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The Woman in Black - Understanding the Text
This GCSE English Literature quiz will test you on Susan Hill's The Woman in Black. Understanding a text is essential if you expect to analyse and write about it. Comprehension might sound as though it is a simple task, but it can be trickier than it seems. If texts only had a single “message”, authors would not need to expend so many words in expressing it.
The Woman in Black is written as a full-length ghost story in the tradition of M. R. James, Henry James and Charles Dickens. It is richly atmospheric, with evocative descriptions of landscape. Fairly ordinary settings such as a reasonably comfortable home, a small town, and a small island are revealed to harbour a terrifying presence. This presence, in its turn, is no more than that ordinary figure - a mother. And yet, such a terrifying mother, wasted as she is by disease, grief and the desire for vengeance!
1.
Why is Arthur sent to Crythin Gifford?
His employer, Mr Bentley, wants him to solve the mystery of the Woman in Black
His employer, Mr Bentley, wants him to sort through the deceased Mrs Drablow's papers
Mrs Drablow left instructions for her lawyers to attend her funeral
Mr Bentley wishes to attend Mrs Drablow's funeral in person, but is unwell
Arthur is sent to represent Mr Bentley's law firm at Mrs Drablow's funeral and to find and sort through her papers
2.
Arthur believes that the business in Crythin Gifford will be...
complex
frightening
straightforward
exciting
The dry facts shared by Mr Bentley give Arthur the impression that his business will be swift and uncomplicated; his pauses and the manner in which he emphasises particular words give the reader a clue that he is aware Mrs Drablow's affairs are not at all straightforward
3.
Who is Stella?
Mrs Drablow's servant
The Woman in Black
Mr Bentley's daughter
Arthur's fiancée
Arthur is reluctant to leave Stella behind in London while he travels North on business
4.
Where does Arthur first meet Mr Daily?
On the train
At Mrs Drablow's funeral
At Eel Marsh House
In London
Arthur meets Samuel Daily on his final train between Homerby and Crythin Gifford. They begin their friendship with a typical conversation about the weather
5.
What happens when Arthur decides to stay at Eel Marsh House overnight for the first time?
He hears a ghostly pony and trap
He sees the Woman in Black in the island's small graveyard
He hears the sound of the rocking chair coming from the locked room
He sees the Woman in Black in the house
Arthur sees the Woman in Black in the graveyard and hears the ghostly echo of the pony and trap's dreadful fate on his first visit to Eel Marsh House and yet feels brave enough to stay overnight on his next visit
6.
How many nights does Arthur manage to stay at Eel Marsh House?
One
Two
Three
Four
The first time Arthur stays overnight, he hears the rocking chair in the locked nursery; on the second occasion he finds the door to the nursery unlocked and later that night saves Spider from being sucked into the mud when she chases into the marshes after a ghostly whistle. Arthur is rescued from the island immediately after this event by Mr Daily
7.
How did Nathaniel Drablow die?
He died of a chill after getting lost in the marshes
He drowned
He caught a fever and died
His mother saw the ghost of the Woman in Black and he died unexpectedly shortly afterwards
Nathaniel Drablow, his nurse, his dog, the driver of the trap, Mr Keckwick, and the pony die when the pony and trap leave the causeway and become trapped in the mud while the tide is rising during a sudden sea-fret
8.
What emotion motivates the Woman in Black's malevolence towards parents and children?
Hatred of children
Envy of the innocence of children
Hatred of adoptive parents
Grief at the loss of her child
Jennet Humfrye never recovers from the loss of her child. Her malevolence as a ghostly apparition is driven by this grief, her desire for vengeance born of envy for the happiness she was denied in life
9.
What causes the terrible accident in which Stella and the baby, Joseph, die?
The pony is startled by the sight of Arthur standing in the path
The Woman in Black startles the pony by moving as if she will step into its path
Stella is so nervous after seeing the Woman in Black that she accidentally frightens the pony
The pony is startled by the sound of a gunshot
The pony appears to be able to see the woman in black, just as Arthur is able to see her. Her appearance turns the innocent enjoyment of a pony and trap ride into a scene of death when the pony crashes into a tree after being startled
10.
Who is the fictional audience for Arthur's terrible tale?
Mr Daily
The Woman in Black
Arthur writes the story down for himself only
Arthur's wife and step-children
Arthur refuses to share his tale as a Christmas ghost story, instead writing it as a form of exorcism to rid himself of the terror of past events
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