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Hard Times Quiz 1

  • 1. What is Sissy's real name?
    •     Sleary
    •     Josephine
    •     Cecilia
    •     Meredith

  • 2. Who offers the "correct" definition of a horse?
    •     Louisa
    •     Bitzer
    •     Mr. Sleary
    •     Mr. Thomas Gradgrind

  • 3. What is the model for Mr. Gradgrind's school?
    •     Stone Lodge
    •     Parliament
    •     The factory
    •     The panopticon

  • 4. Where does Mr. Gradgrind live?
    •     Westminster
    •     Stone Lodge
    •     In his school
    •     In "a banker's room"

  • 5. Who is not one of the Gradgrind's children?
    •     Louisa
    •     Jane
    •     Charles
    •     Adam Smith

  • 6. At the beginning of Hard Times who is Sissy's "legal guardian"?
    •     Mr. M'Choakumchild
    •     Her father
    •     Her mother
    •     Mr. Sleary

  • 7. What is Signor Jupe's true profession?
    •     Banker
    •     Veterinary Surgeon
    •     Circus Performer
    •     Drunkard

  • 8. What is the name of the Public House where Sissy lives?
    •     Pegasus's Legs
    •     Pegasus's Arms
    •     The Pegasus
    •     Pegasus's Wings

  • 9. Coketown is a literary representation of which major British city?
    •     London
    •     Liverpool
    •     Birmingham
    •     Manchester

  • 10. What does Mr. Bounderby think that the poor want?
    •     Venison and a golden egg
    •     Turtle soup and a golden spoon
    •     An endless supply of gin
    •     Public welfare

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