The Last Night revision quiz

Question 1 of 10

1

The events in The Last Night took place during which twentieth century war?

Select one of the following:

The First World War
The Second World War
The Cold War
The Falklands War

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

What is dramatic irony?

Select one of the following:

An ironic play
Exaggerated irony
When the audience knows less than the characters
When the audience knows more than the characters

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

The story is told in the first person through the character of Andre.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

Annotate this extract from The Last Night to show how language is being used for effect here.

Drag an answer into the correct orange point.

Alliteration and verb shows defeat

Onomatopoeia used to show defeat

Verb connotes fear

Adverb connotes fear

Still protective of children

Secretive

Ironic as they will die

A small mercy

Connotes innocence

Connotes knowledge

Foreshadows their death

A blessed escape

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

What is pathos?

Select one of the following:

A feeling of strong sympathetic sorrow for characters in a text
Knowing more than the characters do themselves
The revelation that comes at the end of a text
Putting yourself in someone else's shoes

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

Which of the following techniques does Faulks use to engage the reader in The Last Night?

Select one or more of the following:

Dramatic irony
Pathos
Foreshadowing
Variety of sentence structures
Shifting viewpoint
Personification
Denouement
Metaphor

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

The Last Night is set in Nazi Germany

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

Click on each orange point and write the correct answer.

Annotate this extract from the text to show how Faulks conveys the cruelty of the Nazis and their allies the Vichy French.

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

The deportees are being sent to a labour camp rather than a death camp

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

Charlotte Gray is the novel from which The Last Night comes. It is a sequel to another of Faulk's famous novels. Which one?

Select one of the following:

Birdsong
A Possible Life
On Green Dolphin Street
Engleby
The Girl at the Lion D'or

	Created by Sarah Holmes over 8 years ago

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

The Last Night revision quiz

The Last Night revision quiz

Question 1 of 10

The events in The Last Night took place during which twentieth century war?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

What is dramatic irony?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

The story is told in the first person through the character of Andre.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

Annotate this extract from The Last Night to show how language is being used for effect here.

Drag an answer into the correct orange point.

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

What is pathos?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

Which of the following techniques does Faulks use to engage the reader in The Last Night?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

The Last Night is set in Nazi Germany

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

Click on each orange point and write the correct answer.

Annotate this extract from the text to show how Faulks conveys the cruelty of the Nazis and their allies the Vichy French.

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

The deportees are being sent to a labour camp rather than a death camp

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

Charlotte Gray is the novel from which The Last Night comes. It is a sequel to another of Faulk's famous novels. Which one?

Select one of the following:

Explanation