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It is about Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
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Why does Father Flood suggest that Eilis recommit to her education?
Because D's get degrees
Because he knows a guy, who knows a guy
To keep her mind off homesickness
To get her out of his face
2
Eilis loves...
Catholicism
baseball
Jim and Tony
Ireland
3
What is Eilis' favourite root vegetable
Potato
Sweet Potato
Swede
Turnip
4
What or who is the one true god?
Eilis
Applies varied vocabulary
Authorial Intent
The rubric
5
What is the last word of the novel?
More
End
Less
Fin
6
What is the primary reason Father Flood begins to host dances at the parish hall?
He wants to introduce reggaeton to Ireland
He is a beast on the wheels of steel
To get the men and women married
Raise money for the church roof
7
What does Eilis imagine her mother telling Jim when Jim shows up to see her?
Eilis said 'k thanx, byeeee'
She went out
Groot
Eilis has gone back to Brooklyn
8
The novel won a prize (Costa Novel Award) in
2010
2020
2009
1985
9
Feel free to throw a reference to this in your essay
A different range of ideas that sound smart
The baseball teams of the time
The Catholic church's apology for child abuse
The way that the church was strong back then
10
What is our newest clunky acronym..
THOTEEL
THICC
TEEGEL
TEEH/S/CAiASL
11
What does Bartocci's store become the first in the neighborhood to do?
Serve African -Americans
Cater to the disabled
Install a lift
Sell ladies underwear
12
Toibin was unable to... until he was 9
sing
read
ride a bike
write
13
On which page of the book does Eilis have sex with Tony?
184
902
100
64
14
The novel Brooklyn is set in the....
50s
past
pasta, again
pasta
15
Why did Toibin write Brooklyn?
To get that paper
To convey his experience and heritage
To show that priests are all good people
To show that women are boring and weak
16
Colm went to a school that later become infamous for...
Academic rigor
its annual fete
Priests crimes against children
It's drug problem
17
Who is the best man in the book?
Tony
Tom
Jim
Father Flood
18
When he was young Toibin found priests...
hateful
attractive
annoying
insulting
19
What was unusual about Rose?
Her independence
Her ideals
Her name
Her wealth
20
Was Colm Toibin ever an immigrant
Yes
Yup
No
Kind of
21
An easy reference to Social / Historical / Cultural factors is...
The travel across the ocean
Catholicism then and now
Comparing Enniscorthy to Brooklyn
The way that she doesn't describe much
22
What do Ciara and Eilis have in common
Potatoes
They love irish people
All of the above
Moral Compass
23
Why does Eilis help out at Christmas Day dinner at the Church's parish hall?
Out of a commitment to the church
God's will
For some turkey
Man hunting
24
A narrator that doesn't care much:
Intimate narrator
Omniscient narrator
Detached narrator
Movie narrator
25
The Social Milieu is
A group of ideas
The thoughts of a generation
A collective noun
The way things are
26
BONUS QUESTION: Who will win the NBA Playoffs
The Cavaliers
LeBron James
The Golden State Warriors
Kevin Durant
27
Toibin had a job as a
Priest
Writer.... duh
Journalist
Abbott
28
Nominalisation means
A different type of milkshake
A TEEL paragraph
Focusing on an aspect of writing across sentences
Turning a verb into a noun
29
How good is the movie?
It is a bait for lazy English students
Loved it, great actors
Not relevant to the book
Never seen it
30
Eilis' should be connected to this movement
not moving
Nazism
leg movement
Feminism
31
Eilis returns to Brooklyn because...
of the social milieu's focus on loyalty
her mother tells her to
she gets ill from eating potatoes
Tony bullied her into marriage so she would come back
32
Why is Eilis homesick?
She misses the way her mother made the potatoes
She reads letters from her mother, Rose and Jack
She misses her cat missy
She simply misses home
33
According to Toibin Brooklyn tells the story of
The tale of all irish people
just one person's experience
The migration of humans
The tale of emigrants
34
According to Tony Eilis is
None of the below
Just like his mother
A pizza pie
The type of woman you don't call
35
A smart word to use for Cultural / Historical / Social is
another potato
the Irish diaspora
Fleeting
throw a potato on the barbie
36
Tony is met by Eilis at
At her school
At a dance
On the tram
A bush doof
37
What is the most awkward scene of the book
The swimsuit bit
The part where she goes to the beach
The sex scene
The Christmas bit
38
The inspiration for Brooklyn was...
His fathers death and love of poetry
He has a love for the Brooklyn Bandicoots team
A visiting handsome priest was from there
A visitor to his fathers funeral spoke about Brooklyn
39
Toibin's father died when he was....
young
12
A man in the USA
14
40
What subjects does Mrs. Kehoe discourages talk of more so than anything else in her house?
Money
Giggling
Politics
Men and Sex
41
How do the locals now consider Eilis in Part Four when she returns to Ireland?
To be a traitor
To have forgotten who she is
To be an American.
To be a prodigal son-like figure returning home
42
An example of Toibin's writing style is...
Character writing
Sparse description
Nicely written
Third person omniscient narrator
43
Why does Eilis turn down Christmas dinner with Tony's family?
in for a penny, in for a pound
because she promised
She has never tried Italian food
She thinks his brother might be better looking than he
44
How many boys does Eilis hang out with?
2
4
3
1
45
What tragic and unexpected event forces Eilis to return to Ireland?
Grandad farted
Fathers alive!
Sisters' still dead
Mother death
46
What seems to be the main problem which afflicts the residents of Enniscorthy?
Taxes
Their dances are dull
Limited prospects for unmarried women
Unemployment
47
Colm remembered his priests as...
Nice people
Cute
Scary people
Excellent teachers
48
A reporting clause is
Me like, Me hate
She looked, she went
He ate, He drank
She might, she could
49
How is Eilis characterized?
Passive
Selfish
Dreamy
Anguished
50
Patriarchy is...
a form of pasta
The mothers are in charge
Males leading the world or group
The way gender is fluid
51
The worst part of Brooklyn is its
Baseball team
The bridge
The accents everyone has
Basketball team
52
How many marks is a conclusion worth according to the rubric?
3
2
1
0
53
How do you get 3 easy marks?
Link to the topic
Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly
Refer to H / S / C
Intro and Conclusion
54
Why does Eilis stay in Enniscorthy longer?
There was a rave on
Had to 'go beach'
Her friends wedding
She wanted to hurt Miss Kelly
55
According to the rubric a link only needs to
Suggest why the author did this
Summarise the response and link to topic
Connect two core ideas between paragraphs
Link the website of your choosing
56
Toibin was raised...
the wrong way
the right way
on a farm
in Enniscorthy
57
Who said: "But I hate a priest rubbing his hands together and smiling"
Eilis
Father Flood
Tony
Mrs Kehoe
58
Best Brooklyn related joke...
Brook-what-Brook-lyn
No sleep till Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Nets
Is Brooklyn in the house?
59
Colm was this as a boy..
Chef
Altar boy
Film Critic
Journalist
60
Why did Eilis emigrate to Brooklyn?
For education and job opportunities
To find the love of her life
To escape her family
Her mum kicked her out
61
References to literary techniques are worth...
1 Marks
Ice, Ice, Baby
3 marks
Marky Marks
62
When was Colm Toibin born?
1856
2012
1912
1955
63
Is TEEL useful at Year 11?
It is not awful
It is useful only as a rough guide
Yes
No
64
What is Eilis's starting position at Bartocci's?
CEO
Top
Salesgirl
Bottom
65
To get three marks for literary devices you need to
He wrote this like that because he wants...
refer to a technique and analyse it
Toibin writes like...
discuss the likely thoughts of the people
66
A good word to describe Eilis' nature
proud
brave
passivity
outspoken
67
Why did Father Flood help Eilis?
For personal gain
For the family
Sort of
He knew the church's PR would take a hit later
68
Another example of a foil in the novel is...
Brooklyn and the USA
Ms Kehoe and Ms Misty
Tony and Eilis
Jim and Tony
69
Eilis is an example of a
hero
anti-hero
A person of colour
the everyman
70
How many marks is an introduction worth according to the rubric?
3
4
2
1
71
According to Eilis Tony is
All of the above
A respectable man
A hard worker
Clean shaven
72
Two foils in Brooklyn are
Rose and Ms Kehoe
Enniscorthy and Brooklyn
Jim and Tom
Ms Forteini and Jim
73
Is Eilis a good representation of Feminism?
Just like Germaine Greer
No
For the time, sort of
The pinnacle of feminism
74
The baseball team that Tony supports is
Dodgers
Yankees
Dodgy
Gunners
75
Where does Eilis work?
Miss Kellys
Bartocchis
Tibaldis
The Delicatessen
