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Do you know your stuff? A revision quiz for GHS Standard English students
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1
How many poems did we study in Module A?
4
7
5
6
2
Your answers in Paper 1 should be guided by
The wording of the question
All of the above
The mark value
The number of lines provided for you to write on
3
Christopher sets out to write what type of book?
Western
Romance
Murder mystery
Sci-fi thriller
4
Which of the following should be included in the introduction of your essays?
An example
Techniques
Your own name
A thesis
5
Which word could NOT be used to describe Muniz?
Mysophobic
Altruistic
Artistic
Philanthropic
6
To prepare for the Module A question I should:
Revise the poets and their personal contexts
Familiarise myself with the poems, including specific examples
Makes notes on what each poem is about in terms of identity and culture.
Take time to learn the didgeridoo
7
Maureen Ten's Chinese name means...
Translucent Jade
See-through Greenstone
Transparent Rock
Slowly Yielding Music
8
What is Christopher's favourite book?
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
9
Which phrase is repeated to show the effect of storytelling on the persona?
"Under my nose"
"Inside my head"
"Under my skin"
"It puts the lotion on it's skin"
10
What was the name of the series of images Muniz made before the Waste Land images?
Flower Power
Flower Children
Sugar Town
Sugar Children
11
How much time should you spend on each Module in Paper 2?
2 minutes
30 minutes
1 hour
45 minutes
12
When does Christopher start 'groaning'?
When he sees an animal in distress
When there is too much information for him to process
When he feels sad
When he has to do chores
13
Vik Muniz wants to make portraits of whom?
12 Standard students
Pickers
Catadores
Lucy Walker
14
For Module C you may be asked to:
Write about your set text for Module C
Write a short creative piece, then justify your choices
Draw a picture book
Make connections between your writing and a prescribed text
15
Wasteland is ______directed by________
documentary Lucy Waldren
film Lucy Walker
documentary Lucy Walker
film Vik Muniz
16
All questions for T&HE will, in some way, be focused on
Humanitarianism
Humanity
Human experiences
Human extinction
17
Merlinda Bobis wrote the poem___ and is from ___
Home Philippines
This is Where it Begins Philippines
Translucent Jade China
New Accents Vietnam
18
We can describe Christopher as what sort of narrator?
Reliable
Unreliable
19
Lucashenko uses foreshadowing when she mentions...
The bluebells
The axe
The dam
The eagles
20
According to Christopher, four yellow cars in a row means that it will be a
Yellow-Car-Day
Yellow Day
Good Day
Black Day
21
Ouyang Yu's 'New Accents' is about the persona's difficulty...
... assimilating into Australia
... understanding other Chinese immigrants
...finishing his uni degree
... mastering the English language
22
How can I revise Texts and Human Experiences?
Reread the rubric for the module and my own notes and table
Stare blankly at the page hoping for inspiration
Compose answers to practice questions
Rewatch Wasteland and take notes
23
How does Christopher define love?
As a picture on the screen in our heads
A bread machine
Always telling that person the truth
Doing sex with someone
24
Which of the following is NOT part of the T&HE rubric?
Individual and collective human experiences
Distinctive qualities of the text
Anomolies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in human behaviour
Inviting the responder to see the world differently
25
Jaya Savige's poem, 'Circular Breathing' is about...
Overcoming asthma
Mispronouncing Asian names
Learning to play the trombone
Hearing a didgeridoo player far from home
26
The protagonist of 'The Curious Incident' is
Isis
Wellington
Christopher
Siobhan
27
The SECOND section of 'Home', titled 2. Without Warning is about...
the persona being woken unexpectedly
the persona planting white jasmine
the persona eating a thin wafer of honey
the persona''s spiritual awakening
28
Vuong Pham's poem is about the persona's mother. What is the name of the poem?
'Leaving Saigon'
'Home'
'Mother'
'This is Where it Begins'
29
Which picker is only 18, with two young children to support?
Suelem
Isis
Magna
Lucy
30
'Circular Breathing' is about...
... how sounds act as cultural markers.
... how the persona feels cultural connection to Australia.
... how we often don't recognise our own culture until we are away from it.
...how hard it is to play the didgeridoo.
31
Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature of 'Curious Incident'?
Objective narrative voice
Use of emoticons
Cardinal chapter numbers
Prime chapter numbers
32
Which of the following is NOT a prescribed text for Mod C?
A Comparison
This is Where it Begins
How To Live Before You Die
Dreamers
33
Which of the following is not mentioned in the Mod C Rubric?
Experiment with language forms and features
Examine how writers use language
Write for a range of audiences and purposes
Read stories aloud to improve your writing
34
At the end of the novel, Christopher is hopeful for the future for all but which of the following reasons?
Because he went to London on his own
Because he had gotten into university
Because he wrote a book
Because he solved the mystery of Wellington’s murder
35
The Mod B Rubric does NOT ask us to focus on...
The ideas, forms and language of the text
Producing critical and creative responses to the text
Our interpretation of the text
The individual and collective identity of the text
36
Paper 1 contains
Short answer and essay on the Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
Extended responses for Modules A, B and C
All modules - there is only one paper
Short answer, creative writing and essay on common module
37
Muniz wanted to "step away from the realm of fine arts" because he felt that it was...
"...too full of hipsters to be cool anymore."
"..a very exclusive, restrictive place to be."
"...too clean - I want to get filthy!"
"...too expensive to keep buying oil paints."
38
At the start of Waste Land, many of the catadores are at which stage of the hierarchy?
Safety
Love/Belonging
Esteem
Physiological
39
The first line in 'A Comparison' is "Oh how I envy the novelist!". This is an example of ...
Third person perspective
A truncated sentence
Dialogue
A metaphor
40
The style of writing that explores ideas in order to provoke thought is:
Persuasive
Informative
Discursive
Imaginative
41
Home is a poem by
Banjo Paterson
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Merinda Bobis
Maureen Ten
42
References to the persona plucking the mother's grey hairs represents...
The disconnect the persona feels towards his mother
The mother's age and poor hair condition
The importance of going to the salon regularly
Time passing and their close bond
43
What do her letters reveal about Christopher's mother?
All of the above
That she has low literacy
That she feels guilt for leaving Christopher
That she is alive
44
Which city is the persona in when he hears the didgeridoo?
London
Paris
Berlin
Rome
45
Plath makes several comparisons between writing and the palm of a hand. This device is
an extended metaphor
objective voice
imagery
allusion
46
The Module A rubric asks us to look at the way texts..
All of the above
Challenge assumptions about cultures
Represent aspects of individual identity
Raise questions about an individual's place in a culture
47
What is an epistolary insertion?
Including letters in the story
A medical procedure
Putting coloured cars into the story
Including a character's thoughts in story
48
Which characters achieve Esteem through the Waste Land project?
Isis
Lucy
Vik
Magna
49
The exam question for Module A is likely to ask about...
Language and poetry
Only one poem
Language and Identity
Asians and Australians
50
Paper 2 consists of
Extended responses for Modules A, B and C
Short answers for Modules A, B and C
Module C - Craft of Writing
Texts and Human Experiences
51
Module B is
Language, Identity and Culture
A close study of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'
A close study of 'How to live before you die'
A critical study of 'Contemporary Asian Australian Poets'
52
'Dreamers' is what type of text?
Non-fiction
Fiction
Discursive
Poetry
53
What does the poem 'Mother' NOT deal with?
Reflecting on the sacrifices of an immigrant parent
The difficulty of leaning English
The experiences of refugees of war-torn countries
The bonds between a mother and child
54
Module C is called
Language and Identity
Reading to Write
Writing about Craft
The Craft of Writing
55
What is the refrain that is repeated throughout 'Mother'?
'I pluck her grey hairs and ask'
'The homeland was a mist'
'Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom'
'I know now, as I did in my childhood wonder'
56
Christopher has trouble reading facial expressions. What is he given to help him with this and by whom?
Drawings of faces Siobhan
A dog His father
A lesson in body language His teacher
Drawings of faces His father
57
The first line of the poem is: Once upon a time in ...
...a story told to me by my Grandmother,
...a land far away from here,
...Australia and in Asia,
...Bikol, Pilipino, English
58
Isis was brought to Jardim Gramacho through tragedy:
the death of her young son
the death of her young daughter
her terrible HSC results
the death of her dreams
59
You will study hard, prepare thoroughly and smash this exam!
True
False
60
Who wrote 'A Comparison'?
Erin Taylor
Melissa Lucashenko
Sylvia Plath
Maureen Ten
61
Which of these is NOT a poem set for study
New Accents
Mother
This is where it begins
Home is where the heart is
62
How many stanzas in 'Translucent Jade'?
2
3
1
4
63
What was NOT one of Haddon's aims in writing this novel?
To challenge ideas of normalcy
To cast light on living with disability
To speak on behalf of autistic people
To show the complexity of family relationships
64
What is the name of the garbage dump?
Javier Bardem
Jardern Garmito
Xavier Rudd
Jardim Gramacho
65
Zumbi talks about wanting his son to become a...
Doctor
Picker
Lawyer
Dancer
66
As a rough guide, you should allocate around how many minutes per mark?
4
3
1
2
67
Lucashenko's story, 'Dreamers', begins with the line:
"Gimme an axe"
"Gimme a kiss"
"Gimme a break"
"Gimme the answer"
68
Your thesis should be
Evident throughout your essay
A single, simple sentence
Only mentioned in the introduction
Full of big words
69
These holidays you are advised to
Work 24 hours a day
Stress more
Find a balance between revision and rest
Procrastinate
70
In 'A Comparison', Plath compares writing poetry to...
...pulling teeth
... writing a novel
... writing non-fiction
...reading poetry
71
To what does Christopher compare his memory?
Space shuttle
A trash can
Red car
A DVD player
72
Zumbi has kept every _____ he has ever found on the landfill.
Body
Book
Dollar
Pair of shoes
73
Translucent Jade is about..
All of the above
... the power and importance of traditional names
... feelings of connection / disconnection to ancestry
...having two names
74
Curious Incident was inspired by Mark Haddon's...
... crazy dreams
... autistic son
... experiences working with autistic people
...experience as an autistic person
75
Despite people on the bus turning their nose up at her, Magna feels ...
..proud to be a picker.
..ready for a shower.
...proud to be a pickle.
..ashamed to be a picker.
76
How does Yu use pararhyme in 'New Accents'?
'Neechosen Street'
'ee-Sense'
'English' & 'Anguish'
'English' & 'Spanglish'
77
This is called Maslow's ...
Pyramid of Life
Hierarchy of Needs
Healthy Diet Pyramid
Hierarchy of Neds
78
In Bobis' poem, what do her Grandmother, Grandfather, Mother and Father all do to the persona?
Tell her stories
Restore her umbilical cord
Take her to the beach
Feed her treats
79
The main concept of Module A is
Poetry
Multiculturalism in Australia
Relationships between language, identity and culture
Relationships between poetry, poets and family
80
What was the mother's job in Vietnam, and what work did she do in Australia?
Teacher & Seamstress
Engineer & Taxi driver
Professor & stay-at-home mum
Doctor & Nurse
81
'Dreamers' begins with the end. This is a feature of the ____ of the story.
Fiction
Dialogue
Author
Structure
82
In which countries is Waste Land shot?
Australia and Brazil
America and Brazil
America and South America
New York and Rio
83
Which catadore is President of the ACAMJG (Pickers Association)
Vik
Isis
Tiao
Zumbi
84
The Common Module is called:
Texts and Human Experience
Intertextual Experiences in Texts
Texts and Humans
Experiential Humans in Text
85
The Mod C exam question may give you a stimulus quote from a text you haven't studied.
False
True
86
'Home' is divided into three sections. The FIRST section is titled _____ and is about ____
One Day I Will Find It the persona's ancestral home
Looking For Them the persona's lost keys
One Day I'll Fly Away leaving on a jet plane
Going Home following a Lonely Planet guide
87
What does the use of enumerated lists show us about Christopher?
His skill with language
His love of numbers
His need for logic and order
His ability to count
88
To whom is 'Circular Breathing' dedicated?
Indigenous poet Samuel Wagan Watson
Indigenous artist Albert Namatjira
Indigenous poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal
The didgeridoo player
89
What does Christopher's father tell him to do?
Keep his nose out of other people's business
Bury Wellington
Write a book
Try to find out who killed Wellington
90
Our prescribed text for Texts and Human Experiences is
Contemporary Asian Australian Poets
Wasteland
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Freedom Ride
91
What poetic device does Lo use when she describes plants like plumbago and jasmine "growing taller each year"?
Alliteration
Diction
Imagery
Symbolism
