Haroun
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The Odyssey
Things Fall Apart
Romeo & Juliet
100

What is the father's job?

Storyteller
100

Is this correct:  

Romeo says, "Parting is such sweet sorrow" (2.2.45).

YES

100

The number of men O returns home with?

0.

100
What is the author's full name?

Chinua Achebe

100

The poetic form that starts the play

A sonnet

200
Who does the mom run off with?

Mr. Sengupta

200

In the story "Paper Menagerie," what does the mother make for her son? 

Origami animals

200

The war that started O's long journey

The Trojan War

200

What causes Okonkwo to get kicked out?

Killing the boy at the funeral

200

The first person to die in the play?

Mercutio

300

What real life situation inspired this text?

Rushdie having a bounty on his life!

300


What is the name of the paper tiger in "Paper Menagerie"?

Lahou

300
What should have been O's motivation to get home quickly...but clearly wasn't...

Penelope, his wife

300

A custom/practice that most parallels European behaviors too.

The Egwugwu - court case

or Bride Prices (dowries)

300

According to the prologue, the only option to end this feud was...

with the children's death.

400

Mr. Sengupta is a parallel for...?

Khattum Shud

400

Mrs. Skizas coaches a NT feeder team (7th/8th grade) for which sport?

Cheerleading

400

The name of the first monster that O encounters?

Polythemus

400

Okonkwo's oldest son

Nwoye

400

The character most clearly motivated by blind hatred.

Tybalt

500

Haroun restores his family by...

Defeating Khattum Shud - i.e. defeating silence, listening to his family and telling his own story!

500

Name ALL of Mrs. Skizas' children...

Peyton, Taylor, and Will

500

What is the final test Penelope gives to her husband upon his return?

Asking to move their bed
500

The result of Okonkwo's unwillingness to change, and inability to lead his fractured tribe.

O's suicide (or colonization)

500

While portraying a tragic love story, the play also warns of this teenage behavior...

Being too rash, or impulsive and not communicating before thinking.