Miss Brill Quizzes

Miss Brill Quiz 1

1 What year was the story written?
1920

1912

1929

1922
2 Where does the story take place?
France

England

America

Norway
3 Miss Brill is a/an ___?
shopgirl

writer

nurse

teacher
4 The weather in the story is ___?
very warm

slightly chilly

temperate and sunny

piercingly cold
5 All of the following are true about the fur except ___.
Miss Brill just purchased it recently

its nose is a bit worn

Miss Brill has cleaned it up

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

The band is lively.

It is the start of the season.

There are a lot of people about.
7 Who is sitting with Miss Brill at the beginning?
The hero and heroine

Two peasant women

An old man and woman

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?
Draw people

Doze off

Watch and listen to people

Talk to people
10 Miss Brill describes the people she sees as all the following except ___.
scary

silent

old

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

Pull two donkeys

Join up with soldiers

Dance
12 The nun is described as ___.
warm

dowdy

cold

dignified
13 What "funny" clothing item are the peasant women wearing?
Hats

Shoes

Toques

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

dignified

still

cruel
15 The woman is the ermine toque is all the following except ___.
looking for clients

shabbily dressed

singing along with the band

most likely a prostitute
16 After the man leaves the woman in the toque, Miss Brill thinks she hears the band playing what word?
Cruel

Lonely

Sigh

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

A memory

A painting

A play
18 What animal is a "theatre" animal in Miss Brill's mind?
A kitten

A bird

A dog

A donkey
19 What does Miss Brill do with the old gentleman four days a week?
Teach him French

Take his dictations

Clean his house

Read the newspaper
20 The old gentleman is described as all the following except ___.
critical

having hollow eyes

frail

sickly
21 Miss Brill now knows she is ___.
an actress

known by the rest of the garden-goers

part of the scene

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

The prince and princess

The hero and heroine

The lovers
23 The hero says all the following about Miss Brill except ___.
she should stay home

her toque is shabby

she is odd

no one wants her
24 The girl says Miss Brill's fur looks like a ___.
soggy piece of bread

rat

rag

fish
25 What does the hero want to do with the heroine?
Dance and sing

Sit quietly and watch people

Propose to her

Say flirtatious things

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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