English Quotes

Question 1

Mrs Tilscher’s Class -

Answer 1

“Laugh of a bell swung by a running child”
“Inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks.”
“Croaking”
“Mrs Tilscher smiled then turned away”

Question 2

War Photographer-

Answer 2

“He remembers the cries of this man’s wife.”
“He is finally alone”
“Home again to ordinary pain.”
“A hundred agoines in black and white from which his editor will pick out five or six.”
“Half-formed ghost”
“Ordered rows”

Question 3

Valentine-

Answer 3

“It will blind you with tears / like a lover.”
“A wobbling photo of grief.”
“Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring.”
“Cling to your knife.”
“Possessive and faithful.”

Question 4

Originally-

Answer 4

“My parents' anxiety stirred like a loose tooth in my head.”
“Shredding its skin like a snake.”
“Bawling.”
“Your accent wrong.”
“Big boys eating worms”
“Seeing your brother swallow a slug
“Eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw”

Question 5

The Way My Mother Speaks-

Answer 5

“I say her phrases to myself / in my head.”
“What like is it”
“I am happy and sad”
“The day and ever, the dy and ever”
“A too blue swapped for a cool grey.”
“Restful shapes moving.”
“The train this slow evening.”
“I am happy and sad/like a child.”

Question 6

Act 1-

Answer 6

“He is a sinner […] against his own vision of decent conduct”
“[his smile widening]”
“I will cut off my hand before I reach for you again”

Question 7

Act 2-

Answer 7

“The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you.”
“She has an arrow in you yet”
“[As though a secret arrow had pained his heart]”

Question 8

Act 3-

Answer 8

“Whore!”
“Oh god.”
“I have rung the doom of my good name.”

Question 9

Act 4-

Answer 9

“It comes to naught that I should forgive you, if you’ll not forgive yourself.”
“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!”
“I do see some shred of goodness in John Proctor.”
“He have his goodness now god forbid I take it from him.”