What is the name of the Greek hero who blinded the Cyclops while returning to Ithaca after the Trojan War?
100
Romeo and Juliet
What is the inspiration for West Side Story, an opera based on a forbidden teenage love?
100
the fall or loss of innocence
What is a theme found in Adam and Eve that is often repeated in other literature?
100
transformation
restoration
restoration through destruction
gloomy mood
throw characters together in miserable situation
hope
What is one of the reasons a writer might choose to put characters in a rainy setting?
100
To sail home to Ithaca.
What is the stated quest of Odysseus?
200
Helen
What is the name of the person "whose face launched a thousand ships"?
200
bubble
What is the missing word in these lines taken from Macbeth: Double, double, toil and trouble;/Fire burn and cauldron ______________
200
Rebirth or transformation
What is frequently the symbolic significance of a literary character nearly drowning or getting drenched?
200
middle age
What is the stage of life often represented by the season of fall?
200
To catch the marlin, or to salvage his reputation as a fisherman.
What is the stated quest of Santiago in Old Man and the Sea?
300
A body of story that matters; or a collection of stories that transcend time and make meaning of the human experience.
What is Foster's definition of myth?
300
Juliet
What is the name of the character who asks, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet?"
300
Self-sacrifice (often for an unworthy world)
What is one of the most important features for identifying a Christ figure?
300
Summer
What is the season frequently associated with youth and childhood?
300
Self-knowledge
What is the real purpose for every quest?
400
Icarus
What is the name of the demi-god who attempted to fly and plunged to his death when he failed to follow his father's instructions to avoid flying near the sun?
400
Much Ado about Nothing
What is name of the Shakespearean play performed this summer in Drake Park?
400
Introduces evil or temptation
What is the symbolic significance of a snake being referred to in a work of literature?
400
pomegranate
What is the fruit (seed) eaten by Persephone that resulted in the world being dark and cold for 6 months out of the year, and sunny and fertile the other 6 months?
400
Young and immature.
What is the approximate age of a typical quester?
500
O Brother Where Art Thou
What is the name of a movie made in 2000 parodying The Odyssey?
500
Intertextuality
What is the term referring to the relationship between texts, i.e. new texts are written in part due to the influence upon the writer of previous texts?
500
Apocalypse/ Last Days/ Judgement/Destruction of the World
What is frequently the symbolic significance of four horsemen in a work of literature?
500
To show the characters can't see clearly (literally and figuratively); the situation is confusing or murky.
What is frequently the symbolic significance of fog in a literary scene?
500
A quester
A place to go
A stated reason to go there
Challenges and trials
The real reason to go