Jamaica Inn quiz

Who is the author of Jamaica Inn?

• David Baldacci

• Daphne Du Maurier

• Charles Dickens

• Jane Austen

What year was it written in?

• 1996

• 1946

• 1956

• 1936

Which month is the story set in?

• July

• April

• November

• January

What is the weather like?

• Warm and Sunny

• Cloudy but hot

• Stormy and grey

• Snowing and windy

When a writer uses descriptions of the weather to create the atmosphere and mood, this techniques is called what?

• Simile

• Personification

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Onomatopoiea

Which technique is being used in the following quotation?

'rocking between the high wheels like a drunken man?

• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Metaphor

'while the dispirited horses plodded sullenly to his command,'

Which word is the adverb?

• sullenly
• command
• plodded
• dispirited

'His nearest neighbour, a jovial, red-faced woman in a blue cloak, sighed heavily.'

Which word is a synonym for jolly or cheerful?

• morose
• sullen
• gloomy
• jovial

'she brought out a great hunk of cake and plunged into it with strong white teeth.'

Which of these words are adjectives?

• great, strong,

• cake

• plunged
• teeth

Which of these words is the verb?

'she brought out a great hunk of cake and plunged into it with strong white teeth.'

• cake
• great
• plunged
• brought