Q.1
In what genre is the novel written?
  • Romance
  • Horror
  • Ghost Story
  • Adventure
Q.2
The novel is set sometime in the first half of the twentieth century, although many of the events with which it is concerned took place in the late-nineteenth century. How does the late-Victorian setting for these events affect the plot?
  • Victorians were more likely to believe in ghosts than people in late-twentieth-century Britain
  • The plot depends on the absence of technology
  • The expectation that an unmarried mother would hand her child over to her married sister would be much less likely in twentieth-century Britain
  • Having key events set in an earlier era has no effect on the plot
Q.3
Who is Nathaniel's father?
  • Mr Drablow
  • Mr Jerome
  • Mr Bentley
  • "P"
Q.4
The title of the chapter, 'Whistle and I'll Come to You', is a reference to a ghost story by which of the following authors?
  • Horace Walpole
  • Charles Dickens
  • Henry James
  • M. R. James
Q.5
What does Arthur believe distinguishes Jennet Humfrye's experience from that of a Victorian servant girl?
  • As a genteel woman, she would not have cared at all what society thought of her behaviour
  • She was more fortunate than unmarried servant girls because she had enough money to care for her child
  • She would have known at least that her son was alive and well cared for
  • She was less fortunate because unmarried servant girls would have been able to bring up their own children without shame
Q.6
In an interview with , Susan Hill discusses the necessary ingredients of a "true" ghost story, explaining that the ghost ought to have a purpose. What is the Woman in Black's purpose?
  • To cause mayhem in Crythin Gifford
  • To give solace to bereaved parents
  • To warn travellers of the dangers of Nine Lives Causeway
  • Revenge
Q.7
Where is Jennet Humfrye sent by her family?
  • To Eel Marsh House
  • To Scotland
  • To live with a family in London
  • To Crythin Gifford
Q.8
What one of the following is NOT a characteristic of the novel?
  • The setting, including the landscape, architecture and weather, is gloomy
  • The primary concern of the text is a dark romance
  • The story depends upon an actual ghost
  • The central characters of the novel are isolated
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