Classic Lit
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
What was Gulliver's job on the ship?
doctor
How did the farmer in Brobdingnag use Gulliver to make money, at first?
as a sort of act (like a circus act)
earnest
From what country are the DeLacey family in Frankenstein?
France
murder in the first degree and theft
What kind of poem is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner?"
Who wrote A Lesson Before Dying?
Ernest Gaines
How old is Cecily?
18
"I now know the vital importance of being earnest.
Jack
How old will Cecily be when she comes of age?
35
Who was the only one who was kind to the creature?
0ld man DeLacey
When was Frankenstein published?
1818
4
From "Rime of the Ancient Mariner": "Water, water everywhere, and all the boards did shrink. Water water everywhere, but not a drop to _____."
drink
How does the creature learn language?
By watching the DeLacey family teach Safie English.
What does the superintendent do to the children that is disrespectful?
He looks into their mouths.
The women both want a man named Ernest; the cucumber sandwiches/muffins are all eaten by Algy; both of this are examples of this device.
parallel structure
Where was the Mariner's ship headed?
South Pole
What changes Lady Bracknell's opinion of Cecily?
She discovers that Cecily is rich.
"All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things!"
creature in Frankenstein
____________is the character who best represents what is the most wrong with the English upper class.
Lady Bracknell
What two characters in religion did the creature relate to specifically?
Adam and Satan
To whom the mariner is speaking
the wedding guest
What did the monster ask Victor to do in Frankenstein?
make him a mate or companion
"Girls never marry the men they__________ ____________. Girls don't think __________ ____________."
flirt with----it right
What request does Paul make of Grant in LBD?
to be friends and to continue to try to bridge their communities
What jobs did Miss Emma and Tante Lou (in that order) have previously on the Pichot plantaion?
Tante Lou was the cook; Miss Emma was the housekeeper/maid.
What means "something is out of place?"
incongruity
In "Rime," what game is played by the two spirits in order to win the souls of the sailors?
dice
Why is Rev. Chausable called doctor when he is not a medical doctor?
He's a Phd (has a doctoral degree).
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."
Gwendolyn
How long have Cecily and Ernest been engaged?
3 months
How are the political parties different in Lilliput?
By the size of the heel of their shoe (about 1/16th of an inch difference)
Who wrote Gulliver's Travels?
Jonathan Swift
When was IOBE published?
1895
wide
Tante Lou says Vivian is a_________ of _______.
lady of quality
Name three details regarding the Christmas pageant at Grant's school? Name 3 different things.
What three devices are represented in the title The Importance of Being Earnest?
irony, double entendre, pun
from a dream that she had; there was a contest to see who could write the best ghost story
Why does Lady Bracknell show up at Jack's country home?
to get Gwendolyn
"If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated."
What did the mariner shoot? with what?
an albatross- his crossbow
What is the name of Lilliput's sworn enemy?
Blefuscu
What was the little girl's name in "The Flowers" that meant "cannot see far?"
Myop
Who is in the DeLacey family in Frankestein? All 4 people, by name.
old man, Felix, Agatha, Safie
from Frankenstein: It was on a dark and __________ night in ______________ when I realized the accomplishment of my toils."
dreary-November
Name of the current housekeeper at the Pichot plantation in LBD
Inez
What were Grant and his students doing while Jefferson's execution was happening?
Grant was at school. He made the students get on their knees and some of them prayed.
What type of irony is where the audience or reader knows what the characters do not?
dramatic irony
In Gulliver's Travels, what does Gulliver tell the Queen of Brobdingnag about England?
how great it is there and how British politics are better and superior to her way of government
Where was Jack found EXACTLY?
In the cloak room of Victoria Station, the Brighton Line
"I do not know whether there is anything peculiarly exciting in the air of this particular part of Hertfordshire, but the number of engagements that go on seems to me considerably above the proper average that statistics have laid down for our guidance."
Lady Bracknell
Describe Frankenstein's creature with five specific details that are true and not just made up for movies.
long flowing hair; dark hair; yellow skin; watery eyes; gigantic stature; dark lips; white, pearly teeth; straight teeth
How do Lilliputians get a political job?
by limbo or by rope jumping/rope dancing
Who was with Jefferson during the crime at the store?
Brother and Bear
What does Jack use to determine his father's name?
a military directory
from "The Flowers": "And the _________ was over."
summer
Three gifts given to Jefferson
the notebook & pencil, radio and pecans/peanuts; comic book; candy
What does Vivian say to make Tante Lou like her?
She agrees with her about church, God and religion.
Name 4 devices that are considered figurative language
hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, onomatopeia
Who saves the mariner from the sinking ship?
pilot, hermit and pilot's boy
Who adopted Jack (first and last name)?
Thomas Cardew
"I had told her many, many times how much I hated this place and all I wanted to do was get away."
Grant Wiggins
When the creature comes to life, what is the first thing that it does?
reaches out to his creator, Victor
In Brobdingnag how much taller are they (in x) than Gulliver?
12 times taller than Gulliver
When and where does A Lesson Before Dying take place?
1940s Bayonne, Louisianna
In "Rime," complete this theme: Love all___________________ because the Lord God _______________.
Love all creatures great and small because the Lord God made them all.
from "Rime" "He prayeth best who _________ ___________."
loveth best
Why is Lady Bracknell glad that Jack smokes?
She says he needs an "occupation of some kind."
Who did Grant fight, where and why?
mulatto bricklayers; Rainbow Club; they were talking badly about Jefferson's execution
The unexpected, contrived ending of The Importance of Being Earnest is an example of this device.
deus ex machina
What takes away the dead men's souls on the Mariner's ship?
angels
What month is it in act 2 and 3 of IOBE? Where is it in Act 1 and then Acts 2-3?
July; Algernon's apartment in London; Jack's country home in Herfordshire
“Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned round walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows, a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread.”
mariner
How many lines does a sonnet have? what is the rhyming pattern of an English sonnet?
14 abab cdcd efef gg
With whom does Gulliver speak with in Lilliput (the official's names. . .there are two of them).
Reldresal, the Secretary of Private Affairs and the Hurgo (the emperor)
Who discusses the mariner's penance about half way through the poem, deciding that he is not done with his penance yet?
the two polar spirits
Fill in: "And is a sense forlorn. A ____________and a __________ man. He rose the morrow morn.
sadder; wiser
"My ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest. There is something in that ________that inspires ____________ ________________."
name----absolute confidence
What's the title of the epic poem that the creature finds and reads in Frankenstein?
"Paradise Lost"
Who was the previous teacher at Grant's school? How did Grant feel about him?
Matthew Antoine; Grant had a sort of love-hate relationship with him.
This is another term for symbol; it is an image that has significance in multiple parts of a work of literature.
What are the names of the two spirts on the skeleton ship in "Rime?"
Lady Bracknell asks Jack this question_______________. When he says that he does not know, she tells him that he must____________________.
"Their education is of little consequence to the public, but the old and diseased among them are supported by hospitals: for begging is a trade unknown in this Empire."
Gulliver
English sonnets have three stanzas with 4 lines and one stanza with 2 lines. What are each of those stanzas called?
quatrain and couplet