"The Lottery"
"The Open Window"
"By the Waters of Babylon"
"Masque of Red Death"
Figurative Language
100
She dies at the end of the story.
Who is Mrs. Hutchinson?
100
Saki or H. H. Munro
Who is the author?
100
He goes on a journey to the Place of the Gods.
Who is the son of the priest?
100
The two main characters.
Who are Prince Prospero and the Red Death?
100
A reference to something.
What is an allusion?
200
The genre of the story.
What is the horror?
200
She knows that she's telling lies.
Who is Vera?
200
The panther, white robe, deer, the numer 3, the Ou-dis-un River, et al.
What is a symbol?
200
Symbolism of the 7th room.
What is death?
200
When the author uses things to represent something else.
What is symbolism?
300
This is symbolic of a lottery that no one wants to remember and a tradition that may be a little to worn.
What is the black box?
300
He goes to the country and gets scared by 'ghosts.'
Who is Framton Nuttel?
300
Only a priest can touch this.
What is metal?
300
This stops the party-goers every hour.
What is the ebony clock?
300
A hint of something to come.
What is foreshadowing.
400
". . . , corn be heavy soon.
What is "Lottery in June . . . "?
400
We can infer this from Mr. Nuttel's name.
What is "he's nuts"?
400
At the end of the story, the narrator feels this.
What is hopeful?
400
Feudalism or the meaning of life (the ages of man).
What is the allegory?
400
When you expect one thing to happen and the opposite occurs.
What is irony?
500
She is the author.
Who is Shirley Jackson?
500
They came in through the open window.
Who are Mrs. Sappleton's husban, two young brothers and Birdie?
500
He is the author.
Who is Stephen Vincent Benet?
500
The kind of party that the Prince had.
What is a masquerade ball?
500
The story beyond the actual story. It teaches a moral or truth by using characters as symbols of that truth (e.g. "The Planet of the Carrots").
What is an allegory?