Authors
Who wrote "The Gold Bug"?
Edgar Allen Poe
Who wanted to become a musketeer?
d'Artagnan
In "The Gold Bug" the story takes place on Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina. What literary term best fits this description?
setting
In which war did Sullivan Ballou serve?
American Civil War
'Tis he whose law is reason;
metaphor
Who gave the "Pearl Harbor Address to Congress"?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was awarded a Medal of Honor?
Ben Salomon
At the beginning of the story, Strickland plans to take his clients' money and flee to Chicago. However, in the end he changes his mind and decided to be an honest man. What kind of character is he?
dynamic
In "A Spark Neglected Burns the House," who started the fire?
Gabriel
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again,
personification
Who wrote about the concentration camp at Buchenwald?
Edward Murrow
Who wished to never again hear the name of the United States and spent the remaining years of his life on a ship?
Philip Nolan
tone
Which poem contains the line "Look out how you use proud words"?
"Primer Lesson"
"De bug is a goole bug, solid, ebery bit of him."
dialect
Who gave the "9/11 Address to the Nation"?
President George W. Bush
Who found hidden treasure all because of a bug?
William Legrand
In "You've Got to Learn," the height of the story is when the lynxes fight with the otter. What literary term describes this?
climax
In Cyrano de Bergerac, the Bore insulted what part of Cyrano?
nose
Arrangement of events in a story or play.
Plot
Who wrote "A Spark Neglected Burns the House"?
Leo Tolstoy
In "The Rat Trap," who was the ironmaster's daughter who showed kindness to the peddler?
Edla Wilmansson
What is a comparison using like/as?
simile
Give the rhyme scheme from the following stanza:
Forward, the Light Brigade!
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
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static