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The Lottery - Quiz
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  • 1. Who wrote the essay "'The Lottery': Symbolic Tour de Force"?
A) Fritz Oehlschlaeger
B) Bernice Murphy
C) Helen E. Nebeker
D) Patrick J. Shields
  • 2. In which publication did Helen E. Nebeker's essay appear?
A) Essays in Literature
B) American Literature
C) The Simpsons
D) Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy
  • 3. In what month and year was Helen E. Nebeker's essay published?
A) December 2004
B) March 1974
C) December 1992
D) March 1988
  • 4. What does Helen E. Nebeker's essay claim about every major name in the story?
A) It has a special significance.
B) It is entirely random.
C) It was chosen by the publisher.
D) It is based on real villagers.
  • 5. According to the text, what has Jackson carefully indicated by the end of the first two paragraphs?
A) The political affiliations of the villagers
B) The exact location and the year of the event
C) The financial status of each family
D) The season, time of ancient excess and sacrifice, and the stones
  • 6. What are described as the most ancient of sacrificial weapons in the text?
A) The lots
B) The black box
C) The wooden chips
D) The stones
  • 7. From what language does Bobby's surname "Martin" derive?
A) Ancient Greek
B) Latin
C) Old French
D) Middle English
  • 8. What does the surname "Martin" signify?
A) Ape or monkey
B) Cross or sacrifice
C) Progenitor or martyr
D) Ultimate refuge or escape
  • 9. Whose commonness is juxtaposed with Bobby Martin's surname?
A) Mr. Adams
B) Harry Jones
C) Dickie Delacroix
D) Mrs. Graves
  • 10. What does "Delacroix" translate to?
A) Of-the-Cross
B) First Man
C) Grave Refuge
D) Hairy Ape
  • 11. How is "Delacroix" vulgarized by the villagers?
A) Delacroy
B) Dellacroy
C) Crossdel
D) Dellacross
  • 12. Who selects a stone so large she has to pick it up with both hands at the end of the story?
A) Mrs. Graves
B) Tessie Hutchinson
C) Mrs. Delacroix
D) Helen Nebeker
  • 13. Who stands in the forefront of the crowd as progenitor and martyr in the Judeo-Christian myth of man?
A) Mr. Adams
B) Bobby Martin
C) Dickie Delacroix
D) Harry Jones
  • 14. Who stands beside Mr. Adams representing the ultimate refuge or escape of all mankind?
A) Mrs. Graves
B) Mrs. Delacroix
C) Anne Hutchinson
D) Tessie Hutchinson
  • 15. Who wrote "The Stoning of Mistress Hutchinson: Meaning and Context in 'The Lottery'"?
A) Fritz Oehlschlaeger
B) Patrick J. Shields
C) Bernice Murphy
D) Helen E. Nebeker
  • 16. In which journal was Fritz Oehlschlaeger's essay published in 1988?
A) Modern Fiction Studies
B) American Literature
C) Essays in Literature
D) The Literary Legacy
  • 17. To historical figure does Jackson's name choice for the victim link her?
A) Sarah Good
B) Elizabeth Proctor
C) Mary Dyer
D) Anne Hutchinson
  • 18. What religious beliefs were found to be heretical by the Puritan hierarchy in Anne Hutchinson's case?
A) Antinomian
B) Calvinist
C) Quaker
D) Baptist
  • 19. In what year was Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts?
A) 1620
B) 1692
C) 1638
D) 1776
  • 20. Who is the protagonist of "The Lottery"?
A) Mrs. Delacroix
B) Tessie Hutchinson
C) Bobby Martin
D) Mrs. Graves
  • 21. What did Tessie Hutchinson question besides her humble status as a wife?
A) The religious beliefs of Mr. Adams
B) The existence of the black box
C) The tradition and correctness of the lottery
D) The necessity of the military draft
  • 22. To which Biblical story has "The Lottery" been compared?
A) David and Goliath
B) Jonah and the Whale
C) Achan, Joshua 7
D) The Binding of Isaac
  • 23. What is the order of drawing in both "The Lottery" and the Biblical story of Achan?
A) Women, then men
B) Individuals, then family heads
C) Family heads, then individuals
D) Children, then adults
  • 24. Who wrote "Arbitrary Condemnation and Sanctioned Violence in Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'"?
A) Fritz Oehlschlaeger
B) Patrick J. Shields
C) Helen E. Nebeker
D) Bernice Murphy
  • 25. In what month and year was Patrick J. Shields's essay published?
A) March 1974
B) March 1988
C) December 1992
D) December 2004
  • 26. According to Mrs. Adams in the text, what have some places already done?
A) Abolished the military draft
B) Banned capital punishment
C) Quit the lotteries
D) Replaced stones with paper
  • 27. What do some people equate the abolition of capital punishment with?
A) Undermining law and morality
B) Promoting absolute freedom
C) Strengthening religious traditions
D) Enhancing community safety
  • 28. What is actually being undermined by the arbitrary practice of capital punishment, according to the text?
A) Economic stability
B) Religious orthodoxy
C) Law and morality
D) Military readiness
  • 29. Who wrote the 2005 book Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy?
A) Fritz Oehlschlaeger
B) Patrick J. Shields
C) Bernice Murphy
D) Helen E. Nebeker
  • 30. In which TV show episode from 1992 was "The Lottery" referenced?
A) The Simpsons episode "Dog of Death"
B) South Park
C) Futurama
D) Family Guy
  • 31. Which character in "The Simpsons" reports that state lottery players borrowed copies of "The Lottery"?
A) Homer Simpson
B) Chief Wiggum
C) Kent Brockman
D) Ned Flanders
E) Moe Szyslak
  • 32. What did excited state lottery players expect to find in Shirley Jackson's book?
A) A history of gambling
B) Strategies to win the jackpot
C) Rules for playing the lottery
D) Mathematical formulas for luck
  • 33. How does Kent Brockman describe "The Lottery"?
A) A historical account of Puritan trials
B) A helpful guide for winning money
C) A chilling tale of conformity gone mad
D) A critique of the military draft
  • 34. What does protagonist Homer Simpson do after Kent Brockman clarifies what the book is about?
A) Write a letter to the library
B) Read the book cover to cover
C) Discard his own copy of the book
D) Buy more copies for his family
  • 35. According to Bernice Murphy, what does the Springfield citizenry's misunderstanding of the story indicate?
A) An accurate understanding of capital punishment
B) A clever satire of modern television
C) A deep appreciation for classic literature
D) A general misrepresentation of Jackson and her work
  • 36. Approximately how many years after its initial creation was "The Lottery" mentioned in "The Simpsons"?
A) Exactly 10 years
B) 100 years
C) 25 years
D) More than 50 years
  • 37. To what real-world system have others compared the lottery besides capital punishment?
A) The tax collection agency
B) The public school enrollment
C) The judicial jury selection
D) The military draft
  • 38. Under the Selective Service System, what was the age range of young men selected at random for military service?
A) 20–30
B) 18–25
C) 16–21
D) 21–35
  • 39. How many years after the end of World War II was "The Lottery" written?
A) Just one year
B) Exactly five years
C) Just three years
D) Ten years
  • 40. How many American men were drafted during World War II, according to the text?
A) Fifty million
B) One million
C) Four hundred thousand
D) Ten million
  • 41. How many American men died in World War II according to the context provided?
A) Over 1 million
B) Over 10 million
C) Over 10,000
D) Over 400,000
  • 42. What act was enacted just two days before "The Lottery" was published?
A) The Military Selective Service Act
B) The Capital Punishment Abolition Act
C) The Puritan Hierarchy Act
D) The Antinomian Heresy Act
  • 43. Which magazine published 'The Lottery'?
A) The San Francisco Chronicle
B) The New Yorker
C) The Vermont Review
D) Come Along with Me
  • 44. Where did Shirley Jackson respond to readers a month after publication?
A) San Francisco Chronicle
B) The New Yorker
C) North Bennington Gazette
D) Come Along with Me
  • 45. When did Shirley Jackson publish her response in the San Francisco Chronicle?
A) July 22, 1960
B) August 12, 1948
C) July 22, 1948
D) June 15, 1948
  • 46. Where did Shirley Jackson live when she wrote the story?
A) North Bennington, Vermont
B) Boston, Massachusetts
C) San Francisco, California
D) New York City, New York
  • 47. In what year was Jackson's lecture printed in the collection Come Along with Me?
A) 1960
B) 1972
C) 1948
D) 1968
  • 48. Out of roughly three hundred letters received that summer, how many spoke kindly?
A) Thirteen
B) Thirty
C) Three
D) Fifty
  • 49. Who mostly wrote the thirteen kind letters Jackson received that summer?
A) Friends
B) Family members
C) Editors
D) Critics
  • 50. Who was the editor of The New Yorker mentioned in the text?
A) Bennington
B) San Francisco
C) Harold Ross
D) Come Along
  • 51. Which of the following was a completely mystifying transformation of the story mentioned?
A) Made into a children's book
B) Made into a ballet
C) Made into a silent film
D) Made into a musical
  • 52. What did readers largely confine their questions to in later years?
A) Where these lotteries were held
B) Why the mother hated the story
C) What does this story mean?
D) Whether they could watch a lottery
  • 53. What was the general tone of the early letters sent to Jackson?
A) Literary and analytical
B) Hostile and threatening
C) Wide-eyed, shocked innocence
D) Humorous and lighthearted
  • 54. Did The New Yorker keep records of phone calls regarding the story?
A) Yes
B) Only for international calls
C) Only for a month
D) No
  • 55. What approximate population does the unnamed village have?
A) About 1,000 residents
B) About 50 residents
C) About 300 residents
D) About 100 residents
  • 56. On what date does the lottery take place in the story?
A) June 26
B) July 1
C) June 27
D) May 30
  • 57. Who quotes the proverb 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon'?
A) Mr. Summers
B) Bill Hutchinson
C) Mr. Graves
D) Old Man Warner
  • 58. Which network broadcasted the radio adaptation of 'The Lottery' on March 14, 1951?
A) NBC
B) ABC
C) PBS
D) CBS
  • 59. Who wrote the 1951 radio adaptation of 'The Lottery'?
A) Ellen M. Violett
B) Anthony Spinner
C) Shirley Jackson
D) Ernest Kinoy
  • 60. How many of the Hutchinsons' three children were deleted by writer Ernest Kinoy for the radio version?
A) None
B) Three
C) One
D) Two
  • 61. What is the profession of John Gunderson, a character added by Ernest Kinoy to the radio version?
A) Police officer
B) Mayor
C) Schoolteacher
D) Store owner
  • 62. Who directed the 1951 NBC radio production of 'The Lottery'?
A) Anthony Spinner
B) Andrew C. Love
C) Larry Yust
D) Miles Hyman
  • 63. Who wrote the first television adaptation of 'The Lottery' for Cameo Theatre?
A) Ernest Kinoy
B) James Durbin
C) Shirley Jackson
D) Ellen M. Violett
  • 64. On which television program was the first TV adaptation of 'The Lottery' seen?
A) Cameo Theatre
B) NBC Presents: Short Story
C) Short Story Showcase
D) The Twilight Zone
  • 65. What was the segment title in the Regular Show parody of 'The Lottery'?
A) The Hole
B) Short Story Showcase
C) The Lottery Returns
D) The Town Square
  • 66. Who directed the 1969 short film adaptation of 'The Lottery'?
A) Miles Hyman
B) Larry Yust
C) Anthony Spinner
D) Andrew C. Love
  • 67. Who provided the ten-minute commentary film accompanying Larry Yust's 1969 adaptation?
A) Larry Yust
B) James Durbin
C) Ernest Kinoy
D) Ed Begley Jr.
  • 68. Which actor made their third film appearance in Larry Yust's 1969 adaptation?
A) Ed Begley Jr.
B) William Fawcett
C) Olive Dunbar
D) Jim Bowles
  • 69. Who wrote the 1996 feature-length TV film adaptation of 'The Lottery'?
A) Ellen M. Violett
B) Miles Hyman
C) Ernest Kinoy
D) Anthony Spinner
  • 70. When did Anthony Spinner's feature-length TV film premiere?
A) January 1, 2016
B) October 31, 2014
C) September 29, 1996
D) March 14, 1951
  • 71. What award was Anthony Spinner's 1996 TV film nominated for?
A) An Emmy Award for Best Directing
B) A Saturn Award for Best Graphic Novel
C) A 1997 Saturn Award for Best Single Genre Television Presentation
D) An Academy Award for Best Short Film
  • 72. Who created the 2016 graphic novel adaptation titled Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery': The Authorized Graphic Adaptation?
A) Miles Hyman
B) Larry Yust
C) James Durbin
D) Anthony Spinner
  • 73. What relation is Miles Hyman to Shirley Jackson?
A) Son
B) Brother
C) Grandson
D) Nephew
  • 74. Who wrote the review for the Houston Chronicle about Miles Hyman's graphic novel?
A) Olive Dunbar
B) Alyson Ward
C) Irene Tedrow
D) Ellen M. Violett
  • 75. Which actor appeared in Larry Yust's 1969 film alongside Olive Dunbar and Jim Bowles?
A) Anthony Spinner
B) Ernest Kinoy
C) Ed Begley
D) William Fawcett
  • 76. Which actress was part of the cast of Larry Yust's 1969 film along with Irene Tedrow?
A) Shirley Jackson
B) Alyson Ward
C) Ellen M. Violett
D) Olive Dunbar
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