Hard Times - Charles Dickens Set 1

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Q1 | Where does Louisa flee after Harthouse’s declaration of love?
  • Her husband’s house
  • Her father’s house
  • Stephen’s room
  • The circus
Q2 | What are Sissy’s father’s first words after he returns to his daughter?
  • “Oh, Sissy, how I’ve missed you!”
  • “At last . . . at long last . . . my daughter. . . .”
  • “Child, do you not know me at last?”
  • He never returns
Q3 | What motivates Harthouse to become one of Gradgrind’s political disciples?
  • He believes in Gradgrind’s philosophy of fact
  • Boredom
  • The desire for wealth
  • Pride
Q4 | Thomas Gradgrind was a man of
  • Realities
  • Little Faith
  • Facts
  • Wit
Q5 | At the beginning of the story Mr Gradgrind calls the pupils by numbers. Whatnumber is Sissy Jupe?
  • ten
  • twenty
  • thirty
  • Forty
Q6 | Who is the first character to speak in the novel Hard Times?
  • Bounderby
  • Mr Gradgrind
  • Sissy
  • Bitzer
Q7 | _____ is the common name given to the poor Coketown factory workers
  • Combination
  • Hands
  • Labors
  • Unions
Q8 | In Hard Times Thomas Gradgrind is described as a man of
  • facts and calculations
  • dreams and aspirations
  • facts and discipline
  • wisdom and knowledge
Q9 | Stephen Blackpool could not divorce his wife because divorce was
  • not permitted
  • accepted as a sin
  • denied by her wife
  • not affordable for the poor
Q10 | Dickens described the smoke of industrialized Coketown as
  • the serpents of smoke
  • dark and evil
  • the industrial smoke
  • the deathly smoke
Q11 | Dickens’ Hard Times is a novel of social protest which attacks
  • socialism
  • communitarianism
  • existentialism
  • utilitarianism
Q12 | Hard Times is divided into three sections entitled
  • Sowing, Gardening and Reaping
  • Sowing, Reaping and Garnering
  • Sowing, Gathering and Reaping
  • Sowing, Harvesting and Garnering
Q13 | Who offers the “correct” definition of a horse in Hard Times?
  • Mr. Sleary
  • Louisa
  • Bitzer
  • Mr. Thomas Gradgrind
Q14 | At the beginning of the novel Hard Times, who is Sissy's “legal guardian”?
  • Her Father
  • Mr. Choakumchild
  • Her Mother
  • Mr. Sleary
Q15 | What is Harthouse's nickname?
  • Great Pyramid
  • Hart
  • Kid
  • Jem
Q16 | Why does Stephen Blackpool refuse to join the labour movement?
  • Because of a promise to Rachel
  • Out of loyalty to Mr. Bounderby
  • Because he does not trust Mr. Slackbridge
  • Because he is afraid of losing his job
Q17 | Mr. Bounderby is described as a
  • ‘Bully of humility’
  • ‘Bully of facts’
  • ‘Bully of fancy’
  • ‘Bully of imagination’
Q18 | How does Gulliver put out the fire in the Empress' bed chamber?
  • With a hose
  • With a few buckets of water
  • He urinates on it
  • Covers it with his clothes
Q19 | How do the Lilliputians decide who will take a high position in the court?
  • elections
  • the king decides
  • wrestling
  • tight rope jumping contest
Q20 | What is different about the Struldbrugs of Luggnagg?
  • They are immortal
  • They are giants
  • They are blind
  • They have are extremely wild
Q21 | The flying island that Gulliver visited was
  • Balninarbi
  • Laputa
  • Brobdingnag
  • Lilliput
Q22 | Why did Gulliver summon the shades of Rene Descartes and Pierre Gassendi to talk to Aristotle?
  • Descartes and Gassendi were Swift's friends.
  • They were supporters of Aristotle's theories
  • They were philosophers who revised many of Aristotle's theories.
  • They were working together for a common cause.
Q23 | Which of the human societies that he visits does Gulliver find most appealing?
  • Brobdingnag
  • Laputa
  • Blefuscu
  • Lagado
Q24 | Gulliver concludes his narrative by claiming that all the lands he visited belong byrights to
  • England
  • Portugal
  • Lilliput
  • Blefuscu
Q25 | When Gulliver reaches the land of Brobdingnag he finds himself surrounded by a race of
  • giants
  • horse
  • dwarfs
  • superhumans