Wha was the central figure in the Tom Robinson trial that defended the accused?
What is Atticus Finch
100
Harper Lee was born in what city in Alabama?
What is Monroeville
100
What is Atticus Finch's profession?
What is Lawyer
100
The term novel derives from what Italian term?
What is novella
100
What year did Harper Lee win the Pulitzer Prize?
What is 1961
200
Both the Scottsboro trials and the Tom Robinson trail began with a charge of what?
What is rape
200
What paper did Lee become the editor of?
What is The Rammer Jammer
200
Who is the narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird?
What is Scout
200
What is the genre that is a part of the American South and derives from 19th century European literature?
What is Southern Gothic
200
One of the reasons Lee received negative feedback was due to her recurrent use of what?
What is profanity
300
Both trials took place where?
What is Alabama
300
Who was Lee's closest childhood friend?
What is Truman Capote
300
This character piqued many neighborhood kid's interest because s/he was so mysterious.
What is Boo Radley
300
The novel was a product of whose theories?
What is Descartes and Locke
300
What award did Harper Lee win in 1962?
What is paperback of the year
400
In both the Scottsboro trials and the Tom Robinson trial, the accused were convicted and hanged. True or false?
What is False
400
How many languages has To Kill A Mockingbird been published in?
What is 40
400
Who accused Tom Robinson of rapping her and beating her?
What is Mayella Ewell
400
18th century authors, Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson, did not base their novel on mythology, history, legend, or previous literature giving the novel a what?
What is inventive stance
400
Lee’s audience appreciated her bold stance for what?
What is racial justice
500
What allegedly happened in the Scottsboro Trials?
What is an alleged gang rape of two white girls by 9 black boys
500
Where was Lee's second book discovered?
What is a safe deposit box
500
Who is the closest thing Jem and Scout have to a mother?
What is Calpurnia
500
A Bildungsroman depicts a character going from childhood to adulthood or from innocence to experience, this is also known as what?
What is coming of age
500
Who claimed that the terminology in To Kill a Mockingbird “subjects students to humiliating experiences”?