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The Handmaid's Tale - Literary devices
The Handmaid's Tale - Literary devices
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1
Which of these is an example of parodying religious language?
"Mayday," I repeat. I remember the day. M'aidez.
My God. Who Art in the Kingdom of Heaven, which is within.
Give me children, or else I die.
Resettlement of the children of Ham is continuing on schedule.
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What is a palimpsest?
A document which reveals historical details about the past.
A document on which old writing has been scratched out leaving traces.
A document with many layers of writing one on top of the other.
A document where it is impossible to read the full text.
3
What is the missing word? The moon is a ______________ and the sky is full of deadly hardware.
Ghost.
Rock.
Stone.
Cheese.
4
Which sentence best describes the narrative voice of 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
A clear, powerful narrative.
An attempt to hold onto her identity.
A fragmented, but intimate style.
A disjointed stream of consciousness.
5
What is an aphorism?
A fact about life.
A pithy observation which contains a general truth.
A polite expression substituted for a blunt or improper phrase.
A flower in Gilead.
6
Finish the quotation: "Dances would have been held there; music lingered, a _____________ of unheard sound"
Palimpsest
Metaphorical imagery
Juxtaposition
Palindrome
7
Offred's use of metaphorical, sensory language could be seen as...
Feminist imagery
Postmodernism
Euphemism
L'ecriture feminine
8
Offred is a self-conscious narrator.
False
True
9
"The moon is a stone and the sky is full of deadly hardware" is an example of which technique?
Alliteration
Simile
Allusion
Metaphor
10
What could be the literary allusion behind the red dresses?
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1984 by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Anderson
11
Offred is an unreliable narrator.
True
False
12
Which of these quotations is an example of an aphorism?
I feel like the word shatter.
Give me children, or else I die.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
They also serve who stand and wait.
13
Which of these images symbolises Offred's lack of freedom?
Balloons in the sky.
Tulips being pruned.
Rats in a lab experiment.
The wives' illnesses.
14
Which of the following is NOT a postmodernist idea?
There is no certain ending.
Everything is open to interpretation.
There are different versions of the same event.
There are male and female ways of writing.
15
What is parody?
Exaggerated imitation to mock the original work.
Echoing a writer as a way of criticising their work.
Copying another writer or text.
A comic or humourous reference.
16
Offred is an objective narrator.
True
False
