15 questions, 15 minutes. Your score by area and the topic to fix first.
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Question 11 mark
AQA's mark schemes name each band with key words. Which pair describes Band 4, 16 to 20 marks?
Question 21 mark
Which moment in Othello is the clearest anagnorisis?
Question 31 mark
"Because I could not stop for Death, / He kindly stopped for me; / The carriage held but just ourselves / And Immortality." Dickinson's lines alternate four beats and three. What is this form, and why does it matter here?
Question 41 mark
Othello does not appear in the opening scene. How is he presented there?
Question 51 mark
Iago says "Trifles light as air / Are to the jealous confirmations strong / As proofs of holy writ." What does he mean?
Question 61 mark
Cordelia's answer "Nothing, my lord" is spoken again later in Act 1. Who repeats it, and why?
Question 71 mark
Hamlet says "The play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King." Why does he stage the play?
Question 81 mark
At the end of Act 3 Scene 2 Petruchio declares "She is my goods, my chattels". Which reading of the speech is best supported?
Question 91 mark
Who says "Her voice is full of money", and what is the effect of the line?
Question 101 mark
In chapter 9 Heathcliff overhears Catherine talking to Nelly about Edgar's proposal. What does he hear before he leaves?
Question 111 mark
What does the narrator reveal about the family at Trantridge who call themselves d'Urberville?
Question 121 mark
How does Helen Burns's response to injustice at Lowood differ from Jane's?
Question 131 mark
Sonnet 116 opens "Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments." What does the word impediments echo?
Question 141 mark
In Part II of Lamia, which decision by Lycius leads to the catastrophe?
Question 151 mark
The Innocence Chimney-Sweeper ends "So, if all do their duty, they need not fear harm." What is the effect of this closing line?
