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100

What is the technique called when two opposing ideas are placed side by side?

juxtaposition

100

Which political party elected in 1945 reflects the values Priestley promotes?

The Labour Party

100

What is the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify?

Blinding Lights

100

In London, what does “mind-forged manacles” reveal about the people?

They are mentally trapped / controlled by society and authority

100

What skill is this?:

1
How does the writer present the character as isolated?

Analysis

200

This is an example of what technique?

“The merciless iced east winds that knive us…”

Personification

200

Which specific reform introduced after WWII supports Priestley’s message about collective responsibility?

The Welfare State (accept: NHS, expanded social support)

200

How many hearts does an octopus have?

3

200

What quote from Futility that presents nature as nurturing? (there may be more than one answer)

  • “kind old sun”
  • “Move him into the sun”
200

What skill is required for this question?: 

What do you learn about the character’s feelings in this section?


Inference

300

Name the technique that given to a pause in the middle of a line, often marked by punctuation

Caesura

300

Why does Priestley end the play with the possibility that the cycle will repeat?

  • Warning to audience
  • Society will repeat mistakes if it fails to change
300

Name either of the world's two double-landlocked countries.

Liechtenstein or Uzbekistan


300

Which technique is frequently used by Boey to present rigidity and lack of individuality?

  • Listing
  • Asyndeton
  • Semantic field of order/control
  • Repetition
300

Spot the error:

Their was a strange silence in the room.


Incorrect homophone: There

400

Name the technique: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people.”

Epistrophe

400

Give an example of an adverb used in a stage direction for Arthur Birling.

"Heavily"
"abruptly"
"angrily"

400

Which animal has fingerprints so similar to humans that they can confuse forensic investigators?

Koala
400

Select a quote from Storm on the Island that contributes to the semantic field of war

  • “bombarded”
  • “exploding comfortably”
  • “strafes”
  • “salvo”
  • “we are bombarded by the empty air”
400

What skill is required for this question?:

How does the writer suggest that the storm is dangerous?

Analysis (because it is focused on the writer's methods!)

500

Name the technique: a list with no conjunctions — “I came, I saw, I conquered”

asyndeton

500

What was Postscripts and why was it significant?

A WWII radio broadcast by Priestley promoting social responsibility

500

How much water can a frisbee hold?

1.6L

500

Which poem is this from and what is the significance of “the voices around you”?

Poem: The Journey
Significance:

  • External pressure / expectations
  • Need to reject others to find independence
500

Spot the error:

He didnt know what to do next.


Missing apostrophe (didn’t)