This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 57 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read this information about the word regretfully. "I guess not, Joe, " Bill Hutchinson said regretfully. "My daughter draws with her husband's family, that's only fair." This information helps the reader understand that the word regretfully means- A) Cheerfully. B) Bitterly. C) Calmly. D) Favorably. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitterly. 2. What sentence properly uses the word ''assembled" , ''craned" , ''grinned" A) We assembled at the church and I saw Tom, who stretched craned his neck to see me. He grinned and I smiled back. B) We assembled a dinosaur toy. A grin craned and smiled back. C) My neck grinned and my face craned. D) I assembled some various supplies, a crane appeared on my mouth as I grinned my neck forward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We assembled at the church and I saw Tom, who stretched craned his neck to see me. He grinned and I smiled back. 3. Sarah couldn't concentrate on her math test, because she had already ..... from class and was thinking about her soccer tournament the next day. A) Perfunctory. B) Civic. C) Interminably. D) Disengaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disengaged. 4. What is one example of foreshadowing that the author used to suggest the possibility of evil in The Lottery? A) Clear and sunny weather. B) Children assembling. C) Gathering of stones. D) Women exchanging gossip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gathering of stones. 5. As part of the RITUAL, the members of the group would cover their heads and enter the room silently. A) Doing something for the first time. B) A random occurrence that happens without planning. C) Something done in accordance with social customs or traditions. D) A punishment for not completing a task you were supposed to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something done in accordance with social customs or traditions. 6. "There had been, also, a ritual salute, which the official of the lottery had had to use in addressing each person who came up to draw from the box, but this also had changed with time, until now it was felt necessary only for the official to speak to each person approaching" (paragraph 7). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not Foreshadowing. 7. Who was the winner of the lottery? A) Tessie Hutchinson. B) Bill Hutchinson. C) Nancy Hutchinson. D) Little Dave Hutchinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tessie Hutchinson. 8. What is the main THEME of "The Lottery" ? A) The importance of community rituals. B) Blind Conformity to tradition. C) The inevitability of fate. D) The cruelty of human nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blind Conformity to tradition. 9. To do something regularly and in a particular way A) Dystopia. B) Select. C) Quit. D) Tend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tend. 10. BONUS!!!!! What is "mob mentality" A) A phenomenon in which people follow the actions and behaviors of their peers when in large groups. B) A group of people. C) A mindset where one is always aggressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A phenomenon in which people follow the actions and behaviors of their peers when in large groups. 11. What did Old Man Warner have a problem with? A) The lottery itself. B) How long the lottery took. C) Having to draw last. D) People wanting to get rid of the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People wanting to get rid of the lottery. 12. What is the irony of the story? A) Readers expect Mr. Summers to win. B) People tend to associate the black box to death but, no body died. C) People tend to associate winning the lottery with winning lots of money. D) I honestly don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People tend to associate winning the lottery with winning lots of money. 13. Who was the elder who had his seventy-seventh time participating in the lottery? A) Old Man Dave. B) Old Man Dunbar. C) Old Man Bill. D) Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old Man Warner. 14. What does Tessie Hutchinson claim is not fair? A) The size of the slips. B) The drawing order. C) The selection of the lottery leader. D) The time given to choose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The time given to choose. 15. Why does Mrs. Hutchinson say that the lottery drawing is unfair? A) Her family is excluded from the drawing. B) She arrives too late to draw a slip of paper. C) She knows the result of the lottery is bad. D) She thinks that her husband is rushed and not given enough time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She thinks that her husband is rushed and not given enough time. 16. Which one of the behaviors below shows defiance? A) Punching a police officer. B) Donating to charity. C) Stopping at a streetlight when it turns yellow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Punching a police officer. 17. How does Old Man Warner react when he finds out that " ..... over in north village they're talking of giving up the lottery?" A) He gets scared. B) He suggest they do the same. C) He doesn't really care about it. D) He gets angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He gets angry. 18. What is the denotation of a word? A) The feelings and emotions associated with that word (figurative meaning). B) The definition found within a dictionary (literal meaning). C) The synonyms found within a thesaurus (synonymous meaning). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The definition found within a dictionary (literal meaning). 19. A routine followed faithfully A) Defiantly. B) Jovial. C) Disengaged. D) Ritual. E) Boisterous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ritual. 20. If John's conducting something, what is he doing? A) John's building something. B) John's fixing something. C) John's relaxing on the sofa. 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