Banned Books
Which banned book went on to become the 2nd highest grossing Broadway show?
Wicked
Name that book!
“And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
The Hunger Games
This early classic when turned into a Disney film was a wonderful financial disappointment and box office failure.
Hint: Banned in China for putting humans and beasts on the same level.
Alice in Wonderland
In Romeo and Juilet what are the names of the two fighting families?
The Montagues and the Capulets
This term describes the main message, moral, or central idea of a story.
The theme.
In this "brave new world," children are conditioned from birth to learn certain platitudes. Complete this one: "Every one belongs to ___"
Every one else
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
Animal Farm
Who wrote Catcher in the Rye?
J.D. Salinger
Agatha Christie's "By the Pricking of my Thumbs" and Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked this way Comes" are two novels who take their titles from lines in what Shakespeare play?
Macbeth
Which type of irony is present when a fire station burns down completely while the firefighters are out on a call?
A. Situational irony
B. Dramatic irony
C. Verbal irony
D. Cosmic irony
A. Situational irony
Red
Name that book!
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
The Great Gatsby
In Jane Eyre how much money does Jane inherit from her uncle, John Eyre, of Madeira?
20,000 pounds.
"Beware the Ides of March" is a line from what Shakespeare play set in ancient Rome?
Julius Caesar
Name three prompts used for last year's FRQ on the AP Lang exam.
Sleeping~
Flying a kite ~
Imagination
In The Perks of being a Wallflower
Where does Charlie's brother go to college?
Penn State
Name that book!
“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
Of Mice and Men was first published in what year?
1919
1967
1937
1939
1937
10 Things I hate about you is an adaptation of which Shakespeare play?
The Taming of the Shrew
This term refers to the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic, rhythmic, or emphatic effect.
Anaphora
In The Handmaid's Tale What is the name of Luke’s wife before he has an affair with and marries June/Offred?
Annie
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.”
A Farewell to Arms
In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the creature, was born in what city?
Naples
Palamon and Arcite are the title characters of what play?
The Two Noble Kinsmen
This term refers to the appearance, semblance, or illusion of truth and realism in a fictional or non-fictional text, making the imaginative world plausible and grounded enough for the reader to accept.
Verisimilitude