Uncle Vanya
Country Life
What is the subtitle of the play?
The world's last reader.
Who is Janet's book dedicated to?
Little Red Riding Hood
What fairy tale does 'Little Red-Cap' re-write?
Repetition of letters or sounds at the beginning of closely adjacent words
What is alliteration?
"Beautiful fluffy ........"
"Beautiful fluffy polecat."
Emeritus Professor
What is Serebryakov's job description?
Lack of cultural and spiritual sustenance and mismanagement.
What does the drought symbolise?
Odysseus/Ulysses
Who is Penelope married to?
The clever or witty use of words and meaning
What is word play?
"Take this .......... away from me! I cannot live under the ..... ...... as him!"
"Take this madman away from me! I cannot live under the same roof as him!"
St. Peterburg's Conservatory
Where did Yelena study music?
An opportunity to experience culture.
What does Evie hope to bring to Drylands?
Big O.
What does Eurydice call her husband?
When a sentence or phrase runs over one line to the next.
What is enjambment?
"My feelings are going to ......., like a ray of sunshine ......... ...... .. ........, and I myself am going to ........."
"My feelings are going to waste, like a ray of sunshine falling into a chasm, and I myself am going to waste."
Convert the moneys into interest-bearing bonds and buy a dacha in Finland.
What does Serebryakov propose to do with the proceeds from the estate?
I love a sunburnt country.
What famous poem does Benny parody?
Mrs Darwin and Mrs Icarus
What are the two shortest poems in the collection?
When the speaker directly addresses someone not present or who cannot respond.
What is apostrophe?
"I love a .......... country.
The land belongs to .......
I'd like to see the ......... strung up
From every ......... tree."
"I love a sunburnt country.
The land belongs to me.
I'd like to see the whites strung up
From every gidgee tree."
A cage with a starling and a map of Africa.
What props are mentioned in the stage directions at the start of Act IV?
The ocean/the sea.
Where are most of the characters trying to get to?
Madonna
Who is credited with saying 'Elvis is alive and she's female?'
Half-rhyme or repetition of vowel sounds in words with close proximity.
What is assonance?
"The ......, a glowing hulk like a .......... that would never ...... ...... .... ........, shuddered and rocked."
"The boat, a glowing hulk like a phoenix that would never rise from its ashes, shuddered and rocked."