Who is Harry’s best Friend in all the world?
SHARPEN YOUR PENCILS FOR PART 2 OF OUR GCSE EXAM ON THE PRINCE’S MEMOIR SPARE
At one point in his furious autobiography Spare, Prince Harry boldly states: ‘there’s just as much truth in what I remember, and how I remember it, as in socalled objective facts.’
Can this be so? on tuesday, to help the history students of the 22nd century sort the socalled facts from the socalled fiction, I presented the first part of the multiplechoice section of their GCSe history paper on their set text, Spare. And now comes the second, and more difficult, paper:
1) Having received frostbite to his private parts on a visit to the North Pole, what did Prince Harry rub on them?
a) elizabeth Arden cream b) oil of Ulay c) Gentian violet d) nivea e) Vicks VapoRub
2) In the book’s acknowledgements, Harry lists various ‘professionals, medical experts and coaches for keeping me physically and mentally strong over the years’. How many are there?
a) 5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 20 e) 25
3) In the book, Harry describes a fight with his brother William. Fill in the missing words from the list below: ‘He grabbed me by the (a), ripping my (b), and he knocked me to the (c). I landed on the (d) which cracked under my (e)’.
i) necklace ii) Dog’s bowl iii) Back iv) Collar v) Floor
4) Which of these did Harry fail to communicate with?
a) A bathroom bin b) A seal c) A loo d) Princess Margaret e) A psychic?
5) Harry reveals that he once opened a copy of a Shakespeare play, grasped the similarity of the plot to his own life, slammed it shut and thought: ‘No thank you.’ What was the play?
a) Hamlet b) Henry V
c) the tempest d) Much Ado About nothing e) the Merry Wives of Windsor
6) Which particular aspect of Prince William does Harry describe as ‘alarming’?
a) His bald head b) His stare c) His pyjamas d) His Michael Buble CDs e) His seniority
7) What did Harry lose in the garden behind a pub?
a) His necklace b) His dog bowl c) His virginity d) His temper e) His sense of proportion
8) Harry compares life as a royal to which famous film?
a) the truman Show b) the Godfather c) one Flew over the Cuckoo’s nest d) the Banshees of Inisherin e) Psycho
9) Alone in Kensington Palace, Harry spent his time watching the TV show Friends. With which character does he claim to identify?
a) Chandler b) Joey c) Ross d) Phoebe e) Rachel
10) How does his father address Harry in the book?
a) ‘My darling boy’ b) ‘My little fruit cake’ c) ‘My dear old thing’ d) ‘Spare’ e) ‘Poppet’
11) ‘I have a huge amount of compassion for her.’ Of whom did Harry say this in an interview to promote Spare?
a) His wife b) His stepmother c) Rachel from Friends d) Melania trump e) the Queen
12) What nicknames does Harry give the three Palace aides?
a) the Bee, the Fly and the Wasp b) the Ant, the Banana and the Balloon c) the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe d) two Weddings and A Funeral e) the Butcher, the Baker and the Candlestick Maker
Answers: 1a; 2c; 3 a,iv; b,i; c,v; d,ii; e,iii; 4d; 5a; 6a; 7c; 8a; 9a; 10a; 11b; 12a.