Lesson 4.2.2.17

4.2.2.17 All My Sons by Arthur Miller Quiz: AQA English Literature A, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Who is the father at the centre of All My Sons?

    • George Deever
    • Chris Keller
    • Jim Bayliss
    • Joe Keller

  2. What wartime offence is Joe Keller found to have committed?

    • Selling stolen supplies on the black market
    • Bribing a senator to win government contracts
    • Shipping defective cylinder heads for military aircraft
    • Hiding a deserter from the army

  3. Who is Ann Deever's former boyfriend, presumed dead during the war?

    • Jim Bayliss
    • Larry Keller
    • Frank Lubey
    • George Deever

  4. Who is Joe Keller's business partner, jailed for the faulty parts that Joe allowed to be shipped?

    • Dr Jim Bayliss, the family physician
    • Frank Lubey, a neighbour who runs the local newspaper
    • Steve Deever
    • George Deever, a lawyer in the city

  5. Which symbol in the play represents Larry's memory and the hopes of the family?

    • A photograph of the war memorial
    • The tree planted for Larry
    • A cracked cylinder head in a workshop
    • A letter from the army

  6. How does Miller present the family's relationship to the wider community?

    • As a group of strangers who are not connected to the family
    • As a community that is complicit in the Kellers' business and the cover-up
    • As a community that is entirely hostile to the Kellers
    • As an innocent community with no knowledge of the scandal

  7. What is the central moral theme of All My Sons?

    • The inevitability of war and its effects on families
    • The superiority of rural life over city life
    • The responsibility of individuals for the consequences of their actions on wider society
    • The benefits of the American economic system

  8. What does Chris discover about his father that shatters his illusions?

    • That Joe is a member of a secret society
    • That Joe is not his biological father
    • That Joe knowingly shipped faulty parts that killed pilots
    • That Joe has been stealing from the family's savings

  9. How does Ann respond to the revelation about Joe's guilt?

    • She leaves the family and moves to another state
    • She blames Chris for raising the issue
    • She insists that Chris must face the truth and tells him that Joe is responsible
    • She urges Chris to forget the past and stay silent

  10. Which word or idea best describes the family's central conflict?

    • Denial of responsibility versus the demand for moral accountability
    • Political loyalty versus religious faith
    • Love of nature versus love of the city
    • Financial failure versus commercial success

  11. What does Joe's final act suggest about the play's concern with guilt?

    • That guilt is a purely personal problem with no social dimension
    • That guilt is easily forgotten in a prosperous society
    • That guilt can be so overwhelming that it leads to despair and death
    • That guilt is the reward of the successful businessman

  12. Why is Kate so determined to believe that Larry is still alive?

    • She has received a letter confirming that he is alive
    • She has been told by the army that he is a prisoner of war
    • She clings to illusion as a means of protecting her family's world
    • She wants to claim the family's fortune from his estate

  13. Which dramatic technique does Miller use to build tension in the play?

    • Constant monologues by the youngest character
    • A sudden change of setting in every act
    • The gradual revelation of hidden facts about the past
    • A chorus that comments on the action

  14. What does the play suggest about the American Dream?

    • It can be corrupted by greed and a refusal to accept moral responsibility
    • It is a source of pure and uncomplicated happiness
    • It has no relevance to families in the post-war period
    • It is limited to the rich and powerful

  15. What is the significance of the setting in the Keller backyard?

    • It is a factory where the faulty parts are made
    • It is a battlefield where the war is re-enacted
    • It is a neutral space that has no effect on the plot
    • It is a private space that becomes a site of public and moral reckoning

  16. How does Miller structure the play?

    • As a realist drama in which the past is gradually revealed through dialogue
    • As a series of unrelated monologues by each character
    • As a documentary with real footage of the war
    • As a musical with interludes of song and dance

  17. What role does George Deever play in the drama?

    • He is a doctor who treats Kate for her illness
    • He is Joe's business partner who runs the factory
    • He is Ann's brother who challenges Joe and brings the truth about his father's fate to light
    • He is a soldier who has deserted from the army

  18. Which theme does the play share with classical Greek tragedy?

    • The triumph of the hero over fate
    • The tragic consequences of a hero's hubris and the inevitability of his fall
    • The celebration of the gods' justice
    • The comic resolution of a family's quarrels

  19. What does the play say about the war's impact on the home front?

    • War profiteering damages families and communities as well as the soldiers at the front
    • War has little effect on civilians who remain at home
    • War brings prosperity and unity to every family
    • War is only an issue for the soldiers and their officers

  20. Why does Chris ultimately reject his father's justification?

    • Because he is afraid of being sent to the front
    • Because he wants to inherit the business for himself
    • Because he sees that the claim to protect the family is an excuse for betraying the men who died
    • Because he has been persuaded by the local newspaper

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