The Palace Thief
"The Palace Thief" takes place at this prestigious boarding school.
What is Saint Benedict's?
James Earl Ray (or, according to some conspiracy theorists, the CIA) assassinated this man in 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. ?
Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Merchant of Venice all take place in this European country.
What is Italy?
What is a metaphor?
Her husband Percy is best known for the poem "Ozymandias," while she is best known for an early nineteenth century novel that is sometimes credited with inventing the science fiction genre.
Who is Mary Shelley?
The Mr. Julius Caesar competition includes questions about this ancient civilization.
What is ancient Rome?
Dr. King addressed the letter to this group.
Who are the eight white clergymen?
Although movies often depict him with green skin and bolts in his neck, this character is described as having yellow skin, long black hair, and pearly white teeth.
Who is Frankenstein's monster/the Creature?
Dr. King uses this rhetorical device when he makes references to the Bible and other texts.
What is an allusion?
Although best known for his teen romance novels, this author is now writes nonfiction about tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease (which kills more people than malaria and HIV combined!).
Who is John Green?
Sedgewick Bell lies to this hardworking group of people about his upbringing to gain their support for his campaign.
What are miners?
Dr. King considered this group the greatest "stumbling block" to his cause because they preferred the "negative peace" which was absence of conflict over the "positive peace" which was true justice.
Who is the white moderate?
In Romeo and Juliet, this character speaks the line "a plague on both your houses!" before his untimely death.
Who is Mercutio?
Dr. King uses this rhetorical appeal when he describes the many hardships faced by Black children, trying to build empathy with his audience.
What is pathos?
This author's works have inspired countless movies, including Stand by Me and Shawshank Redemption.
Who is Stephen King?
This character wins both Mr. Julius Caesar competitions thanks to his genuine interest in history.
Who is Deepak Mehta?
Dr. King was disappointed with this group's dedication to maintaining the status quo, especially since they started out as persecuted minorities themselves.
Who are Christians?
Romeo quickly forgets this love interest after meeting Juliet.
Who is Rosaline?
Dr. King uses this rhetorical appeal when he demonstrates that authority figures like St. Thomas Aquinas might agree with his reasoning.
What is ethos?
This brilliant author died in New York at the age of 84 in 2007 as the result of brain injuries from an accidental fall. So it goes.
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
Also the alias of Adrian Veidt in Watchmen, this "king of kings" from a Percy Shelley poem referenced in "The Palace Thief" spoke the famous line "look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Who is Ozymandias?
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
Feeling rejected by his creator, the Creature compares himself to Lucifer after reading this epic poem by John Milton.
What is Paradise Lost?
Dr. King uses this rhetorical appeal when he points out that if segregation is an unjust law and if one is not obligated to follow unjust laws, then one is not morally obligated to cooperate with segregation.
What is logos?
This author was certainly familiar with "crime and punishment," having spent four years in a Siberian prison camp for political subversion, an experience which he fictionalized in the book The House of the Dead.
Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?