Hard Times Study Guide

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