Year 11 Journey's End Senior Leadership

• English
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• GCSE

Year 11 Revision

Journey's End 

Knowledge Check Tuesday 30th April

Class Code: yzlbm

1. What are you marked for in your Journey's End paper?

2. How many men died in the Raid? 

3. List four major quotes that demonstrate the futility of war.

Brigadier

Colonel

Stanhope

Hardy

Osborne

Trotter

Madge

Hibbert

Raleigh

Sergeant-Major

Company Soldiers

Mason

German Boy

Who is Hardy in Journey's End?

At the beginning of the play, Hardy is seen "... a sock over a candle flame"

1. holding
2. warming
3. drying
4. dehumidifying

Hardy: "Musn't hang your legs too low, or the ...

1. rats gnaw your boots
2. shoes get ruined
3. ants eat your boots
4. toes get frostbite

Hardy: "Sometimes nothing happens for ... on end"

1. days
2. moments
3. hours
4. years

What context do these quotations connect most appropriately to?

1. Shellshock
2. Conditions of the trenches
3. Class
4. Patriarchal society

Who says this quotation to who? "You are a fussy old man."

1. Osborne to Hardy
2. Osborne to Raleigh
3. Hardy to Osborne
4. Raleigh to Stanhope

Hardy about Stanhope: "Drinking like a ... as usual"

1. duck
2. cat
3. wolf
4. fish

How does the following remark about Stanhope make Hardy seem: "He's so fussy about the trenches"

1. Disorganised
2. Organised
3. In control
4. Happy

Osborne about Stanhope: "He's a long way the best ... we've got"

1. company commander
2. person
3. leader
4. philosopher

Write a thesis statement for the following question:


Explore how Hardy is significant in the play

The Colonel

The Colonel makes three brief appearances in the text. He is Stanhope's superior. Sheriff presents the tension between the two characters in order to show the intransigence of those in charge. As the play progresses however, we see a more nuanced side to him; his distance from the troops however, provides an opportunity for us to see Stanhope's care for the men in contrast.

Colonel: "I think ... best"

1. daylight's
2. doing nothing is
3. nothing is
4. following your orders

Colonel to Stanhope: The men expect ... to lead a raid."

1. soldiers
2. Colonels
3. Brigadiers
4. officers

"“You know very well I’d give anything to cancel this ... affair”

1. happy
2. beastly
3. horrible
4. terrific

Colonel says to a certain character: "
“Good luck ..., I’m certain you’ll put up a good show”

1. Raleigh
2. Trotter
3. Osborne
4. The German Boy

At the end of Act 3, Stanhope asks the Colonel if there have been any changes to the plan for the Raid and he replies: "I'm afraid not. It's got to be done." What does this reveal about the Colonel?

After Osborne is killed and they have interrogated the German Boy, "it's a feather in our cap". What context could this be connected to?

1. Loins led by Donkeys
2. Futility of War
3. Conditions of the trenches
4. Rigid social status of the senior ranks

Stanhope says the following after the Raid, "Still, it'll be awful nice if the ... is pleased"

1. Brigadier
2. Sergeant-Major
3. boss
4. Prime Minister

Stanhope

List as many quotes as you can about Stanhope and his attitude towards his men.

Stanhope: “Stand in old chap and do your share"

Explore how those in positions of responsibility are represented in Journey's End

You must refer to the context of the play in your answer.

(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence

structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

Osborne

Osborne

Osborne about Stanhope: "I love that man, I'd go ... with him

1. to hell
2. to war
3. anywhere
4. to Ibiza

"You'll find the other officers call me..."

1. Stevie
2. Uncle
3. John
4. Susan

Who says this quote to who: "You musn't expect to find him quite the same."

1. Osborne to Raleigh
2. Raleigh to Stanhope
3. Raleigh to Osborne
4. Trotter to Mason

What does this reveal about Osborne as a character: “I haven’t been through as much as you. I don’t know yet”

1. Loyal
2. Respectful
3. Tired
4. Hungry

What is the significance of this quotation from Osborne to Stanhope: "There's something very deep and fine about hero worship"

Osborne asks: "Why Raleigh?" when he is told about the Raid, why do you think he asked this?