Classic Literature
Poetry
Vocab
Chapel Hill / Carrboro Trivia
Bonus: Halloween
100
Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?​​​​
Francis Scott Key Fitzergerald
100

Traditional Japanese style of poetry consisting of 5-7-5 syllables

Haiku

100

What is the high point of tension or conflict in a story called?

Climax

100

Who is Carrboro's current poet laureate?

Liza Wolff-Francis (c'mon guys)

100

From bottom to top, what is the order of candy corn colors?

Yellow, orange, white

200

How old was Mary Shelley when she first starting writing Frankenstein?

Eighteen
200

What is the continuation of a sentence across a line or stanza called?

Enjambment

200

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?

Alliteration

200

Which American president attended UNC-Chapel Hill?

James K. Polk

200

In Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the dog's name?

Zero

300

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, who killed Hamlet's father?

Claudius

300

A classic form of poetry with fourteen lines, typically about love, and has a set rhyme scheme (ABAB or ABBA)

Sonnet

300

What is a dynamic character?

A character who grows or changes during the story
300

Who is Chapel Hill's current poet laureate?

Donovan Livingston

300

Where does the classic quote "double, double toil and trouble" originate from?

Macbeth

400

In George Orwell's 1984, when Winston gets taken to room 101, what do they torture him with?

Rats

400
Humorous poems with 5 lines that consist of the AABBA rhyme scheme. 

Limericks

400

What is a static character?

A character who says the same throughout the story

400

When was Carrboro's first West End Poetry Festival?

2006

400

Before pumpkins, what were originally carved to ward off evil spirits in Ireland?

Turnips

500

In Shakespeare's play Henry V, who gives Henry tennis balls?

The Dauphin

500

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is from which of Shakespeare's sonnets?

Sonnet 18

500

What is the difference between dramatic irony and situational irony? 

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the characters don’t; situational irony is when the opposite of what is expected occurs.

500
Who was Carrboro's first poet laureate?

Kate Lovelady

500

How many Halloween (the franchise) movies are there in total?

13