Hard Times Quizzes

Hard Times Quiz 1

1 What is Sissy's real name?

Meredith

Sleary

Josephine

Cecilia
2 Who offers the "correct" definition of a horse?

Mr. Sleary

Mr. Thomas Gradgrind

Bitzer

Louisa
3 What is the model for Mr. Gradgrind's school?

Stone Lodge

The factory

Parliament

The panopticon
4 Where does Mr. Gradgrind live?

Stone Lodge

Westminster

In his school

In "a banker's room"
5 Who is not one of the Gradgrind's children?

Jane

Louisa

Charles

Adam Smith
6 At the beginning of Hard Times who is Sissy's "legal guardian"?

Her mother

Her father

Mr. M'Choakumchild

Mr. Sleary
7 What is Signor Jupe's true profession?

Veterinary Surgeon

Drunkard

Banker

Circus Performer
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

Manchester

Liverpool

Birmingham
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
11 What killed Mrs. Sparsit's husband?

A burglar

French liquor

The fits

A train
12 Why does the "mysterious old woman" come to Coketown each year?

To lodge at Mr. Bounderby's house

To cheer up Stephen Blackpool

To smell the city air

To see the fine city gentlemen
13 Dickens compares Mr. Gradgrind to which character of children's fairy tales?

The giant from "Jack and the Beanstalk"

King Arthur

Ali Baba

Bluebeard
14 Where does Mr. Bounderby say that he lived as a young man?

In a small country town

London

In the gutter

Overseas
15 Who pays Stephen an unwelcome visit in the middle of the night?

The "mysterious old woman"

His drunk wife

Tom Gradgrind

Slackbridge
16 Who arranges the marriage between Louisa and Mr. Bounderby?

Tom Gradgrind and Mr. Bounderby

Louisa and Mr. Gradgrind

Mr. Gradgrind and Mr. Bounderby

Mr. and Mrs. Gradgrind
17 Who does Louisa love more than anyone else?

Her mother, Mrs. Gradgrind

Her new husband, Mr. Bounderby

Her brother, Tom Gradgrind

Herself
18 Coketown is likened to what fallen city of the Bible?

Albion

Babylon

Jerusalem

Babel
19 What name is used to describe Tom in the second half of the novel?

"Kid"

"Icarus"

"Malthus"

"Whelp"
20 Who is not an employee of Mr. Bounderby at some point in the novel?

Mr. Harthouse

Bitzer

Stephen Blackpool

Tom Gradgrind
21 What is the name of Slackbridge's labor movement?

United Tribunal of Hands

Coketown Hands United

United Coketown Hands

United Aggregate Tribunal
22 Why does Stephen Blackpool refuse to join the labor movement?

Because he is afraid of losing his job

Because of a promise to Rachael

Because he does not trust Mr. Slackbridge

Out of loyalty to Mr. Bounderby
23 When does Mrs. Sparsit move into Bounderby's bank?

After Bounderby sells his country house

After she retires

After the theft

After Bounderby is married
24 What is Harthouse's nickname?

Great Pyramid

Jem

Kid

Hart
25 What is Louisa's "curious reserve"?

Her hidden stash of bank-notes

Her spite for Mrs. Sparsit

Her insistence on attending lectures

Her resistance to Mr. Harthouse's advances.

comment on the prose satire of the age of the 18th century

Commenting on something so broad and detailed is difficult for this space. You might want to check out my link below,

http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/eng200/satire3.htm

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In the story Hard Times, what type of answer to his question does Gradgrind accept?

Mr. Gradgrind expects his questions to be answered with facts.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 10/23/2023 9:44 AM

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How does the schoolroom reflect the educational philosophy of Mr. Gradgrind?

Mr. Gradgrind is the intellectual founder of the Gradgrind educational system and he is also a member of Parliament. He represents the rigor of "hard facts" and statistics. The school reflects the emptiness of imagination and utilitarian approach...

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Hard Times

by Charles Dickens

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