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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 1. |
Hard Times was first published in :- |
| A. | 1846 |
| B. | 1854 |
| C. | 1860 |
| D. | 1865 |
| Answer» B. 1854 | |
| 2. |
What is the name of Sissy’s father’s dog? |
| A. | Happylegs |
| B. | Bandylegs |
| C. | Merrylegs |
| D. | Mr. Snips |
| Answer» C. Merrylegs | |
| 3. |
What is the main principle of Mr. Gradgrind’s philosophy? |
| A. | Fact |
| B. | fancy |
| C. | Love |
| D. | Patriotism |
| Answer» A. Fact | |
| 4. |
. Mrs. Pegler is the mother of which character? |
| A. | Gradgrind |
| B. | Sissy |
| C. | Stephen |
| D. | Bounderby |
| Answer» D. Bounderby | |
| 5. |
Who robs the bank in the novel Hard Times? |
| A. | Stephen |
| B. | Tom |
| C. | Sissy |
| D. | Mrs. Sparsit |
| Answer» B. Tom | |
| 6. |
What is the common name for poor Coketown factory workers? |
| A. | Cogs |
| B. | Scum |
| C. | Hands |
| D. | Proles |
| Answer» C. Hands | |
| 7. |
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 | |
| 8. |
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 | |
| 9. |
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 | |
| 10. |
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 | |
| 11. |
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 | |
| 12. |
In the novel Hard Times, who runs the circus? |
| A. | Sleary |
| B. | Bitzer |
| C. | Mrs. Pegler |
| D. | Sissy’s father |
| Answer» A. Sleary | |
| 13. |
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 | |
| 14. |
Which character in Hard Times is a Member of Parliament? |
| A. | Bounderby |
| B. | Mr. McChoakumchild |
| C. | Bitzer |
| D. | Gradgrind |
| Answer» D. Gradgrind | |
| 15. |
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 | |
| 16. |
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 | |
| 17. |
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 | |
| 18. |
Who is the first character to speak in the novel? |
| A. | Bounderby |
| B. | Sissy |
| C. | Bitzer |
| D. | Gradgrind |
| Answer» D. Gradgrind | |
| 19. |
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 | |
| 20. |
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. | |
| 21. |
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 | |
| 22. |
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 | |
| 23. |
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 | |
| 24. |
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 | |
| 25. |
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 | |
| 26. |
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 | |
| 27. |
Thomas Gradgrind was a man of |
| A. | Realities |
| B. | Little Faith |
| C. | Facts |
| D. | Wit |
| Answer» C. Facts | |
| 28. |
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 | |
| 29. |
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 | |
| 30. |
_____ is the common name given to the poor Coketown factory workers |
| A. | Combination |
| B. | Hands |
| C. | Labors |
| D. | Unions |
| Answer» B. Hands | |
| 31. |
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 | |
| 32. |
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 | |
| 33. |
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 | |
| 34. |
Dickens’ Hard Times is a novel of social protest which attacks |
| A. | socialism |
| B. | communitarianism |
| C. | existentialism |
| D. | utilitarianism |
| Answer» A. socialism | |
| 35. |
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 | |
| 36. |
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 | |
| 37. |
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 | |
| 38. |
What is Harthouse's nickname? |
| A. | Great Pyramid |
| B. | Hart |
| C. | Kid |
| D. | Jem |
| Answer» C. Kid | |
| 39. |
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 | |
| 40. |
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’ | |
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