RFAB
Who wrote Requiem for a Beast? You have to spell the last name correctly!
Matt Ottley
What time of day does Santiago wake up on the day he was murdered?
5:30am
How many sentences should be in the conclusion of your Argument Analysis essay?
Zero - You do not need a conclusion
What does WWW stand for?
world wide web
What was the first album distributed via CD?
52nd Street - Billy Joel
Who is currently the most streamed artist on Spotify?
Taylor Swift
What task are each section of the exam?
A = text response, B = protest, C = AA
"I'm supposed to be a fully initiated woman, but..."
"... that knowledge, that memory, is gone."
Who runs the milkshop?
Clotilde Armenta
What does CDFASTCATP stand for?
context date form author source title contention audience tone purpose
What animal has the biggest eye?
Giant squid
What city was formally known as New Amsterdam?
New York City
What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
The Sound of Music
what does SWOTVAC stand for?
study without teaching vacation
What does Lacrymosa mean?
Tears/weeping
Finish the quote: "... I returned to this forgotten village, trying to put..."
"...the broken mirror of memory back together from so many scattered shards."
Name the device
"Unfortunately, she didn't make the cut".
Euphemism
What is a group of flamingos called?
A flamboyance
What is the deepest known part of the ocean?
What film was the first non-English film to win Best Picture at The Oscars?
Parasite
What is Ms Doig's suggested order of sections to complete in the exam?
CAB
In what way is RFAB an example of a polyphonic narrative?
A polyphonic narrative is a storytelling technique featuring multiple independent, equal, and unmerged character voices and worldviews that interact without being controlled or judged by a single authoritative authorial voice
What is the Bishop's favourite food?
Coxcomb soup
What is a tricolon?
A repetition of three things in a clause
Who are the six 12ENG teachers?
Ms Perez, Ms Doig, Mr Hartje, Mr Barlow, Mr Moss, Mr James
What does the word "defenestrate" mean?
to throw someone out of a window
What is the name of the only horror film to have one Best Picture at the Oscars?
Silence of the Lambs
When is the English exam?
Tuesday Oct 27
Name all four parts/chapters of RFAB
Dies Irae, Mors Stupebit et Natura, Lacrymosa, Pie Jesu
What is the foreword of the novella?
The hunt for love is haughty falconry.
Which of the following VCAA texts that we examined this year appeared on the 2023 VCAA exam?
A. Narrow Valley
B. Our Local Gym
C. Hapsey Happenings
D. Timberoona
Narrow Valley
What word is spelled 'incorrectly' in every English dictionary?
Incorrectly
How long after the death of an author does their work enter public domain/lose copyright status?
70 years
The first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club. What is the second rule?
What is the name of King Minos' wife?
Pasiphae
(a few options) skepticism of grand narratives, rejection of objective truth, idea that meaning is unstable, artistic movement characterised by irony and pastiche
What is the difference between target audeince and a stakeholder?
TA - A specific group or demographic that an argument is aimed at
Stakeholders - An individual or select group with a direct connection to the issue.
What does HTTP stand for?
HyperText Transfer Protocol
Which country has a national language with the longest alphabet?
Cambodia
Their national langauge, Khmer, has 74 characters
What is Bruno Mars' real name?
Peter Gene Hernandez
Finish the quote: "He rides, entranced by the heat and led by the beast...."
"... into a world of remembering"
What is a pathetic fallacy, and provide an example from the text.
A pathetic fallacy is when the setting or objects reflect human emotion
E.g. The animals or weather reflects the emotional tone/mood of the moment throughout the text
Anaphora - a rhetorical and literary device where a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or poetic lines
E.g. I have a dream
What country has the highest quanity of timezones in the world?
France
13 timezones
Name three movies that were named or based off of rides at Disneyland.
Multiple movies in the same franchise does not count.
Tower of Terror
The Pirates of the Caribbean series
Mission to Mars
The Country Bears
The Haunted Mansion
Tomorrowland
Jungle Cruise
The Goo Goo Dolls wrote their song "Iris" for what movie's soundtrack?
Double points if you can guess who the leading actor in it was.
Actor: Nicholas Cage