Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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What sensory trigger unlocks Stephen's childhood memories in the novel's opening?
What sensory trigger unlocks Stephen's childhood memories in the novel's opening?
A smell
The paradox 'Everything is as it was...and everything has changed' reveals transformation happens where?
The paradox 'Everything is as it was...and everything has changed' reveals transformation happens where?
In our understanding, not physical world
What establishes Keith's power dynamic over Stephen in their friendship?
What establishes Keith's power dynamic over Stephen in their friendship?
Keith knows things & gets what he wants
What declaration launches the novel's central spy plot?
What declaration launches the novel's central spy plot?
'It's my mother. She's a German spy'
What phrase marks the shift from innocent play to something more troubling?
What phrase marks the shift from innocent play to something more troubling?
'We're going to watch & follow her'
What detail connects Stephen's personal anxiety to the broader wartime context?
What detail connects Stephen's personal anxiety to the broader wartime context?
His blacked-out bedroom
What does the metaphor 'in the very marrow of his bones' relate to?
What does the metaphor 'in the very marrow of his bones' relate to?
How deeply class divisions are embedded
What does the wordplay between 'Privet' and 'Private' demonstrate?
What does the wordplay between 'Privet' and 'Private' demonstrate?
Language shapes/constructs reality
What phrase reveals the fragility of Stephen's narrative reconstruction?
What phrase reveals the fragility of Stephen's narrative reconstruction?
'So far as I can piece it together'
What do the elliptical fragments like 'A shower of sparks...A feeling of shame' demonstrate?
What do the elliptical fragments like 'A shower of sparks...A feeling of shame' demonstrate?
Fragmentary nature of memory