What country is Scotland at war with at the beginning of the play?
Norway
100
What is Gatsby's father's name?
Henry Gatz
100
Place a semicolon & comma in the appropriate places in the following sentence: I don't have any exams tomorrow however I still need to study.
I don't have any exams tomorrow; however, I still need to study.
100
Identify the literary device used in the following example: "Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities."
Allusion (reference to A Christmas Carol).
100
Which type of characterization involves a narrator revealing information about a character?
Direct characterization
200
This is the name of the place in Scotland where kings are crowned.
Scone
200
What do the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg symbolize to George Wilson?
God
200
What is wrong with the following sentence?: I can't believe that exam was so easy, Miss MacLaren said it would be difficult!
Comma splice - using a comma to connect two independent clauses (separate sentences).
200
Name the three types of irony.
Verbal, dramatic and situational.
200
Setting is made up of what three elements?
Time, place and circumstance.
300
What character jokes that he works at 'hells gate'?
The porter
300
Who is the speaker and who is the speaker talking to: "You look so cool. You always look so cool."
Daisy speaking to Gatsby.
300
Name three differences between formal and informal writing.
Use of personal pronouns, slang, conversational tone, abbreviations & short forms, sentence fragments & conversational sentence structure/grammar, etc.
300
What literary device is used in the following example? "Zombieland, a movie about the living dead and the end of the world, is available on DVD."
Oxymoron (contradictory terms 'living' and 'dead').
300
Fitzgerald's disgust with the materialism and narcissism of the 1920's is an example of what type of conflict?
Person vs. Society
400
When Banquo's ghost arrives at Macbeth's banquet, where does he sit?
In Macbeth's chair.
400
What is Gatsby doing when George finds and murders him?
Lying on an air mattress in his pool.
400
Add commas to the following sentence: I left Sarnia on February 9 1996 and never looked back.
I left Sarnia on February 9, 1996, and never looked back.
400
In the poetic line "On a proud round cloud in a white high night", the repetition of similar vowel sounds is an example of what device?
Assonance
400
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood pertains to the audience's emotions, whereas tone reflects the author's attitude toward his/her subject.
500
Which one of the witches' prophecies never occurs over the course of the play?
None of Banquo's heirs become king.
500
Who is the speaker and of whom are they speaking?: "He wasn't fit to lick my shoe."
Myrtle talking about George.
500
Punctuate the following line of dialogue: I cannot believe said Tara sternly that you still consider her a friend after what she did to me
"I cannot believe," said Tara sternly, "that you still consider her a friend after what she did to me."
500
In the poem "Invictus", the last two lines begin with the same words: "I am the...". This is an example of what poetic device?
Anaphora
500
Describe the difference between third person omniscient and third person limited narration.
Omniscient narrators know everything about many/all characters involved including each of their thoughts, feelings and motives. Limited narrators have insight into the mind of only one character.