Small Island Crossword

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  • Created on: 04-01-13 13:23
Which narrator exudes a comedic tone throughout?
Gilbert
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Which narrator's name is a metaphor for the subversion of the typical early 20th century female stereotype, by showing that women can have a higher societal position?
Queenie
2 of 7
What is used as a metaphor for England in Chapter One- (once a land of grandeur but now of decay)? [H***e]
House
3 of 7
The split narrative is set in two dates. One of them is ambiguously entitled 'Before'. What is the other date? (In words)
Nineteen Forty Eight
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What is the name of the ship Hortense arrives to England on? [Empire ********] (Hint - it is used to describe the generation of Jamaicans emigrating to England after WW2)
Windrush
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Bernard's dream, in which a Japanese pilot enters his bedroom with a sword, can be read as a metaphor Bernard's hostility to foreign 'invaders'. What chapter does this happen in? (In words)
Forty Eight
6 of 7
Bernard's father Arthur is mentally unstable due to something that happened to him in the war. What is the trauma which affected over 80,000 soldiers in WW2 commonly known as?
Shellshock
7 of 7

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Which narrator's name is a metaphor for the subversion of the typical early 20th century female stereotype, by showing that women can have a higher societal position?

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Queenie

Card 3

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What is used as a metaphor for England in Chapter One- (once a land of grandeur but now of decay)? [H***e]

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Card 4

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The split narrative is set in two dates. One of them is ambiguously entitled 'Before'. What is the other date? (In words)

Back

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Card 5

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What is the name of the ship Hortense arrives to England on? [Empire ********] (Hint - it is used to describe the generation of Jamaicans emigrating to England after WW2)

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