Starter quiz

  • Which three words best describe Jane in 'Jane Eyre'?
    • mild, polite and kind  ✓
    • rude, arrogant and aloof
    • nervous, unsure and insecure
  • How would you describe Lowood Institution in 'Jane Eyre'?
    • comforting and welcoming
    • small and confined
    • oppressive and controlling  ✓
    • vast and exciting
  • Which answer option uses an embedded quotation?
    • We are told that the manor-house was "a building of considerable antiquity"...  ✓
    • Brontë tells us: "the manor-house was a building of considerable antiquity"...
    • "The manor-house was a building of considerable antiquity." Thus, we learn...
    • The "considerable antiquity" of the manor-house shows us...  ✓
  • What is the aim of Gothic literature?
    • to terrify and frighten the reader as much as possible
    • to make the reader feel unsettled and uncomfortable  ✓
    • to mystify and intrigue the reader  ✓
    • to inspire and motivate the reader
    • to make the reader feel comfortable and certain
  • Which of the following can be a common theme in Gothic literature?
    • the past enroaching on the present  ✓
    • love and family
    • good vs evil  ✓
    • poverty and injustice
  • Match the quotation from 'Jane Eyre' up to the method it exemplifies.
    • pathetic fallacy
      ⇔
      "darkened by a drizzling yellow fog" ✓
    • alliteration
      ⇔
      "dim light, distinguishable from the trees; so dank..and decaying" ✓
    • personification
      ⇔
      "chests in oak or walnut, looking, with their strange carvings" ✓
    • zoomorphism
      ⇔
      "unsatisfied hunger which gnawed me within" ✓
    • simile
      ⇔
      "looking, as I thought, like a pale throne" ✓
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