This general, a Russian Kossack and resident of "Ship-Trap Island," has grown bored with hunting animals and tells his new friend Rainsford that he has discovered a more challenging type of prey in Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game."
Who is General Zaroff?
100
"Smells"
Who is Christopher Morley?
100
A comparison in which human qualities are given to an inanimate object or animal.
What is personification?
100
In this story, Rainsford and General Zaroff are protagonist and antagonist respectively.
What is The Most Dangerous Game?
100
When we gather in the auditorium but it is not for chapel, we are having one of these.
What is A-S-S-E-M-B-L-Y ?
200
She collapsed and died in the snow after taking opium.
How did Molly Farren die?
200
"The Raven"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
Words used to appeal to the reader's senses.
What is imagery?
200
The setting of this short story includes a classroom of geography students.
What is, "Good Morning, Miss Dove"?
200
This is the term for an old, collectible item -- such as a car or piece of furniture -- that is valuable because of its age.
What is A-N-T-I-Q-U-E ?
300
"On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er,
But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Who is Lenore?
300
"The Oak"
Who is Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
300
And exaggeration to emphasize a truth.
What is hyperbole?
300
One of the traps Rainsford sets for Zaroff.
What is Malay Mancatcher?
What is Burmese Tiger Pit?
What is Springing Knife?
300
These are the number of days you were not present in school.
What are A-B-S-E-N-C-E-S ?
400
A simple barber in London, discovers that he is cutting and dyeing the hair of a fugitive wanted for killing his aunt.
Who is, Mr. Budd?
400
"It Sifts from Leaden Sieves"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
400
Addressing an inanimate object as if it were alive.
What is apostrophe?
400
In this story, an employee loses his job because his place of employment has suddenly been dissolved.
What is, "The Red-Headed League"?
400
You will need this from your teacher before exiting the room during class.
What is A-P-P-R-O-V-A-L ?
500
In her classroom, students learned the unalterable laws of life and learned to respect those laws.
Who is Miss Dove?
500
"A Lonely Pine is Standing"
Who is Heinrich Heine?
500
The central idea which gives the story meaning.
What is "theme"?
500
This story, whose main character is Ernest, was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.