I joined the Mexican Revolution at an advanced age, and was never heard from again.
Who is Ambrose Bierce?
100
This means to be a boastful, arrogant person.
What is a braggart?
100
Mr. Pirelli's assistant
Who is Tobias?
100
This actor appears in both Sweeney Todd, and Edward Scissorhands.
Who is Johnny Depp?
100
This is an incomplete structure that requires more information, in order to represent a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
200
I wrote a very famous play that was made into several movie adaptations, one of which starred Leonardo DiCaprio.
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
A word that signifies something that has been removed
What is omission?
200
He is the first person to appear in Mr. Todd's barber shop, aside from Mrs. Lovett and Anthony.
Who is the Judge?
200
Peg sells products for this company, as a profession.
What is Avon?
200
This/these are missing from the following sentence:
The students behave poorly in class but the teacher tolerates it because teaching is the highlight of his day.
What are two commas?
300
I wrote a poem called On Love, and was forced to flee the Soviet Union, after being taken into custody for being a political dissident.
Who is Joseph Brodsky?
300
odd, out-of-the-ordinary, breaking social norms
What is eccentric?
300
Mr. Pirelli, during his first visit to the barber shop
Who is Todd's first victim?
300
Kim is disgusted by Edward at first, but then clearly falls in love, which represents this literary phenomenon.
What is a dynamic character?
300
Complete the following sentence with the proper forms of the word:
Their/they're/there dog escaped from the backyard over their/they're/there, and their/they're/there trying desperately to find it.
What is their, there, and they're?
400
Although I had much more famous works, some of my most important poems are Annabelle Lee, and the Pit and the Pendulum.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
400
Not able to be noticed; blends in
What is inconspicuous?
400
These are three ingredients found in the meat pies.
What are roaches, cats, and people?
400
Esmerelda represents this type of literary phenomenon, as her personality does not change during the movie.
What is a static character?
400
Its represents possession, and it's represents it is. It represents this linguistic phenomenon, which is rather common in the English language.
What is a contraction?
500
I have been applauded by authors for years as being a master of dialogue. I wrote a story called A Clean, Well-Lighted Place about death and dying.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
500
This is an old, antiquated version of the word "compounding pharmacy".
What is an apothecary?
500
This sort of literary analysis looks at the exchange between the rich and the poor in a literary work.
What is Marxist literary criticism?
500
Peg is one of the central characters in this movie, and represents this psychological archetype.
What is the Mother Figure?
500
This sort of sentence combines a dependent and independent clause, with this sort of connection word.