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"The Lottery"
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1
What is the traditional practice of the young boys on the day of the lottery?
They form an honor guard for the lottery box.
They keep the younger children off of the grass.
They play an exhibition football game before the lottery.
They collect stones and bring them to the town square.
2
Who conducts the lottery?
Mr. Summers
Old Man Warner
Mr. Dunbar
Mr. Graves
3
What role does Mr. Warner play in this ritual?
To demonstrate the importance of the elderly.
To make sure the ritual procedes according to the rules.
To make the younger people feel uneasy.
To make sure the village does not give up the lottery.
4
All of the following things are true about the lottery EXCEPT...
all of the villagers think it is a stupid ritual
it takes place at the beginning of summer
the villagers are nervous before the drawing
other villages have abandoned the ritual entirely
5
What is the setting of the story The Lottery?
a warm summer's day in a small town
inside town hall with only a select number of people
the park
a spring day in a small town
6
Why do the villagers throw stones at the lucky winner of The Lottery?
the village cannot afford a gun
Stones are the prehistortic man's way of killing.
The villagers want the execution to be as bloody as possible
no individual can be blamed for killing their neighbor.
7
The second drawing is done to determine...
the winner of the second place prize
which family will be selected for sacrifice
next year’s lottery winner
which member of the family is the "winner"
8
Which response did Tessie NOT use after she saw her husband win the first drawing?
It wasn't fair!
You didn't give him time enough to take any paper he wanted
This is unethical.
There's Don and Eva!
9
Who has already given up doing the lottery?
Some of the northern villages have stopped the lottery
No one! Everyone still does it!!
The southern villages are thinking of stopping the lottery
Everyone! No one still does the lottery drawing!
10
Why didn't Mr Dunbar participate in The Lottery this year?
he moved to another town
he broke a leg
he went of vacation
he was dead
11
Why were papers used instead of wood chips?
too many people received splinters
not enough trees
the population of the town grew
paper was cheaper
12
Which is
NOT
one of the major themes of The Lottery?
the value of religion
the importance of tradition
the danger of a mob mentality
blind allegiance
13
Old Man Warner believes that the lottery is...
too serious for Mr. Summers
too brutal of a tradition
meaningless to him
wrongly dismissed by younger generations
14
Which head of household was chosen for the lottery during the first drawing?
Mrs. Delacroix
Mr. Summers
Mr. Graves
Mr. Hutchinson
15
The story focuses on what element of persecution?
The logic of it.
The importance of it.
The benefits of it.
The randomness of it.
