Short Stories
Poetry
House on Mango Street
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Ms. Canty
100
The narrator chooses Sheila Mant over what type of fish?
A Bass
100
A poem with 3 lines, with syllables of 5, 7, and 5.
Haiku
100
What is the author's name?
Sandra Cisneros
100
What were the two cities mentioned in the drama?
Verona and Mantua
100
What is the name of Shakespeare's most famous poem?
Sonnet 18
100
What is the name of Michael's lawyer?
Al
100
Name all 4 educational institutions in which Ms. Canty was once/is a student
Baldwin, Temple, Eastern, and Hampton.
200
What disease does Rita's grandmother think she has in Bad Influence?
Asthma
200
What are the 3 qualifications that make a Shakespearean sonnet?
14 lines
10 Syllables (5 stressed and unstressed)
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
200
What city did Esperanza live in?
Chicago
200
How many civil brawls occurred that caused the prince to threaten the death penalty?
3
200
What city was Shakespeare born in?
Stratford-Upon-Avon
200
The story takes place in which state?
Mississippi
200
What are/were Ms. Canty's two favorite athletes?
- both of which once corresponded to her favorite sports teams
- both of which are deemed problematic
- both of which were featured in movies about them
Kyrie Irving and Tom Brady
300
What school was Eli trying to get in to in The Lie?
Whitehill School
300
What is the difference between slam poetry and spoken word poetry?
Slam poetry is used in competition.
300
Each chapter is broken up into short excerpts. What are these excerpts called?
Vignettes
300
Which character served as the role of the "jester"?
Mercutio
300
What was Shakespeare's most famous play?
Hamlet
300
Name the 5 named people that were inmates at Parchman.
Richie, River, Blue, Hogjaw, and Stag.
300
Ms. Canty has 4 names. What is her full name?
Kelsie Rose Bryant-Canty
400
In Marigolds, Lizbeth's dad was crying because he did not want to accept hamidowns, specifically Mr. Ellis'_____________.
Coat
400
What were the names of the two poems we read and analyzed this school year (one by Robert Frost and Adrienne Su)?
Birches and Peaches
400
How color is the actual House on Mango Street?
RED
400
How many total scenes were in the play?
24
400
Who is at the center of the leading theory for who Shakespeare really is?
Francis Bacon
400
What college does Jesmyn Ward currently work at?
Tulane University
400
What was Ms. Canty's best subject in middle/high school?
Math
500
In The Straight Man, the protagonists' parents held this profession.
English Professors
500
"This line is taking forever." is an example of what figurative language?
Hyperbole
500
What type of sandwich does Esperanza talk about eating at lunch?
Rice Sandwich
500
What are the 5 named servants?
Peter, Abram, Balthazar, Sampson and Gregory
500
What month and year was Shakespeare born?
April 1564
500
What is Michael's mother's name?
Maggie
500
Ms. Canty has lived in/near two major cities in her life. What are they?
Philadelphia and New Orleans