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The Odyssey
Oedipus The king
The Count of Monte Cristo
Literary Terms
Usage Rules
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Calypso
Who keeps Odysseus prisoner on an island for 7 years?
100
Jocasta
Who is the mother and wife of Oedipus?
100
Pharaon
What is the boat that Edmond Dantes sailed on?
100
Characterization
What is the description of the characteristics of someone or something?
100
It is (a, an) useful thing to know first aid for emergencies.
What is a?
200
Alcinous
Who is the King of the Phaeacians?
200
Corinth
Where Oedipus grew up?
200
Albert Morcerf
Who is Monte Cristo's best friend?
200
Metaphor
What is a word or phrase that is referred to something to demonstrate their similarity?
200
The children (dove, dived) into the pool after swimming in the ocean.
What is dived?
300
Polyphemus
Who is the Cyclops that traps Odysseus and his men in his cave?
300
Polybus
Who is the father of Oedipus?
300
Valentine Villefort
Who is the love of Maximilian Morrel and the intended victim of Madame Heloise Villefort's poisoning?
300
Allusion
What is an indirect inference to something especially in literature?
300
I (can’t help admiring, can’t help but admire) her outfit.
What is can’t help admiring?
400
Six men
How many men that Scylla eats from any boat that passes by?
400
Kithairon
Where Oedipus was left to die?
400
Status
Why Villefort marries Renee?
400
Onomatopoeia
What is the creation of words that imitate natural sounds?
400
It is (all right, alright) to cover frostbite with a warm hand.
What is all right?
500
Parnassus
Where Odysseus received his scar from the tusk wound?
500
Noose of braided, silken cords
What Jocasta uses to hang herself with?
500
Jesus Christ
Who Abbe Faria symbolizes?
500
In medias res
What is in the middle of things?
500
Yesterday, I (lay, laid) on the couch for hours watching TV.
What is lay?