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The way a work makes its audience feel is called the . .
Voice
Mood
Theme
Tone
2
The muses are the goddesses of...
Dance
The arts
Women
Claymatian
3
To "throw down the gauntlet" is to...
Issue a challenge
Admit defeat
Show how strong you are
Get angry
4
If you were to wake up one day as a moth, and all your family members were worms, that would be
An albatross
Pavlovian
Kafkaesque
Stealing thunder
5
Thieves used smelly fish to throw bloodhounds off their trail...now a name for distraction
Sour Grapes
Pharisees
Ad Hominem Argument
Red Herring
6
What does an albatross symbolize?
Love
Guilt
Revenge
Sickness
7
Where does the term "scapegoat" come from?
Ancient Jews in the Bible
The yelling goats video
The Odyssey
The Holocaust
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Which of the following allusions is from one of Aesop's Fables?
Red Herring
Sour Grapes
Sacred Cow
Murphy's Law
9
If a person is Machiavellian, then they . . .
Are not trustworthy because they have a bad reputation
Are a relative of Machiavelli
Willing to do anything to succeed, even harm others
Are well versed in ancient art and literature
10
A recurring element in a story is called a ....
Melon
Synecdoche
Allusion
Motif
11
If you are "gaslighting" someone, you are . . .
telling someone that they can't handle the truth
manipulating someone into questioning their own sanity
telling someone that they are wrong and that you are right
making someone feel real warm and fuzzing inside
12
Someone in an ivory tower is...
Unrealistic
Crazy
Lazy
Spoiled
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A Juggernaut is...
A destructive force that defies opposition
An enemy of a great hero
Something that is extremely slow but powerful
An opposing force that is unsure of itself
14
Which of the following allusions came to be because of a play's sound effect?
Ivory tower
Sour Grapes
Writing on the wall
Stealing thunder
15
The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains" is an example of . . .
Consonance
Prose
Assonance
Repetition
16
In what country are cows considered sacred?
China
India
Hogwarts
Malaysia
17
Which of the following allusions got their names from plays...?
Gaslighting
Stealing thunder
Kafkaesque
Pearls Before Swine
18
Who saw the hand writing on the wall?
Jonas
David
Daniel
Jesus
19
The carriage held but just ourselves/ and immortality (no punctuation between lines)
End Stopped Line
Prose
Sonnet
Enjambment
20
If someone seems promising but then does not amount to much, then they are . . .
Sour Grapes
Sold Down the River
A nemesis
A flash in the pan
21
Why are serpents considered to be a symbol of evil?
Snakes were a symbol of evil in Dante's famous "Inferno"
The Devil appears as a snake and temps Eve to eat the fruit
Snakes have been used for torture in many civilizations
Snakes are poisonous, slithery little pests
22
You have a friend who is very judgmental. She is strict about rules but sometimes breaks them.
She is a sacred cow.
She is a Pharisee.
She is a siren.
She is a red herring.
23
"CRUNCH!" Would be considered. . .
Onomatopoeia
Metonymy
Personification
Spoonerism
24
The author's attitude about what they are saying is called the . . .
Theme
Mood
Voice
Tone
25
The Muses are from...
Indian Goddesses
A famous novel
Roman Mythology
Greek Mythology
26
Which of these things is a "juggernaut"?
Deadpool's foe
Carried around in a huge cart
An unstoppable force
A Hindu God
27
Prometheus in famous for . . .
Being cowardly
Stealing fire from the gods
Bringing fire to mankind
Getting his guts eaten out on the daily
28
Jumbo Shrimp, Government Intelligence, and Icy Hot are all examples of . . .
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Motif
Epistrophe
29
"O Captain! My Captain!" Is an example of a(n) . . .
Sonnet
Elegy
Ballad
Ode
30
What is an albatross?
a bird
a ship
a relic
a fish
31
Which of the following is an example of a theme?
Prejudice is a choice, not an obligation
Prejudice is wrong
Prejudice is when someone is biased towards another group
Prejudice
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Figurative Language is . . .
Language that is not meant to be taken literally
Imagery
A type of prose
Anything that is not set to a meter
33
What is " a pound of flesh" ?
a large debt to be paid that may harm the payer
Revenge
my deli order at Broullims
a large payment for something insignificant
34
Who, according to legend, cut the Gordian Knot by slicing it with a knife?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Chuck Norris
Evil Knevil
Alexander the Great
35
"Someone's cousin sometimes says silly things" is an example of. . .
Ryhme
Consonance
Assonance
Meter
36
To trick someone out of money somehow is known as . . .
Albatross
Shanghai
Sirens
Machiavelli
37
Who is the most famous "backstabber"?
Nicki Minaj
Brutus
Judas
Cardi B
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When the same word or phrases is at the end of multiple sentences
Epistrophe
Alliteration
Apostrophe
Anastrophe
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What did Prometheus bring to mankind?
Fire
Butterflies
Light
Knowledge
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What is a siren?
Half woman half bird. Evil.
A police car that goes weewooweewoo
A mermaid
A Greek creature whose song lures you to your death
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The term "red herring" comes from the use of ________ and became known as something distracting
DNA evidence
Stinky fish shops
Blood at a crime scene
Bloodhounds
42
Which of the following is an example of an alleory?
Forest Gump
The Chronicles of Narnia
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Animal Farm
43
The word "nemesis" comes from . . .
The Roman god of justice
The Greek god of retribution
Hercules
The Aquatic god of revenge
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An allusion is...
A reference to another work, historical moment, or culture
A magic trick
A mythological bird who only comes out on full moons
A kind of symbol
45
Which of Jesus's followers "betrayed him with a kiss" ?
Jonah
Benjamin
Judas
John
46
What is a witch hunt?
Accusing someone of something crazy
Jumping to conclusions and pointing fingers
Telling someone a lady turned you into a newt
Going after someone without reasonable evidence
47
What would you call sharing something meaningful that no one appreciated?
Pearls before swine
Unappreciated sentiments
Riches for snitches
Diamonds before paupers
48
What does it mean to be "betrayed with a kiss" ?
Romance always leads to despair
Kissing is icky
Someone you are in love with leaves you
Someone close to you betrays you
49
What does it mean if humility is a person's "achilles heel"?
It is their weakness
It is their prized possession
It is an unlikely skill
It is their strongsuit
50
Who would you call a "Prometheus"?
Someone who is incredibly successful and rich
Someone who resists order and does things anyways
Someone who is unsure of themselves
Someone who is angry and easily becomes violent
51
Repetitions of concluding words or phrases is known as...
Catastrophe
Anastrophe
Apostrophe
Epistrophe
52
Witch hunts famously happened in....
Columbus, Ohio
Salem, Massachusetts
Newfoundland, Alberta
Portland, Oregon
53
Pavlov's famous experiment with dogs proved...
Human Nature
Conditioned response
Freud's Tripartite Theory
Harry Potter didn't break his wand
54
Murphy's Law states that . . .
If something can go wrong, it will.
Nothing bad happens if you are prepared.
Everything happens for a reason.
Nothing is random; everything has a cause.
55
The allusion "a pound of flesh" comes from which of the following Shakespearean plays?
Much Ado About Nothing
Hamlet
The Merchant of Venice
Midsummer Night's Dream
56
Which of the following is the correct way to punctuate a parenthetical?
Atticus states that he "does not want any trouble" (Lee 33).
Atticus states that he "does not want any trouble (Lee 33)".
Atticus states that he "does not want any trouble. (Lee 33)"
Atticus states that he "does not want any trouble.(Lee 33)".
57
The idea that you can train an animal or person into having a certain response came from . .
Kafka
Murphy's Law
In Medias Res
Pavlov's dogs experiment
58
Which of the following medieval weapons is associated with getting caught int your own trap?
Canons
Coconuts
Petard
Your mother was a hamster, your father smelt of elderberries
59
Pink's new song and one of our allusions, "Sold down the river" comes from . . .
Moses being put in a basket and found by Pharaoh's daughter
Egyptians being sent down the Nile to be eaten by crocs
Disney's new movie, Jungle Cruise
Slaves being sold from housework to plantations
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What does it mean if a room is described as "Kafkaesque"?
It makes no sense and seems to be from another dimension
It is not easy to understand because it is so complex
It is not like its surroundings and stands out
The room is disheveled and nothing is organized
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A too-convenient, not very believable ending is known as a..
Expecto Petronum
Carpe Diem
In Medias Res
Deus Ex Machina
