Marcovaldo 1
Dickens and Orwell
Baudelaire
Virginia Woolf
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What is a flaneur? 
A man who saunters around observing society.


100

Orwell's most popular works

1984 and/or animal farm

100

What technique does he incorporate most?

Personification 

100

This everyday object serves as the pretext for walking across London, according to the narrator.

A lead pencil

100
Best formula 1 driver as of the moment

Lewis Hamilton

200
'Fig leaf squashed'

'horsefly'
'feather trapped'
'leaf yellowing'

What kind of imagery is this? Be specific

Imagery of decay

200

What is "sheer egoism"?

Orwell categorizes his writing into four main motives. This is one of the four.

200

Key theme of the poem 'The Injured Moon'

Transitory nature of modern life


200

narrator reflects that during a winter street ramble, people are like part of this large, anonymous group.

republican army of trampers

200

Finish the lyric:
"But I keep cruisin'
Can't stop, won't stop groovin'"

"It's like I got this music in my mind
Sayin' it's gonna be alright "

300

What does Signor Viligelmo hand Marcovaldo in the 'City Lost in Snow'?

A shovel

300

Which war influenced his writing style?

The Spanish Civil War

300

What is Aestheticism?

Late 19th-century movement, which Baudelaire’s work is often associated with, asserts that art should be valued for its beauty alone, without any need for a moral or political purpose.

300

What narrative technique does Virginia Woolf use in 'A London Adventure'

Stream of consciousness 

300
Golden State Warriors won against who on the 26th of February 


Double Points if you know the score

Charlotte Hornets

128 - 92

400
In 'The City Lost in Snow', what wakes up Marcovaldo?
The silence
400

He was in the Imperial Police, where was this?

Burma

400

What is Decadence?

This moral or cultural decline, associated with indulgence in luxury and excess, is a key theme in Baudelaire's poetry, particularly in his depictions of beauty and decay.

400
What is stream of consciousness 

A literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue.

400

Who plays Jon Snow in 'Game of Thrones'?

Kit Harrington

500

What ends up happening at the end of a 'Garden full of stubborn cats'

Marchesa dies and a construction company takes over and decides to make a new building. The cats stay resilient throughout and stay there regardless 
500

two motivations that are the most dominant in a writer's work

"political purpose" and "aesthetic enthusiasm"

500

'Old Cynthia' is a reference to?

Selene, the Greek personification of the moon, and the Roman Diana were also sometimes called "Cynthia"

500

The brown stain on the carpet was made by this historical figure, who was described as a "devil" by Mr. Cummings.

Lloyd George?

500

DC superhero who fights crime in a city called 'Star City'

Green Arrow