Lesson 2.1.1

2.1.1 Hard Times (Charles Dickens) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 2

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  1. What is the name of the schoolmaster who believes in facts and rejects imagination in Hard Times?

    • Thomas Gradgrind
    • Josiah Bounderby
    • Mr Harthouse
    • Mr Sleary
  2. What is the name of the fictional industrial town in Hard Times?

    • Coketown
    • Muggleton
    • Milton
    • Barchester
  3. Which word completes Gradgrind's opening philosophy: 'Now, what I want is, ___'?

    • Logic
    • Facts
    • Money
    • Virtue
  4. Who does Louisa Gradgrind marry in Hard Times?

    • James Harthouse
    • Josiah Bounderby
    • Tom Gradgrind
    • Stephen Blackpool
  5. What is Stephen Blackpool's occupation in Hard Times?

    • Bank owner
    • Aristocratic politician
    • Schoolmaster
    • Factory hand
  6. Which character represents imagination and empathy in contrast to Gradgrind's utilitarian classroom?

    • Sissy Jupe
    • Louisa Gradgrind
    • Bitzer
    • Mrs Sparsit
  7. Which character is the self-made manufacturer who boasts of his humble origins?

    • Mr Sleary
    • Josiah Bounderby
    • James Harthouse
    • Thomas Gradgrind
  8. What does Sleary's circus symbolise in Hard Times?

    • Imagination and feeling
    • Rationalism and fact
    • Industrial efficiency
    • Religious morality
  9. Which philosophy does Dickens directly attack throughout Hard Times?

    • Utilitarianism
    • Feudalism
    • Chartism
    • Socialism
  10. What causes Tom Gradgrind's moral corruption and eventual criminal behaviour?

    • Circus upbringing
    • Religious extremism
    • Utilitarian education
    • Trade union pressure
  11. In which periodical was Hard Times first published as a serial in 1854?

    • All the Year Round
    • Bentley's Miscellany
    • The Cornhill Magazine
    • Household Words
  12. What does Thomas Gradgrind insist should exclusively be taught to children?

    • Religion
    • Art
    • Feelings
    • Facts
  13. What aspect of industrial life is highlighted through the setting of Coketown?

    • Moral purity
    • Technological triumph
    • Rural peace
    • Ugliness and monotony
  14. Which character is a union leader who sees the workers' struggles from a political standpoint?

    • Pegler
    • Harthouse
    • Slackbridge
    • Bitzer
  15. Which character is the schoolboy who lives by the rule of self-interest?

    • Mr Sleary
    • Bitzer
    • Sissy Jupe
    • Tom Gradgrind
  16. How does Thomas Gradgrind's character primarily develop by the end of the novel?

    • Embraces factory life
    • Becomes mayor
    • Exiles Bounderby
    • Rejects utilitarianism
  17. In Hard Times, what do the smoke and chimneys of Coketown symbolise?

    • Industrial exploitation
    • Romantic beauty
    • Religious faith
    • Moral enlightenment
  18. Which character best embodies the heartless greed of industrial capitalism in Hard Times?

    • Stephen Blackpool
    • Mr Sleary
    • Josiah Bounderby
    • James Harthouse
  19. What personal discovery does Gradgrind make following Louisa's emotional collapse?

    • Education is useless
    • Wealth brings happiness
    • Industry cures poverty
    • Facts are insufficient
  20. Who exposes Josiah Bounderby's false story of childhood abandonment and poverty?

    • Mrs Sparsit
    • Rachael
    • Sissy Jupe
    • Mrs Pegler

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