Ya Gotta Know Dickens
What Dickens novel ends happily, as the title character's chief enemies die or emigrate, and he is left in the care of Mr. Brownlow and Rose, who is revealed to be his aunt?
Oliver Twist
In this work, the Lady is wracked with guilt for her actions. While sleepwalking, she tries to wash imaginary blood from her hands, and cries “out, damned spot!” It features the “tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” soliloquy by the main character.
Macbeth
These two terms embody the general idea that, at any given price, producers are willing to produce a given amount of a good and consumers are willing to buy a different amount, the affecting price and amount of that good available.
The use of the word “china” to describe fine porcelain originated from this period, as it was well-known for producing high-quality porcelain.
Ming dynasty
This family rose to power during the War of the Roses. Notable rulers included King Henry VII, Henry VIII (who broke with the Catholic Church in England and had six wives), and Elizabeth I who had no heirs.
This element is the lightest noble gas and the second most abundant element in the Universe after hydrogen.
Developed almost entirely by Pablo Picasso who was influenced by the simple geometries of African masks, this movement was introduced by his Les Demoiselles d’Avignon in 1907.
The cold-hearted miser Ebenezer Scrooge is visitedby the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and surreptitiously visits his clerk Bob Cratchit, whose son Tiny Tim is near death. Name the novella.
A Christmas Carol
King Lear
This "t" word is a tax placed on the import or export of a good. They may have controversial sociopolitical goals, such as those recently placed on Chinese goods.
This dynasty is considered a golden age of Chinese civilization; its influence was so great that the majority ethnic group in China is still by this name.
This family ruled much of Central Europe, including Germany and Austria, from the Middle Ages to the end of World War I.
This is the most abundant element in Earth’s atmosphere. Its liquid form is useful as a refrigerant.
Deriving its name from a nonsense word this movement was an anti-art movement in major world cities that rejected artistic and social norms in order to protest the establishment.
Paris and London feature prominently in this novel set against the French Revolution, which famously begins “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
A Tale of Two Cities
As a general rule, common characters featured in Shakespeare works spoke in prose, while more noble characters used what type of meter for which the author was famous?
iambic pentameter
Abbreviated GDP, this is a commonly used measure of the size of a country’s or state’s economy.
The use of the word “china” to describe fine porcelain originated from this period, as it was well-known for producing high-quality porcelain.
This family ruled Russia as tsars and emperors until the Russian Revolution and Nicholas II’s execution.
This man's experiments with pea plants in the 1860s pioneered the study of genetics.
Painters associated with this movement include Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, and René Magritte, these artists sought to represent an unseen world of dreams, subconscious thoughts, and unspoken communication.
In this Dickens novel, the narrator Philip Pirrip, who is nicknamed “Pip,” is brought up by his sister and her kind husband, the blacksmith Joe Gargery.
Great Expectations
Shakespeare’s great tragedy about the dangers of jealousy – memorably described in the play as ‘the green-eyed monster’ – is subtitled The Moor of Venice. Name it.
Othello
Measured by the consumer price index, this rate is the pace at which prices are rising and is equivalent to the rate at which currency loses its value.
The invading Manchus established this dynasty, the last one to rule imperial China which lasted nearly 300 years, ending in 1911.
The first king of England from this family was James I (also known as James VI of Scotland), who commissioned the King James Bible, still used today.
These two men deduced the double helix structure of DNA.
This movement in painting originated in France in the 1860s, and is characterized by a concern with depicting the visual feeling of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and color.
Which Dickens novel did the author consider his favorite and the most autobiographical? After the main character's father dies, his mother marries the cruel Mr. Murdstone and he is sent to a school where he is tormented by the headmaster Creakle.
David Copperfield
Name the theater built by Shakespeare’s playing company which burned to the ground on June 29, 1613 when it caught on fire from a cannon shot during a performance. It was later rebuilt.
This occurs when there is only one firm producing goods for a given market which allows that firm to set the price higher—and thus the quantity sold lower—than would otherwise occur.
This dynasty is known for its devotion to cultural activities instead of warfare and for the establishment of Neo-Confucianism as state doctrine.
Notable rulers from this French royal family included Louis XIV and Louis XVI, who was beheaded during the French Revolution.
What astronomical model purported the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System?
This art movement that emerged in Britain and the United States during the mid- to late-1950s. Andy Warhol is perhaps the most recognizable artist of this movement.