Lesson 2.1.1
2.1.1 Hard Times (Charles Dickens) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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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
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What is the name of the fictional industrial town in Hard Times?
- Coketown
- Muggleton
- Milton
- Barchester
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Which word completes Gradgrind's opening philosophy: 'Now, what I want is, ___'?
- Logic
- Facts
- Money
- Virtue
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Who does Louisa Gradgrind marry in Hard Times?
- James Harthouse
- Josiah Bounderby
- Tom Gradgrind
- Stephen Blackpool
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What is Stephen Blackpool's occupation in Hard Times?
- Bank owner
- Aristocratic politician
- Schoolmaster
- Factory hand
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Which character represents imagination and empathy in contrast to Gradgrind's utilitarian classroom?
- Sissy Jupe
- Louisa Gradgrind
- Bitzer
- Mrs Sparsit
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Which character is the self-made manufacturer who boasts of his humble origins?
- Mr Sleary
- Josiah Bounderby
- James Harthouse
- Thomas Gradgrind
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What does Sleary's circus symbolise in Hard Times?
- Imagination and feeling
- Rationalism and fact
- Industrial efficiency
- Religious morality
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Which philosophy does Dickens directly attack throughout Hard Times?
- Utilitarianism
- Feudalism
- Chartism
- Socialism
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What causes Tom Gradgrind's moral corruption and eventual criminal behaviour?
- Circus upbringing
- Religious extremism
- Utilitarian education
- Trade union pressure
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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
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What does Thomas Gradgrind insist should exclusively be taught to children?
- Religion
- Art
- Feelings
- Facts
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What aspect of industrial life is highlighted through the setting of Coketown?
- Moral purity
- Technological triumph
- Rural peace
- Ugliness and monotony
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Which character is a union leader who sees the workers' struggles from a political standpoint?
- Pegler
- Harthouse
- Slackbridge
- Bitzer
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Which character is the schoolboy who lives by the rule of self-interest?
- Mr Sleary
- Bitzer
- Sissy Jupe
- Tom Gradgrind
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How does Thomas Gradgrind's character primarily develop by the end of the novel?
- Embraces factory life
- Becomes mayor
- Exiles Bounderby
- Rejects utilitarianism
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In Hard Times, what do the smoke and chimneys of Coketown symbolise?
- Industrial exploitation
- Romantic beauty
- Religious faith
- Moral enlightenment
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Which character best embodies the heartless greed of industrial capitalism in Hard Times?
- Stephen Blackpool
- Mr Sleary
- Josiah Bounderby
- James Harthouse
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What personal discovery does Gradgrind make following Louisa's emotional collapse?
- Education is useless
- Wealth brings happiness
- Industry cures poverty
- Facts are insufficient
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Who exposes Josiah Bounderby's false story of childhood abandonment and poverty?
- Mrs Sparsit
- Rachael
- Sissy Jupe
- Mrs Pegler
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