Antigone
Who is the author of Antigone?
Sophocles
Who is the author of Things Fall Apart?
Chinua Achebe
What creature does Oedipus defeat to become the King of Thebes?
Sphinx
How many letters are in the name of the author of Hamlet?
S H A K E S P E A R E
11
Who is the author of The Scarlet Letter?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In which kingdom is the play Antigone set?
Thebes
What is the country of the setting for Things Fall Apart?
Nigeria
In his search for the murder, whom does Oedipus call upon for divine guidance?
Oracle at Delphi
Tiresias
Which country is the setting of Hamlet?
Denmark
In which city and century is The Scarlet Letter set?
Boston, 1600s
What were the two major crimes of Antigone's father?
Oedipus murdered his father and slept with his mother.
What causes Okonkwo to be exiled from Umuofia?
He accidently shoots Ezeudu's son at the funeral.
What are the names of Oedipus's biological father and mother?
Laius and Jocasta
What two requests does the ghost of King Hamlet make to Prince Hamlet?
To avenge his death by killing King Claudius
To not punish Queen Gertrude and leave her to heaven's punishment.
What happens in the sky when Dimmesdale, Hester and Pearl stand on the pillory together?
A scarlet A is written across the sky in the red light of a meteor
What are two reasons why Antigone must bury her brother?
The burial is her duty under divine law.
It determines his afterlife.
What is an ogbanje?
A child that repeatedly dies and is reborn to the same mother.
What are the names of Oedipus's children?
Antigone
Ismene
Polynices
Eteocles
How does Hamlet "prove" that King Claudius is his father's murderer?
He puts on a play depicting the murder of a king and watches his uncle's reaction.
What are Hester Prynne's three punishments for adultery?
3 months in jail
3 hours on pillory
Scarlet Letter for the rest of her life.
How does Creon's punishment of Antigone lead to the suicide of his wife, Eurydice?
Eurydice kills herself in grief after Haemon kills himself in grief after Antigone hangs herself in the cave.
What two outcast groups are accepted into the Christian community?
What are the names of Oedipus's adoptive father and mother?
Polybus and Merope
Who is Gertrude's son's girlfriend's brother?
Laertes
What are the three theories as to how Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale got a scarlet letter on his chest?
Self-torture of the body
Remorse