This quiz is based on Hard Times Book 2, and lecture material related to it.
The aristocracy
The poor
The wealthy middle-class
The workers
Louisa
Thomas Gradgrind
Harthouse
Blackpool
Mrs. Peglar
Louisa
Slackbridge
Mrs. Sparsit
He only takes a little bit and promises to pay it back
He takes all of the money from her
He refuses to take any of the money
He tells her he'd rather have his job back
A Member of Parliament
A school teacher
A unionist
A university professor
Hang around the bank for several nights in a row
Blackmail Bounderby
Get a job at the bank
Move to Sheffield
Collapses on the floor
Kills herself
Leaves his home
Retires to her room
True
False
Blackpool and the union
Tom Gradgrind's trickery
Sissy's role as imaginative help in Gradgrind's home
Bounderby's new factory
True
False