Lesson 4.2.2.9
4.2.2.9 Spies by Michael Frayn Quiz: AQA English Literature, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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In what year was Michael Frayn's Spies published?
- 1948
- 1985
- 2002
- 1962
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Who wrote the play Noises Off, a comedy by Michael Frayn?
- Tennessee Williams
- Peter Whelan
- Caryl Churchill
- Michael Frayn
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Which play by Michael Frayn explores nuclear physics and moral responsibility during wartime?
- Copenhagen
- Benefactors
- Noises Off
- Democracy
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Who is the adult narrator reflecting on his childhood memories in Spies?
- Keith Hayward
- Stephen Wheatley
- David Hayward
- Uncle Peter
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During which historical conflict are the childhood events of Michael Frayn's Spies set?
- Second World War
- Crimean War
- First World War
- Cold War
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Which suburban setting serves as the main location for Stephen and Keith's childhood in Spies?
- The Drive
- The Close
- The Crescent
- The Avenues
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Which type of narrator is used in Spies to highlight childhood misunderstanding of adult secrets?
- Naive narrator
- Omniscient narrator
- Dramatic narrator
- Objective narrator
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Which narrative technique is central to a novel that looks back on childhood?
- Epistolary exchange
- Retrospective narration
- Dramatic chorus
- Ballad refrain
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Which character do the young boys suspect of being a German spy in Spies?
- Barbara Berrill
- Mrs Hayward
- Auntie Dee
- Mrs Wheatley
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Which item discovered by Keith leads him to suspect his mother is a spy?
- A map
- A radio
- A diary
- A camera
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Who is the real fugitive hiding in the railway cutting in Michael Frayn's Spies?
- A German pilot
- Stephen's brother
- Keith's father
- Uncle Peter
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Which term describes the way a text's meaning develops through layered memories?
- Layering
- Stanza form
- Anaphora
- Refrain
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Which aspect of Second World War civilian life fuels the boys' imagination in Spies?
- Wartime secrecy
- Urban evacuation
- Food rationing
- Military conscription
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Which perspective links Spies to other post-war novels in Option B?
- Futuristic dystopian
- Victorian nostalgia
- Post-war retrospective
- Medieval romance
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Which term describes a novel's engagement with the nature of truth and memory?
- Metafiction
- Pastoral
- Epic
- Naturalism
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What central thematic concept is immediately suggested by the title of Frayn's Spies?
- Religious devotion
- Industrial progress
- Secrecy and concealment
- Economic collapse
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Which broader post-war concern is explored through the secrecy in Michael Frayn's Spies?
- Space exploration
- Feudal loyalty
- Wartime secrets
- Colonial expansion
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Which stylistic feature of Frayn's prose is used to capture a child's perspective?
- Sensory detail
- Abstract theory
- Formal jargon
- Political rhetoric
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In what year was Copenhagen, Frayn's drama about two physicists, first staged?
- 1982
- 1998
- 1966
- 2002
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Which two physicists are at the centre of Frayn's play Copenhagen?
- Einstein and Planck
- Curie and Rutherford
- Newton and Hooke
- Heisenberg and Bohr
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