Christmas Carol
The author of A Christmas Carol
Who is Charles Dickens?
The author of the Importance of Being Earnest
Who is Oscar Wilde?
What is The Raven?
A famous American dystopian author known for his fixation with fire
Who is Ray Bradbury?
What region of the US is Carson from?
What is the Midwes?
The three beings that visit Scrooge
Who are the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come?
The definition of the word "intangible", or "incorporeal"
The main, prideful character of Masque of the Red Death
Who is Prince Prospero?
Two things unusual about the house in "There Will Come Soft Rains"
What are: automation, voices, cleaning mice, automatic kitchen...
When and where did Carson first visit France?
What is Angers in summer 2022?
What is "Bah, humbug!"
Cecily's love interest in The Importance of Being Earnest
Who is Earnest (Algernon)?
A Gothic fiction character who inspired modern detective literature
Who is Detective Dupin?
Who is George Orwell?
What are two countries (outside of France) that Carson has visited while in Europe?
What are Spain, Poland, Monaco, Belgium, England, the Netherlands?
This is what Scrooge sees in his future
A vision of his death, his funeral
A literary technique where human qualities are given to non-human elements
What is personification?
(100 bonus points if you can name an example from something we've read)
This is the structure of the castle in "Masque of the Red Death"
What is seven rooms, each with a different color?
(200 bonus points if you can describe the final room)
The cause of destruction in the story "There Will Come Soft Rains"
What is a nuclear attack or a war?
What was Carson's job before working at the lycée?
What is French teacher?
Which character from A Christmas Carol did NOT appear in the stage play?
Who is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (or Tiny Tim)?
The true identity of Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest
Who is the brother of Algernon left in a bag at Victoria Station?
A famous French author known as a contemporary of Edgar Allan Poe who translated many of his works
Who is Charles Baudelaire?
What are two important similarities between the Masque of the Red Death and There Will Come Soft Rains?
What was the topic of Carson's thesis in university?
What is fairy tales?
(200 bonus points if you can name any of the stories we read)