Things Fall Apart
Who is the author of Things Fall Apart? (Spell it out)
Who is Chinua Achebe?
Who is the author of Frankenstein? (Spell it out)
Who is Mary Shelley?
Who is the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns? (Spell it out)
Who is Khaled Hosseini?
Who is the author of The Great Gatsby? (Spell it out)
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
What is the phrase Ms Guarino uses when her students are late?
“Be on time please”
Okonkwo's fear of failure is caused by this character's laziness and femininity.
Who is Unoka/Okonkwo's father?
The novel "Frankenstein" was heavily influenced by this early 19th-century movement.
What is romanticism?
The war where international superpowers participate in proxy wars, one of them being Afghan-Soviet war that can be seen in the novel.
What is the Cold War?
The novel critiques this social ideal by showing how it leads to disillusionment and moral decay rather than happiness.
Name three types of poems
potential options include but are not limited to sonnet, ode, elegy, villanelle, ballad etc.
This crop is a symbol of masculinity, wealth, and success in Igbo society.
What are yams?
"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel..." is a line spoken by this character.
Who is the monster/creature?
This traditional Afghan practice, highlighted in the novel, involves the male head of the family choosing a spouse for a female relative, sometimes without her consent.
What is an arranged marriage?
This symbolic object represents Gatsby's romantic feelings and hopes for the future.
What is the green light?
this literary element can be used to describe Okonkwo and his father
What are FOILs?
The locusts that descend upon Umuofia symbolize this, foreshadowing the arrival and impact of the Europeans.
What is colonization?
The subtitle of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" refers to this mythological figure who created man and gave him fire.
The novel highlights the oppressive conditions for women under the rule of this fundamentalist regime.
What is the Taliban?
Although this character describes himself as "honest" and "intelligent", readers often see him as a closeted homosexual.
Who is Nick Carraway?
Name any prose or poem that we’ve written an FR1 or 2 on in class.
Some answers include but are not limited to “I, too” , “Behold the Dreamers”, On Not Shoplifting”, and “Barbie Doll”.
This tragic and unexpected event challenged Okonkwo's masculinity and led him to a state of torture.
What is the murder of Ikemefuna?
This environmental symbol is used throughout the novel to reflect the mood and inner feelings of the characters.
What is nature and weather?
The burqa, which Rasheed forces Mariam and Laila to wear, symbolizes this theme in the novel.
What is oppression/subjugation of women?
The year The Great Gatsby was published.
What is 1925.
Ms. Guarino's Zodiac sign
What is Pisces?