Fever Pitch Week 1
Quiz by KHAN Nurhayati (WOL-Teacher)
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- Q1How does Hornby describe himself?An "obssessive" (2)"homeless" (9)A "six-year-old" (15)A "liar" (2)30s
- Q2How old was Hornby when his parents got a divorce?FifteenTwelveElevenTwenty-nine30s
- Q3Which of the following reasons is NOT why 1968 was the most traumatic year of his life?His parents separated.He was seriously ill with jaundice.He was expelled from school.He had to live with his neighbours for a short time.30s
- Q4How would he respond to his father's suggestions?He would tell his dad to "forget it, which was what I wanted him to say" (9)He would be "enthralled" (7) with the suggestions.He would "stay home with [his] mum and [his sister's] dolls" (10)"I just smiled politely and made a noise intended to express interest but not commitment" (8)30s
- Q5How did Hornby describe the response of the spectators to the first Arsenal match in Highbury?"the football gave [his father and him] something to talk about... and the days had a structure, a routine" (10)"I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women" (7) and "there was no prolonged courtship" (13"I was intruding on a marriage that had gone disastrously sour" (12)"the damage had been done... I had already fallen for [Arsenal]" (13)30s
- Q6How do we know that Hornby's sister did not have the same relationship with his father?the "overwhelming maleness" of Highbury was "bound to have an effect on a boy who lived with his mother and his sister" (11)"In 1969, in our town, this was not an idea [that his sister could attend a football game] that had much currency" (10)"Dad and my sister never really found anywhere to live at all" (10)"my sister had to stay home with her mum and her dolls" (10)30s
- Q7How did Hornby describe the spectators in the first Arsenal match?"I remember the overwhelming maleness of [Highbury-] cigar and pipe smoke [and] foul language" (11)"desperate, bitter men in the West Stand at Arsenal who taught me how to get angry" (13)"men traipsing around parks with fractious kids and a frisbee" (10)Men who " find themselves unable to express their emotional needs, they cannot relate to their children" (15)30s
- Q8How do we know that Hornby did not have a stereotypical masculine build?"you could walk into school… without feeling intimidated, simply because you have a spare Jimmy Husband in your blazer pocket" (15)"I was one of only three boys wearing shorts" (15) - "an eleven-year-old dressed as a six-year-old" (15)"The benefits of liking football in school were simply incalculable" (14)"I was the only Arsenal supporter in the first year" (14)30s
- Q9Which of the following does NOT support the claim that football helped to make Hornby's move to a new school easier?"you could walk into school… without feeling intimidated, simply because you have a spare Jimmy Husband in your blazer pocket" (15)"at least half my class… loved the game" (14)"The benefits of liking football in school were simply incalculable" (14)"I was one of only three boys wearing shorts" (15) - "an eleven-year-old dressed as a six-year-old" (15)30s
- Q10Why did Hornby and his father drive back home in silence after a day out?Hornby had refused to attend football matches with his father (3).Hornby had accused his parents of betraying him (20).Hornby had felt betrayed over Arsenal's loss and ran for the exit. (19)Hornby had been involved in a fight at school (19).30s
- Q11How do we know that Hornby felt like the "desperate bitter men at the West Stand" at age eleven?"It may not have mattered much in my first term that I was an Arsenal fan" (19)He wanted to be "with the rest of the class trampling the hell out of some other heartbroken kid" (20).30s
- Q12How did Hornby feel when he was at camp the year of his parents' divorce?He "told [everyone] about the divorce with a shameless eagerness" (24)He was happy and was not "disturbed unduly... after all, they had been separated for some time now and the legal process seemed to be a simple confirmation of the separation" (24)He was "dreadfully, overwhelmingly homesick" (24)He befriended "an older scout was assigned to talk to me in order to discover what was wrong" (24)30s
- Q13"[A]lthough I had no interest in Dinky or Corgi or Matchbox, I loved Lady Penelope's pink Rolls-Royce and James Bond's Aston Martin'' (p.29) Why did Hornby mention the two toy cars?He was comparing his toy cars with the different footballs in the World Cup.He was comparing his more elaborate toy cars to the more elaborate World Cup.He was comparing how similar his toy car obsession was with his football obsession.He was comparing his interest in the more elaborate and embellished toy cars to his interest in Brazil's more fanciful football skills.30s
- Q14How did Hornby lose his red-and-white scarf?He had dropped it when he was running towards the train station with Rat.He had left it on the tube on his way home.He was attacked by a couple of black boys in the stadium and they stole his scarf.He had given it to his gran when he visited her.30s
- Q15Why did Hornby feel shame after the attack at the stadium?Because "[he] was obsessed enough with the team to go back and stand in the same place again" (33)Because "[he]'d be banned from going to football unaccompanied by my father for years to come" (33)Because "[he] was only interested in suburban deprivation, which seemed to [him] the cruellest deprivation of them all'' (34)Because "despite my size and youth, I was still a male and there is something in males, ... that simply refuses to tolerate anything that might be construed as weakness." (33)30s