Key Quotations (OCR A-Level English Literature): Quizzes
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Who wrote the prologue to 'She Stoops to Conquer'?
Who wrote the prologue to 'She Stoops to Conquer'?
David Garrick
What does Mrs Hardcastle's phrase 'rub off the rust' suggest about country life?
What does Mrs Hardcastle's phrase 'rub off the rust' suggest about country life?
It causes stagnation and decay
What literary technique does Tony use in his 'tall, trapesing, trolloping, talkative' description?
What literary technique does Tony use in his 'tall, trapesing, trolloping, talkative' description?
Alliteration
Kate's line 'women and music should never be dated' is an example of what?
Kate's line 'women and music should never be dated' is an example of what?
An epigram
What literary device structures Marlow's statement about modesty and impudence?
What literary device structures Marlow's statement about modesty and impudence?
Antithesis
Mr Hardcastle's instructions 'you must hear us talk, and not think of talking' use what technique?
Mr Hardcastle's instructions 'you must hear us talk, and not think of talking' use what technique?
Parallel structure
In the prologue, what does 'The Comic Muse, long sick, is now a-dying' represent?
In the prologue, what does 'The Comic Muse, long sick, is now a-dying' represent?
Laughing comedy overtaken by sentiment
What rhetorical device appears in Mrs Hardcastle's 'lose our fortune...lose our patience'?
What rhetorical device appears in Mrs Hardcastle's 'lose our fortune...lose our patience'?
Zeugma
What does Tony's highwayman deception ultimately achieve?
What does Tony's highwayman deception ultimately achieve?
Frees him from unwanted engagement
Hastings's sarcasm about 'his mother being a justice of the peace' reveals what?
Hastings's sarcasm about 'his mother being a justice of the peace' reveals what?
His social snobbery