placeholder image to represent content

Understanding 'When We Two Parted'

Quiz by Oak National Academy: GCSE English Edexcel

Our brand new solo games combine with your quiz, on the same screen

Correct quiz answers unlock more play!

New Quizalize solo game modes
6 questions
Show answers
  • Q1
    What does illicit mean?
    illegal or morally unacceptable
    understanding something fully
    has dangerous consequences
    done in secret
    get information from someone
    30s
  • Q2
    Complete the sentence: In 'When We Two Parted', the speaker feels __________ and __________ about their illicit relationship.
    Users sort answers between categories
    Sorting
    30s
  • Q3
    In 'When We Two Parted', Byron repeats the phrase "silence and tears" in both the first and last stanzas. This is an example of...
    a fragmented structure
    anaphora
    allegory
    a cyclical structure
    a chronological structure
    30s
  • Q4
    It is thought Byron actually wrote 'When We Two Parted' in 1816 however he claimed to have written it in 1808. People believe he made this claim because...
    he was lying to generate publicity for the poem's release.
    he was conscripted into the army and sent off to war.
    he wanted to protect the identity of the person he had the affair with.
    he waited for his ex-partner to die before spilling the secrets.
    he couldn't find anyone to publish the poem.
    30s
  • Q5
    Which of these quotations in 'When We Two Parted' suggest that Byron feels a bitter regret about this illicit affair?
    Users sort answers between categories
    Sorting
    30s
  • Q6
    Which of these do you not need to include in every analytical paragraph?
    relevant supporting evidence
    identification of the writer's methods
    an inference
    a link to context
    justification/development of ideas
    30s

Teachers give this quiz to your class