Literature Revision

Characters

100

What are the names of the two protagonists in Of Mice and Men?

George and Lennie

200

What is the last name of the family in "A Monkey's Paw"?

White

300

What are the names of the two sisters whose family line we follow in Homegoing?

Effia and Esi

400

What is the name of the prostitute in "My Son the Fanatic"? 

Bettina 

500

What is the name of the person who opens Changez's eyes about his work as a "modern-day janissary"? 

Juan-Bautista

Context

100

Which two countries is Homegoing set in?

Ghana and USA

200

During which crisis is Of Mice and Men set? 

The Great Depression

300

What happened in December 2001, an "event" that largely affected Changez and his view on America? 

US invasion of Afghanistan

400

What happened in the "Gunpowder plot" on 5 November 1605? 

Attempted attack on English parliament and King James I (Protestant) by Catholic conspirators. 

500

What event caused the author of "My Son the Fanatic" to write his story? 

fatwa against his friend Salman Rushdie (and burning of his books)

Figurative Language

100

What motif in Macbeth highlights the importance of "guilt"? 

blood

200

What image/metaphor in The Reluctant Fundamentalist is used to illustrate Changez's denial about what is going on in the USA and the world? Something he later on says has "come off". 

blinders

300

What motif comes up at the beginning of Of Mice and Men that foreshadows the end of the story? 

dead mouse 

400

What object is passed down from generation to generation within Homegoing and thereby connects the different stories?

black stone (necklace)

500

Which two motifs play a crucial role within Homegoing and are symbolically united at the end of the novel?

water and fire 

Genre

100

What type of drama is Macbeth?

tragedy

200

What genre do both Macbeth and "A Monkey's Paw" contain elements of? 

the Gothic

300

Which genre do both Homegoing and "My Son the Fanatic" belong to? 

Postcolonial literature

400

What is the name of the concept in which characters from formerly colonized countries imitate the colonizer's culture?

mimicry

500

What type of poem (of which Shakespeare wrote 154) consists of 14 lines? 

sonnet

Various

100

Which stories contain autobiographical aspects of their author's life? Name two! 

Homegoing, My Son the Fanatic, The Reluctant Fundamentalist

200

What rhyme scheme is AABB? 

adjacent rhyme 

300

What is the name for the literary concept in which events or people on the literal level correspond to something else on the metaphorical level, as is the case with Erica and America? 

allegory

400

Which ancient philosopher defined both the "unity of plot, time and place" and the "tragic hero"? 

Aristotle 

500

Who is the author of Of Mice and Men? 

John Steinbeck