Macbeth
Comparative
The Crucible
Poetry
Exam skills
100

Which character says, “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t”?

Lady Macbeth

100

What season is Small Things Like These set in?

Winter

100

Who leads the witch accusations in Salem?

Abigail Williams

100

"Honeymooning, and moonlighting, late for the Proms"

The Underground

100

What should every paragraph contain?

A point and evidence

200

What vision does Macbeth see before killing Duncan?

A dagger

200

Who does Bill Furlong discover in the coal shed?

Sarah

200

What is John Proctor’s main flaw?

His affair with Abigail / guilt.

200

"lover by lover" is an example of what technique

Diacope

200

What should you avoid doing in your Macbeth essay?

Summarise the plot!

300

Blood symbolises what theme in Macbeth?

Guilt

300

Who narrates The Shawshank Redemption?

Red

300

What does Reverend Hale realise near the end of the play?

The trials are unjust.

300

What poetic technique is heavily used in “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop?

Imagery

300

What is the key to strong time management in the exam?

Sticking to timings / moving on when time is up.

400

What literary technique is used in “Fair is foul and foul is fair”?

Paradox

400

What theme is most associated with Andy Dufresne?

Hope

400

Finish the quote: “Because it is _____ ______!”

My name!

400

Which Paula Meehan poem deals with memory and family?

Hearth lesson/ Buying Winkles

400

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”

Andy

500

The play was dedicated to what living king and why?

King James of England who had survived the gunpowder plot.

500

Where is Andy's tree located?

Buxton

500

What historical event inspired Arthur Miller to write The Crucible?

McCarthyism / the Red Scare.

500

"A terrible beauty is born"- was written by who and comes from what poem?

Easter 1916, Yeats

500

“Many’s the man lost much just because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing.”

Small Things Like These