Lesson 2.3.1
2.3.1 Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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Which literary genre does Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret belong to?
- Sensation fiction
- Gothic horror
- Historical romance
- Realist drama
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Whose sudden disappearance triggers the mystery investigation in Lady Audley's Secret?
- George Talboys
- Sir Michael
- Robert Audley
- Luke Marks
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What is Lady Audley's secret real identity revealed during the novel?
- Phoebe Marks
- Alicia Audley
- Helen Talboys
- Clara Talboys
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Which crime does Lady Audley commit by marrying Sir Michael while already married?
- Forgery
- Bigamy
- Extortion
- Treason
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What surface appearance does Lady Audley use to disguise her deceitful nature?
- Pious devotion
- Gentle femininity
- Intellectual arrogance
- Cold austerity
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Which structural feature drives narrative suspense throughout Lady Audley's Secret?
- Epistolary letters
- Multiple narrators
- Flashback scenes
- Detective investigation
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What is Robert Audley's primary role in Lady Audley's Secret?
- Corrupt barrister
- Victorian physician
- Villainous accomplice
- Amateur detective
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Where does Lady Audley attempt to murder George Talboys?
- In a well
- In the lake
- In a cellar
- On a train
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Which Victorian ideal does Lady Audley's secret double life critique and subvert?
- Working mother
- Aristocratic matriarch
- Feminist activist
- Domestic angel
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What contrast does the tranquil setting of Audley Court present in the novel?
- Youth hiding age
- Industry hiding nature
- Wealth hiding poverty
- Peace hiding crime
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What effect does Robert Audley's limited narrative perspective create for the reader?
- Suspense and tension
- Complete detachment
- Humorous irony
- Absolute certainty
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Which literary tradition supplies dark motifs to unsettle Lady Audley's domestic setting?
- Romanticism
- Neoclassicism
- The Gothic
- Realism
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What does the title 'Lady Audley's Secret' immediately direct the reader's attention towards?
- Her political ambitions
- Her aristocratic wealth
- Her fatal illness
- Her concealed past
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In Lady Audley's Secret, madness is used to judge women who do what?
- Support their husbands
- Practise medicine
- Inherit large estates
- Break social roles
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What creates dramatic irony regarding Lady Audley throughout the novel?
- Reader knows more
- Characters know all
- Narrator tricks reader
- Secret is printed
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Lady Audley's mercenary marriage critiques Victorian women's reliance on what?
- Religious devotion
- Higher education
- Political power
- Economic security
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Where is Lady Audley ultimately confined at the end of the novel?
- A Belgian asylum
- A private hospital
- A remote convent
- A British prison
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What is the main narrative function of the character Luke Marks?
- Providing key evidence
- Narrating the novel
- Financing the investigation
- Defending Lady Audley
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What Victorian belief is threatened by Lady Audley's fluid identity and disguise?
- Fixed social roles
- Scientific progress
- Religious tolerance
- Universal suffrage
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What does the novel suggest can lie behind respectable Victorian appearances?
- Absolute truth
- Crime and deceit
- Spiritual perfection
- Genuine piety
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