The Allegory of the Cave is part of a larger work called
What is The Republic?
100
List at least two characteristics of utopia
What are egalitarianism, equal rights, environmentalism, feminism, LGBTQ, peace?
100
What is an example of foreshadowing used on the first page of The Lottery?
What is the pile of stones?
100
How do the parents die in the Veldt?
What is they are eaten by lions?
100
The narrator finds himself in this country.
What is Burma?
200
What do the shadows represent?
What is limited human perception ?
200
What Chinese utopian story did we read at the beginning of the year?
What is The Peach Blossom Spring?
200
The village's appearance as a friendly, peaceful place that turns out to be deadly is a good example of this literary term, which is defined as the difference between expectation and reality.
What is situational irony?
200
What are two examples of foreshadowing?
What are lions eating, vultures, screams, wallet, scarf?
200
The author feels this way about having to shoot the elephant.
What is he doesn't want to and feels regret?
300
Who does Plato believe should rule in an ideal society?
Who are Philosopher kings?
300
What is a dystopia?
What is an undesirable place or society?
300
This object is seen as a symbol of tradition and ritual in the village.
What is the black box?
300
The parent's screams sounded familiar because of this.
What is they were their own screams?
300
The crowd reacts this way after the elephant is shot.
What is they cheer?
400
How does Plato believe we should overcome the limits of sensory perception?
What is with philosophical reasoning?
400
List three types of dystopian control.
What are technological, governmental, philosophical, corporate?
400
Shirley Jackson's story is seen as being controversial because it questions this.
What is ritual or tradition?
400
The story's treatment of advanced technology and brutal murder shows these two characteristics.
What are civilization and savagery?
400
The elephant is a metaphor for this.
What is Burma?
500
How does Neil de Grasse Tyson believe we should overcome the limits of human perception?
What is with new tools of science and technology?
500
What stories are examples of dystopias?
What are The Lottery and The Veldt?
500
The Lottery was published in this US magazine.
What is The New Yorker?
500
The terrible things that became real in The Veldt (lions, murder, family destruction) shows that the story is this, a kind of horrible dream.