Chapter: The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy
101.

The Return of the Native was first published in

A. 1872
B. 1874
C. 1876
D. 1878
Answer» A. 1872
102.

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» C. He wins it at dice
Chapter: Hard Times - Charles Dickens
103.

Hard Times was first published in :-

A. 1846
B. 1854
C. 1860
D. 1865
Answer» B. 1854
104.

What is the name of Sissy’s father’s dog?

A. Happylegs
B. Bandylegs
C. Merrylegs
D. Mr. Snips
Answer» C. Merrylegs
105.

What is the main principle of Mr. Gradgrind’s philosophy?

A. Fact
B. fancy
C. Love
D. Patriotism
Answer» A. Fact
106.

. Mrs. Pegler is the mother of which character?

A. Gradgrind
B. Sissy
C. Stephen
D. Bounderby
Answer» D. Bounderby
107.

Who robs the bank in the novel Hard Times?

A. Stephen
B. Tom
C. Sissy
D. Mrs. Sparsit
Answer» B. Tom
108.

What is the common name for poor Coketown factory workers?

A. Cogs
B. Scum
C. Hands
D. Proles
Answer» C. Hands
109.

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» A. Her own best interest
110.

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» B. Mrs. Gradgrind
111.

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» A. A circus worker who dresses up as Cupid
112.

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» C. His hat, abandoned in a field
113.

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» B. A fall into Old Hell Shaft
114.

In the novel Hard Times, who runs the circus?

A. Sleary
B. Bitzer
C. Mrs. Pegler
D. Sissy’s father
Answer» A. Sleary
115.

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» A. 150 pounds
116.

Which character in Hard Times is a Member of Parliament?

A. Bounderby
B. Mr. McChoakumchild
C. Bitzer
D. Gradgrind
Answer» D. Gradgrind
117.

What is Bounderby’s son’s name?

A. Bitzer
B. Tom
C. James Harthouse
D. Bounderby has no son
Answer» D. Bounderby has no son
118.

In which city does most of the novel take place?

A. Coketown
B. Liverpool
C. London
D. Evenly divided between Coketown and London
Answer» A. Coketown
119.

From what does Mrs. Sparsit imagine Louisa falling?

A. A ladder
B. A staircase
C. The opera balcony
D. The moon
Answer» B. A staircase
120.

Who is the first character to speak in the novel?

A. Bounderby
B. Sissy
C. Bitzer
D. Gradgrind
Answer» D. Gradgrind
121.

Why is Stephen unable to marry Rachael?

A. He is already married
B. He is too old
C. He is too poor
D. She is in love with another man
Answer» A. He is already married
122.

How do the poor of Coketown attempt to improve their conditions?

A. By burning the factory
B. By looting the bank
C. By forming a union.
D. By petitioning Parliament for assistance.
Answer» C. By forming a union.
123.

What is the name of Mrs. Sparsit’s aristocratic relative?

A. Col. Reginald Powler
B. Lady Scadgers
C. Rupert Hardwick, Esq.
D. Ephraim Gride
Answer» B. Lady Scadgers
124.

What does Gradgrind hope Tom will be able to do after Stephen’s death?

A. Escape England
B. Move up at the bank
C. Marry Sissy
D. Inherit Stephen’s fortune
Answer» A. Escape England
125.

What is Bitzer’s defining characteristic?

A. His pale skin
B. His facial scar
C. His limp
D. His red hair
Answer» A. His pale skin
126.

Where does Louisa flee after Harthouse’s declaration of love?

A. Her husband’s house
B. Her father’s house
C. Stephen’s room
D. The circus
Answer» B. Her father’s house
127.

What are Sissy’s father’s first words after he returns to his daughter?

A. “Oh, Sissy, how I’ve missed you!”
B. “At last . . . at long last . . . my daughter. . . .”
C. “Child, do you not know me at last?”
D. He never returns
Answer» D. He never returns
128.

What motivates Harthouse to become one of Gradgrind’s political disciples?

A. He believes in Gradgrind’s philosophy of fact
B. Boredom
C. The desire for wealth
D. Pride
Answer» B. Boredom
129.

Thomas Gradgrind was a man of

A. Realities
B. Little Faith
C. Facts
D. Wit
Answer» C. Facts
130.

At the beginning of the story Mr Gradgrind calls the pupils by numbers. What number is Sissy Jupe?

A. ten
B. twenty
C. thirty
D. Forty
Answer» B. twenty
131.

Who is the first character to speak in the novel Hard Times?

A. Bounderby
B. Mr Gradgrind
C. Sissy
D. Bitzer
Answer» B. Mr Gradgrind
132.

_____ is the common name given to the poor Coketown factory workers

A. Combination
B. Hands
C. Labors
D. Unions
Answer» B. Hands
133.

In Hard Times Thomas Gradgrind is described as a man of

A. facts and calculations
B. dreams and aspirations
C. facts and discipline
D. wisdom and knowledge
Answer» A. facts and calculations
134.

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» C. denied by her wife
135.

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» D. the deathly smoke
136.

Dickens’ Hard Times is a novel of social protest which attacks

A. socialism
B. communitarianism
C. existentialism
D. utilitarianism
Answer» A. socialism
137.

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» B. Sowing, Reaping and Garnering
138.

Who offers the “correct” definition of a horse in Hard Times?

A. Mr. Sleary
B. Louisa
C. Bitzer
D. Mr. Thomas Gradgrind
Answer» A. Mr. Sleary
139.

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» B. Mr. Choakumchild
140.

What is Harthouse's nickname?

A. Great Pyramid
B. Hart
C. Kid
D. Jem
Answer» C. Kid
141.

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» B. Out of loyalty to Mr. Bounderby
142.

Mr. Bounderby is described as a

A. ‘Bully of humility’
B. ‘Bully of facts’
C. ‘Bully of fancy’
D. ‘Bully of imagination’
Answer» D. ‘Bully of imagination’
Chapter: Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
143.

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» C. He urinates on it
144.

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» D. tight rope jumping contest
145.

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» A. They are immortal
146.

The flying island that Gulliver visited was

A. Balninarbi
B. Laputa
C. Brobdingnag
D. Lilliput
Answer» B. Laputa
147.

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» C. They were philosophers who revised many of Aristotle's theories.
148.

Which of the human societies that he visits does Gulliver find most appealing?

A. Brobdingnag
B. Laputa
C. Blefuscu
D. Lagado
Answer» A. Brobdingnag
149.

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» A. England
150.

When Gulliver reaches the land of Brobdingnag he finds himself surrounded by a race of

A. giants
B. horse
C. dwarfs
D. superhumans
Answer» D. superhumans
151.

The first fantasy island that Gulliver visits on his travel is the island of

A. Brobdingnag
B. Laputa
C. Houyhnhms
D. Lilliput
Answer» A. Brobdingnag
152.

What is Gulliver’s profession before he begins his voyage

A. Lawyer
B. Surgeon
C. Merchant
D. Dentist
Answer» B. Surgeon
153.

The great invention that Gulliver offered as a gift to the king of Brobdingnag was

A. Electricity
B. Sewing machine
C. Gun powder
D. Telephone
Answer» B. Sewing machine
154.

What countries does Swift satirize with Lilliput and Blefuscu?

A. Japan and France
B. England and France
C. Great Britain and North America
D. Ireland and France
Answer» A. Japan and France
155.

How tall are the Lilliputians?

A. Five to Six inches
B. Giant
C. Human Size
D. About a foot tall
Answer» A. Five to Six inches
156.

What is Gulliver's role on his first voyage?

A. Sailor
B. Captain
C. Surgeon
D. Passenger
Answer» D. Passenger
157.

How does Gulliver get home from Blefuscu?

A. He doesn't
B. He swims
C. He is picked up by a large bird
D. He finds a boat floating off shore and repairs it
Answer» A. He doesn't
158.

Which of the Lilliputians is the nicest to Gulliver?

A. Redresal
B. Flimnap
C. The Emperor
D. The Empress
Answer» C. The Emperor
159.

Who raises the Lilliputian children?

A. Their parents
B. The Government
C. Gulliver raises them while he's there
D. Animals
Answer» C. Gulliver raises them while he's there
160.

In his second voyage Gulliver landed on the Island of -

A. Lilliput.
B. Brobdingnag
C. Houyhnhnms
D. Laputa
Answer» B. Brobdingnag
161.

Gulliver did not surrender his ___________ to the Lilliputians.

A. spectacles
B. pistol
C. watch
D. sword
Answer» D. sword
162.

The highest title of honour given to Gulliver by the emperor was a/ an

A. Nardac
B. Endians
C. Swallow
D. Antelope
Answer» D. Antelope
163.

The ‘greatest danger’ that Gulliver faced in Brobdingnag was from a -

A. dwarf
B. giant wasp
C. gardener’s dog
D. monkey
Answer» A. dwarf
164.

The name Glubbdubdrib signifies the Island of the

A. modern philosophy
B. astronomy
C. Sorcerers or Magicians
D. Academy
Answer» A. modern philosophy
165.

Luggnaggians are

A. person of quality
B. impolite and uncultured
C. polite and generous people
D. disagreeable people
Answer» A. person of quality
166.

During his lifetime, what genre was Jonathan Swift most widely known for?

A. Romance
B. Historical Fiction
C. Fantasy
D. Satire
Answer» C. Fantasy
167.

Which society is “endowed by nature with a general disposition to all Virtues”, in Gulliver’s Travels?

A. Brobdingnagians
B. Houyhnhnms
C. Laputans
D. Yahoos
Answer» A. Brobdingnagians
168.

How does Gulliver help the Lilliputians defeat Blefuscu?

A. By stealing their ships
B. By stomping on their ships
C. By sinking their ships
D. By shooting their ships
Answer» D. By shooting their ships
169.

How are the Yahoos described?

A. Hairy, dirty and deformed
B. Civilised and good-natured
C. Half-human, half-animal
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Hairy, dirty and deformed
170.

What is the name of the captain who takes Gulliver on his ship after he was shot by New Hllanders?

A. Captain Abraham Pannell
B. Captain John Nicholas
C. Captain William Robinson
D. Captain Pedro de Mendez
Answer» B. Captain John Nicholas
171.

Before Gulliver takes to the seas, what was his profession?

A. Journalist
B. Surgeon
C. Novelist
D. Lawyer
Answer» D. Lawyer
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