The Grammardog Guide to Hard Timescontains 16 analytical multiple choice quizzes with a total of over 250 questions. These multiple choice questions based on text sentences from the novel by Charles Dickens are excellent teaching tools, providing the basis for thoughtful, engaging activities for your students.
Figurative language includes "the midnight of his mind," "grinding at the mill of knowledge," and "like a sad sea." Allusions pertain to mythology (Centaur, Cupid, Venus, Furies), religion (Adam, Good Samaritan, serpent in the garden, Judas Iscariot), folklore (fairies, genies, dragon) and literature (Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Robinson Crusoe, "Alas poor Yorick!").
