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This high school English Literature quiz takes a look at setting in Charlotte Keatley's My Mother Said I Never Should. Setting refers to the time and the location in which the events of a fictional text take place. Most texts, of course, have more than one setting: as in life, fictional events are likely to occur in different places and times. Buildings and spaces provide individual settings within the wider setting and these very often contrast with one another.
In addition to time and place, events provide a crucial element in a text’s setting, even if these events only take place in the background. Social and political issues play an important role.
In a play, the reader glimpses this wider fictional world, known as context, through the dialog of the characters (it is important not to confuse this fictional context, which is integral to the setting of a text, with the author’s real-life context). Another key element of setting, atmosphere, usually changes many times over the course of a text.
In My Mother Said I Never Should, scenes jump in time and space, so that a character who is an adult in one scene might suddenly be a child in another. A scene in a back garden might be followed by one in the timeless Wasteground or one set several hundred miles to the north. Growing up in the play is associated with the desire to relocate. At one point Margaret reminds Doris that she has no intention of becoming a “Manchester dentist’s wife”. Although the distances involved as each character moves away from home are not great, they disrupt the relationships between the characters and are often the occasion for worry. Historical context also becomes significant as we see how each decade affects the individual characters.
Answer the questions below on setting in My Mother Said I Never Should.
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When is My Mother Said I Never Should set? |
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1940s |
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1950s and 1960s |
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1970s and 1980s |
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All of the above |
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Where is the play set? |
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Oldham |
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Manchester |
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London |
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All of the above |
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In what time are the scenes in the Wasteground set? |
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1940s |
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1960s |
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1980s |
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The Wasteground is timeless |
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4.
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What is significant about the Wasteground? |
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The Wasteground is important because it shows how much all of the characters dislike each other |
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The Wasteground gives the audience a break from thinking about the play |
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The characters are freed from their mother-daughter relationships and are all equals |
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The Wasteground is not significant |
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5.
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What provides shelter during the WWII air raids which take place in the second scene? |
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The bomb shelter |
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The piano |
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A neighbor's house |
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The cellar |
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6.
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Which of the following events does NOT take place in the month of December? |
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Margaret's death |
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The air raid |
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Margaret collects the baby Rosie from Jackie's flat |
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The women help Doris clear out her house after her husband's death |
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Besides the scenes set in the Wasteground, when do all of the characters appear together? |
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In the hospital, when Margaret is dying |
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In Margaret's home, for Rosie's birthday |
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In Doris's home, after her husband's death |
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In Jackie's flat in Manchester, when Rosie is a baby |
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One of the themes of the play is women's roles at work and how these relate to their familial roles. Whose workplace is the setting for one scene? |
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Doris's |
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Margaret's |
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Jackie's |
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All of the above |
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9.
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Which of the following is correct? |
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Events are presented chronologically in the play |
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Time moves back and forth in the play as the scenes skip around between related events |
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The entire play is set in a timeless place |
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Events are presented in reverse chronological order in the play |
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10.
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What event forces Doris to move to Oldham? |
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The birth of Rosie |
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Margaret's death |
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Jack's death |
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The air raids |
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1.
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When is My Mother Said I Never Should set? |
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[ ] |
1940s |
[ ] |
1950s and 1960s |
[ ] |
1970s and 1980s |
[x] |
All of the above |
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2.
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Where is the play set? |
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[ ] |
Oldham |
[ ] |
Manchester |
[ ] |
London |
[x] |
All of the above |
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3.
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In what time are the scenes in the Wasteground set? |
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[ ] |
1940s |
[ ] |
1960s |
[ ] |
1980s |
[x] |
The Wasteground is timeless |
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4.
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What is significant about the Wasteground? |
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[ ] |
The Wasteground is important because it shows how much all of the characters dislike each other |
[ ] |
The Wasteground gives the audience a break from thinking about the play |
[x] |
The characters are freed from their mother-daughter relationships and are all equals |
[ ] |
The Wasteground is not significant |
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5.
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What provides shelter during the WWII air raids which take place in the second scene? |
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[ ] |
The bomb shelter |
[x] |
The piano |
[ ] |
A neighbor's house |
[ ] |
The cellar |
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6.
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Which of the following events does NOT take place in the month of December? |
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[x] |
Margaret's death |
[ ] |
The air raid |
[ ] |
Margaret collects the baby Rosie from Jackie's flat |
[ ] |
The women help Doris clear out her house after her husband's death |
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7.
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Besides the scenes set in the Wasteground, when do all of the characters appear together? |
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[ ] |
In the hospital, when Margaret is dying |
[ ] |
In Margaret's home, for Rosie's birthday |
[x] |
In Doris's home, after her husband's death |
[ ] |
In Jackie's flat in Manchester, when Rosie is a baby |
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8.
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One of the themes of the play is women's roles at work and how these relate to their familial roles. Whose workplace is the setting for one scene? |
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[ ] |
Doris's |
[x] |
Margaret's |
[ ] |
Jackie's |
[ ] |
All of the above |
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9.
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Which of the following is correct? |
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[ ] |
Events are presented chronologically in the play |
[x] |
Time moves back and forth in the play as the scenes skip around between related events |
[ ] |
The entire play is set in a timeless place |
[ ] |
Events are presented in reverse chronological order in the play |
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10.
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What event forces Doris to move to Oldham? |
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[ ] |
The birth of Rosie |
[ ] |
Margaret's death |
[x] |
Jack's death |
[ ] |
The air raids |
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