Lesson 4.2.1.19

4.2.1.19 My Boy Jack by David Haig Quiz: AQA English Literature A, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. In what year was David Haig's play My Boy Jack first performed?

    • 1964
    • 1995
    • 2007
    • 1975

  2. Whose son is the focus of My Boy Jack?

    • Siegfried Sassoon's cousin
    • Wilfred Owen's brother
    • Winston Churchill's nephew
    • Rudyard Kipling's son John

  3. In which 1915 battle was John Kipling reported missing?

    • Verdun
    • Jutland
    • Gallipoli
    • Loos

  4. Which writer's poem "My Boy Jack" gives the play its title?

    • Rudyard Kipling
    • Robert Graves
    • Ivor Gurney
    • Wilfred Owen

  5. What does the play explore about the father's role in his son's enlistment?

    • A father's joy at his son's medal, which he displays proudly in the family's front room
    • A father's refusal to write poetry, which he regards as a waste of time and effort
    • A father's career as a soldier, which led him through several campaigns on the front
    • A father's guilt for encouraging his son to fight

  6. Which national theme does My Boy Jack share with other WW1 drama?

    • The industrial strikes of 1926, which brought mines and factories to a standstill
    • Naval triumphs at sea, in which the navy's bravery is celebrated by the whole country
    • Imperial expansion in Africa, carried out by colonial armies under government orders
    • The impact of the war on families at home

  7. Which dramatic form does My Boy Jack use?

    • Novel
    • Ballad
    • Sonnet cycle
    • Play

  8. What is the effect of a missing soldier's fate being unknown?

    • It makes the family forget the soldier quickly
    • It proves the soldier survived the war
    • It creates lasting uncertainty and grief for the family
    • It removes the family's emotional response

  9. Which literary device is present when a father's pride turns into regret?

    • Dramatic irony
    • Alliteration
    • Enjambment
    • Onomatopoeia

  10. Which concept describes a father's sense of responsibility for a son's death?

    • Patriotism
    • Sovereignty
    • Guilt
    • Nostalgia

  11. Evaluate: why does My Boy Jack remain relevant to a modern study of WW1?

    • It shows the war ended in victory for all families
    • It shows how the war's private losses shaped public memory
    • It shows civilians had no part in the war
    • It shows the war was short and forgotten

  12. What does the title My Boy Jack emphasise?

    • The name of a battle that took place on the Somme, in which many local men fell
    • A place in London where the family lived and where the son grew up with his father
    • The rank of a senior officer, which places the son under the father's direct command
    • The personal, affectionate bond between father and son

  13. Which term describes the period when a family waits for news of a missing relative?

    • Armistice
    • Mobilisation
    • Conscription
    • Suspense

  14. Which concept describes a national figure's influence on the public's view of the war?

    • Agricultural policy
    • Territorial gain
    • Naval blockade
    • Cultural authority

  15. Which aspect of the war does the play show through a family's experience?

    • Diplomatic negotiations at Versailles
    • Scientific research into radar
    • Patriotic pressure on young men
    • Trade with neutral countries

  16. Which term describes the sense of a family's private grief being shaped by public events?

    • Stage direction
    • Historical context
    • Plot twist
    • Refrain

  17. Which broad theme connects My Boy Jack with Accrington Pals and Blackadder?

    • The glory of naval victory, in which the fleet triumphs over its enemies at sea
    • The human cost of war and the gap between ideals and reality
    • The praise of imperial trade, which brought wealth and goods from across the empire
    • The celebration of military technology, from tanks and aircraft to machine guns and shells

  18. Why is the figure of the missing soldier so powerful dramatically?

    • It shows the soldier never existed, so his family's grief is shown to be misplaced
    • It gives the audience a happy reunion in which the missing soldier returns to his family
    • It removes all emotional tension, since the family already knows what has happened
    • It leaves an open wound and a question that cannot be resolved

  19. Which feature of Haig's play makes its family focus dramatically effective?

    • Continuous battle scenes with no dialogue, so the audience sees only the fighting
    • Intimate domestic scenes that contrast with the battlefield
    • A comic chorus of soldiers who comment on the action from the edge of the stage
    • A fantasy setting outside time, in which the characters move freely between eras

  20. What is the significance of a reputable author's public voice in a national context?

    • It makes the war seem trivial
    • It proves all authors agreed on war
    • It can shape how a nation remembers the war
    • It has no influence on public memory

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