A. not permitted
B. accepted as a sin
C. denied by her wife
D. not affordable for the poor
✅ The correct answer is option C.
9082. Dickens described the smoke of industrialized Coketown as
A. the serpents of smoke
B. dark and evil
C. the industrial smoke
D. the deathly smoke
✅ The correct answer is option D.
9080. Dickens’ Hard Times is a novel of social protest which attacks
A. socialism
B. communitarianism
C. existentialism
D. utilitarianism
✅ The correct answer is option A.
9078. Hard Times is divided into three sections entitled
A. Sowing, Gardening and Reaping
B. Sowing, Reaping and Garnering
C. Sowing, Gathering and Reaping
D. Sowing, Harvesting and Garnering
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9076. Who offers the “correct” definition of a horse in Hard Times?
A. Mr. Sleary
B. Louisa
C. Bitzer
D. Mr. Thomas Gradgrind
✅ The correct answer is option A.
9074. At the beginning of the novel Hard Times, who is Sissy’s “legal guardian”?
A. Her Father
B. Mr. Choakumchild
C. Her Mother
D. Mr. Sleary
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9072. What is Harthouse’s nickname?
A. Great Pyramid
B. Hart
C. Kid
D. Jem
✅ The correct answer is option C.
9070. Why does Stephen Blackpool refuse to join the labour movement?
A. Because of a promise to Rachel
B. Out of loyalty to Mr. Bounderby
C. Because he does not trust Mr. Slackbridge
D. Because he is afraid of losing his job
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9068. Mr. Bounderby is described as a
A. ‘Bully of humility’
B. ‘Bully of facts’
C. ‘Bully of fancy’
D. ‘Bully of imagination’
✅ The correct answer is option D.
9065. How does Gulliver put out the fire in the Empress’ bed chamber?
A. With a hose
B. With a few buckets of water
C. He urinates on it
D. Covers it with his clothes
✅ The correct answer is option C.