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| 51. |
Stephen Blackpool could not divorce his wife because divorce was |
| A. | not permitted |
| B. | accepted as a sin |
| C. | denied by her wife |
| D. | not affordable for the poor |
| Answer» D. not affordable for the poor | |
| 52. |
Dickens described the smoke of industrialized Coketown as |
| A. | the serpents of smoke |
| B. | dark and evil |
| C. | the industrial smoke |
| D. | the deathly smoke |
| Answer» E. | |
| 53. |
Dickens Hard Times is a novel of social protest which attacks |
| A. | socialism |
| B. | communitarianism |
| C. | existentialism |
| D. | utilitarianism |
| Answer» B. communitarianism | |
| 54. |
Hard Times is divided into three sections entitled |
| A. | Sowing, Gardening and Reaping |
| B. | Sowing, Reaping and Garnering |
| C. | Sowing, Gathering and Reaping |
| D. | Sowing, Harvesting and Garnering |
| Answer» C. Sowing, Gathering and Reaping | |
| 55. |
Who offers the correct definition of a horse in Hard Times? |
| A. | Mr. Sleary |
| B. | Louisa |
| C. | Bitzer |
| D. | Mr. Thomas Gradgrind |
| Answer» B. Louisa | |
| 56. |
At the beginning of the novel Hard Times, who is Sissy's legal guardian ? |
| A. | Her Father |
| B. | Mr. Choakumchild |
| C. | Her Mother |
| D. | Mr. Sleary |
| Answer» C. Her Mother | |
| 57. |
What is Harthouse's nickname? |
| A. | Great Pyramid |
| B. | Hart |
| C. | Kid |
| D. | Jem |
| Answer» D. Jem | |
| 58. |
Why does Stephen Blackpool refuse to join the labour movement? |
| A. | Because of a promise to Rachel |
| B. | Out of loyalty to Mr. Bounderby |
| C. | Because he does not trust Mr. Slackbridge |
| D. | Because he is afraid of losing his job |
| Answer» C. Because he does not trust Mr. Slackbridge | |
| 59. |
Mr. Bounderby is described as a |
| A. | Bully of humility |
| B. | Bully of facts |
| C. | Bully of fancy |
| D. | Bully of imagination |
| Answer» E. | |
| 60. |
How do the Lilliputians decide who will take a high position in the court? |
| A. | elections |
| B. | the king decides |
| C. | wrestling |
| D. | tight rope jumping contest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 61. |
Which of the human societies that he visits does Gulliver find most appealing? |
| A. | Brobdingnag |
| B. | Laputa |
| C. | Blefuscu |
| D. | Lagado |
| Answer» B. Laputa | |
| 62. |
How does Gulliver put out the fire in the Empress' bed chamber? |
| A. | With a hose |
| B. | With a few buckets of water |
| C. | He urinates on it |
| D. | Covers it with his clothes |
| Answer» D. Covers it with his clothes | |
| 63. |
What is different about the Struldbrugs of Luggnagg? |
| A. | They are immortal |
| B. | They are giants |
| C. | They are blind |
| D. | They have are extremely wild |
| Answer» B. They are giants | |
| 64. |
Why did Gulliver summon the shades of Rene Descartes and Pierre Gassendi to talk to Aristotle? |
| A. | Descartes and Gassendi were Swift's friends. |
| B. | They were supporters of Aristotle's theories |
| C. | They were philosophers who revised many of Aristotle's theories. |
| D. | They were working together for a common cause. |
| Answer» D. They were working together for a common cause. | |
| 65. |
The flying island that Gulliver visited was |
| A. | Balninarbi |
| B. | Laputa |
| C. | Brobdingnag |
| D. | Lilliput |
| Answer» C. Brobdingnag | |
| 66. |
Gulliver concludes his narrative by claiming that all the lands he visited belong by rights to |
| A. | England |
| B. | Portugal |
| C. | Lilliput |
| D. | Blefuscu |
| Answer» B. Portugal | |
| 67. |
When Gulliver reaches the land of Brobdingnag he finds himself surrounded by a race of |
| A. | giants |
| B. | horse |
| C. | dwarfs |
| D. | superhumans |
| Answer» E. | |
| 68. |
The person who is returning from Paris in a few months for Christmas is :- |
| A. | Diggory Venn |
| B. | Johnny Nonsuch |
| C. | Damon Wildeve |
| D. | Clym Yeobright |
| Answer» E. | |
| 69. |
The Queen of Night is :- |
| A. | Thomasin Yeobright |
| B. | Eustacia Vye |
| C. | Mrs Yeobright |
| D. | Susan Nonsuch |
| Answer» C. Mrs Yeobright | |
| 70. |
The reddleman in The Return of the Native is :- |
| A. | Diggory Venn |
| B. | Clym Yeobright |
| C. | Johnny Nonsuch |
| D. | Damon WIldeve |
| Answer» B. Clym Yeobright | |
| 71. |
The untameable nighttime heath is symbolized by:- |
| A. | Susan Nonsuch |
| B. | Thomasin Yeobright |
| C. | Eustacia Vye |
| D. | Mrs Yeobright |
| Answer» D. Mrs Yeobright | |
| 72. |
What was Clym Yeobright's occupation in Paris? |
| A. | School teacher |
| B. | Diamond Merchant |
| C. | Banker |
| D. | Priest |
| Answer» C. Banker | |
| 73. |
Mrs Yeobright is :- |
| A. | Kind and loving |
| B. | Sour and bitter |
| C. | Manipulative and deceitful |
| D. | Greedy and selfish |
| Answer» D. Greedy and selfish | |
| 74. |
Clym at the end of the novel becomes :- |
| A. | A teacher |
| B. | A gardener |
| C. | A preacher |
| D. | A reddleman |
| Answer» D. A reddleman | |
| 75. |
The fateful day on which the novel The Return of the Native started is :- |
| A. | November 5th |
| B. | November 10th |
| C. | November 16th |
| D. | November 20th |
| Answer» B. November 10th | |
| 76. |
On the night of the departure of Damon and Eustacia |
| A. | The two end up drowning |
| B. | The two end up fighting |
| C. | The two end up being murdered |
| D. | The two end up getting poisoned |
| Answer» B. The two end up fighting | |
| 77. |
Eustacia Vye longs to be |
| A. | A big city girl |
| B. | A rich man's wife |
| C. | An actress |
| D. | A witch |
| Answer» B. A rich man's wife | |
| 78. |
What is the name of Mrs Yeobright's House? |
| A. | Howard's end |
| B. | Mistover Knapp |
| C. | Alderworth |
| D. | Bloom's End |
| Answer» E. | |
| 79. |
What title does Hardy give Eustacia Vye? |
| A. | Empress of Despair |
| B. | Duchess of the Heath |
| C. | Queen of Night |
| D. | Lady of Passion |
| Answer» D. Lady of Passion | |
| 80. |
Where is the novel The Return of the Native set? |
| A. | Budworth Heath |
| B. | Bodmin |
| C. | The Quite Woman Inn |
| D. | Egdon Heath |
| Answer» B. Bodmin | |
| 81. |
In Chapter One of The Return of the Native, what does Hardy describe the enemy of the heath? |
| A. | Industry |
| B. | Civilization |
| C. | The furze cutter |
| D. | Time |
| Answer» D. Time | |
| 82. |
What is described as Eustacia's great desire in The Return of the Native? |
| A. | To have a baby |
| B. | To be loved to madness |
| C. | To send men mad |
| D. | To dance until weightless |
| Answer» B. To be loved to madness | |
| 83. |
On what day does the story begin in Hardy s novel The Return of the Native? |
| A. | November 5th |
| B. | Halloween |
| C. | Christmas Day |
| D. | October 13th |
| Answer» E. | |
| 84. |
How does Diggory come to overhear Eustacia and Wildeve on the heath? |
| A. | He follows Wildeve |
| B. | He reads their letters |
| C. | He waits each night for their meeting |
| D. | They are outside his van |
| Answer» C. He waits each night for their meeting | |
| 85. |
What does the reddleman have in his cart at the opening of the novel, The Return of the Native? |
| A. | A dog |
| B. | Untold Riches |
| C. | A woman |
| D. | A trophy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
Egdon Heath is a gloomy wasteland in |
| A. | Southern England |
| B. | Northern England |
| C. | Eastern England |
| D. | Western England |
| Answer» B. Northern England | |
| 87. |
The Return of the Native was first published in |
| A. | 1872 |
| B. | 1874 |
| C. | 1876 |
| D. | 1878 |
| Answer» B. 1874 | |
| 88. |
How does Diggory Venn obtain the inheritance money from Damon Wildeve? |
| A. | He steals it while Damon is asleep |
| B. | They draw lots for it |
| C. | He wins it at dice |
| D. | He robs Damon at gunpoint |
| Answer» D. He robs Damon at gunpoint | |
| 89. |
Hard Times was first published in :- |
| A. | 1846 |
| B. | 1854 |
| C. | 1860 |
| D. | 1865 |
| Answer» C. 1860 | |
| 90. |
What is the name of Sissy s father s dog? |
| A. | Happylegs |
| B. | Bandylegs |
| C. | Merrylegs |
| D. | Mr. Snips |
| Answer» D. Mr. Snips | |
| 91. |
What is the main principle of Mr. Gradgrind s philosophy? |
| A. | Fact |
| B. | fancy |
| C. | Love |
| D. | Patriotism |
| Answer» B. fancy | |
| 92. |
. Mrs. Pegler is the mother of which character? |
| A. | Gradgrind |
| B. | Sissy |
| C. | Stephen |
| D. | Bounderby |
| Answer» E. | |
| 93. |
Who robs the bank in the novel Hard Times? |
| A. | Stephen |
| B. | Tom |
| C. | Sissy |
| D. | Mrs. Sparsit |
| Answer» C. Sissy | |
| 94. |
Sissy believes her father abandoned her for what reason? |
| A. | Her own best interest |
| B. | To elope with a Frenchwoman |
| C. | Grief over her mother s death |
| D. | A desire to see the world |
| Answer» B. To elope with a Frenchwoman | |
| 95. |
In the novel Hard Times, who runs the circus? |
| A. | Sleary |
| B. | Bitzer |
| C. | Mrs. Pegler |
| D. | Sissy s father |
| Answer» B. Bitzer | |
| 96. |
Who is Kidderminster? |
| A. | A circus worker who dresses up as Cupid |
| B. | Mr. Gradgrind s fellow Member of Parliament |
| C. | Sissy s father |
| D. | The Hand who organizes the workers union |
| Answer» B. Mr. Gradgrind s fellow Member of Parliament | |
| 97. |
Which of the following characters dies during the course of the novel Hard Times? |
| A. | Sleary |
| B. | Mrs. Gradgrind |
| C. | Gradgrind |
| D. | James Harthouse |
| Answer» C. Gradgrind | |
| 98. |
What does Rachael find that leads her to believe Stephen has been murdered? |
| A. | A trail of bloody footprints |
| B. | A note from the killer |
| C. | His hat, abandoned in a field |
| D. | An empty bottle of poison |
| Answer» D. An empty bottle of poison | |
| 99. |
How does Stephen in Hard Times die? |
| A. | He is crushed by factory machinery |
| B. | A fall into Old Hell Shaft |
| C. | Murder |
| D. | Malnutrition as a result of poverty |
| Answer» C. Murder | |
| 100. |
About how much money is stolen from the bank in Hard Times? |
| A. | 150 pounds |
| B. | 3,000 pounds |
| C. | 40,000 pounds |
| D. | 128,000 pounds |
| Answer» B. 3,000 pounds | |