9073. What does Gradgrind hope Tom will be able to do after Stephen’s death?
A. Escape England
B. Move up at the bank
C. Marry Sissy
D. Inherit Stephen’s fortune
✅ The correct answer is option A.
9075. What is the name of Mrs. Sparsit’s aristocratic relative?
A. Col. Reginald Powler
B. Lady Scadgers
C. Rupert Hardwick, Esq.
D. Ephraim Gride
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9077. How do the poor of Coketown attempt to improve their conditions?
A. By burning the factory
B. By looting the bank
C. By forming a union.
D. By petitioning Parliament for assistance.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
9079. Why is Stephen unable to marry Rachael?
A. He is already married
B. He is too old
C. He is too poor
D. She is in love with another man
✅ The correct answer is option A.
9081. Who is the first character to speak in the novel?
A. Bounderby
B. Sissy
C. Bitzer
D. Gradgrind
✅ The correct answer is option D.
9083. From what does Mrs. Sparsit imagine Louisa falling?
A. A ladder
B. A staircase
C. The opera balcony
D. The moon
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9089. What is Bounderby’s son’s name?
A. Bitzer
B. Tom
C. James Harthouse
D. Bounderby has no son
✅ The correct answer is option D.
9092. Which character in Hard Times is a Member of Parliament?
A. Bounderby
B. Mr. McChoakumchild
C. Bitzer
D. Gradgrind
✅ The correct answer is option D.
9061. How does Stephen in Hard Times die?
A. He is crushed by factory machinery
B. A fall into Old Hell Shaft
C. Murder
D. Malnutrition as a result of poverty
✅ The correct answer is option B.
9064. What does Rachael find that leads her to believe Stephen has been murdered?
A. A trail of bloody footprints
B. A note from the killer
C. His hat, abandoned in a field
D. An empty bottle of poison
✅ The correct answer is option C.