Name the protagonists of the stories (one for each)
Nora and Marcel
100
Philosophical movement associated with Albert Camus
Existentialism and/or Absurdism
100
In which country does the story take place?
Nigeria
100
What is the name of the protagonist?
Yeong-hye
200
What is the literary movement associated with Hoffmann's stories?
What is Romanticism
200
Literary movements associated with Ibsen's theater and Proust's prose.
Realism and Modernism
200
The work was written during which war?
What is World War II
200
How does the story begin?
Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat.
200
What is the color of the bird the vegetarian bites into at the end of the first section?
White
300
What are the names of Nathaniel's two great loves?
Olympia and Clara
300
Name two elements of realism in Ibsen's play.
The set, the language used by the characters, the social status of the characters, the criticism of bourgeois hypocrisy, etc.
300
The work was written a few years before a war that is historically significant in the context of The Stranger. Which was this war?
The Algerian war of independence.
300
Name two children of the protagonist.
Ekwefi and Nwoye (or Ikemefuna)
300
Who are the three narrators in Han Kang's novel?
Mr. Cheong (Husband), Brother-in-Law, In-hye (Sister).
400
Author's name and title of a work we read that analyzes Hoffmann's story.
Sigmund Freud, The Uncanny
400
Name two elements of Proust's modernism in Swann's Way.
Sentence structure, fragmented style, experimentation with writing, questioning of time and narration.
400
How does the story end?
"I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate."
400
How does the story end?
He had already chosen the title of the book, after much thought: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger.
400
What is the first sentence (approximately) of The Vegetarian?
Before my wife turned vegetarian, I thought of her as completely ordinary.
500
Three uncanny motifs or themes in"The Sandman."
The automaton, the fear of losing one's eyes, the blurred division between fantasy and reality, the double.
500
What is the first sentence of Proust's work (approximately)?
For a long time, I went to bed early.
500
Spell the name of the main character properly.
Meursault
500
What is the story of the tortoise and the birds?
Tortoise fools the birds, but receives punishment.
500
The random question: name the dogs who came to class this semester.