English Adv. Memorisation

Question 1

Handmaid’s Tale Rebellion

Answer 1

‘Mayday people’, Moira, Orffed’s mentality - not fully brainwashed, affair with Nick

Question 2

Rebellions quote - HT - contrasts two sides of battle

Answer 2

“There is not shadow unless there is also light”

Question 3

Rebellion quote - HT - Latin inscription

Answer 3

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”

Question 4

Rebellion quote - HT - subtle hint at unlikeness to other guards

Answer 4

“He’s wearing the uniform of the guardians, but his cap is tilted at a jaunty angle”

Question 5

V for Vendetta Rebellion

Answer 5

• Mask of ‘everyman’ to inspire
• Gunpowder Plot still recognised
• V is outside of regime

Question 6

Rebellion quote - V - metaphor of ideas

Answer 6

“Beneath this mask there is an idea, and ideas are bulletproof”

Question 7

Rebellion quote - V - power of the voice

Answer 7

“The people’s voice is much, much louder than they care to remember”

Question 8

Rebellion quote - V - last inch of us that’s left when we die (core)

Answer 8

“We must never let them take it from us”

Question 9

Handmaid’s Tale Totalitarianism

Answer 9

• surveillance, brainwashing
• ‘The Eye’
• Islamic revolution and fanatical approach to treatment of women
• Abortion laws in America

Question 10

Totalitarianism quote - HT - children against parents

Answer 10

“Children were taught to spy on their parents and report their deviations”

Question 11

Totalitarianism quote - HT - Anxious tone

Answer 11

“He may be an Eye”

Question 12

Totalitarianism quote - HT - hidden intentions

Answer 12

“I intend to get out of here”

Question 13

V for Vendetta Totalitarianism

Answer 13

• closed circuit TV - mass surveillance currently in China
• Fascist regime
• censoring, propaganda

Question 14

Totalitarianism - V - chiasmus

Answer 14

“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

Question 15

Totalitarianism - V - alliteration

Answer 15

“Systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission”

Question 16

Totalitarianism - V - metaphor

Answer 16

“They say that life’s a game and then they take the board away”

Question 17

Othello Race quotes

Answer 17

• “An old black ram it tupping your white ewe”
• “The Moor”
• “Far more far than black”

Question 18

Othello gender quotes

Answer 18

• “Happiness to their sheets”
• “We must not now displease him”
• “A creature that dotes on Cassio”

Question 19

Othello deception quotes

Answer 19

• “I am not what I am”
• “She has deceived her father, and may thee”
• “With as little a web as this, I will ensnare as great a fly”