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?
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Victorians were more likely to believe in ghosts than people in late-twentieth-century Britain
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The plot depends on the absence of technology
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The expectation that an unmarried mother would hand her child over to her married sister would be much less likely in twentieth-century Britain
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Having key events set in an earlier era has no effect on the plot
Q.3.
Who is Nathaniel's father?
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Mr Drablow
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Mr Jerome
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Mr Bentley
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"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?
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Horace Walpole
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Charles Dickens
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Henry James
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M. R. James
Q.5.
What does Arthur believe distinguishes Jennet Humfrye's experience from that of a Victorian servant girl?
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As a genteel woman, she would not have cared at all what society thought of her behaviour
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She was more fortunate than unmarried servant girls because she had enough money to care for her child
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She would have known at least that her son was alive and well cared for
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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?
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To cause mayhem in Crythin Gifford
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To give solace to bereaved parents
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To warn travellers of the dangers of Nine Lives Causeway
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Revenge
Q.7.
Where is Jennet Humfrye sent by her family?
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To Eel Marsh House
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To Scotland
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To live with a family in London
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To Crythin Gifford
Q.8.
What one of the following is NOT a characteristic of the novel?
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The setting, including the landscape, architecture and weather, is gloomy
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The primary concern of the text is a dark romance
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The story depends upon an actual ghost
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The central characters of the novel are isolated
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