"CONSUMED"
"LOST LEAR"
"THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFÉ"
Beckett
Literary Terms
100

Who is the author of "Consumed"?

Karis Kelly

100

Who wrote Lost Lear?

Dan Colley

100

What is the relation between Amelia and Lymon?

They are cousins

100

What type of plant does the old man in "The End" keep in his cellar?

A crocus

100

Flashback

A scene in a film, novel, etc. set in a time earlier than the main story.

200

Where does the story take place? (Town and Country)

Bangor (Northern Ireland)

200

Where does the main story take place?

In an old people's home

200

Cousin's Lymon physical trait

A hunch

200

What type of plant does he request the man in "First Love" from Lulu?

A hyacinth

200

Denouement

The final part of a story where the plot is resolved

300

Of all of these characters who is the youngest?


Eileen, Muireann, Jenny, Gilly

Muireann O'Shea

300

Which illness does the main character suffer from?

Dementia

300

n what region of the United States is The Ballad of the Sad Café set?

The rural American South (a small Southern mill town in Georgia).

300

What other name is Lulu given in Beckett's "First Love"?

Anna

300

Epiphany

An epiphany is a sudden moment of insight or realization in which a character clearly understands something important about themselves, another person, or life.

400
Mention two of the mental disorders that run in the play

Anorexia

Dyogenes Syndrome or OCD to hoard (both correct)

400

Finish the lines:

1. Well nothing will come of ...

2. I cannot heave my heart into my ...

3. I love you according to my bond, no more nor ....

1. nothing

2. mouth

3. less

400

What illegal activity is Miss Amelia known for in the town?

Distilling and selling illegal liquor (moonshine).

400

The landlord evicts the old man from the cellar in Beckett's "The End", who does he want the cellar room for?

His pig

400

Heterodiegetic narrator

A heterodiegetic narrator is a narrator who is not a character in the story they are telling.

500

Why does the place honour the Victorian saying: 

A corpse in the cellar

Explain (Give two arguments at least)

1.Eileen's husband has hanged himself and his body is in a hidden room behind the cardboard boxes of purchased products.

2.each of the characters hides some traumatic experiences.

3.Another possibility would be the little boy's bones that are buried in the kitchen, under the table, under a carpet that hides a muddy hole.

500

These lines on "Lost Lear"  have been written by one of you, who are they by?

Group 1: These drawers are packed with pictures, capricious dust has started to fade the bright details of these photographs.  

Group 2: And the time came, when she lost herself. //Her memories like the ribbons of a comet flying over her head, //Tied but unleash.

Group 1: Belén

Group 2: Sonsoles

500

According to the narrator, what is the central paradox of love explored in the novella?

That love is often one-sided, and the lover (not the beloved) is the one who suffers and is transformed by love.

500

What does the old man do with the furniture of Lulu's house? What problem does it ensue?

He piles it on the hall.  He cannot go to the toilet

500

Anagnorisis

Anagnorisis is the moment of recognition or discovery in a story, when a character realizes a crucial truth—often about their identity, another character, or the nature of their situation.

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