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The Last Night revision quiz

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  1. 1The events in The Last Night took place during which twentieth century war?Image for question 1
    1. AThe First World War
    2. BThe Second World War
    3. CThe Cold War
    4. DThe Falklands War
  2. 2What is dramatic irony?Image for question 2
    1. AAn ironic play
    2. BExaggerated irony
    3. CWhen the audience knows less than the characters
    4. DWhen the audience knows more than the characters
  3. 3The story is told in the first person through the character of Andre.Image for question 3
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  4. 4Annotate this extract from The Last Night to show how language is being used for effect here.Image for question 4
    1. AAlliteration and verb shows defeat
    2. BOnomatopoeia used to show defeat
    3. CVerb connotes fear
    4. DAdverb connotes fear
    5. EStill protective of children
    6. FSecretive
    7. GIronic as they will die
    8. HA small mercy
    9. IConnotes innocence
    10. JConnotes knowledge
    11. KForeshadows their death
    12. LA blessed escape
  5. 5What is pathos?
    1. AA feeling of strong sympathetic sorrow for characters in a text
    2. BKnowing more than the characters do themselves
    3. CThe revelation that comes at the end of a text
    4. DPutting yourself in someone else's shoes
  6. 6Which of the following techniques does Faulks use to engage the reader in The Last Night?Image for question 6
    1. ADramatic irony
    2. BPathos
    3. CForeshadowing
    4. DVariety of sentence structures
    5. EShifting viewpoint
    6. FPersonification
    7. GDenouement
    8. HMetaphor
  7. 7The Last Night is set in Nazi GermanyImage for question 7
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  8. 8Annotate this extract from the text to show how Faulks conveys the cruelty of the Nazis and their allies the Vichy French.Image for question 8
    1. AAndres is protective suggesting danger
    2. BInnocent victims
    3. CThey know they're sending them to die
    4. DHasn't even started to live really
    5. ECallous as he knows the baby will die
    6. FPathos used in both paragraphs
  9. 9The deportees are being sent to a labour camp rather than a death campImage for question 9
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  10. 10Charlotte Gray is the novel from which The Last Night comes. It is a sequel to another of Faulk's famous novels. Which one?Image for question 10
    1. ABirdsongImage for option A
    2. BA Possible LifeImage for option B
    3. COn Green Dolphin StreetImage for option C
    4. DEnglebyImage for option D
    5. EThe Girl at the Lion D'orImage for option E

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A multi-question quiz helping learners revise key aspects of The Last Night from the Edexcel Anthology.
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