Spring 2 English revision quiz 5

1. Who was monarch at the time 'Macbeth' was written?

• Elizabeth I

• James I

• Charles I

• Mary I

What historical event inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

• The French Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The American Civil War

• The Napoleonic War

When is 'An Inspector Calls' set?

• Victorian England

• Tudor England

• Edwardian England

• Georgian England

In which war did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?

• Crimean War

• The Napoleonic Wars

• The American Revolution

• The Boer War

Wilfred Owen wrote 'Exposure' about which war?

• The Crimean War

• The Napoleonic Wars

• World War One

• The American Revolution

Which major historical event probably influenced Shakespeare in the writing of 'Macbeth'?

• The Dissolution of the Monastries

• The Spanish Armada

• The Wars of the Roses

• The Gunpowder Plot

Lady Macbeth

• Subverts from the societal expectations of women as a fragile, submissive, docile woman.

• Initially subverts from the societal expectations of women, but then conforms as she loses her sanity.

• Confirms to the societal expectations of women as a fragile, submissive, docile woman.

Which of the following from the beginning of the play is a clue that Macbeth would likely end up hated as a 'butcher' by the end of the play?

• 'worthy cousin'

• 'brave Macbeth'

• 'valour's minion'

• 'Unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps'

As Poet Laureate, Tennyson would have been aiming to:

• criticise the government and those leading the army for the catastrophe leading to the deaths of so many soldiers.

• reframe the negative story around the mistake that led to the carnage of the Charge of the Light Brigade into a positive story about nobility and bravery.

Victorian society was hugely concerned with

• reputation

• liberty

• truth

• beauty