Plot Summary (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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What does the novel's title suggest is 'the first casualty' of war?
What does the novel's title suggest is 'the first casualty' of war?
Truth
What are Douglas Kingsley's two defining roles in the novel?
What are Douglas Kingsley's two defining roles in the novel?
Conscientious objector & detective
What does the opening scene of a soldier swallowed by mud symbolise?
What does the opening scene of a soldier swallowed by mud symbolise?
Death is arbitrary & anonymous in war
What is the Lavender Lamp Club?
What is the Lavender Lamp Club?
A secret haven for gay men
What physical symptom of shell shock does Abercrombie suffer after battle?
What physical symptom of shell shock does Abercrombie suffer after battle?
He becomes mute
Who is revealed as Abercrombie's real murderer?
Who is revealed as Abercrombie's real murderer?
Captain Shannon
What is significant about a 'green envelope' at the front?
What is significant about a 'green envelope' at the front?
It allows uncensored letters
What happens to Hopkins after Kingsley proves his innocence?
What happens to Hopkins after Kingsley proves his innocence?
He's sent to battle & killed immediately
Whose identity does Kingsley assume at the novel's end?
Whose identity does Kingsley assume at the novel's end?
His dead brother Robert
Why was Abercrombie murdered by military intelligence?
Why was Abercrombie murdered by military intelligence?
To suppress his anti-war message