Free GCSE English Literature check

15 questions, 15 minutes. Your score by area and the topic to fix first.

15:00 left · 0 of 15 answered

Question 11 mark

Victor brings the creature to life on a night when "the rain pattered dismally against the panes". Which method is Shelley using?

Question 21 mark

What does assessment objective AO3 reward?

Question 31 mark

Rossetti's Up-Hill is written as questions and answers: "Does the road wind up-hill all the way? / Yes, to the very end." What does this structure suggest?

Question 41 mark

What do the witches prophesy for Banquo in Act 1 Scene 3?

Question 51 mark

At the start of Act 3, Banquo says "Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all". What does he go on to suspect?

Question 61 mark

The Prologue calls Romeo and Juliet a pair of "star-cross'd lovers". What does this phrase suggest?

Question 71 mark

Juliet calls Romeo a "Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical" when she hears he has killed Tybalt. What do these phrases show?

Question 81 mark

Dickens describes Scrooge as "secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster". What does the simile suggest?

Question 91 mark

When Scrooge asks if Tiny Tim will live, the Ghost of Christmas Present replies "he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population". Why is this so painful for Scrooge?

Question 101 mark

Utterson often says "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way". What does this show about him?

Question 111 mark

Who writes "If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also", and to whom?

Question 121 mark

In Act One Mr Birling says the Titanic cannot sink and that there will be no war. What is the main effect on the audience?

Question 131 mark

Why did Mrs Birling persuade her committee to refuse Eva's appeal?

Question 141 mark

How does Mrs Lyons make sure Mrs Johnstone keeps the secret?

Question 151 mark

What happens to the milk and the windfall apples soon after the Rebellion?

15 left blank

Independent practice for AQA GCSE English Literature (8702) and Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature (1ET0). Not affiliated with or endorsed by AQA or Pearson.

Privacy · Terms