Hamlet
Frankenstein
Canterbury Tales
Rhetoric
Miscellaneous
100

Who visits Hamlet at the beginning of the book and encourages him to seek revenge?

Ghost of Hamlet

100

Where does Victor first have a conversation with his monster?

In a hut on a glacier near Montanvert

100

Name the town that the pilgrims were heading to

Canterbury

100

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

What is onomatopoeia?

100

What was Beowulf’s fatal flaw?

Pride


200

Who betrayed her husband and married Hamlet’s uncle?

Gertrude

200

Who is convicted of the murder of Victor’s younger brother, William?

Justine Moritz

200

Who suggests that they all have a tale-telling contest?

The Host

200

Repetition of words at the end of a line

What is epistrophe?

200

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play

What is a soliloquy?

300

Who went insane and killed herself?

Ophelia

300

Who is the polar explorer who meets Victor Frankenstein in the Arctic?

Robert Walton

300

Which fairy tale character does the Yeomen resemble?

Robin Hood

300

What type of logical fallacy is being used? 

“I heard they want us to get the vaccine now, so they can just keep vaccinating us every year.”

Slippery slope

300

A mild or pleasant phrase used instead of an unpleasant way

What is euphemism?

400

What body part was poisoned causing the death of father Hamlet?

Ear

400

Victor’s interest in science is initially inspired by his youthful reading of

the works of Cornelius Agrippa

400

Where do the characters meet at the beginning of the story?

The Tabard Inn

400

What type of rhetorical device is being used? 

“Here comes the Helen of our school.”

Allusion (reference to “Helen of Troy”)

400

What literary era did Francis Bacon belong to?

Renaissance

500

What was the career of the men who provided comedic relief for the poor audience?

Gravediggers, Undertaker

500

How old was Mary Shelley when she wrote Frankenstein?

18

500

What was the name of the shrine that the pilgrims set forth to visit?

Shrine of St. Thomas A. Becket

500

Misrepresenting or twisting someone’s argument so it’s easier to attack and knock down

What is straw man?

500

Who is the author of Beowulf?

It is an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet

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