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The Handmaid's Tale and Frankenstein A-Level Quiz
The Handmaid's Tale and Frankenstein A-Level Quiz
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Recapping plot, theme, characters and imagery across the two texts
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1
Complete the quotation ' Believe me, Victor, I was ______________________'
filled with humanity
a fallen angel
aglow with love
benevolent
2
How did the founders of the Republic of Gilead first clamp down on women’s rights?
By banning marriage and turning women into property
By executing all divorced women
By banning political protests and eliminating rebel leaders
By cutting off women’s bank accounts and firing them
3
What effect does Piexioto’s use of humour say about the value placed on female perspectives?
It undermines female perspectives
It reinforces the patriarchal nature of Post Gileadean world
It trivialises feminist subversive organisations
All of the above
4
Fill in the missing word 'Was I then a monster? A ________ upon the earth?'
blot
beast
wretch
demon
5
What did Prometheus steal from the Gods to give to humans in Greek mythology?
Fire
Life
Water
Grain
6
Which character is 'deeply read in books of chivalry and romance?'
Mr de Lacey
Victor
Walton
Clerval
7
Complete the quote 'He was soon borne away by the waves, and ...'
lost in darkness and distance.
adrift in the Arctic depths.
obscured by the land of mist and snow.
cloaked in cold and misery.
8
What are the names of the deLacey siblings?
Felix and Agatha
Felix and Anya
Franz and Agatha
Felix and Safie
9
How does Offred participate in the Salvaging in chapter 42?
Touching the rope
Kicking the chair
Leading those who will be salvaged
Shouting abuse
10
What is the name of the detention centre where the women are 'trained' to be handmaids?
The Rachel Center
The Rachel and Bilhah Centre
The Rachel and Leah Center
The Red Center
11
Offred describes her original name as being 'like _____________'?
a rebellion
an amulet
a hidden treasure chest
a distant memory
12
Aunt Lydia reminds the Handmaids that they should feel sorry for the Wives because...
They are unable to bear children
They cannot please their husbands
They are inferior to the Handmaids
They have no purpose in this new world
13
What does Frankenstein die of?
a fever
exhaustion
a heart-attack
shock
14
What kind of society is Gilead?
A theorcracy
A democracy
A monarchy
A dictatorship
15
How long does a handmaid have before she is declared an unwoman and sent to the colonies?
5 years
10 months
1 year
6 years
16
What does Offred 'hunger for' in Chapter 2?
Love
The act of touch
To call her room her own
An orange
17
Where does Offred see her mother?
At a party the Commander threw
In the market
At the salvaging
In a documentary showing unwomen
18
During which event does Offred say 'We grip each other's hands, we are no longer single'?
The birth
The particution
The Prayvaganza
The ceremony
19
References to mist throughout the text link to the Gothic concept of...
obscurity
pathetic fallacy
the supernatural
the liminal
20
What does Offred believed happened to Luke?
He's dead
He's with the resistance
Any of the above
He's being held captive
21
Why does Offred say she is 'telling' her story?
Because she needs to vent her frustration
Because she is dictating her story onto tapes
Because she wants the world to know about Gilead
Because she is forbidden to write
22
How do you spell the final word in 'Nolite te bastardes _____________________'
Carborundurm
Carborundorum
Carbonara
Carborundum
23
Whose letter prompts Victor's return to Geneva in Chapter 7?
His father's
Elizabeth
Clerval
Justine
24
To which characters in Paradise Lost does the creature align himself with?
Adam
Adam and Eve
Adam and Satan
Adam and God
25
What is a Salvaging?
Displaying the bodies of dissidents
A prayer meeting
The wedding of a woman who has reformed herself
The execution of rule breakers
26
The only word written in Offred's room is:
Charity
Hope
Prayer
Faith
27
How does Offred finish her own Lord's Prayer?
I guess that's the difference between us.
I feel so alone.
Deliver us from evil.
How can I keep on living?
28
What is the first thing that Victor says in the novel?
'Unhappy man, do you share my madness'
'Whither are you bound?'
'To seek one who fled from me'
'I am by birth a Genevese'
29
What did Ofglen say to reveal she is part of the MayDay?
Wouldn't it be nice to never go shopping again?
How old is the Commander?
Do these machines listen to God?
Have you heard from Luke?
30
On his way to find Victor, the creature shows his propensity for good by...
rescuing a family from a fire
helping a woman cut wood
rescuing a drowning girl
befriending a young child
31
What does Victor contemplate after Justine's death?
all the above
plunging into a silent lake
his desire to avenge William by killing the creature
leaving Elizabeth and his brother and father exposed
32
Which of the following is not a central tenet of Romanticism?
Urban over Rural
Personal beliefs over social values
Childhood over adulthood
Emotions over Logic
33
Offred remembers attending a book burning with her mother where women were burning what?
The Constitution
Fashion magazines
Pornographic magazines
Inappropriate political literature
34
What is the Wall?
A famous structure in New Boston
A structure built along the border between Canada & the USA
Where bodies of executed dissidents are displayed
A fence around the Commander’s house
35
Which text does the creature read which begins to make him question man's brutality?
Plutarch's Lives
The Sorrows of Young Werter
The Ruins of Empires
Paradise Lost
36
Finish the quotation 'a new species would bless me as its ____________ and ______________'
father and mother
creator and source
creator and protector
creator and carer
37
When the creature is first re-animated he produces '_____________________________'?
quiet insults
a strangled scream
inarticulate sounds
miserable whimpering
38
Complete me: 'I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world ...'
the deepest mysteries of science
the deepest mysteries of nature
the deepest mysteries of creation
the deepest depths of the human soul
39
The choice of Orkney for Victor's second attempt at animating life addresses the gothic idea of
the sublime
isolation
terror
imprisonment
40
What is the first element of the natural world which soothes the creature?
The taste of berries
Moonlight
Bird-song
The feel of lush grass underfoot
