WorksheetsAQA GCSE English lit quotations
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which quotation from An Inspector Calls is accurate?
'(Sharply) Your daughter isn't living on Mars. She's here in Brumley too.'
'(Sharply) Your son isn't living on the moon. He's here in Brumley too.'
'(Sharply) Your daughter isn't living on the moon. She's here in Brumley too.'
'(Sharply) You're not living on Mars. you're here in Brumley too.'
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)
Which word goes in the blank: 'Upon my head they placed a (a) crown,
And put a barren sceptre in my gripe'
What effect does the phrase 'He's here in my head when I close my eyes' have?
It suggests that the speaker is having flashbacks.
It suggests that the speaker is suffering from PTSD.
It suggests that the speaker cannot forget the incident.
It suggests that the speaker enjoyed killing the looter.
Which three word phrase is missing from the quotation: 'Hie thee hither,
That I may ____ __ _______ in thine ear'
pour my spirits
pour my coffee
tip my spirits
shove my spirits
Which are the two blanks: 'Why shouldn't they try for ________________?
We try for the ________________.
higher wages /
highest possible prices
higher wages /
lowest possible prices
better working conditions /
highest possible prices
more money /
as much as we can get
Which two word phrase is missing: 'In his ____ ____ he is finally alone' (War Photographer)
(a)
Which language techniques are present in the quotation: 'spools of suffering set out in ordered rows'
Metaphor
Sibilance
Personification
Symbolism
Who wrote War Photographer?
Carol Ann Duffy
Jane Weir
Beatrice Garland
Imtiaz Dharker
Which character says 'Why shouldn't they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices.'
Sheila
Inspector Goole
Eric
Mr Birling
Mrs Birling
Which Act and Scene is 'Hie thee hither,
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear' from?
Act 5, Scene 1
Act 2, Scene 3
Act 1, Scene 5
Act 4, Scene 1
Which quotation from Macbeth is accurate?
'Upon my head they placed a fruitless bowl,
And put a barren sceptre in my grip'
'Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,
And put a barren sceptre in my gripe'
'Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown,
And put a barren sceptre in my grip'
'Upon my head they placed a barren crown,
And put a fruitless sceptre in my gripe'
When Macbeth learns of Fleance's escape, what does he say?
'But now I am cabined, cribbed, confronted...'
'But now I am cabined, confined, cribbed...'
'But now I am cornered, cribbed, confined...'
'But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined...'
What does sybil Birling say about Eva using the name 'Mrs Birling'.
'...naturally that was one of the things that prejudiced me against her case'
'...I thought it was simply wonderful.'
Complete the quotation from Exposure: 'Pale flake with fingering (a) come feeling for our faces'
Where is the following quotation from?
‘But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined…’
Macbeth - Act 3, Scene 4
Macbeth - Act 1, Scene 1
Macbeth - Act 5, Scene 3
‘I am in _______ stepped in so far…returning were as tedious as go o’er.’
Macbeth
Blood
tomato sauce
the river
trouble
big doo doos
‘…some people say that war’s _______…to that I say – ________!’
unavoidable/rubbish
inevitable/rubbish
unavoidable/fiddlesticks
inevitable/fiddlesticks
‘...the world overflowing like a treasure chest. A split second and you were away, ___________.’
drunk
excited
intoxicated
lost
‘...the world overflowing like a treasure chest.’
Which poem?
Exposure
Poppies
War Photographer
Kamikaze
Remains
I have no _____ to prick the sides of my intent, but only _________ ambition, which o'erleaps itself’
spur/leaping
thorn/surging
spur/vaulting
needle/raging
‘…there are millions and millions and millions of _____________________’
Eva Smiths and Dave Smiths...
Eva Smiths and George Smiths...
Eva Smiths and Jack Smiths...
Eva Smiths and John Smiths...
‘A hundred agonies in (a) from which his editor will pick out five or six…’
"his virtues
Will plead like ______, trumpet-tongued, against
The deep damnation of his taking-off" (Macbeth)
dogs
angels
devils
pigeons
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)
What's the missing phrase: "Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army" (Exposure)
miserable arm
miserable rain
melancholy army
driving rain
Which two words are missing?
"Thou hast it now…and, I fear thou play’dst most foully for’t" (Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 1)
think/foully
worry/regretfully
fear/foully
say/fearfully
What's missing from this quotation about Eric: "Half- (a) half-assertive" (An Inspector Calls, Act 1)
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)
curtain/drawn
flame/lit
paintbrush/used
curtain/pulled
What is Macbeth's motive in the following quotation: "Rather than so, come fate into the list, And champion me to the utterance!"
He is making a list of things against him and 'fate' is one of them.
He wants to talk to 'fate'.
He is invited 'fate' to a duel and will fight to the bitter end against fate.
He wants to be the champion of 'fate'.
Who says the following: "you're not the kind of father a chap could go to when he's in trouble".
Sheila
Arthur
Eric
Gerald
Which word is missing? "She had a _____—how shall I say?— too soon made glad,
Too easily impressed." (My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning)
heart
life
face
smile
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
firstlings
strings
sinews
blood
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
dog
animal
object
alligator
What is missing from this quotation?
‘This grew; I gave commands;
Then all _______stopped together’
My Last Duchess - Robert Browning
life
breath
sins
smiles
Which character from Macbeth says: ‘...now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant's robe upon a dwarfish thief’?
Macduff
Young Siward
Angus
Lady Macbeth
Which word is missing?
‘…I remember what he said…Fire and blood and anguish. And it _______ me the way you talk’
annoys
frightens
humours
grips
Which two words are missing
‘And the ______ ______ sigh
Runs in blood down palace walls’
'hapless soldier's'
'brave fighter's'
'serious soldier's'
'fearless fighter's'
'Now does he feel his --------- -------- sticking on his hands.’
Two missing words
(a)
'(pointing to Eric and Sheila) Now look at the pair of them – the famous --------- --------- who know it all'
Two missing words
(a)
‘It may be at war, it may be ------------------,
but I am branded by an ----------------’
sick with tyrants/impression of love
sick with dictators/impression of sunlight
sick with tyrants/impression of sunlight
ill with tyrants/impression of sunlight
