A. Escape England
B. Move up at the bank
C. Marry Sissy
D. Inherit Stephen’s fortune
✅ The correct answer is option A.
9071. What is Bitzer’s defining characteristic?
A. His pale skin
B. His facial scar
C. His limp
D. His red hair
✅ The correct answer is option A.
9069. Where does Louisa flee after Harthouse’s declaration of love?
A. Her husband’s house
B. Her father’s house
C. Stephen’s room
D. The circus
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9066. What are Sissy’s father’s first words after he returns to his daughter?
A. “Oh, Sissy, how I’ve missed you!”
B. “At last . . . at long last . . . my daughter. . . .”
C. “Child, do you not know me at last?”
D. He never returns
✅ The correct answer is option D.
9063. What motivates Harthouse to become one of Gradgrind’s political disciples?
A. He believes in Gradgrind’s philosophy of fact
B. Boredom
C. The desire for wealth
D. Pride
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9060. Thomas Gradgrind was a man of
A. Realities
B. Little Faith
C. Facts
D. Wit
✅ The correct answer is option C.
9057. At the beginning of the story Mr Gradgrind calls the pupils by numbers. What number is Sissy Jupe?
A. ten
B. twenty
C. thirty
D. Forty
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9054. Who is the first character to speak in the novel Hard Times?
A. Bounderby
B. Mr Gradgrind
C. Sissy
D. Bitzer
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9091. _____ is the common name given to the poor Coketown factory workers
A. Combination
B. Hands
C. Labors
D. Unions
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9088. In Hard Times Thomas Gradgrind is described as a man of
A. facts and calculations
B. dreams and aspirations
C. facts and discipline
D. wisdom and knowledge
✅ The correct answer is option A.