Crucible
Common Knowledge
Penelopiad
VCASS
Pop Culture Literary Devices
100

Who is the young woman whose affair with John Proctor sets the plot in motion?

Abigail Williams

100

What's the capital of Japan?

Tokyo

100

Who is the narrator and protagonist of The Penelopiad?

Penelope

100

What is our school address?

57 Miles St Southbank

100

What literary device is at work in the phrase "time is money"?

Metaphor

200

What object, discovered with a needle inside it, leads to Elizabeth Proctor's arrest?

A poppet

200

How many strings does a standard guitar have?

6

200

Who wrote The Penelopiad, and in what year was it published?

Margaret Atwood, 2005

200

When was this campus built?

June 2009

200

Kim Kardashian's family show is called Keeping Up with the Kardashians. What device, repeating the same consonant sound across nearby words, is used in that title?

Alliteration

300

What does Reverend Hale do at the end of Act Three, in protest of the court's proceedings?

He denounces the court and quits

300

What planet is known as the Red Planet?

Mars

300

What ancient epic does The Penelopiad retell from a different point of view?

Homer's The Odyssey

300

Who is on Miss Beaumont's mug?

Elvis

300

Britney Spears' song "Toxic" describes love by directly comparing it to a poison. What figure of speech is this?

400

What does John Proctor mean when he cries "I have given you my soul, leave me my name"?

He'll confess to save his life but won't let a false confession be signed and made public record

400

What year did the first iPhone come out?

2007


400

Who are the twelve maids, and what happens to them and by who?

Penelope's maids, hanged by Telemachus and Odysseus after his return

400

How many students in the whole school?

351

400

AFL teams have nicknames like the Magpies, the Demons, and the Hawks. What device is at work when an animal or bird comes to represent an entire team's identity and values? 

Symbolism

500

What year was The Crucible first performed, and what real-world political climate was Miller responding to?

1953; McCarthyism and the Red Scare

500

How many bones are in the adult human body?

206

500

What recurring device does Atwood use for the maids to interrupt and comment on Penelope's narrative?

A chorus, appearing in songs, chants, and other performance-style interludes between chapters

500

What teacher used to babysit Miss Beaumont's boyfriend?

Mr Mactaggart

500

Brat summer was defined by pairing a party girl aesthetic with vulnerable, confessional lyrics about anxiety and self-doubt. What device describes placing two contrasting ideas or tones side by side to highlight the tension between them?

 Juxtaposition