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Text knowledge The WOT & 9D

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(9D) The shilling is an example of ...

a)

dramatic irony

b)

symbol

c)

motif

d)

foreshadowing

2.

9D “That’s what our feminist foremothers fought for.”

What theme does this quote relate to?

a)

rights of women

b)

social mobility

c)

reproductive rights

d)

classism

3.

(The WOT) Who was Cassandra referring to when she described someone as a ‘slave’ and stated he was doing ‘great men’s dirty work’.

a)

Menelaus

b)

Hector

c)

Tathybius

d)

Achilles

4.

Hecuba's mourning cries of 'Aiiieee' is an example of what type of animal imagery?

a)

owl's hoot

b)

wolf's howl

c)

Lion's growl

d)

Bird's chirping

5.

(9D) What did Alec’s friends call him when he refused to go with him?

a)

a sooky la la

b)

a spanner in the works

c)

a loser

d)

a pussy

6.

(9D) "She's a dead weight in my red hands"- Who said this, and about whom?

a)

Kip - Jean

b)

Jean - Connie

c)

Jack - Connie

d)

Francis - Annabel

7.

(The WOT) "Like loot they are stealing us"- Who said this?

a)

Andromache

b)

Cassandra

c)

Chorus

d)

Hecuba

8.

(The WOT) During what episode does Menelaus confront his wife Helen?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

9.

(The WOT) Which character enters during the parados?

a)

Hecuba

b)

Athene

c)

Chorus

d)

Poseidon

10.

Dramatic irony is:

a)

not in either text

b)

when the characters have drama they can't control

c)

when the audience guides the performance

d)

when the audience knows more than the characters

11.

Which of the following is NOT metalanguage for The WOT?

a)

sophist

b)

deus ex machina

c)

episode

d)

exodus

12.

(The WOT) The 'fancy' word SOPHIST is best used to describe?

a)

Talthybius

b)

Hector

c)

Menelaus

d)

Agamemnon

13.

(9D) Who is on the front cover of the novel?

a)

Connie and Zack

b)

Kip and Annabel

c)

Connie and Jack

d)

Tom and Jean

14.

(9D) What was the name of the child Charlotte met at her store?

a)

Libby

b)

Charlotte

c)

Millie

d)

Jos

15.

(9D) Which metalanguage term does NOT match the text?

a)

vignette

b)

allegory

c)

non-linear

d)

narrative perspective.

16.

(The WOT) Which is spelled CORRECTLY?

a)

Pelloponnesian

b)

Peloponnesian

c)

Pelopponesian

d)

Pelopponnesian

17.

(9D) Which best describes the setting?

a)

Set in the gentrified suburbs of the Richmond slums...

b)

With a timeline that follows the Richmond slums becoming increasingly gentrified...

c)

Set in the Richmond slums that become gentrified ...

d)

Set at the turn of the twentieth century in the Richmond slums ...

18.

Who is the BEST English teacher?

a)

none

b)

one

c)

some

d)

all

19.

(9D) Jack's mother name is...

a)

Ava

b)

Eva

c)

Ada

d)

Ella

20.

(9D) Ada Husting tried to make Jack hook up with...

a)

Emilia

b)

Ella

c)

Emily

d)

Emma

21.

(9D) Annabel made recipes out of which magazine?

a)

Women's Day

b)

Women's Weekly

c)

Women's Gazette

d)

Women's Monthly

22.

(9D) Tom, Connie and Kip all worked for?

a)

The Herald Sun

b)

The Age

c)

The Argus

d)

The Tribune

23.

(9D) What did Annabel cook for her father?

a)

mock chutney

b)

mock sausages

c)

mock steak

d)

mock duck

24.

(9D) Who says this “She sits beside me and slides an arm around my shoulders and she’s warm and she’s Connie and I’d like to sit there forever being held like when I was little but I know I’d blub so instead I say it’s nothing.”

a)

Jean

b)

Francis

c)

Annabel

d)

Kip

25.

(The WOT) "Like a bird creeping under ... mother's wing..." Who is this describing?

a)

Cassandra

b)

Astyanax

c)

Polyxena

d)

Andromache

26.

(The WOT) Hymen is the god of...?

a)

Women

b)

Sex

c)

Virginity

d)

Marriage

27.

(The WOT) Like a keystone to the arch of my misery. Hecuba says this to describe the most miserable and unmoving part of her anguish. What event is she now describing?

a)

The death of Polyxena.

b)

Burying Astyanax.

c)

Finishing her life as a slave.

d)

seeing her son and husband die.

28.

(The WOT) Cassandra says, "any sensible man must hate war." In contrast, Menelaus says, " A sensible man loves ..."

a)

the impending doom of his enemies.

b)

the conquest for battle and war.

c)

someone worthy of his love.

d)

the sound of desperation of those who betrayed.

29.

(9D) Jack feels quite stifled by his mother, and takes great offence when she ...?

a)

Wants him to return to the Cattle station.

b)

Installs new curtains in his room.

c)

Says he is just like his father.

d)

Expects him to shop for her.

30.

(The WOT) Which metalanguage term does not apply?

a)

allegory

b)

prop

c)

animal imagery

d)

simile

e)

stage direction