A Question of Trust

The author of the lesson 'A Question of Trust' is

• Robert Arthur

• Victor Canning

• James Herriot

• H.G. Wells

Horace Danby was trying to open the safe because

• he wanted to deposit money from the safe in the bank

• he wanted to keep his collection of books inside

• he wanted money to buy and collect paintings

• he was stealing jewels

The safe was behind

• a painting

• a table

• the doorway

• a basket of flowers

Horace was sneezing because he had

• pneumonia

• hay fever

• yellow fever

• a cold

Synonym of 'hinder'

• help

• posticious

• facilitate

• hamper

Horace collected

• paintings

• jewels

• books

• flowers

He found that the flowers were hindering him in his work. Identify the literary device used.

• Diction

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

The safe was in the drawing room, behind a rather poor painting. Identify the literary device used.

• Anaphora

• Colloquialism

• Alliteration

• Enjambment

There was a great bowl of flowers on the table. Choose the literary device used.

• Allusion

• Euphemism

• Imagery

• Allegory

He came back and sneezed loudly as the smell of flowers came to him again. Identify the literary device used.

• Alliteration

• Sensory Imagery

• Allusion

• Metaphor