1984
Winston's last name in 1984.
What is "Smith?"
Nazism, or more generally fascism.
For what political ideology is "Rhinoceros" widely interpreted as an allegory for?
The animal Jerry tries to befriend.
What is a dog?
The author of the poem where the narrator's drowned body is submerged in the lake, in the center of the picture, just under the surface?
Who is Margaret Atwood?
The word for a verse in poetry.
What is a stanza?
Winston's love interest.
Who is Julia?
Eugene Ionesco
Who is the author of "Rhinoceros?"
Central Park, in New York.
Which park does Jerry find Peter in?
A literary device used to compare two things without using the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
The first line of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven."
What is "Once Upon a Midnight Dreary..."
The inner party spy in 1984.
Who is O'Brien?
A genre of theatre where humans realize the futility of searching for meaning in an irrational and meaningless world.
What is "The Theatre of the Absurd?"
The first line said by Jerry as he approaches Peter.
What is "I've been to the Zoo!"
The title of the short story that describes an endless, dusty, and monotonous highway.
What is "The Other Side of the Hedge?"
The antonym of the word repeated by the raven in Poe's masterpiece poem, "The Raven."
What is "Evermore?"
A form of government in which the people are ruled by a small group of elite.
What is an oligarchy?
The Rhinoceros.
What is the creature that represents mass conformity and the blind adoption of destructive ideologies?
a wife, 2 daughters, and 2 parakeets.
Who are Peter's family members?
A literary device that compares two things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
What road has made all the difference in Frost's famous poem that begins with the words, "Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood..."
What is "The Road Not Taken?"
A form of government in which the people are ruled by one person, an autocrat.
What is a dictatorship, a totalitarian state, or a Monarchy?
Satire
What is a genre (besides Theatre of the Absurd) that uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize foolishness, corruption, or vices in individuals, institutions, or society?
Edward Albee
Who wrote "A Zoo Story?"
The literary device that tells a story hidden within a story through the use of symbols and underlying meaning.
What is an Allegory?
This thing, all things devours, birds, beasts, trees, flowers, gnaws iron, bites steal...
What is "Time?"