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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Mr Birling most concerned about after the Inspector leaves?

a)

"a public scandal"

b)

that he'll have to learn his lesson in "fire and blood and anguish"

c)

That the working class might seek to "ask for the earth" some more

d)

That Eric doesn't think he's the type of father he can "turn to when he's in trouble"

2.

Complete this AIC quotation:

Inspector Goole's closing speech "we are ................. of one ..............."

(a)  

3.

Complete this quotation:

If men will not learn their lesson, they will be taught it in...

(a)  

4.

Which character, in your opinion, is most to blame for what happened to Eva Smith?

a)

Mr Birling

b)

Mrs Birling

c)

Eric

d)

Gerald

5.

What method does Priestley use in "fire and blood and anguish"

Tick all that are correct!

a)

A triadic phrase / triplet / list of 3 to emphasise the suffering that will be caused if things do not change.

b)

Emotive language to evoke empathy in the audience.

c)

Asyndetic listing to speed up the list and emphasise the amount of suffering.

d)

Syndetic listing to force the actor to slow down and emphasise each word in the list.

6.

Why did Priestley write AIC?

a)

To demonstrate the need for continued change under Prime Minister Attlee's new labour government

b)

To show the dangers of science in the Victorian era.

c)

To showcase how lazy the working class were.

d)

To convey the duplicity of mankind.

7.

Why does Macbeth kill Banquo?

a)

Because Banquo knows about the prophecy and might suspect Macbeth of murder

b)

Because he doesn't like his face.

c)

Because he wants his own sons to be king and wants to prevent the witches' prophecy to Banquo from coming true

d)

He doesn't. Banquo is blown up by a creeper.

8.

Complete this quotation that Macbeth says immediately after killing Duncan:

"Will all great Neptune's (a)   "

9.

How does Malcolm describe Macbeth and Lady Macbeth at the end of the play?

".......................... ................... and his ........................... queen"

(type the whole quotation)

(a)  

10.

Which moment in Macbeth do you think is most dramatic?

a)

When he kills Duncan

b)

When he kills Banquo

c)

When Birnam woods moves to Dunsinane

d)

When Macduff proclaims he was "untimely ripped" from his mother's womb

11.

What is Duncan's biggest downfall as King?

a)

He's weak in battle

b)

His thanes don't respect him

c)

He has no son to be heir after him

d)

He trusts the wrong people / is perhaps naive

12.

Which of the following characters are ambitious in Macbeth?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Macduff

c)

Lady Macbeth

d)

Banquo

13.

What is a dichotomy?

a)

A type of listing.

b)

Something old people used to look up words before Siri was invented.

c)

A whole split into two - where the two parts represent opposing things (such as the cane)

d)

The idea that man has two sides to him.

14.

What does the cane represent in J&H?

a)

A dichotomy - when it breaks it represents both violence (Carew's murder) and friendship (was a gift from Utterson).

b)

Violence as it was brutally used to murder Carew.

c)

Disability and the Victorian distaste for this based on the backwards idea that disability was a punishment from God.

d)

The Victorian gentleman.

15.

Which motifs / symbols in the play represent mystery and secrecy

a)

Doors

b)

Windows

c)

Envelopes

d)

Abandoned mine shafts

16.

Why does Hyde commit suicide?

a)

He is wanted by police for Carew's murder and will be hung. He can no longer escape into Jekyll.

b)

To spite Jekyll. If he must die, Jekyll will come with him!

c)

He accidentally takes too much potion.

d)

Because he's a nutter.

17.

List the methods used in "Satan's signature upon a face"

Aim for at least 3...

4 lines
18.

Complete this quotation by adding in one final word:

"The man seems hardly human... something (a)  

19.

What quotation describes Hyde walking over the child?

"the man.............. ...................... over the child's body and left her ................... on the ground" (Type the whole quotation)

(a)  

20.

Why did Stevenson write Jekyll and Hyde?

a)

To demonstrate the danger's of advancing scientific knowledge

b)

To critique the restrictions placed on Victorian gentlemen

c)

To reflect the philosophical belief that all mankind contains good and evil within them

d)

To highlight the terrible consequences of taking drugs