Lesson 4.2.2.18

4.2.2.18 Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker Quiz: AQA English Literature, Unit 2

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. In Our Country's Good, where is the Australian penal colony located?

    • Sydney Cove
    • Botany Bay
    • Van Diemen's Land
    • Norfolk Island

  2. Which Restoration comedy do the convicts rehearse and perform in Our Country's Good?

    • The Recruiting Officer
    • The Country Wife
    • The Plain Dealer
    • The Beaux Stratagem

  3. Who is the lieutenant who initiates the staging of the play?

    • Robert Sideway
    • Arthur Phillip
    • Harry Brewer
    • Ralph Clark

  4. Which convict is a central figure in the rehearsals and has a complicated relationship with the play's ideas?

    • Liz Morden
    • Dabby Bryant
    • Ketch Freeman
    • Mary Brenham

  5. Which key educational skill does Mary Brenham acquire while rehearsing the play?

    • Cartography
    • Literacy
    • Numeracy
    • Shorthand

  6. What is the name of the governor of the colony in the play?

    • Captain Arthur Phillip
    • Captain Harry Brewer
    • Captain Ralph Clark
    • Captain Robert Sideway

  7. What primary benefit does the theatrical production offer the convicts in Our Country's Good?

    • Financial gain
    • Human redemption
    • Physical strength
    • Early release

  8. Which Thomas Keneally novel provided the source material for Our Country's Good?

    • Schindler's Ark
    • The Playmaker
    • The Chant
    • A Family Madness

  9. What effect does the rehearsal process have on the convict cast members?

    • Incites riots
    • Enforces isolation
    • Fosters unity
    • Encourages escape

  10. What type of social structure defines relations between officers and convicts in Our Country's Good?

    • Anarchic disorder
    • Feudal vassalage
    • Rigid hierarchy
    • Egalitarian democracy

  11. Which brutal form of physical punishment is frequently used and debated in Our Country's Good?

    • Hard labour
    • Transportation
    • Solitary confinement
    • Flogging

  12. In Our Country's Good, which opinionated female convict plays Rose in the play-within-a-play?

    • Dabby Bryant
    • Duckling Smith
    • Liz Morden
    • Mary Brenham

  13. In Our Country's Good, what humanising force challenges the harsh colonial power structure?

    • Physical punishment
    • Theatre
    • Religion
    • Hard labour

  14. Which dramatic technique does Wertenbaker use in Our Country's Good to explore drama's role in society?

    • Greek chorus
    • Play-within-a-play
    • Unreliable narrator
    • Soliloquy

  15. In Our Country's Good, through what activity do the convicts mainly gain hope and self-worth?

    • Rehearsing a play
    • Farming land
    • Building houses
    • Religious prayer

  16. What does Governor Phillip believe will best transform the convicts in Our Country's Good?

    • Staging theatre
    • Forced labour
    • Solitary confinement
    • Flogging

  17. What genre is Farquhar's play, The Recruiting Officer, which the convicts perform?

    • Greek tragedy
    • Jacobean drama
    • Restoration comedy
    • Victorian melodrama

  18. Which officer directs the convicts' theatrical production in Our Country's Good?

    • Watkin Tench
    • Arthur Phillip
    • Robbie Ross
    • Ralph Clark

  19. Which theatrical convention in Our Country's Good emphasises connections between officers and convicts?

    • Doubling of roles
    • Offstage violence
    • Masked performance
    • Direct address

  20. Which 18th-century play is staged by the convicts in Our Country's Good?

    • The Recruiting Officer
    • The Beggar's Opera
    • The Rivals
    • She Stoops to Conquer

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