Most Dangerous Game
The Necklace
The Sniper
The Lottery
General English
100

What are the names of the Protagonist and Antagonist in the Most Dangerous Game?

Protagonist - Sanger Rainsford

Antagonist - General Zaroff

100

What is the name of the main character in the Necklace?

Mathilde Loisel

100

When the Republican Sniper turns over the other sniper, whose face does he look into?

His brother's

100

Who is the person who draws the ticket with the black dot?

Tessie Hutchinson

100

he, she, you, me, I, we, us, this, them, that, are all examples of __________.

pronouns

200

What is the setting of the story?

Ship-Trap Island

200

Where and When does this story take place?

France, 1800's

200

What is the setting of this story?

Dublin, Ireland in 1920's during the Irish Civil War

200

What is the setting of this story?

A town somewhere in America - date is not specified

200

A poem of fourteen lines is called a _______.

Sonnet

300

What is the climax of this story?

When Rainsford jumps off the cliff to avoid capture

300

What does Mathilde's husband do for work?

A clerk for the Ministry of Education

300

What is the snipers name?

He is not given a name

300

Provide one example of foreshadowing in The Lottery

The children collecting rocks, the black box, the dialogue between characters

300

What is the present participle of the word - Hunt?

Hunting

400

Describe Paradox, provide one example from Most Dangerous Game

A contradiction of two unalike things. General Zaroff is a paradox because he is affable, but savage

400

Provide an example of Irony from The Necklace

(There are several) - The Necklace makes Mathilde feel elegant for one night, but causes her a decade of hard labor, when it turned out to be worth only 400 francs

400

What happens when the sniper throws the revolver to the ground?

The bullet wizzes past his head

400

Define Lottery

A process whose outcome is governed by chance
400

Who wrote Macbeth and Hamlet?

William Shakespeare

500

Define the word Futile

Lacking a productive result

500

Who does Mathilde borrow the necklace from?

Madame Forestier

500

Describe the Sniper's ruse to escape.

He puts his helmet on his rifle and uses it to pretend he's looking over the parapet. When the other sniper hits his mark, the Republican Sniper plays dead and kills the other sniper

500

Who wrote The Lottery?

Shirley Jackson

500

The time period in American Literature that comes after the American Revolution is the ____________ era.

American Rennaissance

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