What is Victor's best friend's name?
Henry Clerval
Complete the following quote:
"The sun never ... on the ... Empire."
"The sun never sets on the British Empire."
In what country does the protagonist go to university before he returns to India to get married?
England
What are the titles of the other two short stories which are not used as categories in this quiz?
"The Escape" and "She shall not be moved"
What tense do you usually use in a summary?
simple present
What did a servant find in Justine Moritz's pocket?
necklace with a picture of Victor's mother
What is "Asylsuchender" in English?
asylum seeker
What is the old lady's family name who rents a room to the protagonist?
Croft
Why does the narrator go into the National Portrait Gallery?
to escape the cold; to buy tampons
What is the technical term used to refer to this group of words?
always, usually, often, sometimes, never
adverbs of frequency
Why is Victor received rather inhospitably when arriving at a coast in Ireland?
The people there think he is guilty of murdering the person whose body was found shortly before Victor's arrival.
What is the term used to describe the colonized as different, alien and naive?
How does the protagonist react to a letter from Mala in which she announces her arrival in the U.S.?
indifferent; does not really care; something inevitable but meaningless
What is Laylor's home country which she and her brother had to leave?
Uzbekistan
What kind of stylistic device is this?
"She's going through a rollercoaster of emotions."
metaphor
What island group does Victor go to to create a female companion for the monster?
Orkney Islands
Who delivered the infamous "Rivers of Blood" speech in which he strongly criticised mass immigration, especially from former British colonies?
Enoch Powell
What kind of book does the protagonist read on his flight to the U.S.?
The Student Guide to North America
What has Laylor always wanted to see in London and had a picture of on her wall in her room at home?
Tower Bridge
What is the tense in the first part of this sentence called?
I had been sleeping for a few hours when, suddenly, I heard a loud noise coming from my backyard.
past perfect progressive
In an inn Victor happens to come across a book that triggers his interest in science. Who wrote the book?
Cornelius Agrippa
What is the generation of people from Carribean countries called who arrived in the UK between 1948 and 1971?
the Windrush generation
What word does the old lady whose house he lives at command the protagonist to say when referring to the flag on the moon?
"splendid"
What biblical term is used to refer to the man who helped the narrator's grandmother when she first came to the UK?
the Good Samaritan
Translate the following sentence using a conditional sentence type III.
"Wenn ich Zeit gehabt hätte, hätte ich die Rede selbst vorgetragen."
"If I had had time, I would have delivered/given/made the speech myself."