Comparative Quotes 2015-16

Question 1

Warand civil unrest form a significant part of the culturalcontext of Foster.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Unlike O'Casey who chose to focus on the poverty in his text, Hooper opts to ignore the poverty

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

The conclusion is the least important part of the paper...

Accepted Answer

False - it leaves the reader with a lasting impression

Question 4

hollow rhetoric and self delusion refers to which characters?

Accepted Answer

Dan, Bertie's abdication speech, Wallis, The Covey

Question 5

Who says the following quote: “I always called you Bertie, today I call you King.”

Accepted Answer

Lionel

Question 6

An omniscient narrator means what?

Accepted Answer

Knowing the thoughts of all the characters, The narrator is a character in the story like third person

Question 7

Bessie is....

Accepted Answer

a Protestant

Question 8

“We’re not a family, we’re a firm.” Whose family?

Accepted Answer

Bertie and family

Question 9

During the 1915s and 1916s, what percentage of people lived in tenement housing?

Accepted Answer

30%

Question 10

You are meant to discuss the texts separately when writing your comparative response?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Who directed The King's Speech?

Accepted Answer

Tom Hooper

Question 12

Colloquial language means what?

Accepted Answer

informal language

Question 13

“A meetin’like this always makes me feel as if I could dhrink Loch Erinndhry”

Accepted Answer

Peter

Question 14

Who is referred to as 'woman' through the text?

Accepted Answer

Edna

Question 15

'Techniques used to tell the story' is what mode of study?

Accepted Answer

Literary Genre

Question 16

"My castle, my rules" Who says this?

Accepted Answer

Lionel

Question 17

Evocative language means...

Accepted Answer

strong images in reader's mind

Question 18

"there’s a taste of something __ in the air, something that might come full and change things"

Accepted Answer

dark

Question 19

"...another just like mine comes out of the water and pulls me in.”

Accepted Answer

The Well

Question 20

“When she looks at my clothes, I see my thin, cotton dress, my dusty sandals __________.”

Accepted Answer

through her eyes

Question 21

“We don’t want the evil eye staring at you.” What is the 'evil eye'?

Accepted Answer

Red recording light

Question 22

"What are friends for?” … “I wouldn’t know.”Who wouldn't know?

Accepted Answer

Bertie

Question 23

Nora'spurpose is to show the effect of the Rising on ordinary men andwomen.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

“Bloodshed is a cleansing and satisfying thing.”

Accepted Answer

The Speaker

Question 25

“The Kinsella’s young lad, you dope. Did you not know.”

Accepted Answer

Mildred

Question 26

"Ireland is greater than a mother" Who says this?

Accepted Answer

Brennan

Question 27

“Wherethere’s ______ there is shame, and shame is something we can do without.”

Accepted Answer

a secret

Question 28

When was The Plough and the Stars set?

Accepted Answer

1915-1916

Question 29

“Your vanity’ll be th’ ruin of you an’ me yet.” To whom is this referring?

Accepted Answer

Jack

Question 30

Social class, gender roles, and poverty can be discussed under which modes of study?

Accepted Answer

All three, could overlap

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