Lesson 2.4.2

2.4.2 The War of the Worlds (H G Wells) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Who wrote the 1898 science fiction novel The War of the Worlds?

    • George Orwell
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Jules Verne
    • H G Wells

  2. Where does the first Martian cylinder land in The War of the Worlds?

    • Salisbury Plain
    • Horsell Common
    • Primrose Hill
    • Hyde Park

  3. What is the name of the protagonist narrator in The War of the Worlds?

    • Ogilvy
    • George Herbert
    • He remains unnamed
    • Thomas Lancelot

  4. Which deadly weapon do the Martians use to incinerate human targets?

    • Death Ray
    • Poison Gas
    • Heat-Ray
    • Atomic Bomb

  5. What ultimately causes the death of the Martians in the novel?

    • Starvation
    • Heavy artillery
    • Terrestrial bacteria
    • Extreme cold

  6. Which Martian weapon releases a toxic chemical cloud that suffocates human soldiers?

    • Black Smoke
    • Heat-Ray
    • Red Dust
    • Red Weed

  7. What does the Artilleryman foolishly propose building to survive the Martian occupation?

    • A giant shield
    • A rocket ship
    • An underground city
    • An iron warship

  8. What does the spreading red weed represent in The War of the Worlds?

    • Martian ecological invasion
    • Bacterial infection
    • Human blood spillage
    • Volcanic fallout

  9. Which real-world British practice does the Martian invasion implicitly critique?

    • Socialism
    • Democracy
    • Imperialism
    • Feudalism

  10. Which atmosphere is established at the very beginning of the novel?

    • Peaceful domesticity
    • Futuristic warfare
    • Medieval violence
    • Apocalyptic destruction

  11. Which character accompanying the narrator descends into panic and religious mania?

    • Ogilvy the astronomer
    • The narrator's brother
    • The Artilleryman
    • The Curate

  12. The novel directly challenges human belief in which concept?

    • Evolutionary superiority
    • World peace
    • Divine right
    • Technological progress

  13. In which magazine was The War of the Worlds first serialised in 1897?

    • Pearson's Magazine
    • Punch
    • Blackwood's Magazine
    • Strand Magazine

  14. Which naval vessel heroically destroys two Martian fighting-machines in the novel?

    • HMS Dreadnought
    • HMS Thunder Child
    • HMS Victory
    • HMS Warrior

  15. Where are the Martians' final dead bodies discovered in London?

    • Primrose Hill
    • Hyde Park
    • Trafalgar Square
    • St Paul's Cathedral

  16. What feeling does the narrator express about humanity's future at the end of *The War of the Worlds*?

    • Complete dominance
    • Cosmic insecurity
    • Guaranteed peace
    • Technological triumph

  17. How does *The War of the Worlds* engage with the concept of British imperialism?

    • By reversing roles
    • By glorifying conquest
    • By promoting empire
    • By defending expansion

  18. Where do the invading alien cylinders originate from in *The War of the Worlds*?

    • Mars
    • Venus
    • The Moon
    • Jupiter

  19. Where does the first Martian cylinder land in *The War of the Worlds*?

    • Wimbledon Common
    • Horsell Common
    • Regent's Park
    • Primrose Hill

  20. In which year was *The War of the Worlds* first published as a complete novel?

    • 1898
    • 1901
    • 1895
    • 1897

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