Symbolism
What does the ghost represent in Hamlet?
What is King Hamlet (or Hamlets Father)
A direct comparison stating one thing is another
What is a metaphor
Name the four types of AP Lit MCQ's
Inferential, Analytical, Factual, Technical
In what book is there a theme of Music?
Reservation Blues
This character starts a fight with Lennie in the bunkhouse, resulting in his hand being crushed.
Who is Curly?
What does the guitar represent in Reservation Blues?
Fame and the consequences of being in the spotlight.
what type of literary device is this: "Dipping his whole head in the water like a dog"
What is simile
What type of question uses word like "effect", "function of", or "in order to"?
What is technical question
The physical fight that takes place between Lennie and Curley is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Person v Person?
What does alcohol symbolize in reservation Blues?
What is the cycle of suffering in Native American history?
An extreme exaggeration used for effect, usually stated with a quantity
What questions focus on objective details in the text?
What is a factual question
In what book is there a theme of death?
Hamlet
After this character's dog is killed by Carlson, he suffers an internal conflict and regrets not shooting the dog himself.
Who is Candy?
What does George and Lennies farm dream represent in the novel Of Mice and Men?
What is false hope?
A deep description of a memory, place, person, or thing that allows the reader to visualize that thing.
What is Imagery
What types of questions require you to think outside of what is explicitly stated to reach conclusions?
What are Inferential Questions?
What book has a common thread of irony?
Hamlet
In a major conflict with mainstream white society, this band, consisting of Thomas, Victor, and Junior, is denied a record deal by agents who instead choose to exploit the "Indian angle" by signing these two white women.
What is Coyote Springs?
Throughout Of Mice and Men, Lennie seems to be attracted to and be mesmerized by Rabbits and Bunnies. What do these actions represent about Lennies personality?
What is innocence and childlike personality?
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t."
What literary device is this quote?
What type of question uses inferences from the text to examine how authors write?
What are Analytical Questions?
This theme is explored through Hamlet's reflections on life, death, and the "dread of something after death," especially in his "To be, or not to be" soliloquy.
What is mortality (or death/existentialism)?
Hamlet’s intense internal conflict regarding his duty to act is best exemplified by this famous soliloquy, which debates the value of life versus the uncertainty of death.
What is "To be or not to be"