This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 55 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does the community justify the lottery tradition? A) It brings good luck to the village. B) It ensures a bountiful harvest. C) It maintains order and tradition. D) It is a form of entertainment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It maintains order and tradition. 2. A formal or public delivery of something memorized A) Fabrication. B) Stipulation. C) Recital. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recital. 3. How are the names called when people draw for the lottery? A) Reverse order. B) Numerical order. C) Alphabetical order. D) First name order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alphabetical order. 4. Which word is a good synonym for the word "disengaged?" A) Engaged. B) Entangled. C) Disconnected. D) Attached. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disconnected. 5. True or False:Most Dystopian novels share common themes or elements. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Defiantly A) Peaceful. B) Rowdy. C) Delicately. D) Boldly resistant or challenging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boldly resistant or challenging. 7. What main topic does Jackson discuss in "The Lottery" ? A) Traditions/rituals. B) Family. C) Loyalty. D) Equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditions/rituals. 8. '' 'First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There's always been a lottery, ' he added petulantly."What is the best synonym for the word petulantly? A) Rudely. B) Cheerfully. C) Sorrowfully. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rudely. 9. Whose family was first drawn from the draw lots? A) Delacroix Family. B) Jones Family. C) Watson Family. D) Hutchinson Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hutchinson Family. 10. Characterized by a joyous humor or spirit of good-fellowship A) Jovial. B) Anxious. C) Capricious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jovial. 11. Who arrives late at the lottery? A) Mr. Summers. B) Tessie Hutchinson. C) Mr. Graves. D) Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tessie Hutchinson. 12. The morning of June 27th was overcast and cool. (a) A) To False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To False. 13. Who conducts the lottery? A) Mr. Hutchinson. B) Mr. Summers. C) Mrs. Hutchinson. D) Baxter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Summers. 14. "All right folks, let's finish quickly." Name the speaker: A) Mr. Summers. B) Mrs. Delacroix. C) Old Man Warner. D) Tessie Hutchinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Summers. 15. What other activities does Mr. Summers run? A) Mr.Summers Doesn't do anything. B) Mr. Summers runs recreational Dances, teen nights, and may civic activities. C) Mr. Summers Arranges small picnics. D) Mr. Summers bakes for the Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Summers runs recreational Dances, teen nights, and may civic activities. 16. Why is there a lottery? A) They all pool their money and the winner gets his seeds paid for in the upcoming year. B) Answer not given. C) Simply because it's fun. D) Because it was a promise made to Mr. Warner's wife before she passed away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Answer not given. 17. The rituals of the lottery ..... A) Have become more casual over time. B) Are the same as they have been for generations. C) Have become stricter and more serious over time. D) Have been entirely forgotten by the town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have become more casual over time. 18. "The original paraphernalia for the lotter had been lost long ago ..... " What is the word PARAPHERNALIA referring to? A) The clothing worn on the day of the lottery. B) The chant that used to be sung during the lottery. C) The equipment needed for the lottery. D) The papers that were stored in the original box. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The equipment needed for the lottery. 19. Many objects in the lottery have symbolic value. What is one symbolic meaning of the black spot on the slips of paper? A) Love. B) Death. C) Community. D) Trust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death. 20. Match character to description:The person who is late to the lottery A) Mr. Summers. B) Bill. C) Mr. Warner. D) Tessie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tessie. ← 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