Top 50+ Solved Hard Times - Charles Dickens MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In which city does most of the novel take place?
a. Coketown
b. Liverpool
c. London
d. Evenly divided between Coketown and London
Q. From what does Mrs. Sparsit imagine Louisa falling?
a. A ladder
b. A staircase
c. The opera balcony
d. The moon
Q. 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
Q. 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.
Q. What is the name of Mrs. Sparsit’s aristocratic relative?
a. Col. Reginald Powler
b. Lady Scadgers
c. Rupert Hardwick, Esq.
d. Ephraim Gride
Q. 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
Q. What is Bitzer’s defining characteristic?
a. His pale skin
b. His facial scar
c. His limp
d. His red hair
Q. Where does Louisa flee after Harthouse’s declaration of love?
a. Her husband’s house
b. Her father’s house
c. Stephen’s room
d. The circus
Q. What are Sissy’s father’s first words after he returns to his daughter?
a. “Oh, Sissy, how I’ve missed you!”
b. “At last . . . at long last . . . my daughter. . . .”
c. “Child, do you not know me at last?”
d. He never returns
Q. What motivates Harthouse to become one of Gradgrind’s political disciples?
a. He believes in Gradgrind’s philosophy of fact
b. Boredom
c. The desire for wealth
d. Pride
Q. At the beginning of the story Mr Gradgrind calls the pupils by numbers. Whatnumber is Sissy Jupe?
a. ten
b. twenty
c. thirty
d. Forty
Q. Who is the first character to speak in the novel Hard Times?
a. Bounderby
b. Mr Gradgrind
c. Sissy
d. Bitzer
Q. _____ is the common name given to the poor Coketown factory workers
a. Combination
b. Hands
c. Labors
d. Unions