A. Bounderby
B. Mr. McChoakumchild
C. Bitzer
D. Gradgrind
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Fiction MCQs
Why did Gulliver summon the shades of Rene Descartes and Pierre Gassendi to talk to Aristotle?
A. Descartes and Gassendi were Swift’s friends.
B. They were supporters of Aristotle’s theories
C. They were philosophers who revised many of Aristotle’s theories.
D. They were working together for a common cause.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
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.
About how much money is stolen from the bank in Hard Times?
A. 150 pounds
B. 3,000 pounds
C. 40,000 pounds
D. 128,000 pounds
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The flying island that Gulliver visited was
A. Balninarbi
B. Laputa
C. Brobdingnag
D. Lilliput
✅ The correct answer is option B.
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.
In the novel Hard Times, who runs the circus?
A. Sleary
B. Bitzer
C. Mrs. Pegler
D. Sissy’s father
✅ The correct answer is option A.
What is different about the Struldbrugs of Luggnagg?
A. They are immortal
B. They are giants
C. They are blind
D. They have are extremely wild
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Thomas Gradgrind was a man of
A. Realities
B. Little Faith
C. Facts
D. Wit
✅ The correct answer is option C.
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.