Lesson 4.2.1.10
4.2.1.10 The First Casualty by Ben Elton Quiz: AQA English Literature, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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The title of Ben Elton's The First Casualty comes from a phrase attributed to which American politician?
- Woodrow Wilson
- Hiram Johnson
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Theodore Roosevelt
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According to the attributed phrase, what is the first casualty when war comes?
- Peace
- Youth
- Truth
- Trade
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In what year was Ben Elton's The First Casualty published?
- 1961
- 1979
- 2002
- 1985
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Ben Elton is best known as a co-writer of which British comedy series?
- Porridge
- Fawlty Towers
- Blackadder
- Dad's Army
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In the famous idiom, what is the first casualty when war breaks out?
- Freedom
- Truth
- Peace
- Innocence
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What term describes government messages designed to shape public opinion during WW1?
- Blockade
- Mobilisation
- Diplomacy
- Propaganda
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Which iconic Lord Kitchener poster encouraged British men to enlist in WW1?
- Fight For King
- Enlist Today Now
- Join Up Boys
- Your Country Needs You
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Which 1914 British act gave the government sweeping powers to censor the press?
- Military Service Act
- Emergency Powers Act
- Defence of the Realm
- War Censorship Act
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A war novel explores the gap between official accounts and soldiers' experience. Which technique best shows this gap?
- Caesura
- Alliteration
- Dramatic irony
- Onomatopoeia
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What is the primary purpose of using satire and comic elements in war fiction?
- Promoting military enlistment
- Exposing official hypocrisy
- Escaping historical facts
- Glorifying combat heroism
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What key risk is associated with using a comic or satirical approach to war?
- Overcomplicating historical facts
- Encouraging pacifist protest
- Trivialising human suffering
- Romanticising battlefield glory
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In war literature, how is official truth usually presented relative to soldiers' experiences?
- Universally accepted
- Scientifically objective
- Contested and disputed
- Wholly irrelevant
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Which literary device defines a satirical novel's critique of authority and society?
- Gothic imagery
- Irony and ridicule
- Heroic hyperbole
- Allegorical melodrama
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Which feature of propaganda posters is primarily used to manipulate public emotion?
- Objective historical context
- Emotive visual imagery
- Neutral factual commentary
- Detailed statistical data
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What literary technique is used when a novel's title quotes an established phrase?
- Pathetic fallacy
- Stream of consciousness
- Intertextual framing
- Dramatic monologue
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Which literary device occurs when the audience knows official war reports are false, but characters believe them?
- Structural foreshadowing
- Poetic justice
- Dramatic irony
- Pathetic fallacy
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Which 1917 intercepted message encouraged the United States to enter the First World War?
- The Sykes-Picot Agreement
- The Zimmermann Telegram
- The Balfour Declaration
- The Fourteen Points
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Which concept connects historical war propaganda with modern media reporting in war literature?
- Moral neutrality
- Misinformation and censorship
- Unbiased factual reporting
- Universal military harmony
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Why do contemporary authors choose to set modern fiction during the First World War?
- Reassessing historical legacy
- Rejecting modern forms
- Avoiding political topics
- Glorifying recruitment tactics
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Which agreement officially halted fighting on the Western Front on 11 November 1918?
- The Armistice
- The Ceasefire Accord
- The Versailles Treaty
- The Paris Pact
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