Technical Aspects
The author of "The Lie"
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
Location of the characters when we first meet them
What is inside a black Rolls-Royce?
Economic status of the main characters in the story
What is wealthy?
Name of the boy in the story
Who is Eli?
Literary device is used throughout the story
What is irony?
Short story collection where "The Lie" was originally published
What is Welcome to the Monkey House?
Season of the year when the story takes place
What is early springtime?
Original lie in the story
What is Eli not telling his parents he did not get into Whitehill?
Name of his father
Who is Doctor Remenzel?
Example of literary device at the beginning of the story, when Eli hides the rejection letter from his parents
What is dramatic irony?
Year in which "The Lie" was published
What is 1968?
Name of the school where they are headed
What is Whitehill School for Boys?
150 promising and deserving boys who are in need of financial aid to attend Whitehill
What are scholarship students?
Name of Eli's mother
Who is Sylvia?
Literary device present in the following quote: 'Oh sure," said Doctor Remenzel, "if a boy was impossibly stupid or something. There have to be standards. There have always been standards. The African boys have to meet the standards, just like anybody else. aren't getting in just because the State Department wants to make friends. We made that clear. Those boys had to meet the standards."
What is dramatic irony?
Important political movement surrounding the publication of "The Lie"
What is the Civil Rights movement?
City where the Whitehill School for Boys is located
What is North Marston, Massachusetts?
Number of students who are being admitted to the school at the request of the State Department
Name of their chauffeur
Who is Ben Barkley?
Literary device produced by the following quote:"'The first thing,' said Doctor Remenzel quite loudly, 'is to get Eli admitted to Whitehill. After that we'll find him, and we'll bring him back.'"
What is situational irony?
Set of laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States
What are Jim Crow laws?
Inn where the chauffeur drops off the Remenzels
What is Holly House?
Second lie in the story (told by Eli's father)
What is not asking for preferential treatment?
Name of Doctor Remenzel's classmate in the old Chevrolet
Who is Tom Hilyer?
Literary device present in the following quote: "'That isn't done!' said Eli. 'How awful! You shouldn't have!' 'You're right' said Doctor Remenzel, accepting the scolding lamely. 'Now I'm ashamed,' said Eli, and he showed that he was."
What is situational irony?