Lesson 2.5.4

2.5.4 The Little Stranger (Sarah Waters) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Who is the author of the 2009 Gothic novel The Little Stranger?

    • Susan Hill
    • Sarah Waters
    • Angela Carter
    • Daphne du Maurier

  2. In which English county and decade is The Little Stranger set?

    • Devon, 1930s
    • Warwickshire, 1940s
    • Yorkshire, 1920s
    • Cornwall, 1950s

  3. What is the name of the first-person narrator in The Little Stranger?

    • Roderick Ayres
    • Betty
    • Dr Faraday
    • Mr Graham

  4. How does Sarah Waters present the cause of the disturbances at Hundreds Hall?

    • Clearly demonic
    • A proven hoax
    • Purely mechanical
    • Deliberately ambiguous

  5. Which two social classes collide in The Little Stranger?

    • Gentry and middle-class
    • Working-class and royalty
    • Peasantry and aristocracy
    • Gentry and peasantry

  6. Which historical event directly causes the physical and financial decline of Hundreds Hall?

    • Crimean War
    • First World War
    • Boer War
    • Second World War

  7. Which literary device best describes Dr Faraday's role as narrator?

    • Third-person narrator
    • Omniscient narrator
    • Detached observer
    • Unreliable narrator

  8. What does the decaying Hundreds Hall represent in The Little Stranger?

    • Triumph of democracy
    • Growth of socialism
    • Rising industrial power
    • Declining landed gentry

  9. What primarily drives Dr Faraday's romantic pursuit of Caroline Ayres?

    • Financial desperation
    • Class ambition
    • Professional duty
    • Mutual hatred

  10. Which architectural location functions as the central symbol of decay in the novel?

    • Manderley
    • Hundreds Hall
    • Satis House
    • Eel Marsh House

  11. How does The Little Stranger portray the nature of personal memory?

    • Factual and objective
    • Selective and biased
    • Universally shared
    • Completely accurate

  12. Which literary genre's conventions, including a decaying mansion, does Waters adapt?

    • Realist comedy
    • Sensational drama
    • Picaresque novel
    • Gothic fiction

  13. What social change in post-war Britain causes instability for traditional country estates?

    • Post-war social mobility
    • Feudal expansion
    • Industrial revolution
    • Victorian expansion

  14. What key element remains deliberately ambiguous at the end of The Little Stranger?

    • Dr Faraday's marriage
    • Caroline's inheritance
    • Cause of hauntings
    • Fate of Hundreds

  15. What atmosphere does Sarah Waters create through the novel's slow, deliberate pacing?

    • Lighthearted nostalgia
    • Frantic panic
    • Creeping dread
    • Comic relief

  16. What social class does the declining Ayres family represent in *The Little Stranger*?

    • Industrial elite
    • Fading gentry
    • Rising bourgeoisie
    • Rural peasantry

  17. What does the title *The Little Stranger* primarily suggest in the novel?

    • A foreign invader
    • An orphan child
    • A long-lost infant
    • An ambiguous presence

  18. How are supernatural events presented in Waters' *The Little Stranger*?

    • Psychologically ambiguous
    • Purely comedic
    • Overtly demonic
    • Scientifically proven

  19. Which member of the Ayres family was injured in the Second World War?

    • Caroline
    • Roderick
    • Betty
    • Faraday

  20. What is the name of the Ayres family's dog in *The Little Stranger*?

    • Gyp
    • Toby
    • Bouncer
    • Fang

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