A. Great Pyramid
B. Hart
C. Kid
D. Jem
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Fiction MCQs
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Who is the first character to speak in the novel?
A. Bounderby
B. Sissy
C. Bitzer
D. Gradgrind
✅ The correct answer is option D.