Of Mice and Men
Poetry
Romeo and Juliet
Back in Time!
All things English!
100

WHO WROTE 'OF MICE AND MEN'?

JOHN STEINBECK

100

HOW MANY LINES DOES A TYPICAL SONNET HAVE?

14 LINES

100

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CITY WHERE 'ROMEO AND JULIET' TAKES PLACE?

VERONA

100

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PROTAGONIST IN 'THE GIVER'?

JONAS

100

WHAT IS A DUAL NARRATIVE?

A dual narrative is a story that is told from two different perspectives.

200

THE TREATMENT OF WHICH CHARACTER IS AN EXAMPLE OF RACISM?

CROOKS

200

WHICH BAND TURNED JOHN COOPER CLARKE'S POEM 'i wanna be yours' INTO A SONG?

ARTIC MONKEYS

200

WHO IS JULIET'S COUSIN THAT GETS INTO A DEADLY DUAL WITH ROMEO?  

TYBALT

200

WHICH CHARACTER WAS CHASED OFF THE FARM IN 'ANIMAL FARM'?

SNOWBALL

200

WHAT DOES THE WORD 'PROFOUND' MEAN?

VERY GREAT; FELT OR EXPERIENCED VERY STRONGLY OR DEEPLY

300

CANDY’S ANGUISH OVER THE DOG FORESHADOWS WHAT?

GEORGE HAVING TO DECIDE TO SHOOT LENNIE

300

WHAT IS CAESURA?

PUNCTUATION USED IN THE MIDDLE OF LINES FOR EFFECT

300

WHAT DOES 'MATERNAL' MEAN?

HAVING TYPICAL FEELINGS OF A CARING MOTHER; MOTHERLY

300

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DOG BELONGING TO BILL SIKES IN 'OLIVER TWIST'?

BULLSEYE

300

WHAT IS 'ETHOS'?

You use ethos as a tool of persuasion to get your audience (or reader) to view you as credible and trustworthy.  This will make it much easier for you to persuade them.

400

WHO SAYS THAT ALL OF THE MEN ON THE RANCH ARE SCARED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER?

CURLEY'S WIFE

400

WHAT DOES THE WORD 'IDOLISE' MEAN?

TO ADMIRE OR LOVE SOMEONE, POSSIBLY TOO  MUCH

400

WHAT WARM CELESTIAL IMAGE AND METAPHOR DOES ROMEO USE WHEN HE SEES JULIET AT THE BALCONY?

JULIET IS THE SUN

400

WHICH FIGURE IN RUSSIAN HISTORY IS AN ALLEGORY FOR NAPOLEON IN 'ANIMAL FARM'?

JOSEPH STALIN

400

WHAT IS A CYCLICAL STRUCTURE?

A story that ends in the same place it began.

500

COMPLETE GEORGE’S LINE – “IF I DIDN’T HAVE YOU I COULD. . . “

“IF I DIDN’T HAVE YOU I COULD. . . LIVE SO EASY“

500

WHO WROTE 'SONNET 130'?

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

500

WHICH CITY DOES ROMEO BUY POISON FROM AN APOTHECARY, WHERE HE HAS BEEN BANISHED?  

MANTUA

500

WHAT DOES 'DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI' MEAN?

IT IS SWEET AND PROPER TO DIE FOR YOUR COUNTRY.


500

WHAT DAY, MONTH OR YEAR DID SHAKESPEARE DIE?

23rd April 1616