Short Stories
What object is the little brother Doodle symbolically compared to in the story "Scarlet Ibis"
a red bird
What are the two important symbolic objects in Lord of the Flies?
Piggy's glasses and the conch shell
What is the name of the creature who eats several of Odysseus' men and herds sheep?
The cyclops
What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet?
Capulets and Montagues
What is the difference between consonance and assonance?
Consonance is repeating consonant sounds, assonance is repeating vowel sounds
In "the Cask of Amontillado" what is Amontillado?
It is a type of wine
What real object do the boys see in the dark and mistake for "The Beast"
the dead body of a paratrooper
What are the two scary monsters that Odysseus and his men have to pilot their ship between?
Scylla and Charybdis
What object does Juliet compare Romeo to in the following lines "Romeo, Romeo, that which were a _____ by any other name would smell as sweet."
Rose
What word goes inside the parentheses in an MLA formatted in-text citation?
the first word of the works cited entry
In "The Most Dangerous Game" what is the name of the person who works for the general?
Ivan
What are the names of the two boys who are brothers and seem connected in every way?
Sammneric
What is the name of Odysseus' son?
Telemachus
Who is incredibly mad at Lord Capulet for allowing Romeo to be at his party in disguise?
Tybalt
What is the name of the special way of formatting a works cited entry where the spacing is different than normal?
hanging indent
In "The Necklace" why does Madame FIRST say that she is unable to go to the fancy ball?
Because hse doesn't have a suitable dress
What does Jack's tribe do in order to encourage savage behavior amongst their members?
Paints their faces, does a dance together about killing the pig
What two tests did Penelope use to make Odysseus prove that he was real?
She had him shoot his bow through a set of axe heads and tested his knowledge about their bed carved from a tree
Explain why the message about the fake death plan never reaches Romeo
Friar John was supposed to bring it but is delayed because of Black Death quarantine
What is it called in poetry when a line is punctuated or ended partway through and then restarted?
enjambment
Correctly explain with a word example the difference between first, second, and third point of view
First person-I,me, us,we, etc.
Second Person-you
Third person-he, she, they,
Where have the boys come from who are stranded on the island?
they are being evacuated from England due to nuclear war
Which of the greek gods is the protector of Odysseus and helps him regularly on his journey?
Athena
What is the name of Romeo's servant who brings news of Juliet's (death) to him?
Balthassar
Correctly state the name of both of Mr. Greener's children
Wes and Howard