Worksheets6V Literature 20-21st century
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 37mins
The Catcher in the Rye: who is the author?
Margaret Atwood
J.D. Salinger
Angie Thomas
Ken Kasey
The Catcher in the Rye: who is the main character?
Phoebe Caulfield
J.D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield
Mark Chapman
The Catcher in the Rye: What is the theme of the book?
loneliness
war
love
independence
The Catcher in the Rye: where does the story take place?
New York
London
Chicago
Washington D.C.
The Catcher in the Rye: when was the author alive?
1955-present
1914-1998
1902-1968
1919-2010
The Catcher in the Rye: when does the story take place?
future
post-war
present
90s
The Catcher in the Rye: where does the story begin?
at home
at school
hospital
mental facility
The Catcher in the Rye: how old is the main character?
15
20
16
17
The Catcher in the Rye: What is the thing that Holden doesn't want?
to die
children to grow up
to live
read books
The Catcher in the Rye: how does the story end?
Holden is in the mental facility
Holden dies
Holden is released from the mental facility
Holden found love and is happy
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: what is the name of the author?
J.D. Salinger
Annie MG Schmit
Ken Kesey
Tupac
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: What is the setting of the book?
school
psychiatric hospital
rehab
prison
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: What is the genre of the novel?
thriller
romantic novel
protest novel
coming of age novel
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: what are the character traits of Nurse Ratched?
sick b*tch
evil
mean
all of the above
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: what year was the book written?
1960
1961
1962
1963
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: what does 'cuckoo's nest' refer to?
nest of birds
mental institution
the government
hospital
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: which drugs did Ken Kesey do?
Heroin
LSD
XTC
cocaine
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: what is Chief Bromden's heritage?
American
European
Asian
Native-American
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: what does Randle McMurphy represent?
facism
nationalism
freedom
communism
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: what type of therapy is used to keep the patients in check?
needle therapy
solitary confinement
torture (waterboarding)
shock therapy
The Hate U Give: what does 'THUG LIFE' mean?
The Hate U Give Little Infants F*cks Everybody
The Help U Give Little Infants F*cks Everybody
The Hate U Give Living Inhabitants F*cks Everybody
The Help U Give Living Inhabitants F*cks Everybody
The Hate U Give: why does Starr hide her boyfriend from her father?
she is embarrassed of him
She is afraid her father thinks something is wrong with them
She is afraid her father doesn't approve
He is way older than she is
The Hate U Give: what is the writing style of this book?
first person
third person
multiple perspectives
God's eye
The Hate U Give: what is the nickname of Starr's father?
Brickz
Big Mav
Sir
Thomas
The Hate U Give: how does Starr feel about her boyfriend after Khalil got shot?
like is is a racist
she feels the same as before
she is closer to him, because he comforted her
different, because he was just as white as the police officer
The Hate U Give: what are the main themes of the book?
love and racism
police brutality and friendship
racism and police brutality
Black Lives Matter and family
The Handmaid's Tale: who is the main character?
Alfred
Offred
June
Lydia
The Handmaid's Tale: who is the author?
Margaret Atsea
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Altstrat
Margaret Atspace
The Handmaid's Tale: what color dress do the handmaids have?
blue
red
brown
green
The Handmaid's Tale: what is not a theme of the book?
women
freedom
war
language
The Handmaid's Tale: where is Margaret Atwood born?
United States
England
Australia
Canada
The Handmaid's Tale: what is not a function women get divided in?
Handmaids
Wives
Moms
Aunts
The Handmaid's Tale: where does the story take place?
Australia
America
Canada
England
The Handmaid's Tale: what is Offred's real name?
July
May
June
April
The Handmaid's Tale: What does 'Offred' mean?
tegen Fred
baas van Fred
kind van Fred
van Fred
True or false: the author of The Catcher in the Rye hated publicity
True
False
What is the advantage of a first person point of view?
(a)
What does the title 'The Catcher in the Rye' mean?
Holden dreams of saving his brother (he’s dead)
He is looking for something in a field of rye
Holden doesn’t want the children to jump off a cliff into adulthood – a world he hates
It refers to the author's profession
Holden uses the word 'phoney' to describe adults/ the adult world. What does 'phoney' mean?
telephone
phone
fake
horse
The Catcher in the Rye: Holden admires his sister - why?
because of her beauty
because of her innocence
because of her good behaviour
because she dares to speak up
The Catcher in the Rye: which of the following themes are present in this book?
phoniness of the adult world
growing up
innocence
all of the above
The Catcher in the Rye: how does the theme of 'mourning and loss' relate to WWII?
There was no time to mourn
There was plenty of time to mourn after WWII
Many people ignored what had happened during the Holocaust
Most families had lost relatives during the war
The Catcher in the Rye: who is Maurice?
Holden's friend
Holden's brother
a prostitute
an elevator operator
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: the novel satirizes ...
how society deals with drug addicts
how society deals with insanity
mental institutions and their way of treating patients
schools and forms of education
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: why is the narrator unreliable?
he is disturbed and mixes his observations with fantasy
because he lives in a mental institution
because he's a drug addict
because he lies all the time
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Chief Bromden pretends to be deaf and dumb
True
False
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Why can McMurphy be seen as a Christ figure?
(a)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Nurse Ratches represents ...
mechanization
freedom
dehumanization
sacrifice
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: ‘McMurphy could start collecting his bets’ – om welke weddenschap gaat het hier?
(a)
The Hate U Give: what does One-Fifteen represent?
racism
the Black Lives Matter movement
violence
corruption in law enforcement
The Hate U Give: everything in Starr's live is complicated by ...
love
family
Hailey
race
The Hate U Give: Starr's friend Hailey is ...
very understanding
learning a lot about Black Lives Matter
racist and ignorant
bullying her classmates
The Hate U Give: choose the correct combinations. Two answers are correct.
Williamson prep: a majority-white school
Williamson prep: Starr speaks slang
Garden Heights: a school in Starr's neighbourhood
Garden Heights: Starr speaks slang
The Hate U Give: which 2 talks did Starr have with her parents?
what to do when dating a white boy
Flowers and the bees
Birds and the bees
what to do if a cop stops you
The Hate U Give: which of the following is NOT a similarity between Angie Thomas and Starr?
They grew up in a bad neighbourhood
They attended a white school
They were taught to be "mindful" around cops
They were born in Washington
The Handmaid's Tale: the story takes place in ...
the past
present
near-future
future
The Handmaid's Tale: Gilead is ...
located in South-America
a democracy
a totalitarian state
a theonomy
The Handmaid's Tale: this novel is a ...
utopia
dystopia
The Handmaid's Tale: what does the colour 'red' refer to?
love
red roses
war
blood (of birth)
The Handmaid's Tale: what is special about handmaids?
they can give orders to the Aunts
they are able to get pregnant
they are allowed to read
they are more powerful than the Wives
The Handmaid's Tale: why is language a tool of power?
(a)
The Handmaid's Tale: what do you know about social relevance?
(a)
The Catcher in the Rye: how does the theme 'mourning and loss' relate to the author?
Salinger lost his sister at a young age
Salinger became an orphan at the age of 6
Salinger was a soldier during WWII and saw people die
Salinger cried a lot after his novel had been published
