News from Nowhere Quizzes

News from Nowhere Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of "News from Nowhere"?
Madeline Cohen

William Morris

John Steinbeck

William Shakespeare
2 What rhetorical device is used in the title of the book?
Personification

Alliteration

Simile

Allusion
3 In what year was "News from Nowhere" published?
1890

1901

1980

1790
4 What does the author refer to when he writes "the League" (3)?
The Lullaby League

The Capitalist League

The Anarchist League

The Socialist League
5 What happens at the meeting of the League in Chapter 1?
Many members argue about their differing ideas for society.

The narrator contemplates leaving the League but feels as if he is stuck.

The narrator comes to believe that anarchism is the true way to reform society.

The members have a feast to toast the Morrow of the Revolution.
6 What season is it when William goes to sleep?
Winter

Fall

Spring

Summer
7 What season is it when William wakes up?
Winter

Spring

Fall

Summer
8 In what century does William truly live?
The 18th century

The 21st century

The 20th century

The 19th century
9 In what century does William wake up?
The 21st century

The 19th century

The 18th century

The 20th century
10 What does William do after waking up feeling groggy?
He tries to find his car.

He tries to find his best friend to ask what happened.

He goes for a swim.

He drinks a cup of strong coffee.
11 William notices a bridge that has replaced the metal bridge he hates. When does the boatman say this new bridge was built?
1954

2089

1890

2003
12 What does the boatman think William is talking about when he asks "How much" (10)?
Food

Money

The tide

Payment for services
13 What now stands where William's home used to?
A church

A restaurant

A guest house

A government building
14 What does William think regarding women's dress in the 19th century versus the future?
He thinks their dress is fancier and more beautiful in the future.

He thinks their dress is fancier and less beautiful in the future.

He thinks their dress is simpler and more beautiful in the future.

He thinks their dress is simpler and less beautiful in the future.
15 What does an inscription on the wall of the Guest House's hall praise?
Anarchism

William Guest

The Hammersmith Socialists

William Morris
16 What does the narrator ask his new acquaintances to call him?
William Morris

William Boffin

Dick William

William Guest
17 How old is William?
68

32

56

45
18 What literary device is used by naming a character Boffin?
Hyperbole

Alliteration

Metaphor

Allusion
19 What does William discover the name of the boatman to be?
Boffin

Marcos

Robert

Dick
20 Who does Dick want William to meet?
His grandfather

His girlfriend

His great-great-grandfather

His brother
21 Where does Dick's kinsman live?
Oxford

Bloomsbury

Hammersmith

London
22 What does Dick think William means when he refers to poor people?
Sick people

People who are middle class

People who have almost no money

Stupid people
23 What kind of people do William and Dick see in the woods? What are they doing?
Children, camping

Poor people, begging

Children, looking for their parents

Women and children, sleeping peacefully
24 What is the system of education in the future?
Children attend school only during the summer.

Children attend school through the 5th grade, and then do apprenticeships.

Children attend school only during the winter.

Children do not attend school.
25 What are the Houses of Parliament used as in the future?
Nothing

The meeting place of the socialist government

A guest house

A storage place for manure and a market

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