Assigned Reading
In this dystopian novel, books are banned and “firemen” burn them instead of putting out fires
Fahrenheit 451
This constellation contains three stars in a straight line known as “the Belt.”
Orion
His future course of action becomes a bad place for him to find himself in the afterlife
He’ll and Hell
This is the value of π rounded to two decimal places.
3.14
This French Revolution device was used for public executions.
This allegorical novella uses farm animals to represent the events and leaders of the Russian Revolution.
Animal farm
Unlike stars, which produce their own light through nuclear fusion, these objects only shine by reflecting light.
Planets
A classic chess gambit becomes a New York City borough
Queen’s and Queens
What is 7 × 8?
56
This treaty officially ended World War I in 1919.
Treaty of Versailles
This novella follows two migrant workers, George and Lennie, chasing the dream of owning land during the Great Depression.
Of mice and men
In Project Hail Mary, Earth is threatened by an organism that drains energy from the sun. What is this organism called?
Astrophage
An inability to do something becomes an expression of trite opinions or sentiments
Can’t and cant
What is the square root of 81?
9
This document, written in 1215, limited the power of the English king.
Manga Carta
In this novel, Jonas lives in a seemingly perfect society without pain but also without real emotion.
The giver
This is the only planet in our solar system named after a Greek god rather than a Roman one.
A refusal becomes something done out of habit
Won’t and wont
If a triangle has angles of 90° and 45°, what is the third angle?
45°
This Enlightenment thinker wrote Two Treatises of Government and influenced ideas about natural rights.
John Locke
This novel centers on Ponyboy Curtis and the conflict between the Greasers and the Socs.
The Outsiders
This Apollo mission was the first to orbit the Moon with a crew but did not land, paving the way for Apollo 11.
Apollo 8
A possessive meaning “belonging to existence” becomes part of an R.E.M. album title when followed by “Rich Pageant”
Life’s and Lifes
Solve for x: 2x + 6 = 14
4
This compromise during the Constitutional Convention counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation.
Three fifths compromise