"The Landlady"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Modal Verbs
Articles, countable and uncountable nouns
100

Which city does Billy arrive at for his new job?

Bath

100

Which couple is about to get married at the beginning of the play?

Theseus and Hippolyta

100

Fill in the blank with a suitable modal verb.

When I was younger, I ___ use my stuffed toys to enact stories for my friends.

would

100

Is Horlicks a countable or uncountable noun?

Uncountable

200

What is the weather like when Billy first arrives at his new home?

It is cold and windy.

200

What consequence will Hermia suffer if she refuses to marry Demetrius?

She will be put to death.

OR

She will be forced to become a nun.

200

Put the words in the correct order:

You (have / ought / to) made sure your name was on the exam paper before you handed it in.

ought to have

200

How would you quantify "beer"?

Can / bottle / keg / tankard
300

Give one characteristic of the landlady which shows she is strange.

Her hands move quickly and deftly.

OR

She keeps forgetting Billy's name.

OR

She looks Billy up and down and finds him good-looking.

300

What is the name of the technique when actors speaking alternating one-liners?

Stichomythia

300

Fill in the blank.

It's ___ time you tidied up your room. You have an unwrapped burrito on your desk that's been there for one week!

about / high

300

"A" or "the"?

The moment we let ourselves into the villa, we saw ___ giraffe right outside the balcony!

a

400

Describe one characteristic of Billy's personality and give evidence to support your answer.

He is gullible / naive / good-natured.

400

What romantic idea is symbolised by the squeezing of love juice into someone's eyes?

Love at first sight

400

"Must" or "Should"?

You ___ keep your passport on your person at all times when visiting a foreign country.

should

400
What articles would you put in the blanks?


___ priest, ___ rabbi and ___ atheist walk into a bar...

A; a; an

500

Give an example of dramatic irony from "The Landlady".

We know poison has been put into Billy's tea, but he doesn't realise it.

OR

We know Temple and Mulholland's bodies are kept upstairs, but Billy doesn't realise it.

OR

We know the landlady is a taxidermist and she will end up killing and stuffing Billy, but he doesn't realise it.

500

Give one example of farce from Acts 1-2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Helena keeps chasing after Demetrius in the woods.

OR

Bottom keeps interfering with the mechanicals' first meeting and showing off his acting skills.

500

"Had better" or "Should"?

I ___ turn off the stove before I make the phone call, in case the call is too long and I forget that the stove is on.

had better

500

Which article should be used to fill in the blank?

Study of ___ Big Bang theory dates all the way back to Aristotelian times.

the