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100

Who is the brother of King Hamlet? 

King Claudius

100

How many times did the ghost visit the guards? 

TWO TIMES 

100

What is the capital city of Denmark? 

Copenhagen

100

Who wrote A Handmaid's Tale?

Margaret Atwood

100

What did Mr Fullerton sell to her neighbors?

Eggs

200

What is the name of Hamlet's mother? 

Gertrude 

200

In Act 1, Scene 1, which theme is introduced?

Appearance versus Reality 

200

Who wrote the horrific tale entitled "A Tell-Tale Heart"?

Edgar Allan Poe

200

Juliet is a Capulet which makes Romeo a ...

Montague 

200

Who wrote "Utopian Dreams" in Viewpoints 12 discussing the origins of this universal theme? 

Val Ross 

300

Which character is manipulative and enjoys spying on others? 

Polonius 

300

Who is the character foil to Hamlet? 

Laertes

300

What is the capital city of Canada?

Ottawa

300

In the play A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry included a poem written by Langston Hughes. This is the poem that inspired her play. What is the name of that poem?

"A Deferred Dream"

300

Who was the devoted son in Anita Desai's short story "A Devoted Son"? 

Rakesh 

400

Who tells Prince Hamlet about his father's ghost? 

Horatio 

400

Identify the speaker of these lines "His greatness weigh’d, his will is not his own; For he himself is subject to his birth"?

Laertes 

400

What do you call a single strand of spaghetti? 

Spaghetto

400

Who wrote the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter"? He also wrote an iconic children's novel. 

Roald Dahl

400

In "The Rocking Horse Winner" who was Master Paul's mentor? 

Mentor: Uncle Oscar 

500

Which characters opens the play? 

Barnado

500

Who utter these famous lines "this above all-to thine own self be true"?

Polonius 

500

What is the nearest planet to the sun?

Mercury 

500

Who developed the Hero's Journey? 

Joseph Campbell 

500

Who wrote "The Archeytpes of Literature" in Viewpoints 12? 

Northrop Frye