MCQ ON THE PEDESTRIAN (FINAL)
1. What is Mead’s main interest?
a. Driving a car
b. Watching television
c. Walking on the streets
d. Reading books
2. What affects the people in the story?
a. Television
b. Writing
c. Digital technology
d. Walking
3. What does Mead feel with the world around him?
a. Lively
b. Satisfied
c. Strange
d. Isolated
4. What does the police car symbolize?
a. Protection
b. Conformity
c. Humanization
d. Order
5. What is the primary theme of the story?
1. Dehumanization
2. Self- obsession
3. Self- contained lives
4. Dangers of technology
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 4
c. 1 and 4
d. 3 and 4
6. Which of the following statements is NOT true of Leonard Mead?
a. He enjoyed walking the streets at night.
b. He was married to a writer.
c. He was arrested for being out of his home at night.
d. He kept all the lights in his home turned on.
7. Select the option which shows the correct relationship between
statements I and II.
Statement I: Mead compares walking through the empty, silent streets to
walking through a graveyard.
Statement II: Mead compares the empty street to the dry riverbeds of a
windless desert.
a. Statements I and II are both true.
b. Statements I and II are both false.
c. Statement I is true, and Statement II is false.
d. Statement I is false, and Statement II is true.
8. Which of the following words BEST describes the world in which Mead
lived?
a. Idyllic
b. Utopian
c. Dystopian
d. Cheerful
9. “He [Mead] was within a block of his destination when the lone car
turned a corner quite suddenly …” means that Mead was.....
a. Blocked by a single car when he suddenly turned the corner.
b. Surprised to find a block preventing the single car from turning.
c. Destined to be blocked suddenly by a car on a lonely street.
d. Close to his home when the car appeared without warning.
10.How does Mr. Mead's profession act as a threat to society in the story?
a. Writing no longer exists as a profession and is therefore irrelevant
b. Mead can potentially reveal the secrets of the society in which he lives
c. Writing involves creativity and individuality, traits clearly not
welcomed in this society
d. Mead only writes and does not watch television like the others
11.What ominous fact about this futuristic city is suggested by the following
quote: "To enter out into the silence that was the city at eight o'clock of
misty evening in November, to put your feet upon that buckling concrete
walk, to step over grassy seams and make your way, hands in pockets
through the silence...he was alone in this world..."
a. The city is abandoned
b. People are hiding from the police
c. A war has destroyed the city
d. Leonard Mead is crazy
12.Why does the author refer to the people in their homes as “gray
phantoms”?
a. He is implying that they are full of life
b. He is implying that they are lifeless
c. He is implying that they are curious
d. He is implying that they are scared
13.Why does the police car respond “No profession” when Mead says that
he is a writer.
a. He does not make enough money for it to be considered a career.
b. He is not a well-known author.
c. Reading and writing is not valued in their society.
d. The police car does not hear his response.
14.In which month of the year is the story set?
a. December
b. October
c. January
d. November
15.Which genre does the story belong to?
a. Futuristic
b. Horror
c. Comedy
d. Fantasy
16.People driving their cars are compared to....
a. Robots
b. Phantoms
c. Insects
d. Birds
17.What is reflected by the statement that Mead was ‘as good as being
alone’?
a. Mead was a lonely man
b. Mead wished to be like his neighbours
c. Mead was a nonconformist
d. Mead longed for the company of others
18.What is suggested about Mead being compared to a hawk?
a. Adaptable
b. Powerful
c. Swift
d. Free and independent
19.How was Mead’s house different from the other citizens?
a. It was brightly lit
b. It was totally cut-off from the outside world
c. It was like an out -dated cottage
d. It was a write’s house
20.What is suggested by Mead’s act of whispering to every house on every
side?
a. To communicate to the householders
b. To arouse them from sleep
c. To arouse them from their lifeless living
d. To invite them to walk with him
