Themes (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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What phrase does Tom Crick repeat to emphasise the importance of narrative?
What phrase does Tom Crick repeat to emphasise the importance of narrative?
Children, it's all in the telling
What does Headmaster Lewis promote that contrasts with Tom's approach to education?
What does Headmaster Lewis promote that contrasts with Tom's approach to education?
The Science of Life
What does the waterwheel metaphor represent in the novel's view of history?
What does the waterwheel metaphor represent in the novel's view of history?
Cyclical movement rather than linear
Where do the eels spawn, according to the novel?
Where do the eels spawn, according to the novel?
The Sargasso Sea
Who are Dick's true biological parents?
Who are Dick's true biological parents?
Helen and Ernest Atkinson
What causes Mary's sterility in the novel?
What causes Mary's sterility in the novel?
A botched abortion
What does Freddie's corpse surfacing from the water represent in Gothic terms?
What does Freddie's corpse surfacing from the water represent in Gothic terms?
The return of the repressed
Lewis dismisses history as 'bunk'. Who originally used this phrase?
Lewis dismisses history as 'bunk'. Who originally used this phrase?
Henry Ford
How are the Atkinsons' Jubilee celebrations described?
How are the Atkinsons' Jubilee celebrations described?
Dogged, inglorious
What does Mary describe the 'Maniac Earth' as doing?
What does Mary describe the 'Maniac Earth' as doing?
Howls indifferently