Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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Who wrote The Wipers Times play?
Who wrote The Wipers Times play?
Ian Hislop and Nick Newman
Who says 'It is having a sense of humour that helps us survive'?
Who says 'It is having a sense of humour that helps us survive'?
Officer in charge of sappers
What technique is used in 'It is important because it is not important'?
What technique is used in 'It is important because it is not important'?
Paradox
Who speaks the line 'Half of you is better than twice another man'?
Who speaks the line 'Half of you is better than twice another man'?
Kate to Roberts
What technique describes grenades causing 'annoyance to any luckless person'?
What technique describes grenades causing 'annoyance to any luckless person'?
Understatement
What does Roberts' quote about 'Boxes of Paper' reinforcing trenches satirise?
What does Roberts' quote about 'Boxes of Paper' reinforcing trenches satirise?
Military supply chain incompetence
Who exchanges the lines 'The War is not funny, Sir' and 'that may be the point'?
Who exchanges the lines 'The War is not funny, Sir' and 'that may be the point'?
Colonel Howfield & General Mitford
What technique is 'Whiz Bang!' an example of?
What technique is 'Whiz Bang!' an example of?
Onomatopoeia
'It can't be that hard, journalists do it' references which real war correspondent?
'It can't be that hard, journalists do it' references which real war correspondent?
William Beach Thomas
What does the play present humour as, rather than mere entertainment?
What does the play present humour as, rather than mere entertainment?
Psychological survival tool