Starter quiz

  • In 'Neutral Tones', the quotation "starving sod" is an example of which language technique?
    • simile
    • rhyme
    • alliteration  ✓
    • assonance
    • repetition
  • 'Neutral Tones' was written during the ______ era.
    • Elizabethan
    • Jacobean
    • Victorian  ✓
    • Edwardian
  • Which of the following words completes this quote from 'Neutral Tones': "We stood by a pond that ______ day"?
    • autumn
    • winter  ✓
    • spring
    • summer
  • Which two of these quotes from 'Neutral Tones' contain a simile?
    • "the sun was white, as though chidden of God"  ✓
    • "some words played between us to and fro"
    • "The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing"
    • "A grin of bitterness swept thereby / Like an ominous bird a-wing..."  ✓
    • "love deceives and wrings with wrong"
  • Hardy mentions two colours in 'Neutral Tones'. What are they?
    • grey and white  ✓
    • black and red
    • yellow and brown
    • green and pink
    • silver and gold
  • How many lines does 'Neutral Tones' have?
    • 10
    • 12
    • 14
    • 16  ✓
    • 18
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