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100
In "Initiation", this is the name of Millicent's best friend.
What is Tracy?
100
The following billboard with an offensive typo was spotted in this state this week, the state that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Pacers call home.
What is Indiana?
100
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Languages Association
100
Name the term for a reference to a well-known event, person, place or artistic work that does not require explanation, such as, "I can't believe how much she hates Christmas. What a Grinch."
What is an allusion?
100
The name for this popular bar attraction also means 'empty orchestra' in Japanese.
What is karaoke?
200
Describe two forms of conflict in the story "Initiation".
Person vs. person & person vs. self
200
Sesame Street has cancelled a segment on an upcoming episode involving a duet between this pop singer and Elmo because of complaints that the singer is dressed too scandolously.
Who is Katy Perry?
200
How would you properly cite the following quote, from page 125 of Daniel Keyes' novel: Daniel Keyes states that "her eyes, her face -- everything about her was an invitation".
Daniel Keyes states that "her eyes, her face -- everything about her was an invitation" (125).
200
"When I get home tonight I'm falling into bed to sleep for a year." What type of literary device is used here?
What is hyperbole?
200
The word 'nerd' was first used by what famous children's author, who also wrote The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
300
Author Lois Gold uses what form point of view narration in the telling of her story "X"?
What is third-person omniscient?
300
The Commonwealth Games - an athletic tournament similar to the Olympics involving the Commonwealth countries - runs from October 3 to 14 in this country.
What is India?
300
Should the title of the Sarnia Observer be underlined, italicized or put in quotation marks?
Underlined
300
In Romeo & Juliet, the storm that conjures upon the death of Mercutio is an example of what literary device?
What is pathetic fallacy?
300
Coca-Cola was originally this colour, and was not dyed brown until decades later.
What is green?
400
"Initiation" is a story with a message about how it is better to be by yourself and stay true to your identity then it is to conform and belong to a group. What is the term for this type of message, incorporated in a story by the author?
What is the theme?
400
A wildlife preserve in Georgia (formerly Russia) announced the birth Pippi, of a four-legged mammal with striped legs, a brown back, a mane and a tail. What two animals bred to create Pippi?
A zebra and a donkey (a zedonk).
400
What information is NOT needed in a standard works cited entry for a book with one author? a) the author's first name, b) the year it was published, c) the chapter where the information came from d) the city where it was published
c) the chapter where the information came from
400
In Monty Python & The Holy Grail, a knight's arm is chopped off with a sword, to which he replies, "It's just a flesh wound." This is an example of what literary device?
What is an understatement?
400
The elephant weighs less than just the tongue of this mammal.
What is the blue whale?
500
According to the story "X", how much does Project Baby X cost?
$23 billion and 72 cents
500
Spas in Europe and major North American cities have begun putting this living thing into their foot bathes to suck the dead skin from the bottoms of customers' feet.
What are goldfish?
500
What is wrong with the following works cited entry: Schaffer, Karen. Hire Power: The Ultimate Job Guide for Young Canadians, Toronto: Prentice-Hall Canada, pg 7.
Schaffer, Karen. Hire Power: The Ultimate Job Guide for Young Canadians. Toronto: Prentice-Hall Canada, 1997.
500
The use of heather birds and sparrows in Plath's "Initiation" is an example of what literary device?
What is symbolism?
500
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
They were all invented by women.