Lesson 2.2.15
2.2.15 My Father Would Not Show Us – Ingrid de Kok Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 2
20 questions
In partnership with Revision Ninja
Lesson 2.2.15, My Father Would Not Show Us – Ingrid de Kok: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature (1ET0), Unit 2: Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789, written with Revision Ninja.
Host it live on the board and students join with a game code on their own devices, or revise alone with Free Play. The answers are revealed in the game.
The 20 questions
-
In which anthology category is 'My Father Would Not Show Us' placed?
- Literary Heritage
- Romantic
- Contemporary
- Victorian
-
Which anthology collection contains this poem?
- Belonging
- Relationships
- Time and Place
- Conflict
-
What nationality is the poet Ingrid de Kok?
- Australian
- Nigerian
- Canadian
- South African
-
Which relationship does the title centre on?
- Two rival neighbours
- Husband and wife
- Parent and child
- Two siblings
-
What does the title 'My Father Would Not Show Us' suggest about the father?
- Shared everything
- Wrote memoirs
- Kept secrets
- Fled the country
-
What does the phrase 'would not' imply about the father's behaviour?
- Accidental omission
- Joyful compliance
- Deliberate refusal
- Temporary inability
-
What is the primary focus of a retrospective poem?
- Imagining fantasy worlds
- Predicting the future
- Looking back
- Describing the present
-
What feeling is created when children are denied parental knowledge in the poem?
- Exclusion
- Celebration
- Relief
- Joy
-
How might a reader interpret a father who refuses to show his children something?
- As showing joy
- As protecting them
- As laughing aloud
- As celebrating
-
What term describes the unspoken meaning beneath the surface of a text?
- Stanza
- Rhyme
- Metaphor
- Subtext
-
Which literary device places two contrasting things side by side?
- Hyperbole
- Juxtaposition
- Alliteration
- Onomatopoeia
-
What punctuation mark is used in poetry to show omitted or trailing words?
- Full stop
- Semicolon
- Comma
- Ellipsis
-
What mood does a child narrator often create through limited knowledge?
- Innocence
- Authority
- Certainty
- Arrogance
-
What does a father's strict silence typically create within a family dynamic?
- Agreement
- Tension
- Harmony
- Hilarity
-
What does centring the father in the poem's title primarily establish?
- His weakness
- His authority
- His comedy
- His absence
-
Which combination of features helps create a reflective, memory-based mood in poetry?
- Imperative verbs
- Present shouts
- Past tense
- Future tense
-
Which genre category is most closely associated with family memoir poetry?
- Sci-fi thriller
- Slapstick comedy
- Epic fantasy
- Confessional lyric
-
What does withheld knowledge often act as within family relationships?
- Laughter
- Equality
- Freedom
- Control
-
What central question does a secretive parental title naturally raise for readers?
- Recipe instructions
- Travel directions
- Hidden motives
- Mathematical sums
-
What term describes a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals in a poem?
- Canto
- Refrain
- Couplet
- Sonnets
Related quizzes
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë Quiz · 2.1.1 · 20 questions
- Great Expectations – Charles Dickens Quiz · 2.1.2 · 20 questions
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – R L Stevenson Quiz · 2.1.3 · 20 questions
- A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Quiz · 2.1.4 · 20 questions
- Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Quiz · 2.1.5 · 20 questions
- Silas Marner – George Eliot Quiz · 2.1.6 · 20 questions
- Frankenstein – Mary Shelley Quiz · 2.1.7 · 20 questions
- La Belle Dame Sans Merci: A Ballad – John Keats Quiz · 2.2.1 · 20 questions
- A Child to his Sick Grandfather – Joanna Baillie Quiz · 2.2.2 · 20 questions
- She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron Quiz · 2.2.3 · 20 questions