The Memory Police
The Memory Police takes place on a made-up island in this very real country.
What is Japan?
At the top of the play, this loyal spirit conjures the eponymous storm that capsizes King Alonso's ship and sends the court overboard.
Who is Ariel?
Although it sounds like a war, this period of history focused more on production than destruction. However, the Romantic poets would disagree, especially William Wordsworth, who critiques this era in "The World is Too Much With Us."
What is the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840)?
This crop is king for the Igbo.
What is a yam?
This Greek term, meaning "hospitality" and "friendship," enables the Guest Law and encourages proper hosting, like feeding and bathing visitors.
What is xenia?
When preparing the hidden room for R, the narrator and the old man share a slice of this type of dessert.
What is apple cake?
Forced to work for Prospero, both Caliban and Ferdinand carry these objects around the island.
What are heavy logs?
Named after this long-billed bird, Elizabeth Bishop's modernist poem features an observant narrator and a turning tide.
What is "Sandpiper"?
Despite being born into poverty, Okonkwo earns a reputation in Mbaino for being a champion at this sport.
What is wrestling?
This character's name roughly translates to "one who causes pain or makes others angry."
Who is Odysseus?
One of the antagonists (not affiliated with the Memory Police) is a teacher that traps young girls' voices inside this antiquated writing device.
What is a typewriter?
This term describes a technique Shakespeare uses o'er and o'er to shave off unnecessary syllables.
What is poetic elision?
"Another Man's Room" falls into this category of literature, a double-sided genre that combines a realistic view of the world with elements of fantasy.
What is magical realism?
When clan members gather for social occasions, they break the ice by breaking the shell of this type of nut.
What is a kola nut?
After falling off a roof with one too many drinks in his system, this member of Odysseus' crew begs his leader for a proper burial.
Who is Elpenor?
The Memory Police is translated into English from Japanese, but the original title is closer to which of the following direct translations?
1. Forgotten Memories
2. Quiet Crystallization
3. The Things We Lost
4. Writing to Remember
What is Quiet Crystallization?
Alonso’s ship is returning from this country when it is caught in the tempest.
What is Tunis?
The Great Ozymandias Debate featured two poets competing to write the best sonnet: Horace Smith and Percy B. Shelley, whose wife wrote this foundational science fiction novel.
What is Frankenstein?
Towards the end of the novel, Okonkwo's clan suspect the Christians of killing and eating this reptilian holy animal.
What is a python?
In Penelope’s archery contest, Odysseys must fire an arrow through this many axes. That doesn't seem to be too much of a problem for him!
What is twelve axes?
After most of the objects around her have disappeared, the narrator wakes up one day to find that this alliterative part of her body is the first limb of many to be left behind.
What is her left leg?
This homonym describes an elaborate court/theatrical performance that features mythological or allegorical themes. In The Tempest, Ceres, Iris, and Juno, make guest appearances to celebrate Miranda and Ferdinand's wedding.
What is a masque?
Julio Cortazar's short story is named after an amphibian whose _________ is 10x longer than a human's.
What is a genome?
The title Things Fall Apart comes from "The Second Coming," a poem written in 1919 by this Irishman, whose initials form a palindrome.
Who is Y. B. Yeats?
Odysseus loses a lot of men along his journey, except, ironically, in this place.
What is the Underworld? (Book 11: The Book of the Dead)