This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 63 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the consequence of "winning" the lottery for the story The Lottery? A) They have to clean up the town's trash. B) They are a sacrifice and get stoned to death. C) They get to go on a vacation. D) Who knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are a sacrifice and get stoned to death. 2. If a newspaper reports about a city or a region, it is called a ..... A) Local newspaper. B) So far. C) As usual. D) Scrap of paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local newspaper. 3. To release from attachment or connection; loosen; to free onself A) Suppressed. B) Disengaged. C) Criticized. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disengaged. 4. Pick the best word for the definition: "a matter of routine" . A) Jovial. B) Defiantly. C) Perfunctory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perfunctory. 5. Why does Mrs. Hutchinson get upset and tell Tessie to, "shut up" ? A) Mr. Summers tricked her husband. B) She wasn't chosen for the lottery. C) Her husband was chosen for the lottery. D) Mr. Summers chose her husband for the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her husband was chosen for the lottery. 6. Watch this video clip until 9:22. What can you infer by what Old Man Warner is saying in this clip? A) The lottery has made Old Man Warner bitter and grumpy. B) The lottery determines what crops should be planted. C) The lottery helps ensure a good harvest. D) The lottery tells farmers what crops to plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lottery helps ensure a good harvest. 7. Directions:Please match the following definition with the correct term belownoisy and rowdy A) Boisterous. B) Daintily. C) Duly. D) Interminably. E) Jovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boisterous. 8. What is the setting of the Lottery? A) June 27th at the village square. B) February 14th in a big city. C) At Tessie's house. D) December 25th at the North Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June 27th at the village square. 9. The tone of "The Lottery" is at the beginning is: A) Disturbing. B) Apprehensive. C) Tranquil. D) Stubborn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tranquil. 10. School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them ..... " This is an example of what kind of figurative language: A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. Get away from a place or person you don't like A) Escape. B) Hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Escape. 12. How does Mrs. Hutchinson react when she realizes she forgot about the lottery? A) She panics and runs away. B) She laughs it off. C) She blames her husband. D) She demands to reschedule the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She laughs it off. 13. The beginning of the story; introduces the characters, conflict, and setting. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 14. The imagery in the beginning of the story is to make the reader feel ..... A) Suspicious about the meaning of the lottery. B) That the lottery is a pleasant tradition. C) That the lottery is very important. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That the lottery is a pleasant tradition. 15. An established or prescribed procedure A) Ritual. B) Annex. C) Mania. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ritual. 16. Why was Tessie late to the lottery? A) She had a cake in the oven. B) She forgot what day it was. C) Her clock stopped. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She forgot what day it was. 17. I was sweating ..... after all that running! A) Regretfully. B) Profusely. C) Interminably. D) Daintily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profusely. 18. What did Mr. Summers suggest every year after the lottery? A) To make a new box. B) To change the date of the lottery. C) To cancel the lottery. D) To have a bigger gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make a new box. 19. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day ..... "The preceding passage is in what part of the story? A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Rising Action. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 20. Which of the following words matches the definition?"In an easily irritated or annoyed manner" A) Paraphernalia. B) Profusely. C) Petulantly. D) Jovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petulantly. ← 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