This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 75 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 75 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does the mood take a wild ride from the start to the finish of "The Lottery" ? A) It flips from a gloomy, dark vibe to a burst of sunshine and rainbows. B) It takes a turn from goofy to gloomy. C) It starts off sunny and carefree, then plunges into a stormy nightmare. D) The mood? Oh, it stays the same, steady as a rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It starts off sunny and carefree, then plunges into a stormy nightmare. 2. One example of irony in the story is A) The panic that sets in at the end of the story. B) The harvest is due soon. C) Winning the Lottery means dying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winning the Lottery means dying. 3. The Lottery was written in this year A) We don't know for sure as the story doesn't say. B) 1948. C) 1952. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1948. 4. On what material are family names placed in the black box? A) Pieces of cloth. B) Sheets of paper. C) Chips of wood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheets of paper. 5. When Old Man Warner hears about other villages discounting the lottery he feels ..... A) Relieved that it will be over. B) Angry that people are trying to change tradition. C) Indifferent to the situation. D) Happy that no one will be hurt again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Angry that people are trying to change tradition. 6. "The whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner" (paragraph 1). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not Foreshadowing. 7. If someone is unable to attend the lottery due to illness, they are excused from participating. (a) A) To False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To False. 8. What is the definition of 'petulantly'? A) With unreasonable irritation. B) Delicately, in a lady-like fashion. C) Viewing. D) Punishment, repercussions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With unreasonable irritation. 9. An imaginary society in which there is great suffering and injustice A) Quit. B) Dystopia. C) Liberty. D) Imaginary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dystopia. 10. Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection A) Perfunctory. B) Profusely. C) Disengaged. D) Defiantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfunctory. 11. The child threw her toy and began to whine in an annoying and ..... manner. A) Petulant. B) Perfunctory. C) Dainty. D) Implicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petulant. 12. What was different about Tessie's paper? A) It was blank. B) It was ripped. C) It had a heavy pencil mark on it. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It had a heavy pencil mark on it. 13. Who draws for the lottery? A) The oldest. B) The parents. C) The head of the house. D) The man of the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The man of the house. 14. What did the people do to Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson? A) Hung in front of the village people. B) Stoned to death. C) Congratulated her for her winning. D) Killed by firing squad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stoned to death. 15. What stones were the most prized for use in the lottery A) Hard, jagged ones. B) Smooth, round ones. C) Pebbles. D) Heavy, flat ones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth, round ones. 16. Who said that:''Some of you fellows want to give me a hand?" A) Mr. Summers. B) Mr. Martin. C) Mrs. Summers. D) Old man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Summers. 17. The official said, " ..... " A) Bring the door to my office. B) Take a picture of the ticket. C) You don't have the winning ticket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bring the door to my office. 18. Did Tessie the A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 19. ..... is the feeling the reader gets when he/she reads the text. A) Mood. B) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 20. "I think you'd better find his rosebush, " the nurse said crisply. What does the nurse's dialogue and tone reveal? A) She is angry and speaks crisply because she just ate bacon. B) She is frustrated and speaks crisply to put her foot down. C) She is insistent and speaks crisply to ensure the janitor listens. D) The dialogue reveals nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is insistent and speaks crisply to ensure the janitor listens. ← 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