THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD

Question 1

‘_________ analysis’

Answer 1

‘merciless analysis’

Question 2

‘________ power of ______ which _____ ____ ____ ____ __ __’

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‘ruthless power of vision which struck fear into both of us’

Question 3

‘as ____ __ _____’

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‘as weak as water’

Question 4

‘you should be an _________ __ _____, not a ______’

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‘you should be an inventor by trade, not a doctor’

Question 5

‘your ________ sister’

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‘your charming sister’

Question 6

‘______ of _________’ (nature vs nurture)

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‘strain of weakness’

Question 7

‘Caroline merely _________ __ ____ _________’

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‘Caroline merely continued to look omniscient’

Question 8

‘his _____ ______ is _______’

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‘his moral fibre is blunted’

Question 9

‘a ______, ______ thief’

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‘a common, vulgar thief’

Question 10

‘______ weakness’

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‘innate weakness’

Question 11

Quotation for lack of justice

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‘I feel no pity for her’

Question 12

Quotations for reputation

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‘You were ruined forever’

‘Whose esteem she is anxious to retain’

Question 13

‘I ______ Watson to his _______’

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‘I played Watson to his Sherlock’

Question 14

Quotations for Sheppard’s deceit

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‘I played Watson to his Sherlock’

‘I paused a moment to choose my words carefully’

Question 15

The Watson prototype

Answer 15

Christie manipulates this to trick her audience

Question 16

Quotations to describe the police

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‘weaselly countenance’

‘uncomprehendingly’

Question 17

‘my death will be a grief to her, but grief passes’

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Suggests that a stained reputation is forever?

Question 18

Link between Christie and Sheppard

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‘both she and Sheppard are engaged upon an excersise in duplicity’

Question 19

Christie described as a ‘________ __ _______’

Answer 19

‘purveyor of puzzles’

Question 20

Christie is a ‘______ ________’

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‘puppet mistress’

Question 21

Middle class in 1920s England- effect?

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Collapse of middle class values/ identity 
Christie's novel looks back on these clear cut class structures- provides sense of comfort

Question 22

Effect of war on Golden Age fiction

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Restoration of order and triumph of good over evil provides a sense of comfort

Question 23

Breakdown of gender polarity in TMORA

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Poirot as a feminised character- takes care of his appearance
Does not dismiss Caroline’s methods

Question 24

Human nature in TMORA

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Bleak- every character holds secrets

Question 25

‘You’re …..

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..not so honest’

Question 26

Sheppard’s tactics and ability to play

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‘I myself thought I had played rather cleverly’

Question 27

‘as ____ as _____’

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‘as weak as water’

Question 28

‘his ____ _____ is ______’

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‘his moral fibre is blunted’

Question 29

‘_____ weakness’

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‘innate weakness’

Question 30

‘_______, _____ and the ______ ____ ____’

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‘method, order and the little grey cells’

Question 31

Justice in MORA- intertextual link

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Classic detective usually hand their work over to the police, eg Holmes

Question 32

Apologia

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Defence

Question 33

‘I felt as though he was looking at the case ____ ____ _________ _____ __ ___ ___’

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‘I felt as though he was looking at the case from some peculiar angle of his own’

Question 34

Todorov’s double structure

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Conceal crime, but clearly lays out investigation

Question 35

Effect of Poirot’s foreigness

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Brings out the Englishness of the other characters- Christie’s way of criticising

Question 36

Use of stock characters

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Builds up expectation

Question 37

What does TMORA aim to expose about 20th century English society?

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That it is deeply flawed. Criticises petty desires and jealousy

Question 38

How is the title of the novel misleading?

Answer 38

The crime that propels the story actually predates the novel- the death of Mr Ferrars

Question 39

What does the progression of the novel centre around?

Answer 39

A series of interviews- serve to remind the reader that every character has something to hide

Question 40

Dr Sheppard and Mrs Ferrars

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Although they are parallelled as murderers, Mrs Ferrars suffers from remorse, whereas Sheppard does not

Question 41

Structure

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27 short chapters, each with a revelation- creates momentum

Question 42

Sheppard’s denouement

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By bringing Sheppard to justice, Christie reassures readers that good will triumph over evil, reaffirming social order

Question 43

Fernly Park

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Symbol of Ackroyd’s wealth and status

Creates a kind of locked room mystery- reaffirmed through illustrations