Q.1
"The house felt like a ship at sea, battered by the gale that came roaring across the open marsh." This sentence includes which of the following literary devices?
  • Simile
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Alliteration
  • All of the above
Q.2
"When I left the room and closed the door behind me and stood in the corridor again, the feelings dropped away from me like a garment that had been put over my shoulders for a short time and then removed again. I was back within my own person, my own emotions, I was myself again." To what does Arthur compare his emotions?
  • An item of clothing
  • A shroud
  • A cloud
  • A quilt
Q.3
"I lunged out and grabbed the dog about the neck and hauled and strained and tugged with all the force I could, a strength I would never have dreamed I could have summoned up, born of terror and desperation; and after an agonizing time, when we both fought for our lives against the treacherous quicksand that tried to pull us both down into itself and I felt my grip on the slippery wet fur and wet flesh of the dog almost give, at last I knew that I would hold and win." This sentence shows life pitted against intractable nature. Which language choices emphasise life?
  • Treacherous, pull, grip
  • Neck, fur, flesh
  • Force, strength, time
  • Hauled, agonizing, treacherous
Q.4
"I returned some four hours and thirty-odd miles later in a positive glow of well-being. I had ridden out determinedly across the countryside, seeing the very last traces of golden autumn merging into the beginnings of winter, feeling the rush of pure cold air on my face, banishing every nervous fear and morbid fancy by energetic physical activity." What is the effect of the word "banishing" here?
  • The word "banishing" implies that Arthur himself feels banished from civilisation
  • The word "banishing" implies that Arthur does not have any emotional response to the haunting
  • The word "banishing" implies that Arthur has the power to rid himself of the terrors experienced at Eel Marsh House
  • The word "banishing" hints that Arthur will seek someone to perform an exorcism at Eel Marsh House
Q.5
"All the previous week, we had had rain, chilling rain and a mist that lay low about the house and over the countryside. From the windows, the view stretched no farther than a yard or two down the garden. It was wretched weather, never seeming to come fully light, and raw, too. There had been no pleasure in walking, the visibility was too poor for any shooting and the dogs were permanently morose and muddy." This description of the weather shows that Arthur has been feeling how?
  • Quietly cheerful
  • Calm
  • Miserable
  • On edge with holiday excitement
Q.6
"Below us are pastures, interspersed with small clumps of mixed, broadleaf woodland. But at our backs for several square miles it is a quite different area of rough scrub and heathland, a patch of wildness in the midst of well-farmed country. We are but two miles from a good-sized town, seven from the principal market town, yet there is an air of remoteness and isolation which makes us feel ourselves to be much further from civilisation." Which of the following is correct?
  • Arthur clearly wishes to move closer to civilisation
  • Arthur clearly wishes for a greater sense of isolation, more wildness and less civilisation
  • Arthur dreads isolation after his experiences at Crythin Gifford
  • Arthur enjoys the feeling of isolation because the wildness is contained and surrounded by tended farmland, a sign of civilisation
Q.7
"Nothing was more calculated to raise my spirits in anticipation of a treat to come than the sight of that great cavern of a railway station, glowing like the interior of a blacksmith's forge." What effect is created by the use of the word "cavern" here?
  • It juxtaposes natural imagery with the man-made railway station
  • The vastness implied by the word "cavern" hints at the possibility of a momentous occasion
  • It combines with the idea of the forge to imply that something new will emerge from the railway station, and by analogy, from Arthur's journey
  • All of the above
Q.8
"On the causeway path it was still quite dry underfoot but to my left I saw that the water had begun to seep nearer, quite silent, quite slow. I wondered how deeply the path went under water when the tide was at height." Which words hint at the deadliness of the causeway?
  • path, dry, left
  • underfoot, nearer, height
  • seep, silent, slow
  • wondered, under, tide
Q.9
"My story is almost done. There is only one last thing to tell. And that I can scarcely bring myself to write about." What effect is created by these three sentences?
  • The first two sentences make it appear as if the remainder of the book will deal with a minor incident or summing up of Arthur's life. The third sentence overturns this impression
  • The sentences reassure the reader that the end of the book will be quick and will not deal with any more horror
  • The first two sentences make it appear as if the remainder of the book will deal with a major, life-changing event, but the third sentence is reassuring
  • These three sentences do not create any sort of special effect
Q.10
"They asked for my story. I have told it. Enough." What might be meant by this ending of a single word? Choose the best answer.
  • Arthur is fed up with his family demanding that he tell his story
  • Arthur might be insisting that he can now banish the horror of past events from his mind
  • Arthur will probably share his story with his step-children
  • Arthur is pleased with what he has written and intends to send it to a publisher
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