The 19th-century novel overview quiz - AQA GCSE English Literature quiz

Paper 1, Section A

Paper 2, Section A

Paper 1, Section B

Paper 2, Section B

AO1 and AO2 only

AO1, AO2 and AO4

AO3 and AO4 only

AO1, AO2 and AO3

The author's choices of voice, structure, perspective and symbolism

The sequence of events that make up the plot of the novel from start to finish

The historical period and physical setting in which the novel takes place

The total number of chapters the author divided the novel into

A weak or illogical argument that a character makes when trying to persuade another

Giving the natural world human emotions to mirror feeling or foreshadow events

A narrator who deliberately misleads the reader about the events of the story

A direct comparison between two things using the words 'like' or 'as'

A character who tells the story directly to the reader as the narrator

A symbol or object that recurs across the whole of the novel for effect

A character whose qualities contrast with another's to highlight them

A major turning point that changes the direction of the plot

It completely replaces the need for any textual evidence taken from the novel itself

It is a strict requirement for the AO2 method marks on this question

It is the only possible way to earn any of the AO1 interpretation marks

It links the whole text to the historical conditions and reforms it responds to

Analysing a single word or image in detail for its precise effect

Reading the whole novel as quickly as you can to get through it once

Summarising the main events that take place across a single chapter

Comparing two characters in the novel against each other

Because the literal meaning of older 19th-century prose never actually matters for the marks

Dense sentences are clearer on a second pass, so understand meaning then analyse wording

To make sure you avoid having to analyse any of the writer's narrative method at all

Because the novel question is really a test of how fast you can read the extract

A chapter-by-chapter retelling of everything that happens across the whole novel

A long list of all the techniques you can spot but with no analysis of any of them

An idea-led structure blending close extract reading with the whole text

A detailed history of the Victorian period placed before any analysis

As a separate, detached paragraph of pure history placed in the middle of the essay

Only in the introduction, with no further context anywhere else in the answer

Nowhere in the answer at all, since AO3 context is not assessed on this question

Embedded in analytical sentences where it changes the reading