Which element of horror does the following excerpt BEST develop: "Her eyes had been ripped out. The sockets were filled with the moonflax of cornsilk. Her jaws were wrenched open in a silent scream, her mouth filled with cornhusks."
graphic violence
100
What is the FIRST unexpected event in "The Children of the Corn?"
main characters run over a boy
100
What were the names of the two main characters in "The Children of the Corn?"
Vicky and Burt
100
What motivates Norman Bates to kill?
jealousy, fear of having his secret discovered, sexual repression
100
Which of the main characters died in "Children of the Corn?"
both of them
200
What is the word for dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women?
Misogyny
200
What ironic statement does Tessie Hutchinson scream at the end of "The Lottery?"
"It's not fair!"
"It's not right!"
200
"Vicky was having hysterics, screaming unintelligible words at him, crying, laughing...[Burt] hated her. He gave her a hard slap across the face." What is this an example of?
GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, UNEXPECTED EVENT, MISOGYNY, FORESHADOWING
misogyny
200
Which character in "The Lottery" is a symbol for hypocrisy?
Tessie Hutchinson
200
What are the two main symbols in "The Lottery?"
stones and the black box
300
What is the literary device through which authors warn of future events?
foreshadowing
300
In "The Lottery," who do we FIRST see handling the stones?
little boys
300
Who was Norman Bate's/Mother's final victim in the film PSYCHO?
Detective Arbogast
300
In PSYCHO, which character has a last name that is symbolic of stupidity and naivete?
Marion Crane
300
What is Mother's weapon of choice?
butcher knife
400
What is a word that frequently describes the mood of horror stories and films?
What classification of birds fill Norman Bates' study?
predatory birds/birds of prey
400
Which character from the three texts we've studied--"Children of the Corn," PSYCHO, and "The Lottery"--suffered from dis-associative identity disorder?
Norman Bates
400
What are the names of the two men who facilitate the lottery?
Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves
500
The murderers in "The Children of the Corn" BEST represent which element of horror?
the dark side of humanity
500
What is Marion Crane's shower symbolic of in PSYCHO?
cleansing herself of the sin of stealing the money
500
From "The Lottery": "A tall boy raised his hand. 'I'm drawing for my mother and me.' He blinked his eyes nervously and ducked his head." WHAT MOST LIKELY HAPPENED TO THIS BOY'S FATHER?
murdered in a previous lottery
500
What motivates the people in "The Lottery" to kill?