Miss Brill Quizzes

Miss Brill Quiz 1

1 What year was the story written?
1929

1920

1922

1912
2 Where does the story take place?
Norway

France

England

America
3 Miss Brill is a/an ___?
nurse

teacher

shopgirl

writer
4 The weather in the story is ___?
temperate and sunny

very warm

piercingly cold

slightly chilly
5 All of the following are true about the fur except ___.
Miss Brill has cleaned it up

Miss Brill just purchased it recently

its nose is a bit worn

its eyes are glossy
6 Which of the following is true about Miss Brill's day?
It is Saturday.

It is the start of the season.

The band is lively.

There are a lot of people about.
7 Who is sitting with Miss Brill at the beginning?
An old man and woman

Two peasant women

The hero and heroine

A nun
8 What did the Englishman and woman talk about?
Coats

Pocket watches

Shoes

Spectacles
9 What does Miss Brill like to do in the garden?
Talk to people

Watch and listen to people

Doze off

Draw people
10 Miss Brill describes the people she sees as all the following except ___.
old

scary

silent

odd
11 What do the two girls in red do?
Talk meanly about Miss Brill

Dance

Pull two donkeys

Join up with soldiers
12 The nun is described as ___.
cold

dignified

dowdy

warm
13 What "funny" clothing item are the peasant women wearing?
Shoes

Hats

Toques

Spectacles
14 The man the woman in the ermine toque talks to is described as ___.
still

funny

dignified

cruel
15 The woman is the ermine toque is all the following except ___.
most likely a prostitute

singing along with the band

shabbily dressed

looking for clients
16 After the man leaves the woman in the toque, Miss Brill thinks she hears the band playing what word?
Sigh

Lonely

Cruel

Brute
17 What does Miss Brill decide the scene looks like?
A memory

A play

A painting

A dream
18 What animal is a "theatre" animal in Miss Brill's mind?
A dog

A kitten

A donkey

A bird
19 What does Miss Brill do with the old gentleman four days a week?
Clean his house

Read the newspaper

Teach him French

Take his dictations
20 The old gentleman is described as all the following except ___.
frail

having hollow eyes

sickly

critical
21 Miss Brill now knows she is ___.
part of the scene

known by the rest of the garden-goers

an actress

all of these
22 What does Miss Brill deem the boy and girl who sit next to her?
The lovers

The stars

The prince and princess

The hero and heroine
23 The hero says all the following about Miss Brill except ___.
her toque is shabby

she is odd

no one wants her

she should stay home
24 The girl says Miss Brill's fur looks like a ___.
rat

rag

soggy piece of bread

fish
25 What does the hero want to do with the heroine?
Say flirtatious things

Propose to her

Dance and sing

Sit quietly and watch people

Miss Brill

Did you have a question about the story, Miss Brill?

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How does the description of the people at the park develop the theme of the passage?

Please provide the passage in question.

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Meaning and Effect

The story’s opening line combines metaphor with a simile to pack a great deal of meaning into a very efficient economy of words. “Although it was so brilliantly fine—the blue sky powdered with gold and great spots of light like white wine splashed...

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Miss Brill

by Katherine Mansfield

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