The Great Gatsby, Pre-1900 Poetry, Othello, Streetcar, Handmaids and Skirrid Hill Revision

Question 1

Othello- What is embroidered on Desdemona’s handkerchief?

Accepted Answer

Strawberries

Question 2

Handmaids- Which of these quotes best shows Offred's loss of autonomy?

Accepted Answer

"We are not each other's anymore. Instead, I am his"

Question 3

Skirrid Hill- Which of these poems conveys difficulties of living in rural communties, such as depression among farmers?

Accepted Answer

Border Country

Question 4

Which “vastly pregnant” Handmaid are the Handmaids jealous of?

Accepted Answer

Ofwarren

Question 5

Skirrid Hill- In which of these poems does Sheers' present a hyper-masculine man with misogynistic ideals?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Jones

Question 6

Streetcar- Stanley Kowalski "heaves the [meat] package" at Blanche

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Pre-1900 Poetry- To His Coy Mistress- Marvell uses a blazon, in which other poem can this technique be found?

Accepted Answer

She Walks in Beauty

Question 8

True or False- Offred tells the Commander "don't risk yourself for me".

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Streetcar- Which of the following is not a marxist perspective of the play?

Accepted Answer

Stanley demands women's obedience, whereas Mitch romantices them.

Question 10

Streetcar Quotes- Which one of the following is not said by Blanche?

Accepted Answer

“Making a pig of himself”

Question 11

The Great Gatsby- In which year was The a Great Gatsby set?

Accepted Answer

1922

Question 12

Othello- How many of the characters die in Othello?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 13

Skirrid Hill- Which one of these poems is not set in the Wales?

Accepted Answer

Valentine

Question 14

Handmaids- In the early 1980s, who were the leaders of the UK and the US at a time of conservative dominance?

Accepted Answer

Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan

Question 15

Skirrid Hill- Which of these poems is not centered around the theme of relationships?

Accepted Answer

Mametz Wood

Question 16

Pre-1900 Poetry- What phrase ends each stanza of The Ruined Maid?

Accepted Answer

said she

Question 17

Othello Quotes- Which character said “Come, be a man. Drown thyself?”

Accepted Answer

Iago

Question 18

Streetcar- What year was A Streetcar Named Desire written?

Accepted Answer

1947

Question 19

Streetcar- Which of the characters names means 'stone' in old english?

Accepted Answer

Stanley

Question 20

Pre-1900 Poetry- Sonnet 116- Which of these types of love is least prevalent in the poem?

Accepted Answer

Infidelity

Question 21

The Great Gatsby- Which of these quotes could show Gatsby’s materialism?

Accepted Answer

Daisy’s voice as being “full of money”

Question 22

Pre-1900 Poetry- Ae Fond Kiss- Which meter is the poem Ae Fond Kiss written in?

Accepted Answer

Trochaic Tetrameter

Question 23

Othello- Which character says the quote “‘Tis proper I obey him but not now”

Accepted Answer

Emilia

Question 24

Pre-1900 Poetry- Whoso- Which one of these women is the poem allegedly based on?

Accepted Answer

Anne Boleyn

Question 25

The Great Gatsby- Which of the following statements about Gatsby is true?

Accepted Answer

He served in the US army during the war

Question 26

Handmaids- Atwood describes her novel as what genre?

Accepted Answer

Speculative Fiction

Question 27

Skirrid Hill- Which of these quotes is not from the poem 'Keyways'?

Accepted Answer

"will open the door to your cage and let you walk out to me"

Question 28

Which of these 4 texts has sold the most copies worldwide at 40 million copies?

Accepted Answer

Othello

Question 29

Skirrid Hill- Which of these poems is not written in tercets?

Accepted Answer

Farther

Question 30

Streetcar- which of these moments is least related to consumerism?

Accepted Answer

Stanley’s declaration that “Every Man is King”

Question 31

Pre-1900 Poetry- “I have been faithful to you Cynara! In my own fashion” which poetic technique is used here?

Accepted Answer

Refrain

Question 32

Streetcar- What town are Stella and Blanche from?

Accepted Answer

Laurel

Question 33

Blanche says "things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark... make everything else seem unimportant"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

The Great Gatsby- Which of these quotes regarding religion and spirituality is not said by George Wilson?

Accepted Answer

“He was a son of God”

Question 35

Pre-1900 Poetry- Which one of these poems is not a sonnet?

Accepted Answer

At an Inn

Question 36

Which of these two literary texts is better described as presenting person-to-person conflict?

Accepted Answer

A Streetcar Named Desire

Question 37

Streetcar- which of these is not a typical feature of a modern domestic tragedy?

Accepted Answer

Satire

Question 38

Pre-1900 Poetry- Which of these poets was a Cavalier poet?

Accepted Answer

Richard Lovelace

Question 39

The Great Gatsby- Which of these typical modernist traits is not seen in the Great Gatsby?

Accepted Answer

Fragmented Narrative

Question 40

Skirrid Hill- True or False: The epigraph to the collection is a quote by T. S. Elliot.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

Streetcar- Which of these contextual issues is least prominent in the play?

Accepted Answer

Poverty

Question 42

Othello Quotes- Which character said “Strike on the tinder, ho! Give me a taper; call up all my people”

Accepted Answer

Brabantio

Question 43

True or False- Skirrid Hill was Owen Sheers' first poetry collection.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 44

The Great Gatsby- Why does Tom hit Myrtle when in New York?

Accepted Answer

Because she taunts him about Daisy

Question 45

From which literary text does the quote "I hunger to commit the act of touch" come from?

Accepted Answer

The Handmaids Tale

Question 46

Pre-1900 Poetry- Which Thomas Hardy Poem is NOT about the judgemental eye of society?

Accepted Answer

Neither

Question 47

Othello- When was Othello believed to have been written?

Accepted Answer

1603

Question 48

Pre-1900 Poetry- She Walks in Beauty- Byron was best known for his role as a leading figure of what literary movement?

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 49

Which of these quotes is not said by Offred in the Handmaids' Tale?

Accepted Answer

"I take hot baths for my nerves. Hydro-therapy, they call it"

Question 50

The Great Gatsby- What is West Egg a symbol of?

Accepted Answer

New Money

Question 51

Pre-1900 Poetry- Garden of Love- Which of these quotes is not from the Garden of Love?

Accepted Answer

"the grave's a fine and private place"

Question 52

Pre-1900 Poetry- La Belle Dame sans Merci- The poem appears to be based on a 15th century poem by which poet?

Accepted Answer

Alain Chartier

Question 53

Pre-1900 Poetry- Absent from Thee- Which of these aspects of Wilmot's Absent from Thee is not present in the Scrutiny?

Accepted Answer

The self-deprecating tone

Question 54

Skirrid Hill- Which of these poems references Marlon Brando and Laurence Olivier?

Accepted Answer

L.A. Evening

Question 55

Pre-1900 Poetry- The quote "Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence" comes from which poem?

Accepted Answer

The Flea

Question 56

Othello- Which of these quotes is not said by Othello in Act 3?

Accepted Answer

“Swear thou art honest”

Question 57

Othello- What does the name Desdemona translate to?

Accepted Answer

Unfortunate- from Greek

Question 58

The Great Gatsby- How long did prohibition go on for in the US approximately?

Accepted Answer

14 years

Question 59

The Great Gatsby- Who is Catherine in the Great Gatsby?

Accepted Answer

Myrtle’s sister

Question 60

Handmaids- Through which character is the oppression of the LGBTQ community most prominently displayed?

Accepted Answer

Moira

Question 61

Skirrid Hill- Which of these poems is not split into multiple parts?

Accepted Answer

Liable to Floods

Question 62

The Great Gatsby- Which character is the last to see Gatsby alive?

Accepted Answer

George Wilson

Question 63

Which of these is the least likely to be associated with a psychoanalytical perspective of Handmaids?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear waste appears to have rendered most of Gilead’s population sterile.

The Great Gatsby, Pre-1900 Poetry, Othello, Streetcar, Handmaids and Skirrid Hill Revision

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The Great Gatsby, Pre-1900 Poetry, Othello, Streetcar, Handmaids and Skirrid Hill Revision

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