VOCABULARY
COMPREHENSION
ANALYZE THE TEXT
CRAFT AND STRUCTURE
100

Transgression means:

An offence

100

What is the name of the lion?

Richard Parker

100
  • ‘It is always a matter, my darling,
  • Of life and death, as I had forgotten. I wish
  • What I wished you before, but harder.’
  • What is the father's message here?

He wishes her success

100
  • Which one of these sentences describes Rainsford’s internal conflict in the story ‘The most dangerous game’?

Man vs. Self

200

 Heretics means:

a person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted

200

What is the sound the father hears in the beginning of the poem THE WRITER?

Clicking of typewriter keys

200
  • ‘Alfred hugs tighter, arms stretched wide
  • Head pressed on the luminous belly’
  • What do these lines mean?

Alfred loves the songs on the jukebox and sings along with them. He is addicted to the jukebox.

200
  • Pi is the ____________  in the story ‘ Life of Pi’:

protagonist

300

MUTINY means:

rebellion

300

What does the father wish for his daughter in the poem THE WRITER?

He wishes her best of luck

300
  • He can’t even read yet. He can’t tell time.
  • But he sings, and the chairs in his old dance hall jerk to attention.
  • Figurative language?

Imagery

300
  • What does the poem ‘The Jukebox’ talk about? 

A young boy who cannot talk but learns all the lyrics of the songs on the jukebox.

400

Confidence means

Having faith in something and someone

400

What is Alfred's talent?

He knows all the songs on the jukebox

400

Name this bird

Starling

400
  • Blank verse is:
  • Unrhyming verse in Iambic pentameter lines
500

CUNNING MEANS

Deceitful

500

What will Alfred continue to do during the hurricane?

He will keep singing

500
  • ‘What , shall I groan and tell thee?’

             Who is the speaker of these lines:

 

ROMEO

500
  • Circle the correct definition for an ‘OXYMORON’.
  • A figure of speech in which opposing ideas are put together
600

KNOUTER

 beats criminals

600

At the beginning of the play who comes to end the fight?

Prince of Verona

600

‘But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart;

My will to her consent is but a part.’

These lines are spoken by Lord Capulet and he is saying that:

  • Paris should meet Juliet at the feast and gain her approval for marriage
600
  • In the story, ‘The most dangerous game’, the story is built around:

It revolves around the elements of fear, horror, murder and suspense

700

When you are too tired and hit the bed

You fall into deep slumber

700

What is the name of the servant who cannot read?

Peter

700

It fits, when such a villain is a guest.

I’ll not endure him

           These lines are spoken by Tybalt when he:

  • Recognizes Romeo’s voice at the masquerade party and decides to ask him to leave
700
  • In the story, ‘The Most Dangerous Game’, which set of words can be used to describe Zaroff:

Haughty, crazy , insane

800

Iwill not stand here and listen to that ___ 

rot

800
How old is Juliet?

13 Years

800
  • If I profane with my unworthiest hand
  • This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this
  • These lines are telling us about:

The first time Romeo and Juliet set eyes on each other and Romeo held her Hand

800
  • What makes a tragedy in a drama?

It is made from a flaw in character, circumstances or fate

900

Can you use COUNTERFEIT MONEY in the bank?

may be

900

Who is Juliet closest to ?

Her nurse

900
  • His name is Romeo, and a Montague,
  • The only son of your great enemy.

These lines are:

  • The nurse speaks to Juliet declaring Romeo as the son of the enemy – The Montagues
900
  • What is the figurative language used in the following line from the poem ‘Hugging the Jukebox’:

  • How can a giant wave live in the small pool of his chest

Metaphor

1000

I ended the ____ between the two gangs.

FEUD

1000

Who is Romeo in love with before Juliet?

Rosaline

1000

Pink and yellow
firecracker zinnias, rough green
leaves of broccoli,
and deep red tomatoes on dying stems
frame his still presence.

What are these lines talking about?

  • The garden is full of beautiful flowers and fresh vegetables
1000

What is the noble reason behind Friar Lawrence agreeing to get Romeo and Juliet married:

He wanted the feud to end

1100

Describe Tybalt?

Angry

1100

Tell me about Lord Capulet

He is indecisive mostly

1100

Tell me about the nurse

She loves Juliet and is OLD

1100

Describe Romeo

He is impulsive

1200

Who is Friar Lawrence?

The priest

1200

What is soliloquy?

when you think your thoughts aloud

1200

What is a pun

I t is a play of words

1200

What is personification

When a non-living thing is given attributes of a living thing