Names
Setting
Literary Elements
Author
Symbolism
100

This person was Davids lover

Who is Giovanni!

100
The book takes place here

Where is Paris!

100

This quote: "'Nobody can stay in the garden of Eden..." (Baldwin, 25). Is this literary element

What is Religious allusion/Allusion!

100

This is where James Baldwin grew up

Where is NYC/Harlem!

100

This example of symbolism represents the hidden relationship between David and Giovanni

What is Giovanni's Room (yes the literal room)!

200

This person was David's first homosexual experience

Who is Joey!

200

David grew up in this country

Where is the U.S/America!

200

This quote: "I stand at the window of this great house in the south of France as night falls, the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life." represents this literary device

What is Foreshadowing!

200

This was James Baldwin's sexuality

What is Homosexual/Bisexual!

200

This example of symbolism represents Davids shame/internal guilt & finality of his relationship with Giovanni

What is the Guillotine! 

300

This person is engaged to David

Who is Hella!

300

Hella travels to Spain for this reason

What is to take time to think about David's proposal!

300

The quote: "Yet, as I turn and begin walking towards the waiting people, the wind blows some of them back on me" is this literary device:

What is Symbolism!

300

James Baldwin spent most of his time in this place

What is France/Paris!

300

Jacques letter to David symbolizes

David's inability to move on from his past/move on from his relationship with Giovanni!
400

This person was killed by Giovanni

Who is Guillaume!

400

This place is the exact area David Grew up in

Where is New York/Brooklyn!

400

This quote: “Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore” represents this literary element:

What is Tone/Theme!

400

Name a James Baldwin quote

What is "Not everything that is faced..."/ any other quote!

400

This is what Mirrors symbolize in Giovanni's Room

What is David's reflection/self-deception of his sexuality & himself!

500

This person is David's fathers sister

Who is Ellen!

500

This was where Giovanni was found after killing someone.

Where is on a boat near the docks!

500

This quote: " Everybody’s in this water, nobody gets out of it, or if he does the same thing happens to him that happens to the fish, he dies." 

What is Paradox!

500

Name one of James Baldwin's short stories

What is Sonny's Blues/Come Out the Wilderness/Going To Meet the Man or The Manchild/The Outing/Previous Condition/The Rockpile/This Morning, This Evening, So Soon

500

This is what America/the setting of David's upbringing symbolizes

What is societal pressures and restrictions towards his sexuality!

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