Quotes
Historical Setting
It's All about the Plot
Writing Styles
Really Hard Trivia
100

Character who says, "“I’m not a very good man, sir, but I am sheriff of Maycomb County...There’s a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time..."

Who is Sheriff Heck Tate?

100

The two titular cities in A Tale of Two Cities

What are Paris, France and London, England?

100

The obsessive goal/dream of Jay Gatsby

What is to win Daisy back?

100

Genre of A Tale of Two Cities

What is historical fiction?

100

The name of the gossipy neighbor on the Finch's street

Who is Miss Stephanie Crawford?

200

Character who says, "I've got my wife locked in up there"

Who is George Wilson?

200

The 18th Amendment that features heavily in Fitzgerald's novel

What is prohibition of alcohol in the United States? 

200

The shocking information the Finch children learn about their father and the situation that requires it to be revealed

What is that Atticus Finch is a crack shot, which they discover when he has to take down a rabid dog?

200

Genre of "Casey at the Bat," "The Cremation of Sam McGee," and "Paul Revere's Ride"

What is a narrative poem?

200

The name of the French aristocrat forced to eat grass before his death

Who is Foulon?

300

Character who says, "Fear not, for in loyalty we come- from friendly fields that tremble to the tale of your suffering and horror unspeakable." 

Who is Beowulf?

300

Nick says, "I can see now that this has been a story of the __________, after all—Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all _________________."

What is the "WEST" and all "WESTERNERS"? 

300

The reason the dragon begins terrorizing the Geats

What is someone stole treasure from his horde?

300

The point of view of To Kill a Mockingbird and the other literary element used to raise the issue of credibility

What is first person POV and an unreliable narrator?

300

The flower Daisy compares Nick to at the beginning of the novel

What is a rose?

400

Character who says, "Forgive me if I notice that you are affected. I could not see my father weep, and sit by, careless. And I could not respect your sorrow more, if you were my father. You are free from that misfortune, however.”

Who is Sydney Carton?

400

The month or year of the Storming of the Bastille

What is July 1789?

400

The side occupation of Jerry Cruncher and the key piece of information he knows that helps Carton enact his plan to save Darnay

What is a graver robber who knows that the coffin of Roger Cly was empty, which forces Mr. Barsad (Solomon Pross) to help Carton?

400

Two other works written by Charles Dickens

What are A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Hard Time, Bleak House, etc. ?

400

The full names of Scout, Jem, and Dill

Who are Jean Louise Finch, Jeremy Atticus Finch, and Charles Baker Harris?

500

Character who says, "You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer."

Who is Miss Pross?

500

The time period in which Beowulf was composed (this is a range)

What is sometime between the 7th and 10th centuries (600-1000 AD)?

500

The length of time Gatsby attended Oxford and the reason he left

What is five months because he left early when he received Daisy's letter about her plans to marry Tom Buchanan?

500

Three of the six points on a traditional plot diagram

What are exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution? 

500

The name of the Queen of the Danes 

Who is Wealhtheow?