The Russian Revolution
Which character on the farm represents Tsar Nicholas II at the story's beginning?
Mr Jones
What is a group of lines (much like a paragraph) called in a poem?
Stanza.
What is it called when a story ends with uncertainty about what happens next?
Cliffhanger.
Who wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Edgar Allan Poe
What type of creature is Titania?
What ideology does Animalism represent?
Communism
How many lines are there in a sonnet?
14
What is a more sophisticated way of saying exaggeration?
Hyperbole.
Why was it called the "Victorian" era of literature?
Queen Victoria was the ruling monarch of England.
Who is the Duke of Athens in the play?
Theseus.
Which group of animals represents the Bolsheviks?
The pigs
What is it called when a story uses fictional characters (often animals) to represent real-world figures/people?
Allegory
What is called when an author hints at something that might happen later?
Foreshadowing.
What sorts of settings and environments are typically used in Gothic literature?
(responses may vary)
Why does Helena go into the forest?
To pursue Demetrius, who has gone into the forest to catch Hermia and Lysander before they elope (marry in secret).
Which real-life figure is represented by Napoleon?
Josef Stalin
What form is Animal Farm written in?
Novella.
Also acceptable: prose.
What is it called when the natural environment (including the weather) mirrors a character's inner emotions?
Pathetic Fallacy.
What state of mind is the moon often associated with in Gothic literature?
Madness.
What play do the Rude Mechanicals perform at the royal wedding?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Which character in the book represents Leon Trotsky?
Snowball
What is a soliloquy?
A speech delivered by one character alone on stage in a work of drama.
Explain the difference between enjambment and caesura.
Enjambment is when a sentence carries over across a line break (or multiple line breaks) in a work of poetry.
Caesura is when a piece of punctuation is used in the middle of a line of poetry in order to create a pause or division.
What is Sherlock Holmes' "superpower"?
Deductive Reasoning or Deduction
What is the name of the magical flower used by Puck and Oberon?
Pansies or "Love-in-idleness"