4.2.1.8 Life Class by Pat Barker Quiz: AQA English Literature, Unit 2

The 20 questions

1. Life Class is a novel by which author, published in 2007?

   • Sebastian Faulks
   • Anna Hope
   • Pat Barker
   • Joan Littlewood

2. Where is the initial art school setting located in Pat Barker's novel Life Class?

   • Royal Academy, London
   • Slade School, London
   • Oxford University
   • Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts

3. What is the primary activity undertaken in the art class in Life Class?

   • Drawing live models
   • Making woodblock prints
   • Sculpting marble busts
   • Painting landscapes

4. In Pat Barker's Life Class, how does art primarily connect with war?

   • Recording physical trauma
   • Promoting state propaganda
   • Glorifying battle scenes
   • Escaping reality entirely

5. Which group of war casualties is central to the medical plot in Life Class?

   • Amputee factory workers
   • Facially disfigured soldiers
   • Poison gas victims
   • Shell-shocked officers

6. In what year was Pat Barker's novel Life Class published?

   • 2014
   • 2001
   • 1995
   • 2007

7. Which real surgeon and artist features as a character in Life Class?

   • Wilfred Owen
   • Rupert Brooke
   • Henry Tonks
   • Siegfried Sassoon

8. In Life Class, how is observational drawing presented moralistically?

   • Passive indifference
   • Unfeeling detachment
   • Voyeuristic pleasure
   • Ethical observation

9. Which narrative technique does Barker use to show contrasting responses to war?

   • Unreliable narration
   • Stream of consciousness
   • Shifting perspectives
   • Epistolary format

10. How does the First World War affect the art studio setting in Life Class?

    • It is ignored
    • It gradually intrudes
    • It inspires propaganda
    • It halts classes

11. What main ethical concern regarding war art is raised in Life Class?

    • Style versus technique
    • Profit versus fame
    • Beauty versus realism
    • Exploitation versus respect

12. How does the First World War impact individual choice in Life Class?

    • It guarantees rights
    • It constrains autonomy
    • It expands freedom
    • It protects privacy

13. In Life Class, how is the human body portrayed across art and war?

    • Mechanical tool
    • Idealised form
    • Subject and victim
    • Religious symbol

14. Which key feature of Pat Barker's writing style is shown in Life Class?

    • Surrealist imagery
    • Magic realism
    • Historical realism
    • Satirical comedy

15. What perspective on the First World War does Pat Barker's novel Life Class primarily explore?

    • Military strategy
    • Home front rationing
    • Artistic representation
    • Political diplomacy

16. How does Pat Barker structure the conclusion of Life Class regarding its central thematic questions?

    • With moral certainty
    • Strictly didactic
    • Triumphantly optimistic
    • Open and unresolved

17. What key debate about trauma and art does Life Class raise regarding the war's legacy?

    • Necessity of censorship
    • Limits of representation
    • Primacy of propaganda
    • Superiority of photography

18. Why does Barker include real historical figures alongside fictional characters in Life Class?

    • Creating pure satire
    • Romanticising conflict
    • Grounding in reality
    • Avoiding war themes

19. Which real-life London institution serves as the primary art school setting in Life Class?

    • Bauhaus Institute
    • Courtauld Institute
    • Slade School
    • Royal Academy

20. In the context of the novel Life Class, what does life drawing require art students to observe?

    • Historical photographs
    • Classical sculptures
    • Abstract landscapes
    • A live model

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