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The Lottery - Quiz
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  • 1. Who wrote the essay "'The Lottery': Symbolic Tour de Force"?
A) Patrick J. Shields
B) Bernice Murphy
C) Fritz Oehlschlaeger
D) Helen E. Nebeker
  • 2. In which publication did Helen E. Nebeker's essay appear?
A) The Simpsons
B) Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy
C) Essays in Literature
D) American Literature
  • 3. In what month and year was Helen E. Nebeker's essay published?
A) March 1974
B) December 1992
C) December 2004
D) March 1988
  • 4. What does Helen E. Nebeker's essay claim about every major name in the story?
A) It is entirely random.
B) It was chosen by the publisher.
C) It is based on real villagers.
D) It has a special significance.
  • 5. According to the text, what has Jackson carefully indicated by the end of the first two paragraphs?
A) The political affiliations of the villagers
B) The season, time of ancient excess and sacrifice, and the stones
C) The financial status of each family
D) The exact location and the year of the event
  • 6. What are described as the most ancient of sacrificial weapons in the text?
A) The black box
B) The wooden chips
C) The lots
D) The stones
  • 7. From what language does Bobby's surname "Martin" derive?
A) Latin
B) Middle English
C) Ancient Greek
D) Old French
  • 8. What does the surname "Martin" signify?
A) Cross or sacrifice
B) Progenitor or martyr
C) Ape or monkey
D) Ultimate refuge or escape
  • 9. Whose commonness is juxtaposed with Bobby Martin's surname?
A) Mrs. Graves
B) Harry Jones
C) Dickie Delacroix
D) Mr. Adams
  • 10. What does "Delacroix" translate to?
A) Grave Refuge
B) First Man
C) Hairy Ape
D) Of-the-Cross
  • 11. How is "Delacroix" vulgarized by the villagers?
A) Delacroy
B) Dellacross
C) Dellacroy
D) Crossdel
  • 12. Who selects a stone so large she has to pick it up with both hands at the end of the story?
A) Mrs. Graves
B) Tessie Hutchinson
C) Mrs. Delacroix
D) Helen Nebeker
  • 13. Who stands in the forefront of the crowd as progenitor and martyr in the Judeo-Christian myth of man?
A) Dickie Delacroix
B) Mr. Adams
C) Harry Jones
D) Bobby Martin
  • 14. Who stands beside Mr. Adams representing the ultimate refuge or escape of all mankind?
A) Mrs. Graves
B) Anne Hutchinson
C) Tessie Hutchinson
D) Mrs. Delacroix
  • 15. Who wrote "The Stoning of Mistress Hutchinson: Meaning and Context in 'The Lottery'"?
A) Helen E. Nebeker
B) Bernice Murphy
C) Fritz Oehlschlaeger
D) Patrick J. Shields
  • 16. In which journal was Fritz Oehlschlaeger's essay published in 1988?
A) Essays in Literature
B) Modern Fiction Studies
C) The Literary Legacy
D) American Literature
  • 17. To historical figure does Jackson's name choice for the victim link her?
A) Sarah Good
B) Anne Hutchinson
C) Mary Dyer
D) Elizabeth Proctor
  • 18. What religious beliefs were found to be heretical by the Puritan hierarchy in Anne Hutchinson's case?
A) Calvinist
B) Quaker
C) Antinomian
D) Baptist
  • 19. In what year was Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts?
A) 1776
B) 1620
C) 1638
D) 1692
  • 20. Who is the protagonist of "The Lottery"?
A) Bobby Martin
B) Mrs. Graves
C) Mrs. Delacroix
D) Tessie Hutchinson
  • 21. What did Tessie Hutchinson question besides her humble status as a wife?
A) The tradition and correctness of the lottery
B) The necessity of the military draft
C) The religious beliefs of Mr. Adams
D) The existence of the black box
  • 22. To which Biblical story has "The Lottery" been compared?
A) David and Goliath
B) Jonah and the Whale
C) The Binding of Isaac
D) Achan, Joshua 7
  • 23. What is the order of drawing in both "The Lottery" and the Biblical story of Achan?
A) Individuals, then family heads
B) Children, then adults
C) Family heads, then individuals
D) Women, then men
  • 24. Who wrote "Arbitrary Condemnation and Sanctioned Violence in Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'"?
A) Bernice Murphy
B) Fritz Oehlschlaeger
C) Helen E. Nebeker
D) Patrick J. Shields
  • 25. In what month and year was Patrick J. Shields's essay published?
A) March 1974
B) March 1988
C) December 2004
D) December 1992
  • 26. According to Mrs. Adams in the text, what have some places already done?
A) Banned capital punishment
B) Quit the lotteries
C) Replaced stones with paper
D) Abolished the military draft
  • 27. What do some people equate the abolition of capital punishment with?
A) Strengthening religious traditions
B) Undermining law and morality
C) Enhancing community safety
D) Promoting absolute freedom
  • 28. What is actually being undermined by the arbitrary practice of capital punishment, according to the text?
A) Economic stability
B) Religious orthodoxy
C) Law and morality
D) Military readiness
  • 29. Who wrote the 2005 book Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy?
A) Bernice Murphy
B) Helen E. Nebeker
C) Patrick J. Shields
D) Fritz Oehlschlaeger
  • 30. In which TV show episode from 1992 was "The Lottery" referenced?
A) Family Guy
B) The Simpsons episode "Dog of Death"
C) Futurama
D) South Park
  • 31. Which character in "The Simpsons" reports that state lottery players borrowed copies of "The Lottery"?
A) Kent Brockman
B) Ned Flanders
C) Homer Simpson
D) Chief Wiggum
E) Moe Szyslak
  • 32. What did excited state lottery players expect to find in Shirley Jackson's book?
A) Strategies to win the jackpot
B) Mathematical formulas for luck
C) Rules for playing the lottery
D) A history of gambling
  • 33. How does Kent Brockman describe "The Lottery"?
A) A chilling tale of conformity gone mad
B) A historical account of Puritan trials
C) A helpful guide for winning money
D) A critique of the military draft
  • 34. What does protagonist Homer Simpson do after Kent Brockman clarifies what the book is about?
A) Write a letter to the library
B) Read the book cover to cover
C) Discard his own copy of the book
D) Buy more copies for his family
  • 35. According to Bernice Murphy, what does the Springfield citizenry's misunderstanding of the story indicate?
A) An accurate understanding of capital punishment
B) A deep appreciation for classic literature
C) A general misrepresentation of Jackson and her work
D) A clever satire of modern television
  • 36. Approximately how many years after its initial creation was "The Lottery" mentioned in "The Simpsons"?
A) More than 50 years
B) Exactly 10 years
C) 100 years
D) 25 years
  • 37. To what real-world system have others compared the lottery besides capital punishment?
A) The public school enrollment
B) The tax collection agency
C) The judicial jury selection
D) The military draft
  • 38. Under the Selective Service System, what was the age range of young men selected at random for military service?
A) 16–21
B) 20–30
C) 18–25
D) 21–35
  • 39. How many years after the end of World War II was "The Lottery" written?
A) Just three years
B) Just one year
C) Exactly five years
D) Ten years
  • 40. How many American men were drafted during World War II, according to the text?
A) One million
B) Fifty million
C) Four hundred thousand
D) Ten million
  • 41. How many American men died in World War II according to the context provided?
A) Over 10 million
B) Over 400,000
C) Over 10,000
D) Over 1 million
  • 42. What act was enacted just two days before "The Lottery" was published?
A) The Capital Punishment Abolition Act
B) The Antinomian Heresy Act
C) The Puritan Hierarchy Act
D) The Military Selective Service Act
  • 43. Which magazine published 'The Lottery'?
A) The New Yorker
B) The San Francisco Chronicle
C) The Vermont Review
D) Come Along with Me
  • 44. Where did Shirley Jackson respond to readers a month after publication?
A) The New Yorker
B) San Francisco Chronicle
C) North Bennington Gazette
D) Come Along with Me
  • 45. When did Shirley Jackson publish her response in the San Francisco Chronicle?
A) June 15, 1948
B) August 12, 1948
C) July 22, 1948
D) July 22, 1960
  • 46. Where did Shirley Jackson live when she wrote the story?
A) New York City, New York
B) San Francisco, California
C) Boston, Massachusetts
D) North Bennington, Vermont
  • 47. In what year was Jackson's lecture printed in the collection Come Along with Me?
A) 1968
B) 1948
C) 1972
D) 1960
  • 48. Out of roughly three hundred letters received that summer, how many spoke kindly?
A) Thirty
B) Thirteen
C) Three
D) Fifty
  • 49. Who mostly wrote the thirteen kind letters Jackson received that summer?
A) Friends
B) Family members
C) Editors
D) Critics
  • 50. Who was the editor of The New Yorker mentioned in the text?
A) Harold Ross
B) Bennington
C) Come Along
D) San Francisco
  • 51. Which of the following was a completely mystifying transformation of the story mentioned?
A) Made into a silent film
B) Made into a musical
C) Made into a ballet
D) Made into a children's book
  • 52. What did readers largely confine their questions to in later years?
A) Whether they could watch a lottery
B) Where these lotteries were held
C) Why the mother hated the story
D) What does this story mean?
  • 53. What was the general tone of the early letters sent to Jackson?
A) Wide-eyed, shocked innocence
B) Humorous and lighthearted
C) Hostile and threatening
D) Literary and analytical
  • 54. Did The New Yorker keep records of phone calls regarding the story?
A) Only for a month
B) Yes
C) No
D) Only for international calls
  • 55. What approximate population does the unnamed village have?
A) About 300 residents
B) About 50 residents
C) About 100 residents
D) About 1,000 residents
  • 56. On what date does the lottery take place in the story?
A) July 1
B) May 30
C) June 26
D) June 27
  • 57. Who quotes the proverb 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon'?
A) Bill Hutchinson
B) Mr. Graves
C) Old Man Warner
D) Mr. Summers
  • 58. Which network broadcasted the radio adaptation of 'The Lottery' on March 14, 1951?
A) NBC
B) CBS
C) PBS
D) ABC
  • 59. Who wrote the 1951 radio adaptation of 'The Lottery'?
A) Anthony Spinner
B) Ellen M. Violett
C) Shirley Jackson
D) Ernest Kinoy
  • 60. How many of the Hutchinsons' three children were deleted by writer Ernest Kinoy for the radio version?
A) One
B) None
C) Two
D) Three
  • 61. What is the profession of John Gunderson, a character added by Ernest Kinoy to the radio version?
A) Police officer
B) Store owner
C) Schoolteacher
D) Mayor
  • 62. Who directed the 1951 NBC radio production of 'The Lottery'?
A) Larry Yust
B) Andrew C. Love
C) Miles Hyman
D) Anthony Spinner
  • 63. Who wrote the first television adaptation of 'The Lottery' for Cameo Theatre?
A) James Durbin
B) Shirley Jackson
C) Ellen M. Violett
D) Ernest Kinoy
  • 64. On which television program was the first TV adaptation of 'The Lottery' seen?
A) Cameo Theatre
B) NBC Presents: Short Story
C) The Twilight Zone
D) Short Story Showcase
  • 65. What was the segment title in the Regular Show parody of 'The Lottery'?
A) Short Story Showcase
B) The Hole
C) The Lottery Returns
D) The Town Square
  • 66. Who directed the 1969 short film adaptation of 'The Lottery'?
A) Larry Yust
B) Anthony Spinner
C) Andrew C. Love
D) Miles Hyman
  • 67. Who provided the ten-minute commentary film accompanying Larry Yust's 1969 adaptation?
A) Ed Begley Jr.
B) Larry Yust
C) James Durbin
D) Ernest Kinoy
  • 68. Which actor made their third film appearance in Larry Yust's 1969 adaptation?
A) William Fawcett
B) Ed Begley Jr.
C) Olive Dunbar
D) Jim Bowles
  • 69. Who wrote the 1996 feature-length TV film adaptation of 'The Lottery'?
A) Miles Hyman
B) Ernest Kinoy
C) Ellen M. Violett
D) Anthony Spinner
  • 70. When did Anthony Spinner's feature-length TV film premiere?
A) October 31, 2014
B) September 29, 1996
C) January 1, 2016
D) March 14, 1951
  • 71. What award was Anthony Spinner's 1996 TV film nominated for?
A) An Academy Award for Best Short Film
B) A Saturn Award for Best Graphic Novel
C) An Emmy Award for Best Directing
D) A 1997 Saturn Award for Best Single Genre Television Presentation
  • 72. Who created the 2016 graphic novel adaptation titled Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery': The Authorized Graphic Adaptation?
A) James Durbin
B) Anthony Spinner
C) Miles Hyman
D) Larry Yust
  • 73. What relation is Miles Hyman to Shirley Jackson?
A) Nephew
B) Brother
C) Son
D) Grandson
  • 74. Who wrote the review for the Houston Chronicle about Miles Hyman's graphic novel?
A) Alyson Ward
B) Ellen M. Violett
C) Irene Tedrow
D) Olive Dunbar
  • 75. Which actor appeared in Larry Yust's 1969 film alongside Olive Dunbar and Jim Bowles?
A) William Fawcett
B) Ed Begley
C) Ernest Kinoy
D) Anthony Spinner
  • 76. Which actress was part of the cast of Larry Yust's 1969 film along with Irene Tedrow?
A) Olive Dunbar
B) Shirley Jackson
C) Alyson Ward
D) Ellen M. Violett
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