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This is the incantation to the spell that makes Lumos go out.
What is nox?
100
This dystopian novel begins with the line, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
What is 1984?
100
This Doctor Seuss character is very eco-friendly.
What is the Lorax?
100
This trope character is stunningly attractive, high on life, full of wacky quirks and idiosyncrasies (generally including childlike playfulness and a tendency towards petty crime), often with a touch of wild hair dye.
What is Manic Pixie Dream Girl?
100
Who said this and what movement were they from? “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
What is Thoreau and transcendentalism?
200
Dumbledore told Harry this is what he saw in the mirror of Erised (1st year, he was lying).
What is Dumbledore receiving a thick pair of socks?
200
Who was the third (but still talented) Bronte sister?
Who is Anne Bronte?
200
What is the name of the lion in The Chronicles of Narnia?
What is Aslan?
200
A female character who serves as an idealized version of the author mainly for the purpose of Wish Fulfillment. She's exotically beautiful, often having an unusual hair or eye color, and has a similarly cool and exotic name. She's exceptionally talented in an implausibly wide variety of areas, and may possess skills that are rare or nonexistent. She also lacks any character flaws — either that or her "flaws" are obviously meant to be endearing.
What is a Mary Sue?
200
American movement of the 1950s and 1960s concerned with counterculture and youthful alienation. Notable authors: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Ken Kesey, Gregory Corso
What is beat poetry?
300
This portrait replaced the Fat Lady when her portrait was damaged during Harry, Ron and Hermione's 3rd year.
Who is Sir Cadogan?
300
This book is about a man named Humbert Humbert who falls in love with an unlikely subject.
What is Lolita?
300
This maid takes everything Mr. Rogers says literally, and although she often makes a muddle of things, she fixes it by baking lemon meringue pie.
Who is Amelia Bedelia?
300
Colorful style of prose wherein the writing becomes much more florid, eschewing quotidian sentences for elaborate concatenation of phrases and clauses. On occasion, such racks of ornament can be despicable, with the scintillating adjectives bewildering the reader and obfuscating the subject.
What is Purple Prose?
300
19th-century (1800 to 1860) movement emphasizing emotion and imagination, rather than logic and scientific thought. Response to the Enlightenment. Notable authors: Victor Hugo, Lord Byron and Camilo Castelo Branco
What is romanticism?
400
This is the nickname for Hermione's social justice group for House-Elves.
What is SPEW (Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare).
400
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman focuses on this family.
Who are the Lomans?
400
What color were Dorthy's shoes in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
What is silver?
400
When a character acknowledges their fictionality, by either indirectly or directly addressing the audience.
What is Breaking the Fourth Wall?
400
Movement attributed to Gertrude Stein popularized by Ernest Hemingway. It refers to a group of American literary notables who lived in Paris and other parts of Europe from the time period which saw the end of World War I to the beginning of the Great Depression. Notable Authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Waldo Pierce
What is The Lost Generation?
500
This is the name of the third brother who receives the cloak of invisibility in the Tale of Three Brothers.
Who is Ignotus Peverell?
500
Who is attributed with the first usage of the word "slut"?
Who is Chaucer
500
Alice plays this game with the Red Queen in Wonderland.
What is (hedgehog) croquet?
500
A Japanese literature trope, this female may kill you in a sneaky way. Based on the crimes of real women, men watch out.
What is the Poison Woman (dokufu)?
500
Fear your death? Addicted to pills because of it? Afraid of hazardous disasters? Technology have you worried? What book am I and what movement?
What is White Noise and postmodernism?