Lesson 4.2.2.23
4.2.2.23 Ariel by Sylvia Plath Quiz: AQA English Literature, Unit 2
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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In what year was Ariel first published as a collection?
- 1965
- 1983
- 1956
- 1972
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Who edited the first published version of Ariel?
- Seamus Heaney
- Ted Hughes
- Richard Murphy
- Robert Lowell
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Which poem in Ariel is named after a horse that Plath rode?
- Ariel
- Tulips
- Mirror
- Daddy
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Which poem in Ariel uses the image of a woman who rises from the ashes?
- Mirror
- Morning Song
- Lady Lazarus
- Tulips
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In Plath's poem 'Daddy', which historical regime's imagery is linked to the speaker's father?
- Nazi Germany
- Fascist Italy
- Imperial Japan
- Soviet Union
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What was the name of Sylvia Plath's German-born father?
- Aurelia Plath
- Otto Plath
- Ted Hughes
- Warren Plath
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Which life event forms the central subject of Sylvia Plath's poem 'Morning Song'?
- Birth of a child
- A horseback ride
- A hospital stay
- Death of a father
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Which opening phrase from Plath's poem 'Ariel' describes initial stillness?
- Stasis in darkness
- White veil
- Into the red
- God's lioness
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In Plath's poem 'Tulips', in what setting are the intrusive red flowers positioned?
- A bridal suite
- A dark forest
- A hospital room
- A wild garden
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Which creature rises towards the ageing woman at the end of Plath's poem 'Mirror'?
- A silver snake
- A black dog
- A drowning swan
- A terrible fish
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Which poem in Ariel deals with a woman's attempt to survive a suicide attempt?
- Mirror
- Tulips
- Morning Song
- Lady Lazarus
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Which literary device does Plath frequently use to turn abstract psychological states into physical realities?
- Concrete imagery
- Rhyming couplets
- Epistolary format
- Iambic pentameter
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Which structural feature helps create a rapid, urgent pace in many poems in 'Ariel'?
- Enjambment
- Heroic couplets
- Regular refrains
- Strict sonnet form
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In Plath's poetry, how is the physical body most frequently presented?
- A machine of logic
- A site of transformation
- An immortal vessel
- A permanent sanctuary
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Apart from Shakespeare's air spirit, what real-life animal inspired the title of Plath's poem 'Ariel'?
- A hound
- A falcon
- A horse
- A cat
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Which core thematic cycle recurs constantly throughout the poems in Sylvia Plath's 'Ariel'?
- War and peace
- Wealth and poverty
- Death and rebirth
- Youth and innocence
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How does Plath channel intense personal suffering into the poetic form in 'Ariel'?
- With controlled intensity
- Through humorous satire
- Through chaotic prose
- With passive indifference
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In which year was Sylvia Plath's collection 'Ariel' published posthumously?
- 1965
- 1955
- 1975
- 1985
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Which tonal quality is most characteristic of the speaker's voice in poems like 'Lady Lazarus'?
- Fierce defiance
- Gentle nostalgia
- Saccharine optimism
- Timid regret
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Plath's 'Ariel' is frequently classified under which poetic movement or style?
- Modernist epic
- Beat poetry
- Romantic ballad
- Confessional poetry
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