Lesson 4.2.1.5

4.2.1.5 Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff Quiz: AQA English Literature A, Unit 2

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Lesson 4.2.1.5, Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA English Literature A (7712), Unit 2: Texts in shared contexts, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Journey's End is set in which month and year?

    • November 1914
    • June 1919
    • March 1918
    • July 1916

  2. Where is the single setting of Journey's End?

    • an officers' mess in a London club for gentlemen
    • a dugout in the front-line trenches near St Quentin
    • a farmhouse in Normandy beside an orchard
    • a hospital in Edinburgh overlooking the Forth

  3. Which character is the company commander who drinks heavily to cope with the pressure?

    • Lieutenant Raleigh, the newly arrived officer
    • Private Mason, the cook who serves the officers
    • Captain Stanhope, the company commander
    • Captain Hardy, the officer who arrives with orders

  4. Which new officer joins the company and was at school with Stanhope?

    • Captain Osborne, the older captain
    • Private Trotter, the company's soldier
    • Lieutenant Hibbert, the anxious officer
    • Lieutenant Raleigh, a young officer

  5. Which older captain is kindly and supports the men in the dugout?

    • Lieutenant Hibbert, the nervous officer of the company
    • Captain Stanhope, the harsh company commander
    • Captain Osborne, a steadying and kindly presence
    • Lieutenant Raleigh, the eager young officer

  6. What is Hibbert's main response to the threat of the German offensive?

    • he volunteers for a dangerous raid across no man's land
    • he becomes the cook and takes charge of the rations
    • he writes a long letter of protest to the king
    • he develops an illness that lets him avoid the front

  7. Which theme is central to the relationship between Stanhope and Raleigh?

    • the running of a family business in the city
    • the strain of leadership and the loss of innocence under war
    • the rules of cricket played in the school yard
    • a dispute over money owed between two old friends

  8. Which element of the play's structure creates tension?

    • a comic music hall routine performed in the mess
    • a long journey across Europe by train and boat
    • the shrinking space of the dugout and the approaching offensive
    • a series of flashbacks to the summer of 1900

  9. What is the role of the cook, Mason, in the play?

    • he is a surgeon who operates on the wounded men
    • he commands the battalion in the absence of the colonel
    • he provides food and a sense of ordinary routine in the dugout
    • he is a German spy who passes secrets to the enemy

  10. Which statement best describes the play's presentation of officers and duty?

    • officers are shown as entirely cowardly in every situation
    • officers are shown as carefree and untroubled by the war
    • officers are absent from the play in its main scenes
    • officers are burdened by duty, fear and the need to keep up appearances

  11. Why is Journey's End often read as a drama about psychological strain?

    • it is a comedy about imaginary illnesses and hypochondria
    • it is set in an asylum for the mentally ill
    • it contains a formal medical diagnosis in every scene
    • several characters show signs of strain, dramatising the emotional toll of war

  12. Which question is most useful when evaluating Stanhope as a tragic figure?

    • Does his drinking and harshness stem from his duty to the men, and does it destroy him?
    • Is Stanhope's coat blue or grey in the first scene?
    • Does Stanhope enjoy playing tennis on the grass court?
    • Does the play have a prologue spoken by a stage manager?

  13. What does the play suggest about the value of friendship under war conditions?

    • friendship is impossible to sustain in a crowded dugout
    • friendship is worthless in wartime and easily forgotten
    • friendship offers comfort and support, but the war threatens those bonds
    • friendship matters only to the enemy soldiers across the line

  14. Which statement best describes the play's ending?

    • it is a joyful celebration of a hard-won victory
    • it is set in peacetime, years after the armistice
    • it features the arrival of the armistice in the final scene
    • it is bleak and inconclusive, with the men facing the coming attack

  15. Who wrote Journey's End?

    • Joan Littlewood
    • Sebastian Faulks
    • R.C. Sherriff
    • Pat Barker

  16. Which feature of the play's realism contributes to its impact?

    • verse speeches written in the style of Shakespeare
    • naturalistic dialogue and accurate detail of trench life
    • symbolic dance sequences performed by the company
    • puppet theatre used to represent the officers

  17. What is the effect of the offstage bombardments and attacks?

    • they are comic and light-hearted in tone throughout
    • they have no effect on the characters at all
    • they build tension and remind the audience of constant danger
    • they bring the war to an end within the play's action

  18. Which theme links the play's characters to the wider experience of the war?

    • the importance of individual wealth and property ownership
    • the shared experience of fear, duty and waste across the front
    • the excitement of rural life in the English countryside
    • the success of trench tourism for visitors from London

  19. Which question best supports an evaluation of the play's realism?

    • Is the theatre well lit for the audience in the stalls?
    • How accurately does the play represent the day-to-day experience of officers at the front?
    • Does the play have a sequel that was staged later?
    • Are the costumes expensive to hire for the production?

  20. What does the title Journey's End suggest?

    • a return to school in England after the war
    • the end of the men's journey to the front, possibly through death
    • a journey to London by train with the officers
    • a holiday at the coast for the company

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