Kinraddie is a fictionalised version of which place?
Stonehaven
Auchterless
Arbuthnott
What was Lewis Grassic Gibbon's (James Leslie Mitchell) attitude to farming and study?
He loved both farm work and study
He disliked farm work but enjoyed books
He liked farm work but disliked school
How did Lewis Grassic Gibbon find his time in the army?
An exhilarating and educational experience
A degrading and dehumanising experience
A boring experience
What were Grassic Gibbon's political beliefs?
Socialist
Conservative
Liberal
What was the author's attitude to religion?
He respected the church and its teachings
He admired some ministers of religion
He disliked all formal religious worship
What was the author's attitude to women?
He believed their duty was to obey their husbands
He believed in equal rights for women
He did not believe women were the intellectual equals of men
What was the 'Golden Age' that Grassic Gibbon referred to in his work?
The materialistic 1920s
A time of innocence before the corrupting influence of civilisation
A fiction created by poets long ago
What elements do the novels of the 'Kailyard School' contain?
Child-like characters and happy endings
Depressing plots and many deaths
Very realistic events and believable characters
Which of the following elements occur in The House with the Green Shutters?
Pleasant characters who are unlucky in life
Malicious gossip and several tragic deaths
Unpleasant characters who are highly comic
What do Sunset Song and The House with the Green Shutters have in common?
A main character who is a strong woman
A main character who is very appealing to the reader
Flawed relationships within the family