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WorksheetsHalf Term Quiz
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Worksheet time: 2hrs 34mins
What are Greymalkin and paddock?
Familiars - a cat and a toad
Daemons - a cat and a bat
Companions - a toad and a raven
Lady Macbeth wanting her husband Macbeth to be king as soon as possible.
Appearance vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
Macbeth killing Macduff's family.
Appearance vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
"Fair is foul, foul is fair"; the contrast of good and bad.
Appearance vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
Macbeth hearing and repeating "sleep no more" multiple times after he completed his part of the plan.
Appearance vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
Lady Macbeth sleepwalking, continuously seeming to wash her hands, and admitting to the things she and Macbeth have done.
Appearances vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
When Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth "look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it".
Appearance vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
After Macbeth is told by the witches of his prophecies (both times), it drives him to go on a "killing spree".
Appearance vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
Lady Macbeth asking the spirits to "unsex" her and planning the "fatal entrance of Duncan".
Appearance vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
Banquo questioning how Macbeth became king when he says "I fear thou play'dst most foully for it".
Appearance vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's actions and decisions after the witches planted the seed in their heads that Macbeth will be king.
Appearance vs. Reality
Fate vs. Free Will
Ambition & Power
Cruelty & Masculinity
The Psychology of Guilt
"If chance will have me ________, why, chance may crown me." - Macbeth
Queen
Prince
King
Thane
"It is too full o' th' _______ of human kindness" - Lady Macbeth
Water
Milk
Milo
Blood
"Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts! ________ me here." - Lady Macbeth
Undress
Unwind
Unsex
Unravel
"And fill me from the crown to the toe top full of _________ cruelty." - Lady Macbeth
Disastrous
Direst
Devilish
Dirty
"I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only
_____________ ambition." - Macbeth
Vaulting
Unchecked
Youthful
Scottish
"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done _________." - Macbeth
Quickly
Slowly
Swiftly
Well
"Screw your _________ to the sticking-place and we'll not fail." - Lady Macbeth
Honour
Screwdriver
Courage
Opinion
"Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep __________." - Macbeth
Dreams
Sheep
Squires
Desires
"False face must hide what the false ________ doth know." - Macbeth
Artery
Mind
Soul
Heart
"Is this a __________ which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?" - Macbeth
Knife
Dagger
Spoon
Sword
"What's done is ________." - Lady Macbeth
Done
Did
Over
Dinner
"My hands are of your ____________, but I shame to wear a heart so white." - Lady Macbeth
Size
Complexion
Colour
Feet
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the __________ under't." - Lady Macbeth
Snake
Eagle
Doormat
Serpent
"There's daggers in men's __________." - Banquo
Faces
Pockets
Beds
Smiles
"O, full of ____________ is my mind, dear wife!" - Macbeth
Spiders
Thoughts
Scorpions
Ideas
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something ___________ this way comes." - Witches
Noble
Evil
Courageous
Wicked
"Out, damned __________! out, I say!" - Lady Macbeth
Spot
Stain
Blood
Pest
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the _________." - Macbeth
Play
Stage
Plank
Marsh
"I bear a ___________ life." - Macbeth
Charmed
Wealthy
Glamerous
Complex
"Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely _________." - Macduff
Plucked
Ripp'd
Snatched
Born
Pick the momentous event that took place the year before the play was written
The Spanish Armada
The Great fire of London
The Gunpowder plot
The Great Plague
The era in which the play is written is known as the
Jacobean Age
Elizabethan Age
Georgian Age
Tudor Age
Which of the following structural devises can be identified in the 'Poppies poem?
Enjambment
Quatrain
Caesura
Free verse
What are the key themes in the poem?
Reality of conflict.
Effect of conflict / memory / loss.
Power of nature.
Power of human.
Who is the speaker in 'Poppies'
Daughter
Soldier
Son
Mother
What form is the 'Poppies' poem written in?
Dramatic monologue
sonnet
soliloquy
iambic pentameter
The words a poet uses to describe one thing by comparing it to something else with which we are more familiar.
figurative language
imagery
alliteration
refrain
Comparing one thing to another without using "like" or "as".
simile
metaphor
alliteration
blank verse
CRASH!
personification
allireration
onomatopoeia
rhythm
The rain tapped a tune on my window.
simile
alliteration
onomatopoeia
personification
What was 'strung out like bunting'
Shimmering fish
Cairns of rocks
Fishing boats
Crashed planes
Fill in the gap: "a shaven head full of (a) "
Which technique is being used: "shoals of fishes flashing silver"
Sibilance
Simile
Imagery
Alliteration
Fill-in the gap: "enough fuel for a ' (a) ' journey into history"
Why are italics used in the poem? (Choose two answers)
To show a shift in voice
To show emotion
To show the speaker addressing her children
To show anger
What might the sea represent, figuratively speaking, in this poem? Choose two answers.
Guilt
Memory
Identity
Fear
"like a huge flag waved first one way
then the other in a figure of eight".
What is NOT a possible interpretation of this simile?
Decision making
Surrender
Joy
Infinity
What does the phrase 'the turbulent inrush of breakers' imply about the pilot?
He likes the sea even though it is violent sometimes
His emotions are powerfully linked to memories of the sea
The sea frightens him for some reason
His mission is overwhelmingly important to him
Which of these poems would be best to compare with Kamikaze?
London
My Last Duchess
War Photographer
Extract from the Prelude
How many stanzas does the first sentence encompass?
3
4
5
6
Form: The poem Poppies is written in the form of a narrative by an imagined person. What is the term for this type of poem?
dramatic monologue
sonnet
limerick
free verse
Language: Her imagery often brings two opposing semantic fields together. What are they? (semantic field= words that relate together)
domestic and conflict
domestic and public
conflict and peace
peace and fear
Language: Which of these is an example of textile imagery in the poem?
"tucks, darts, pleats"
"released a songbird from its cage"
"overflowing like a treasure chest"
"Eskimo kiss"
Language: Which of these is an example of textile imagery in the poem?
"tucks, darts, pleats"
"released a songbird from its cage"
"overflowing like a treasure chest"
"Eskimo kiss"
Structure: Which of these is an unusual technique that Weir employs to show the breaking of the mother's emotions?
breaking a line across two stanzas
breaking up a metaphor
repetition
free verse
Language: In 'Poppies' the world is compared to a...
Castle
Jewellery box
A suitcase
A treasure chest
Form: The poem is written in...
Free verse
Ballad
Sonnet
Haiku
Language: The verb 'steeled' implies.......
The mother is putting up a pretence.
The mother is trying to keep her composure to conceal the pangs she is feeling for her son.
The speaker's memory is permanent.
The mother is hardened and has no feeling.
Structure: What is the effect of the Caesura in the 'Poppies' poem?
Creates fear in the reader.
Sporadic line breaks represent the speakers emotions. Although she is trying to keep herself together she struggles to prevent her true emotions from breaking through.
Causes the reader to reflect.
Breaks in the rhythm disrupts the rhyme.
Language: What are the effects of the linguistic device, 'like a treasure chest'?
The feelings of excitement and freedom.
Represents abundance.
Shows that life is precious.
The world is seen as a place full of golden opportunities.
Form and Structure: What effect do the devices caesura and uneven stanzas have on the reader?
Empathy for the speaker.
A chaotic structure reflecting the roller coaster of emotions experienced by the soldier's mother.
The reality of the effects of war.
The realisation of the inner conflict.
Form and Structure: What effect do the devices caesura and uneven stanzas have on the reader?
Empathy for the speaker.
A chaotic structure reflecting the roller coaster of emotions experienced by the soldier's mother.
The reality of the effects of war.
The realisation of the inner conflict.
Language: What linguistic device is 'spasm of paper red'?
Metaphor
Emotive language
Personification
Hyperbole
Language: 'My stomach making tucks, darts, pleats' implies...
The speaker is experiencing pain.
The speaker is wounded.
The narrator had tailored her speech.
The mother has anxieties about her son.
Language: What does the following quotation suggest? There are two possible answers.
'to run my fingers through the gelled
blackthorns of your hair.'
Her son is cold towards her.
Alludes to Jesus' crucifixion - sacrifice.
She wants to mother him, but he is unapproachable.
The son has detached himself from his mother.
Language: What does the dove symbolise? Choose TWO.
Peace
Mourning
Conflict
Remembrance
Language: Which metaphors suggest conflict? Choose TWO.
Bandaged
Disrupting a blockade
Treasure chest
Intoxicated
Language: What effect do the references to the Eskimo and cat hairs have on the reader?
Evokes motherly instincts.
Captures the childlike innocence in the mind of the reader.
The reader empathises with the narrator.
The reader can appreciate the bond between mother and son.
Language: 'Spasms of red' symbolises...?
Celebration
Poppies
Injury
Blood
Language: The words, 'bandaged, blockade, reinforcement' connote...?
Love language
Domestic language
Confinement
Military language
Language: In Ted Hughes' simile, what part of the body is the soldier's rifle compared to?
"as pointy as Mrs Glew's nose"
"useless as a gammy leg"
"numb as a smashed arm"
"a rickety spinal chord"
Language: What device is "cold clockwork"?
Alliteration
Enjambment
Hyperbole
Soldering
Language: Why does Hughes personify the bullets in the quotation 'bullets smacking the belly out of the air'?
To suggest that war is like a machine
To suggest the bullets are violent and forceful
To suggest that the soldier cannot think about home or his honour - he has to focus on surviving
To show how cold the weather is
Language: Why does Hughes compare war to 'cold clockwork'?
To suggest that war is like a machine
To suggest the bullets are violent and forceful
To suggest that the soldier cannot think about home or his honour - he has to focus on surviving
To show how cold the weather is
Language: What does the adverb 'suddenly' suggest?
It happened with little warning - the speaker was surprised.
It started quickly.
It ended quickly.
The speaker was easily shocked.
Language: What does the adverb 'suddenly' suggest?
It happened with little warning - the speaker was surprised.
It started quickly.
It ended quickly.
The speaker was easily shocked.
Language: What does the adjective 'raw' suggest?
That something is uncooked in the poem.
That there was a lack of protection, possibly the speaker is young or vulnerable.
The speaker is inexperienced.
The speaker is referring to how he feels.
Language: What does 'dazzled by rifle fire' suggest?
The speaker is being shot at repeatedly.
The image is strangely beautiful or mesmerizing - it keeps the speakers attention.
The speaker is confused as he can't see properly.
It shows that bullets have both give and show power.
Structure: Why might the poet have used dashes?
To show how the speaker pauses briefly as he tries to make sense of the confusion.
To show how the speaker is panting and struggling to breathe as he runs away.
To create pace and action.
The poet just really liked dashes!
Structure: Why might the poet use commas?
To show he doesn't want people to read the poem too quickly.
To show he really likes commas.
To make the reader short of breath.
To create a sense of pace and action by showing lots of things happening quickly.
Language: What does the 'yellow hare' symbolise?
Having to be quick and ready to react.
The force of nature against the force of battle.
A feeling of mixed emotions.
The feeling of fear and helplessness.
Language: What technique is used in the line 'sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest'?
Sibilance
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Structure: What is the following an example of?
"Dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm
To get out of that blue crackling air"
Enjambment
Caesura
End stopped line
Repetition
Structure: What is the following an example of?
"Statuary in mid-stride. Then the shot-slashed furrows"
End stopped line
Repetition
Caesura
Enjambment
Who wrote 'Exposure'?
Robert Browning
William Wordsworth
Wilfred Owen
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Why did Owen write 'Exposure'?
To show the realities of war to the people at home
To show that war is not dangerous
To complain that war is boring
To show that war is glorious
Which quotation ends a stanza most frequently?
'But nothing happens.'
'Is it that we are dying?'
'We turn back to our dying.'
'For love of God seems dying.'
What meanings might be inferred from the refrain 'But nothing happens'?
The soldiers felt despair as their suffering seemed pointless
The soldiers waited in the trenches for a long time
The soldiers felt that they were wasting their time
All of the above
Which technique does Owen use in 'the merciless iced east winds that knive us'?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Which two quotations are examples of personification?
'Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army'
'Littered with blossoms'
'clouds sag stormy'
'we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire'
Why does Owen personify the weather so frequently?
To suggest that the weather was the real enemy
To show how nice it is
To show that the weather killed men
Because he can
Why does Owen use ellipsis in Stanza 1? Choose two reasons.
It looks good on the page
To make long pauses and slow the pace
He couldn't be bothered to end the sentence
To suggest that the soldiers were tired
What senses are used in 'the flickering gunnery rumbles?'
sight and sound
sight and smell
sound and taste
sound and touch
What two meanings does 'ranks' have?
machine guns
the level of authority in the army
land mines
organised in straight lines
What technique is used in 'sudden successive flights of bullets'?
alliteration
metaphor
sibilance
simile
What is meant by 'Pale flakes with fingering stealth...'?
ghosts
snow
memories
feathers
Why does Owen use three colons in Stanza 6? Choose three reasons.
to write a list
to make it sound like a song
to make dramatic pauses
to show the soldiers' changing thoughts
What could 'For love of God seems dying' mean? Choose two reasons.
the soldiers feel God's love has left them
people don't love God anymore
the soldiers are dying
people at home are dying
Complete the quotation 'All their eyes are (a) '
Which quotation shows the soldiers had to bury their friends?
'Tonight this frost will fasten on the mud and us'
'Shrivelling many hands, puckering foreheads crisp'
'The burying-party, picks and shovels in shaking grasp/ Pause over half-known faces.'
'All their eyes are ice, But nothing happens.'
What is Stormont?
Another name for the houses of Parliament
A very isolated Irish island
The Parliament building for Ireland
The seat of government for Northern Ireland
Which of these is the definite article?
a
an
the
one
Island is a (a) for Ireland
What does wizened mean?
Stupid
Wise
Shrivelled or wrinkled
Both wise and shrivelled
Which method isn't in 'spits like a tame cat turned savage'?
plosives
enjambment
simile
antonyms or juxtaposition
metaphor
What is a tragic chorus?
A terrible pop song
Narrators from Greek Tragedy that comment on the action and create dramatic irony
A sad choir
Something that creates foreboding
Which word is not from the semantic field of war?
strafes
bombarded
huge
blast
salvo
Which 2 of these are oxymorons?
strafes invisibly
exploding comfortably
raise a chorus
huge nothing
Which two of these poems we've studied fits best thematically with Storm on the Island?
The Prelude
Exposure
My Last Duchess
Charge of the Light Brigade
Kamikaze
Language: What does the use of the collective pronouns imply?
That they are part of a community and share the same thoughts.
That they think alone and are segragated.
That there's 2 people talking.
They get to visit each other.
Structure: In what line does the poem start to shift tone ?
'The sea is company'
'But no:'
'when it blows full
Blast: you know what I mean -'
'We are prepared:'
Language: What is the storm a metaphor of?
The war
It isn’t a metaphor
The people
Ireland
Language: What is the effect of the title?
The storm on the “island” is a pun for Ireland, which is where it’s set.
There is no “a” or “an” before the title, suggesting it could be about any storm on any island,
It starts the extended metaphor that persists throughout the poem.
All of these
Language: What does assonance mean?
Repetition of sounds at the start of words.
Repetition of sounds in the middle of words.
A repeated consonant sound,
A repeated s sound.
Form: How is this poem written?
In blank verse
In empty verse
In full verse
in packed verse
Structure: What is the effect of the enjambment used?
It reflects how scared he was.
It reflects how he ran away from danger
It reflects how long the storm lasted
It reflects how relentless the storm is.
Language: What does the simile 'spits like a tame cat turned savage' suggest about the storm?
It's harmless
It's unpredictable and potentially dangerous and harmful
It's windy
It starts off slow then it increases in ferocity
Language: 'We are prepared: we build our houses squat' - what type of word is 'We'?
Noun
Verb
Pronoun
Conjunction
Language: What dialect does Agard use in the poem?
Pidgin English
Standard English
Estuary English
Guyanese Creole
Language: 'Bandage up me eye with me own identity' is using which poetic techniques? (Tick all that apply)
Metaphor
Simile
Irony
Phonetic Spelling
Language: The imagery of Agard 'carving out' his own identity has connotations of what kind of process? (Select all that apply.)
Time-consuming
Quick
Piece by piece
Easy
Form: What is significant about Agard's use of stanzas?
He uses a mixture of stanza forms to suggest he is not conforming to the language rules he has been taught.
He uses the same style throughout to show how he wants to conform to the language rules he has been taught.
It is uniformed to suggest language is universal.
It looks neat to show how we should present ourselves at all times.
Form: What is significant about the Caribbean history stanzas?
They have longer lines and use Standard English. Agard done this to make them see more serious.
They have shorter lines and broken syntax (grammar). Agard done this to make them seem more serious.
They are irregular and don't make sense. Agard done this to ridicule his heritage.
They are just normal and don't differ to show how his culture is more important than others.
Form: What do you notice about the British history stanzas use of rhyme?
ABAB rhyme consistently
ABBABB rhyme consistently
Simple rhymes, seems childish
Complex rhymes, seems more important
Which of the following are oral poetry features?
Repetition
Chanting
Strong rhythm
Standard English
Phonetic spelling
Language: Which of the following lines personify death and hell and make them seem like an imminent doom that brave soldiers cannot defeat or escape?
Into the jaws of Death/Into the mouth of Hell (stanza 3 lines 24-25)
Stormed at with shot and shell/Boldly the rode and well (stanza 3 lines -22-23)
Cannon to the right of them/Cannon to the left of them (stanza 3 lines 18-19)
Into the valley of Death/Rode the six hundred (stanza 1 lines 7-8)
"Boldly they rode and well" [line 23]
Language: What does this show about the soldiers?
were not scared of the enemy even though they received order that looked like a suicide mission.
were overwhelmed with the feeling of terror and sadness
were excited and heroic to fight their enemy
had lost courage and enthusiasm
Language: What technique is used in the quotation "stormed at with shot and shell"?
alliteration
personification
metaphor
sibilance
Language: Tick all the quotations that use imperative verbs.
" Forward the Light Brigade!"
" Honour the charge they made!"
" "They that had fought so well"
" Reel'd from the sabre- stroke"
Form: What rhythm is used in 'Charge of the Light Brigade'?
Iambic Pentameter
Tetrameter
Anapest
Dactylic Dimeter
Form: Why might the final stanza be shorter than all the others?
To suggest that many men's lives were cut short in the battle
To suggest that the poet had run out of things to say
To suggest it is not so important
To suggest the poem is not finished
Structure: What stanza contains the climax (the most intense part of the story)?
stanza 1
stanza 6
stanza 4
stanza 2
Form: The rhythm is often datylic dimeter. What does this mean?
Six syllables - unstressed/unstressed/stressed
Ten syllables - stressed/unstressed/unstressed
Six syllables - unstressed/stressed/unstressed
Six syllables - stressed/unstressed/unstressed
Form: Why does the rhythm, form and rhyme scheme keep changing?
Tennyson did not know what he was doing
To emphasise the mistakes being made
To reflect the chaos of battle
To show the fear of the cavalrymen
Structure: Repetition of "Half a league" and "Canon to the..." are examples of what literary technique?
Personification
Anaphora
Diaspora
Oxymoron
Language: "Honour the charge they made" "Honour the Light Brigade" are examples of which mood in language?
Imperative
Interrogative
Declarative
Exclamative
Fill in the blank: "I wander through each ______________ street."
Filthy
Charter'd
Hideous
Manacled
What does the word "charter'd" mean?
Huge
Owned
Dirty
Built-up
Fill in the blank: "The ___________ manacles I hear."
Prisoner's
Rusted
Restricting
Mind-forg'd
Complete the line: "Every _________ church appalls."
Blackning
Disgraceful
Holy
Sacred
"Near where the chartered Thames does flow".
What element of power or conflict is being presented here?
The conflict between the industries and the workers.
London's ruling class is so powerful it feels it 'owns' the natural resource of the river.
The power of religion.
The conflict between industry and nature.
"Mind forg'd manacles I hear."
What elements of power and conflict are present in this line?
How people are powerlessly trapped in London.
How powerful the ordinary people of London are.
The conflict between industry and religion.
The people's internal conflict about their own lives and where they should be.
What might the image of ‘Runs in blood down palace walls’ conjur up?
Contrast the cries of the innocent dirty children with the supposedly clean but corrupt church.
Might be a reference to the French Revolution, sounds like Blake is considering the ordinary people’s suffering.
What might the image and contrast of ‘youthful Harlots curse / Blasts the new born infant’s tear’ conjur up?
Slang for prostitutes - sexual exploitation directly linked to the innocence of youth. The infant is born into a broken world.
Contrast of religion and corruption.
Language: Which of the following is an example of the poet's use of oxymoron?
I wonder through each chartered street" (line 1)
"And mark in every face I meet" ( Line 3)
"The mind-forged manacles I hear" (line 8)
"And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16)
Structure: Which of the following techniques does the poet use to emphasise the feeling of bleakness/despair that affects everyone and from which there seems to be no escape?
Oxymoron
Reference to the French Revolution
Repetition
Contrast
Form: Define Quatrain
a paragraph of four lines
a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes
a dance
a stanza of four lines with no rhyme
Language: Select the correct poetic devices used here: "blasts," and "plagues"
sibilance
assonance
fricative
plosives
Structure: What is a cyclical narrative?
a story about a bicycle.
a story that has an opposite start and end and shows change.
a story that ends in the same place it began but the narrative never changes.
Structure: Which structural devices are used in the poem?
Enjambment
Caesura
End stop lines
Repetition
What had happened five years before Blake published this poem?
The Russian Revolution
The French Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
They built the Revolution at the Pleasure Beach
