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Which Character Said It?
100
In "The Disintegration Machine," Doyle creates a metaphor between this character and this animal. 

What are Professor Challenger and a lion.

100

The Old Man and his family are revealed to be this type of bird.

What are swans.

100
This is what we call the first sentence of an essay, which grabs the reader's attention.

What is a hook.

100
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is most famous for creating this fictional detective.

Who is Sherlock Holmes.

100

"Oh you unlucky man! There is no pleasure for you in this world. and there will be none in the world to come. You drunkard!"

Who is Olga.

200

This is the first and most prominent example of dramatic irony in "The Lie."

What is the reader knowing that Eli was rejected from Whitehill before his parents.

200

This was Lushkoff's profession before he became a beggar.

What is a singer.

200

A sentence that joins many ideas together and is difficult to understand as a result is referred to as this.

What is a run-on sentence.
200

This author also practiced medicine.

Who is Anton Chekhov.

200

"You shall not go," I said. "Your life is too valuable."

Who is Malone.

300
In an ironic twist, this is what Potts receives at the end of "How Potts Saved the Night Express"

What is a simple thank you.

300

Professor Challenger tricks Nemor into sitting in the disintegration machine's chair by saying that he felt this.

What is an electrical charge.

300

These are the two methods that you can use to write effective body paragraphs in a compare and contrast essay.

What are block and point-by-point.

300

This is the full name of the author of "How Potts Saved the Night Express"

Who is Ray Stannard Baker.

300

"You murderer, you murderer."

Who is the narrator of "The Old Man"

400

The Daily Double: The Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" satirizes this aspect of American society in the mid 20th century.

What is paranoia/the Red Scare.

400

Cousin Tryphena is moved by Jombatiste's socialist rant when he starts to do this.

What is read case histories.

400

This is the term for the first sentence of a paragraph that lets the reader know what the paragraph is going to be about.

What is a topic sentence.

400

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was a prisoner of war in this German city.

What is Dresden.

400

"Wealth comes from labor alone."

Who is Jombatiste.
500
In "A Drop in the Bucket," Fisher uses this symbol to display Cousin Tryphena's obsession with wealth and upper class status.

What is a sideboard.

500
This is how Potts saves the Night Express.

What is he speeds up the train instead of slowing down.

500
A pronoun (he/she/they/it) must always clearly refer to this.

What is an antecedent.

500

This is a similarity between Daphne de Maurier and Dorothy Canfield Fisher. (Hint: The answer is not that they are both women.)

What is they both wrote about their hometowns.

500

"Should feel good - going to that wonderful school."

Who is Ben.