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100
One example of anti-Semitism in The Merchant of Venice is the association of Jews with this.
What is the devil?
100
The main couple in 1984.
Who are Winston and Julia?
100
From Lesson 30: native; originating in a specific country or region
What is indigenous?
100
The four parts of an MLA heading in the upper left-hand corner, in order from the top down.
What are student name, teacher name, class name, date?
100
The author of "The Fish."
Who is Elizabeth Bishop?
200
Algernon likes these sandwiches.
What are cucumber sandwiches?
200
The horse that dies during Tess's early morning journey.
Who is Prince?
200
From Lesson 29: a false opinion or belief
What is delusion?
200
The author's style; the quality that makes the writing unique and distinctive and conveys the author's attitude, character, and personality.
What is voice?
200
Abraham nearly sacrificed him to God.
Who is Isaac?
300
The three couples in The Merchant of Venice.
Who are Bassanio and Portia, Gratiano and Nerissa, and Lorenzo and Jessica?
300
Angel's parents want him to marry her.
Who is Mercy?
300
From Lesson 28: keen-minded; sharp
What is acute?
300
Though it's not used in MLA citations, this is the correct abbreviation for "page."
What is p.?
300
The great Irish author of two poems studied this semester.
Who is W. B. Yeats?
400
In addition to giving his inheritance to his daughter and Lorenzo, Shylock has to agree to this consequence.
What is convert to Christianity?
400
Citizens in 1984 throw trash into these chutes.
What are memory holes?
400
From Lesson 27: only marginally connected to what is truly important; minor or incidental; at the edge of one's field of vision
What is peripheral?
400
"I dropped the ball" is better than "The ball was dropped" because it is written in this voice.
What is active?
400
This fell from the sky to feed Moses and the Israelites.
What is manna?
500
The two "invented" characters in The Importance of Being Earnest
Who are Earnest and Bunbury?
500
This signifies Tess's death at the end of the novel.
What is the raising of the black flag.
500
From Lesson 26: a fraud; a quack or imposter
What is charlatan?
500
This word is appropriate for denial and contrast, but not if it makes your writing indirect.
What is not?
500
Jesus delivered the beatitudes during this famous Sermon from the Gospel of Matthew.
What is the Sermon on the Mount?