News from Nowhere Quizzes

News from Nowhere Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of "News from Nowhere"?
William Morris

Madeline Cohen

William Shakespeare

John Steinbeck
2 What rhetorical device is used in the title of the book?
Simile

Allusion

Personification

Alliteration
3 In what year was "News from Nowhere" published?
1901

1890

1790

1980
4 What does the author refer to when he writes "the League" (3)?
The Capitalist League

The Socialist League

The Anarchist League

The Lullaby League
5 What happens at the meeting of the League in Chapter 1?
The members have a feast to toast the Morrow of the Revolution.

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.

Many members argue about their differing ideas for society.
6 What season is it when William goes to sleep?
Spring

Fall

Winter

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

Winter

Summer

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

The 19th century

The 21st century

The 20th century
9 In what century does William wake up?
The 18th century

The 20th century

The 21st century

The 19th century
10 What does William do after waking up feeling groggy?
He tries to find his best friend to ask what happened.

He tries to find his car.

He drinks a cup of strong coffee.

He goes for a swim.
11 William notices a bridge that has replaced the metal bridge he hates. When does the boatman say this new bridge was built?
2003

2089

1954

1890
12 What does the boatman think William is talking about when he asks "How much" (10)?
Money

The tide

Payment for services

Food
13 What now stands where William's home used to?
A guest house

A government building

A church

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

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

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

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

The Hammersmith Socialists

William Morris

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

William Morris

Dick William

William Guest
17 How old is William?
68

45

32

56
18 What literary device is used by naming a character Boffin?
Alliteration

Metaphor

Hyperbole

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

Boffin

Robert

Marcos
20 Who does Dick want William to meet?
His girlfriend

His brother

His great-great-grandfather

His grandfather
21 Where does Dick's kinsman live?
London

Bloomsbury

Oxford

Hammersmith
22 What does Dick think William means when he refers to poor people?
People who are middle class

People who have almost no money

Sick people

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

Women and children, sleeping peacefully

Children, camping

Poor people, begging
24 What is the system of education in the future?
Children do not attend school.

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

Children attend school only during the winter.

Children attend school only during the summer.
25 What are the Houses of Parliament used as in the future?
A storage place for manure and a market

The meeting place of the socialist government

A guest house

Nothing

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