Men in 'Leave Taking' | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

In Scene Seven of 'Leave Taking', what does Brod tell Del?
- that Viv is going to university to pursue Black Studies
- that her grandmother is dead
- that he had to pay £50 to complete a naturalisation process
- that her father used to abuse her mother ✓
- that he visits his wife and children in Jamaica often
Why does Del leave home in Scene Two of 'Leave Taking'?
- she doesn't want to have dinner with the Pastor
- she has a violent fight with Viv
- she has a violent fight with Enid ✓
- she wants to move in with her boyfriend
- she wants to move in with Mai
The character of Brod is in three scenes of 'Leave Taking'. Match these scenes to their plot points.
- Scene Two
  
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  Brod questions Viv's Eurocentric education. ✓
- Scene Three
  
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  Brod talks to Enid about their past in Jamaica. ✓
- Scene Seven
  
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  Brod tells Del about her mother's experience of domestic abuse. ✓
In Scene One of 'Leave Taking', Mai asks Enid if she wants her husband back. How does Enid respond?
- she says it's not possible because her husband has passed away
- she says she doesn't want him back; she can raise her children herself ✓
- she says she wants him back as she needs help with her children, especially Del
- she says she will come back another day for this but the focus this time is Del
- she says her husband has returned to Jamaica
In Scene Eight of 'Leave Taking', Del says to Enid, "Uncle Brod told me what that man did to you." What does she mean?
- Brod has told her about her father's excessive drinking
- Brod has told her about talking in tongues during a service in Jamaica
- Brod has told her that Enid's father never spoke to her after she migrated
- Brod has told her that her father used to abuse Enid ✓
- Brod has told her that her ex-boyfriend Roy has been round asking for Del
In the introduction to 'Leave Taking', Pinnock says she created Enid as the heroine of the play because she "couldn't ever recall seeing such a character - a ______ - as the lead in a British play."
- 'hospital cleaner' ✓