R & J
English
Short Stories
The Odyssey
Vocab
100
What event does the Prologue foreshadow?
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet
100
Shakespeare wrote 154 of these 14-lined poems?
Sonnet
100
"The Birds" was turned into a movie created by who?
Alfred Hitchcock
100
Odysseus displays wittiness when he does what?
Tells the Cyclops his name is "Nohbdy."
100
No longer in use
Obsolete
200
Romeo's unrequited love for Rosaline and the Capulet-Montague family feud is the main point of discussion in what act?
Act I
200
Snug as a bug in a rug is an example of?
Assonance
200
Who/what is the antagonist in "The Birds?"
The Birds
200
What is the name of Odysseus' home?
Ithaca
200
State of being elated or stimulated?
exhilaration
300
What makes Romeo's love for Juliet different from his love for Rosaline?
Juliet returns Romeo's love.
300
The name of two lines that rhyme?
Couplets
300
In the "Secret Life of Walter Mitty," from what or whom is Mitty escaping?
His wife
300
Zues is the king of?
the gods
300
To settle down
subside
400
Why did Friar Lawrence go to the churchyard?
Because his message to Romeo was not delivered, so he has to assist Juliet when she wakes.
400
What is an onomatopoeia?
A word that makes a noise (crash, bang, boom, etc.)
400
In the "Secret Life of Walter Mitty," what does Walter use to fix the Anesthetizer?
A fountain pen
400
The god of the sun?
Helios
400
Poor and thin
Meager
500
Why does Romeo kill himself after Juliet's death?
He loses interest in living.
500
A poem on a person's tombstone is called what?
Epitaph
500
The final daydream Walter has is?
facing a firing squad.
500
Persephone is the queen of?
Hades
500
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