Miss Brill Quizzes

Miss Brill Quiz 1

1 What year was the story written?
1922

1920

1929

1912
2 Where does the story take place?
France

America

Norway

England
3 Miss Brill is a/an ___?
writer

shopgirl

nurse

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

piercingly cold

temperate and sunny

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

its nose is a bit worn

its eyes are glossy

Miss Brill just purchased it recently
6 Which of the following is true about Miss Brill's day?
It is the start of the season.

The band is lively.

It is Saturday.

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

A nun

An old man and woman

Two peasant women
8 What did the Englishman and woman talk about?
Coats

Spectacles

Shoes

Pocket watches
9 What does Miss Brill like to do in the garden?
Doze off

Draw people

Talk to people

Watch and listen to people
10 Miss Brill describes the people she sees as all the following except ___.
odd

silent

old

scary
11 What do the two girls in red do?
Dance

Join up with soldiers

Talk meanly about Miss Brill

Pull two donkeys
12 The nun is described as ___.
warm

cold

dignified

dowdy
13 What "funny" clothing item are the peasant women wearing?
Spectacles

Shoes

Hats

Toques
14 The man the woman in the ermine toque talks to is described as ___.
dignified

funny

cruel

still
15 The woman is the ermine toque is all the following except ___.
shabbily dressed

most likely a prostitute

singing along with the band

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 painting

A memory

A dream

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

A bird

A donkey

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

Clean his house

Read the newspaper

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

frail

having hollow eyes

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

an actress

known by the rest of the garden-goers

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

The hero and heroine

The lovers

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

she is odd

no one wants her

her toque is shabby
24 The girl says Miss Brill's fur looks like a ___.
fish

rag

soggy piece of bread

rat
25 What does the hero want to do with the heroine?
Propose to her

Say flirtatious things

Sit quietly and watch people

Dance and sing

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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