sophia, Asma, and Zoe are at a high tea event at the Ritz. Who among them is sipping their tea in a way that shows delicate manners? A) Sophia, sipping her tea daintily. B) Asma, sipping her tea politely. C) Zoe, sipping her tea aggressively. D) None of them, they are all sipping their tea rudely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sophia, sipping her tea daintily. 7. What is the overall mood of atomphers of "The Lottery" A) Euphoric (joyful). B) Satirical (contradicting). C) Romantic (affectionate). D) Melancholic (depresesed). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melancholic (depresesed). 8. Who is the official leader of the lottery in the village? A) Tessie Hutchinson. B) Nancy Hutchinson. C) Mr. Summers. D) Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Summers. 9. You see someone drop their wallet. Which of these options would be the UNETHICAL decision? A) Giving the wallet back. B) Putting the wallet in your pocket and walking away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Putting the wallet in your pocket and walking away. 10. According to the villager's saying about the lottery, what can be expected after each lottery? A) Heavy corn. B) Heavy rain. C) Earthquakes. D) Fruit harvest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heavy corn. 11. In his camouflage, Joe was ..... to the unlucky deer. A) Imperceptible. B) Confidential. C) Fervent. D) Oblige. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperceptible. 12. Due to the fact that there was an age limit, children couldn't participate in the tradition. A) True. B) False. C) Doesn't say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Irony can best be defined as: A) An object, place, name, character, or event that represents something else. B) An outcome that is very different from what is expected. C) The message the author wants to convey to readers. D) A long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An outcome that is very different from what is expected. 14. What type of irony did we focus on in "The Lottery" and how did it present itself? A) Ironic:It caused amusement and horror. B) Situational:What happened was the opposite of what was expected to happen. C) Verbal:Tessie said it wasn't fair when it actually was. D) Dramatic:The audience knew what would happen so it added to the drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational:What happened was the opposite of what was expected to happen. 15. What is an adjective? A) Person, place, thing, idea. B) Describing word that describes a VERB. C) Describing word that describes a NOUN. D) Action word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describing word that describes a NOUN. 16. Represents a person or group singled out for no reason. A) Boys gathering stones. B) Black box. C) Black dot. D) Tessie Hutchinson. E) Mr. Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tessie Hutchinson. 17. How long does it take to complete the lottery? A) 2 days. B) 2 minutes. C) 2 hours. D) 20 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 hours. 18. What does profusely mean? What does it mean to do something profusely? A) To a great degree/a lot. B) To do a small degree/with small effort. C) Angrily/with resentment. D) Joyful/with joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To a great degree/a lot. 19. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin? A) Standing together and talking politics. B) Standing together and talking about women. C) Standing in a group but not talking. D) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain. 20. Feeling or showing doubt about doing something:not willing or eager to do something A) Reluctantly. B) Boisterous. C) Conducted. D) Profusely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reluctantly. ← 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