Lesson 3.1.1

3.1.1 Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002-2011 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. Which poet wrote 'Genetics', one of the poems in the prescribed Poems of the Decade anthology?

    • Patience Agbabi
    • Sinéad Morrissey
    • Ciaran O'Driscoll
    • Helen Dunmore
  2. Who wrote 'Out of the Bag' in the prescribed post-2000 anthology?

    • Andrew Motion
    • Simon Armitage
    • Daljit Nagra
    • Seamus Heaney
  3. Which poet wrote 'A Minor Role' in the prescribed anthology?

    • Vicki Feaver
    • John Burnside
    • Alan Jenkins
    • U A Fanthorpe
  4. Who wrote the poem 'Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass' in the prescribed anthology?

    • Helen Dunmore
    • Patience Agbabi
    • Simon Armitage
    • Tim Turnbull
  5. Which years are covered in the subtitle of the prescribed post-2000 poetry anthology?

    • 2001 to 2010
    • 2000 to 2011
    • 2002 to 2011
    • 2000 to 2010
  6. Who wrote 'Please Hold' in the prescribed anthology?

    • Ciaran O'Driscoll
    • Elizabeth Jennings
    • Patience Agbabi
    • Christina Rossetti
  7. Who wrote the poem 'The Furthest Distances I've Travelled' in the anthology?

    • Ian Duhig
    • Leontia Flynn
    • Owen Sheers
    • Daljit Nagra
  8. In Component 3, what must an unseen poem be compared with?

    • A studied poem
    • A Shakespeare soliloquy
    • A pre-1900 poem
    • A prose extract
  9. Beside post-2000 poetry, Component 3 requires studying poetry from which period?

    • Pre-1600 only
    • Post-2010 only
    • Pre- or post-1900
    • Post-1945 only
  10. Which Assessment Objectives are examined in Section A of Component 3 poetry?

    • AO1, AO2, AO3
    • AO1, AO3, AO4
    • AO1, AO2, AO4
    • AO2, AO3, AO5
  11. Literary study of the specified poems should be enhanced by considering which element?

    • Film adaptations
    • Critical translation
    • Contexts of production
    • Musical settings
  12. Component 3 requires students to analyse modern poets' concerns through form, content, and what?

    • Publication history
    • Poet biography
    • Commercial value
    • Meaning
  13. Who wrote 'Look We Have Coming to Dover!' in the prescribed list?

    • Patience Agbabi
    • John Burnside
    • Daljit Nagra
    • Julia Copus
  14. What does 'specified' mean regarding the set poems in the A level specification?

    • Unseen exam texts
    • Fixed and prescribed
    • Randomly chosen
    • Student's choice
  15. Which poet is credited with 'Material' in the prescribed anthology?

    • Leontia Flynn
    • Ros Barber
    • Helen Dunmore
    • Vicki Feaver
  16. Who wrote the poem 'To My Nine-Year-Old Self' in the prescribed anthology?

    • Helen Dunmore
    • Ros Barber
    • Patience Agbabi
    • Ciaran Carson
  17. How should poems in the anthology be identified rather than relying on page numbers?

    • Volume and year
    • ISBN and chapter
    • Title and poet
    • Page and line
  18. Which publication series is the prescribed post-2000 poetry anthology drawn from?

    • Faber Anthologies
    • Penguin Classics
    • Forward Books
    • Oxford Poetry
  19. Which Assessment Objective tests the ability to explore connections across literary texts?

    • AO2
    • AO4
    • AO3
    • AO1
  20. What total percentage weighting does Component 3 carry in the A level qualification?

    • 20%
    • 40%
    • 25%
    • 30%

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