English Department
First Semester
Date:
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Literature
Grade: 10 SAT
Work Sheet
1. What is Sissy's real name?
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A- Sleary
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B- Josephine
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C- Cecilia
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D- Meredith
2. Who offers the "correct" definition of a horse?
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A- Louisa
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B- Bitzer
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C- Mr. Sleary
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D- Mr. Thomas Gradgrind
3. What is the model for Mr. Gradgrind's school?
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A- Stone Lodge
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B- Parliament
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C- The factory
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D- The panopticon
4. Where does Mr. Gradgrind live?
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A- Stone Lodge
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B- In his school
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C- In "a banker's room"
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D- Westminster
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5. Who is not one of the Gradgrind's children?
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A- Louisa
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B- Jane
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C- Charles
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D- Adam Smith
6. At the beginning of Hard Times who is Sissy's "legal guardian"?
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A- Her father
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B- Her mother
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C- Mr. Sleary
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D- Mr. M'Choakumchild
7. What is Signor Jupe's true profession?
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A- Veterinary Surgeon
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B- Circus Performer
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C- Drunkard
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D- Banker
8. What is the name of the Public House where Sissy lives?
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A- Pegasus's Legs
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B- Pegasus's Arms
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C- The Pegasus
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D- Pegasus's Wings
9. Coketown is a literary representation of which major British city?
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A- London
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B- Liverpool
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C- Birmingham
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D- Manchester
10. What does Mr. Bounderby think that the poor want?
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A- An endless supply of gin
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B- Public welfare
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C- Venison and a golden egg
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D- Turtle soup and a golden spoon
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11. What killed Mrs. Sparsit's husband?
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A- A train
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B- French liquor
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C- The fits
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D- A burglar
12. Why does the "mysterious old woman" come to Coketown each year?
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A- To smell the city air
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B- To lodge at Mr. Bounderby's house
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C- To cheer up Stephen Blackpool
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D- To see the fine city gentlemen
13. Dickens compares Mr. Gradgrind to which character of children's fairy
tales?
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A- Bluebeard
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B- Ali Baba
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C- King Arthur
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D- The giant from "Jack and the Beanstalk"
14. Where does Mr. Bounderby say that he lived as a young man?
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A- London
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B- Overseas
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C- In a small country town
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D- In the gutter
15. Who pays Stephen an unwelcome visit in the middle of the night?
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A- Tom Gradgrind
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B- His drunk wife
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C- The "mysterious old woman"
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D- Slackbridge
16. Who arranges the marriage between Louisa and Mr. Bounderby?
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A- Mr. Gradgrind and Mr. Bounderby
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B- Mr. and Mrs. Gradgrind
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C- Louisa and Mr. Gradgrind
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D- Tom Gradgrind and Mr. Bounderby
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17. Who does Louisa love more than anyone else?
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A- Her mother, Mrs. Gradgrind
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B- Her new husband, Mr. Bounderby
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C- Herself
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D- Her brother, Tom Gradgrind
18. Coketown is likened to what fallen city of the Bible?
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A- Jerusalem
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B- Babylon
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C- Babel
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D- Albion
19. What name is used to describe Tom in the second half of the novel?
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A- "Icarus"
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B- "Malthus"
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C- "Whelp"
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D- "Kid"
20. Who is not an employee of Mr. Bounderby at some point in the novel?
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A- Tom Gradgrind
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B- Bitzer
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C- Stephen Blackpool
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D- Mr. Harthouse
21. What is the name of Slackbridge's labor movement?
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A- United Tribunal of Hands
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B- Coketown Hands United
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C- United Coketown Hands
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D- United Aggregate Tribunal
22. Why does Stephen Blackpool refuse to join the labor movement?
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A- Because he is afraid of losing his job
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B- Because he does not trust Mr. Slackbridge
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C- Out of loyalty to Mr. Bounderby
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D- Because of a promise to Rachael
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23. When does Mrs. Sparsit move into Bounderby's bank?
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A- After Bounderby sells his country house
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B- After she retires
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C- After the theft
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D- After Bounderby is married
24. What is Harthouse's nickname?
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A- Great Pyramid
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B- Hart
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C- Kid
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D- Jem
25. What is Louisa's "curious reserve"?
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A- Her resistance to Mr. Harthouse's advances.
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B- Her spite for Mrs. Sparsit
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C- Her insistence on attending lectures
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D- Her hidden stash of bank-notes
Ps.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens is an extracurricular work ,students are supposed to have it as a self study to
reinforce their reading ,analyzing, and interpreting abilities and will be followed up regularly .
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