Free OCR GCSE English Literature
Practice Paper

To support analysis of a novel you should use:

1. the page count
2. relevant quotations
3. personal guesses
4. the price

The central character of a play is the:

1. antagonist
2. chorus
3. foil
4. protagonist

The time and place of a novel is its:

1. plot
2. narrator
3. genre
4. setting

What is the role of the witches in Macbeth?

1. They are Macbeth's friends
2. They have no significant role
3. They are comic relief
4. They represent temptation and the supernatural, planting ambition that leads to Macbeth's downfall

Which literary term best describes Beatrice and Benedick's rapid, combative exchanges of insults and wit throughout the play?

1. Aside, a remark spoken directly to the audience
2. Soliloquy, a speech delivered alone on stage
3. Stichomythia, quick alternating lines of sharp dialogue
4. Euphemism, a mild expression replacing a harsh one

What literary technique is "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"?

1. Paradox and chiasmus — things are not what they seem
2. Onomatopoeia
3. Alliteration only
4. Simile

In "Romeo and Juliet," what are the two feuding families?

1. Benvolio and Tybalt
2. Romeo and Paris
3. York and Lancaster
4. Capulet and Montague

The methods a writer uses to reveal a character's personality are:

1. characterisation
2. plotting
3. rhyming
4. scansion