Mrs Dalloway – Writer’s Techniques (OCR A-Level English Literature): Quizzes
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In what year was Woolf's modernist novel Mrs Dalloway published?
In what year was Woolf's modernist novel Mrs Dalloway published?
1925
What exclamation opens the novel, demonstrating stream of consciousness?
What exclamation opens the novel, demonstrating stream of consciousness?
'What a lark! What a plunge!'
What does free indirect discourse (FID) achieve in Mrs Dalloway?
What does free indirect discourse (FID) achieve in Mrs Dalloway?
It merges narrator voice with character mind
What memory does Big Ben's chiming trigger for Clarissa?
What memory does Big Ben's chiming trigger for Clarissa?
Kissing Sally Seton in her youth
How does Clarissa view Septimus, despite never meeting him?
How does Clarissa view Septimus, despite never meeting him?
As her doppelgänger
What does Big Ben's description 'the leaden circles dissolved in the air' symbolize?
What does Big Ben's description 'the leaden circles dissolved in the air' symbolize?
Mechanical vs psychological time
Which Shakespeare play provides the recurring line 'Fear no more the heat o' the sun'?
Which Shakespeare play provides the recurring line 'Fear no more the heat o' the sun'?
Cymbeline
What term describes Woolf's technique of shifting between multiple characters' viewpoints?
What term describes Woolf's technique of shifting between multiple characters' viewpoints?
'Multi-consciousness mosaic'
In what year did women gain limited voting rights in Britain?
In what year did women gain limited voting rights in Britain?
1918
What do flowers symbolize for Clarissa in the novel?
What do flowers symbolize for Clarissa in the novel?
Her youthful vitality & aesthetic approach