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AQA GCSE English lit quotations

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which quotation from An Inspector Calls is accurate?

a)

'(Sharply) Your daughter isn't living on Mars. She's here in Brumley too.'

b)

'(Sharply) Your son isn't living on the moon. He's here in Brumley too.'

c)

'(Sharply) Your daughter isn't living on the moon. She's here in Brumley too.'

d)

'(Sharply) You're not living on Mars. you're here in Brumley too.'

2.

Which poem from Power and Conflict is the quotation 'He's here in my head when I close my eyes, dug in behind enemy lines.' from?

(a)  

3.

Which word goes in the blank: 'Upon my head they placed a (a)   crown,

And put a barren sceptre in my gripe'

4.

What effect does the phrase 'He's here in my head when I close my eyes' have?

a)

It suggests that the speaker is having flashbacks.

b)

It suggests that the speaker is suffering from PTSD.

c)

It suggests that the speaker cannot forget the incident. 

d)

It suggests that the speaker enjoyed killing the looter.

5.

Which three word phrase is missing from the quotation: 'Hie thee hither,

That I may ____ __ _______ in thine ear'

a)

pour my spirits

b)

pour my coffee

c)

tip my spirits

d)

shove my spirits

6.

Which are the two blanks: 'Why shouldn't they try for ________________?

We try for the ________________.

a)

higher wages /

highest possible prices

b)

higher wages /

lowest possible prices

c)

better working conditions /

highest possible prices

d)

more money /

as much as we can get

7.

Which two word phrase is missing: 'In his ____ ____ he is finally alone' (War Photographer)

(a)  

8.

Which language techniques are present in the quotation: 'spools of suffering set out in ordered rows'

a)

Metaphor

b)

Sibilance

c)

Personification

d)

Symbolism

9.

Who wrote War Photographer?

a)

Carol Ann Duffy

b)

Jane Weir

c)

Beatrice Garland

d)

Imtiaz Dharker

10.

Which character says 'Why shouldn't they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices.'

a)

Sheila

b)

Inspector Goole

c)

Eric

d)

Mr Birling

e)

Mrs Birling

11.

Which Act and Scene is 'Hie thee hither,

That I may pour my spirits in thine ear' from?

a)

Act 5, Scene 1

b)

Act 2, Scene 3

c)

Act 1, Scene 5

d)

Act 4, Scene 1

12.

Which quotation from Macbeth is accurate?

a)

'Upon my head they placed a fruitless bowl,

And put a barren sceptre in my grip'

b)

'Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,

And put a barren sceptre in my gripe'

c)

'Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,

And put a barren sceptre in my grip'

d)

'Upon my head they placed a barren crown,

And put a fruitless sceptre in my gripe'

13.

When Macbeth learns of Fleance's escape, what does he say?

a)

'But now I am cabined, cribbed, confronted...'

b)

'But now I am cabined, confined, cribbed...'

c)

'But now I am cornered, cribbed, confined...'

d)

'But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined...'

14.

What does sybil Birling say about Eva using the name 'Mrs Birling'.

a)

'...naturally that was one of the things that prejudiced me against her case'

b)

'...I thought it was simply wonderful.'

15.

Complete the quotation from Exposure: 'Pale flake with fingering (a)   come feeling for our faces'

16.

Where is the following quotation from?


‘But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined…’

a)

Macbeth - Act 3, Scene 4

b)

Macbeth - Act 1, Scene 1

c)

Macbeth - Act 5, Scene 3

17.

‘I am in _______ stepped in so far…returning were as tedious as go o’er.’

Macbeth

a)

Blood

b)

tomato sauce

c)

the river

d)

trouble

e)

big doo doos

18.

‘…some people say that war’s _______…to that             I say – ________!’

a)

unavoidable/rubbish

b)

inevitable/rubbish

c)

unavoidable/fiddlesticks

d)

inevitable/fiddlesticks

19.

‘...the world overflowing like a treasure chest. A split second and you were away, ___________.’

a)

drunk

b)

excited

c)

intoxicated

d)

lost

20.

‘...the world overflowing like a treasure chest.’

Which poem?

a)

Exposure

b)

Poppies

c)

War Photographer

d)

Kamikaze

e)

Remains

21.

I have no _____ to prick the sides of my intent, but only _________ ambition, which o'erleaps itself’

a)

spur/leaping

b)

thorn/surging

c)

spur/vaulting

d)

needle/raging

22.

‘…there are millions and millions and millions of _____________________’

a)

Eva Smiths and Dave Smiths...

b)

Eva Smiths and George Smiths...

c)

Eva Smiths and Jack Smiths...

d)

Eva Smiths and John Smiths...

23.

‘A hundred agonies in (a)   from which his editor will pick out five or six…’

24.

"his virtues

Will plead like ______, trumpet-tongued, against

The deep damnation of his taking-off" (Macbeth)

a)

dogs

b)

angels

c)

devils

d)

pigeons

25.

What's the missing word?

"We don’t live (a)   . We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other." (An Inspector Calls)

26.

What's the missing phrase: "Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army" (Exposure)

a)

miserable arm

b)

miserable rain

c)

melancholy army

d)

driving rain

27.

Which two words are missing?

"Thou hast it now…and, I fear thou play’dst most foully for’t" (Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 1)

a)

think/foully

b)

worry/regretfully

c)

fear/foully

d)

say/fearfully

28.

What's missing from this quotation about Eric: "Half- (a)   half-assertive" (An Inspector Calls, Act 1)

29.

Which two words are missing from this quotation: "None puts by the ______which I have ______for you, but I" (My Last Duchess by Robert Browning)

a)

curtain/drawn

b)

flame/lit

c)

paintbrush/used

d)

curtain/pulled

30.

What is Macbeth's motive in the following quotation: "Rather than so, come fate into the list, And champion me to the utterance!"

a)

He is making a list of things against him and 'fate' is one of them.

b)

He wants to talk to 'fate'.

c)

He is invited 'fate' to a duel and will fight to the bitter end against fate.

d)

He wants to be the champion of 'fate'.

31.

Who says the following: "you're not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble".

a)

Sheila

b)

Arthur

c)

Eric

d)

Gerald

32.

Which word is missing? "She had a _____—how shall I say?— too soon made glad, 

Too easily impressed." (My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning)

a)

heart

b)

life

c)

face

d)

smile

33.

A word is repeated in the following quotation. What is it?

‘From this moment, the very _________ of my heart shall be the __________ of my hand.’

Macbeth - Act 4 Scene 1

a)

firstlings

b)

strings

c)

sinews

d)

blood

34.

Which word is missing from the following:

‘Used her…as if she were an _______, a thing, not a person.’

Inspector Goole to Eric - Act Three

a)

dog

b)

animal

c)

object

d)

alligator

35.

What is missing from this quotation?

‘This grew; I gave commands;

Then all _______stopped together’

My Last Duchess - Robert Browning

a)

life

b)

breath

c)

sins

d)

smiles

36.

Which character from Macbeth says: ‘...now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant's robe upon a dwarfish thief’?

a)

Macduff

b)

Young Siward

c)

Angus

d)

Lady Macbeth

37.

Which word is missing?

‘…I remember what he said…Fire and blood and anguish. And it _______ me the way you talk’

a)

annoys

b)

frightens

c)

humours

d)

grips

38.

Which two words are missing

‘And the ______ ______ sigh

Runs in blood down palace walls’

a)

'hapless soldier's'

b)

'brave fighter's'

c)

'serious soldier's'

d)

'fearless fighter's'

39.

'Now does he feel his --------- -------- sticking on his hands.’

Two missing words

(a)  

40.

'(pointing to Eric and Sheila) Now look at the pair of them – the famous --------- --------- who know it all'

Two missing words

(a)  

41.

It may be at war, it may be ------------------,

but I am branded by an ----------------’

a)

sick with tyrants/impression of love

b)

sick with dictators/impression of sunlight

c)

sick with tyrants/impression of sunlight

d)

ill with tyrants/impression of sunlight