Starter quiz

  • The novella 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' was first published in 1886. As such its first audiences were ...
    • Victorians  ✓
    • Edwardians
    • Elizabethans
    • Georgians
  • Stevenson was influenced by the works of Charles Darwin in the novella. He had recently published a book called 'On the origin of species'. What theory did this book popularise?
    • 'Evolution' ✓
  • What is being described here: 'the circumstances in which a text was written'.
    • Context  ✓
    • Characterisation
    • Writer's intention
    • Theme
  • The novella contains conventions of monstrosity, moral ambiguity and experimentation. These are conventions of the ...
    • gothic genre.  ✓
    • romance genre.
    • tragedy genre.
    • comedy genre.
  • What is the correct definition of the word 'generalisation'? Here it is used in a sentence: 'Avoid making a generalisation without considering specific cases.'
    • a statement applied to more things than to which it directly applies  ✓
    • a statement applied randomly to things to which it doesn't apply
    • a statement that is factually incorrect
    • a statement that is overused
  • What is the definition of the word 'theme'? Here it is used in a sentence: 'The movie had a theme of love'.
    • A repeated idea in a story  ✓
    • An ignored idea in a story
    • A hidden idea in a story
    • An entertaining idea in a story
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