Lesson 4.3.1.2
4.3.1.2 Comparison themes: identity to the Gothic Quiz: AQA English Literature, Unit 3
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The 20 questions
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Which listed comparison theme explores personal development across time?
- The Gothic
- Identity
- Industrialisation
- Class structure
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Which comparison theme focuses specifically on psychological pressure in literature?
- Minds under stress
- Romantic love
- Social comedy
- Heroic adventure
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Which comparison theme explores memory and longing for a lost past?
- Ambition
- Nostalgia
- Discovery
- Revenge
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Which comparison theme examines crime, justice and the consequences of wrongdoing?
- Crime and punishment
- Minds under stress
- War and conflict
- The Gothic
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Which comparison theme deals with the supernatural, fear and transgression?
- Realism
- Satire
- The Gothic
- Pastoral
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A character's psychological breakdown in a novel best fits which comparison theme?
- Minds under stress
- War and conflict
- Crime and punishment
- Representations of women
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Which comparison theme examines how texts present female identity and experience?
- Patriarchal law
- Heroic masculinity
- Representations of women
- Family dynamics
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A comparative study focusing on a haunted house setting matches which theme?
- Social protest
- Tragedy
- Comedy
- The Gothic
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Which comparison theme specifically addresses masculinity and male identity?
- Representations of men
- Representations of women
- Minds under stress
- War and conflict
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What is the official status of the AQA A-level literature comparison themes list?
- Indicative
- Exhaustive
- Compulsory
- Forbidden
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Which comparison theme focuses on social hierarchy and cultural values?
- Representations of race
- Nostalgia and the past
- The Gothic
- Social class and culture
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Which comparative theme invites analysis of memory and attachment to earlier times?
- The Gothic
- Science and nature
- Social class and culture
- Nostalgia and the past
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Which theme is most closely connected to literary presentations of fear and the unknown?
- Representations of race
- The Gothic
- War and conflict
- Social class and culture
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A comparative study of two combat novels most likely falls under which theme?
- The Gothic
- Crime and punishment
- Minds under stress
- War and conflict
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Which theme is appropriate for comparing how texts portray ethnic identity?
- Representations of race
- Social class and culture
- The Gothic
- Nostalgia and the past
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A literary critique examining legal justice and wrongdoing falls under which theme?
- The Gothic
- Crime and punishment
- War and conflict
- Minds under stress
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What shared psychological focus links identity and minds under stress?
- Narrative structure
- Inner self
- Generic conventions
- Historical context
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Which comparative theme best fits the study of two dystopian novels?
- Representations of race
- The Gothic
- Satire and dystopia
- War and conflict
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What core comparative skill must students demonstrate across their texts?
- Biographical context
- Chronological sequence
- Authorial intent
- Similarity and difference
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Which thematic lens best explores gender roles when comparing Gothic texts?
- Historical context
- Representations of gender
- Economic inequality
- Social class structures
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