Satire
Which famous enlightenment era academic wrote the novel Candide?
Voltaire
What is another term for an evil or supernatural being?
Fiend
In which stage of the Hero's Journey is the hero's life endangered or possibly lost?
The Crisis
What term means very pleasing to the eye?
Comely
Which word is used in this sentence, play or plays?
They ____ basketball on the weekend.
Play
They play basketball on the weekend
Who wrote the satirical paper, A Modest Proposal?
Jonathan Swift
What is something that has or is causing misery or death?
A Scourge
In what stage would a hero meet a mentor or father-like figure?
Assistance
What does one call someone who does not acknowledge their god?
A heathen
How would one combine these sentences into one using the joining word "after"?
A volcano erupts.
Ash covers the ground.
1. After a volcano erupts, ash covers the ground.
2. Ash covers the ground after a volcano erupts.
3. After a volcano erupts, the ash covers the ground.
In A Modest Proposal, what did the author suggest to reduce the homeless population as well as hunger.
Cannibalism
What is a characteristic language of a particular group?
Jargon
What is the final stage of the Hero's Journey?
The resolution
What is anger produced by some annoying irritation called?
Vexation
What is the correct combination of these sentences putting the appositive at the beginning?
Mikaela is a hard working athlete.
Mikaela beats me in every tennis match.
A hard-working athlete, Mikaela beats me in every tennis match.
In Candide, what were the three aspects of society that Voltaire most heavily criticized?
Religion, Optimism, and Cruelty
What is the term that describes emitting or reflecting light in a flickering manner?
Scintillate
What was the second name for the Hero's Journey used by its original creator?
The Monomyth
What is an attitude of mind that favors one alternative over others called?
A Disposition
How would you combine these into one sentence?
The fans buy tickets.
The tickets were expensive.
The fans want to go to the game.
1. The fans buy expensive tickets because they want to go to the game.
2. The fans want to go to the game, so they buy expensive tickets.
3. The fans buy the expensive tickets because they want to go to the game.
Who wrote the short story The Nose?
Nikolai Gogol
What is a compound word that serves as a metaphorical name for something.
A Kenning
Who defined the Hero's Journey as a common template among most legends and myths?
Joseph Campbell
To be quickly aroused to anger.
Choleric
Combine these sentences using both "before" and "or" as joining words?
Cars were invented.
People rode horses.
They took trains.
1.Before cars were invented, people rode horses, or they took trains.
2. Before cars were invented, people rode horses or took trains.
3.Before cars were invented, people took trains or rode horses.