Week 24: The Woman in Black

Week 24: 
The Woman in Black
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Week 24: 
The Woman in Black

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Remember!
Literature test next year:
     - This year's reader  +  Next year's reader
     - All the background information, questions & assignments
     - Only school exam test for English that you can study for,
        all the others are based on your English skills 

So keep the reader & don't throw it away!! 


Slide 2 - Slide

1. Take a guess: In what year was The Woman in Black written?
A
1721
B
1834
C
1906
D
1983

Slide 3 - Quiz

2. Take a guess: Who wrote The Woman in Black?
A
Margaret Atwood
B
Susan Hill
C
Virginia Woolf
D
Doris Lessing

Slide 4 - Quiz

3. Take a guess: True or False "The Woman in Black was written in the same style as earlier Gothic stories."
A
True
B
False

Slide 5 - Quiz

4. Take a guess: Which of the following has the Woman in Black not been made into?
A
Theatre Play
B
Television series
C
Movie
D
Musical

Slide 6 - Quiz

5. Take a guess: True or False "The main character of the book, Arthur Kipps, dies at the end."
A
True
B
False

Slide 7 - Quiz

The Woman in Black
- 1983 by Susan Hill
- In the style of earlier Gothic stories
- Also adapted for theatre, television
   and a movie

Slide 8 - Slide

Plot
- Arthur Kipps, main character, telling a story on Christmas Eve
- Retelling of what happened to him in the past
- As a solicitor (notaris) was sent to Eel Marsh House
- Home of Mrs. Alice Drablow, who had passed away
- Meets Sam Daily, little too interested in him 
- Townspeople get nervous when he asks them 
- Home lies near the coast, road is cut off by water

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Plot
- Funeral of Mrs. Drablow, Arthur sees a woman in black 
- Mr. Keckwick drives Arthur to the house
- Stays for a few days & sees scary things 
   (a moving rocking chair, child screaming, etc.)
- Speaks to Sam Daily again
- Mrs. Drablow's sister, Jennet, had a child 
- Mrs. Drablow took the child in, but it died in an accident

Slide 10 - Slide

Plot
- Mrs. Drablow's sister, Jennet, sees the boy dying in the 
   marshes (moeras) near the house
- 12 years later Jennet dies
- Every time her ghost is seen a child dies
- Arthur returns home, but at a fair (kermis) he sees the ghost
- His wife and son have an accident in a horse carriage
- His son dies immediately and his wife a few months later

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6. Which of the following is not an element of a Gothic novel in The Woman in Black?
A
Unrealistic setting: Eel Marsh House
B
Scary events: ghost of the Woman in Black
C
Sensational plot: Arthur Kipps' son dying
D
Mysterious behaviour: nervous townspeople

Slide 12 - Quiz

7. True or False: "The entire story of the Woman in Black is a retelling by Arthur Kipps at Christmas Eve."
A
True
B
False

Slide 13 - Quiz

8. Who does Arthur Kipps meet early on in the story, who seems a little too interested in him?
A
Sam Daily
B
Sam Sainly
C
Sam Caitly
D
Sam Maisly

Slide 14 - Quiz

9. Who turns out to be the Woman in Black?
A
Mrs. Drablow
B
Jennet
C
Sam Daily
D
Keckwick

Slide 15 - Quiz

10. True or False: "Both Arthur Kipps' son and wife die after he sees the ghost of the Woman in Black."
A
True
B
False

Slide 16 - Quiz

Check the reader:
Week 24 - The Woman in Black
- Read the background information
- Answer the questions (using the internet)
- Check your answers (see Its Learning)

+ Think of a good spot to keep the reader, 
so you will be able to find it next year!

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