Inferno
What is the title of the trilogy that Inferno is a part of?
Divine Comedy
What are the names of the hosts for the Daily Show and Patriot Act?
Trevor Noah and Hasan Minaj
What is the name of the protagonist in Woman At Point Zero?
Firdaus
What is Nora and Torvald's last name?
Helmer
What does IB stand for?
International Baccalaureate
Name one of the mythological characters or creatures in Inferno.
Answers may vary (ex: Charon, Minos, etc)
True or False: Schadenfreude is a persuasive technique when you are happy for someone.
False: humour technique
Enjoying someone else’s demise
Who are the New York Times articles about? (Who is the accused?)
Harvey Weinstein
Name the two protagonists from The Woman King
Nanisca and Nawi
What are the two things that Ms. Pereira loves?
Pineapples and owls
What words are written on the gate to Hell?
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
What does montage mean?
The skill of editing and joining shots to get a particular effect
Who does Firdaus kill?
Marzouk (pimp)
What did Nora do to save her family?
She took a loan (and forged the signature to get the loan) which she has been paying back through small jobs
Name one of the 7 IB concepts
Identity, Culture, Transformation, Perspective, Communication, Representation, Creativity
Name one of the punishments from Hell
Answers may vary (ex: chased by bees, buried alive, frozen under water, fighting other people)
Name and explain briefly one of the topics covered in the Patriot Act episodes we watched.
Fast fashion and Hip hop and streaming
What is dysphemism?
Opposite of euphemism; Words that make something sound worse than it is (ex: kick the bucket = die)
Name a historical element from the Woman King and whether it is accurate or not
Answers may vary
Name yesterday's WORDLE
Maybe
What is the format of terza rima?
Stanza of three lines (tercets): ABA BCB CDC DED, ending with a couple: EE
Name and explain briefly one of the news topics covered in the Daily Show episodes we watched.
Man who saved a kid from the balcony, Show being cancelled due to racist remarks, royal wedding, Trump and immigration, Trump and stolen documents, Dominoes in Italy, WhatsApp changes
Name and explain one common theme between Woman At Point Zero and NYT articles
Answers may vary (ex: feminism, treatment of women, patriarchy)
What are the final lines from A Doll's House?
The most wonderful thing of all?
Name one of the areas of exploration we covered this year
Time and Space
Readers Writers and Texts
Intertextuality