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The Iliad characters

“The Most Dangerous

Game”

“The Cask of Amontillado”

“The Scarlet Ibis”

“Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird”

and “The Sniper”

“The Sniper and

Other interesting

facts.

Best Trojan warrior

A 100

Hector

A 100

Best Greek warrior

A 200

A 200

Achilles

A 300

King of Troy

Priam

A 300

Greek leader

A 400

Agamemnon

A 400

Wife of Menelaus

A 500

Helen

A 500

B 100

Brother of Agamemnon

Menelaus

B 100

Mother of Hector

B 200

Hecuba

B 200

Mother of Achilles

B 300

Thetis

B 300

Brother of Hector

B 400

Paris

B 400

Friend of Achilles

B 500

Patroclus

B 500

C 100

b. To put into effect his plan for revenge

C 100

The word that best describes the mood of “The Cask of Amontillado is

a.hysterical

b.dramatic

c.humorous

d.suspenseful

C 200

d. suspenseful

C 200

Which of the following excerpts from “Cask” contributes to the mood of the

story?a.It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend.

b.We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descended again, arrived at a deep crypt.

c.“It is this,” I answered, producing from beneath the folds of my roquelaure a trowel.

d.I broke and reached him a flagon of De Grave.

C 300

a. It was dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I

encountered my friend.

C 300

DAILY DOUBLE

C 400

DAILY DOUBLEPlace A Wager

Which aspect of the carnival season is most important to the events of the story?

a.Hundreds of people attend the event.

b.It is a time of wild madness and excess.

c.People wear fantastic costumes in the streets.

d.The damp weather at that time of year causes colds and coughs.

C 400

b. It is a time of wild madness and excess.

C 400

Which question best illustrates Montressor’s true character?

a.“A draft of this Medoc will defend us from the damps.”

b.“My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking today.

c.“I must not only punish but punish with impunity.”

d.“And yet some fools will have it that his taste is a match for your own.”

C 500

c. “I must not only punish but punish with impunity.”

C 500

What in the story “The Scarlet Ibis” indicates the point of view of the narrator

a.The use of “he” indicates that the narrator is not part of the action.

b.The use of “we” and “I” indicates that the narrator is part of the action.

c.No names were used, so there is no evidence of the narrator’s identity.

d.The tone indicates that the narrator is someone who is detached from the people involved.

D 100

b. The use of “we” and “I” indicates that the narrator is

part of the action.

D 100

The narrator is motivated to persist with Doodle’s development program by his

a.pride in his own accomplishments

b.pride in Doodle

c.Sympathy for Doodle

d.defiance of his parents

D 200

a. Pride in his own accomplishments

D 200

What is the main idea of “The Scarlet Ibis”?

a. Memories remain clear even with the passing of time.

b. Pride can cause people to be cruel even to those they love.

c. The world of nature is fragile and must be protected.

d. Close friendships are rare among family members

D 300

b. Pride can cause people to be cruel even to those they love.

D 300

Which sentence explains why naming the narrator’s brother Willam Armstrong was like “tying a big tail

on a small kite”?

a.It is a name that has been in the family for generations.

b.It implies that he will grow up to do great things.

c.It is a formal-sounding name for a small baby.

d.It is not a name that is easy to remember.

D 400

c. It is a formal-sounding name for a small baby.

D 400

What prompts the narrator to show Doodle the coffin?

a.He thinks his brother will find it amusing.

b.He intends to close him inside the coffin as a joke.

c.He has a cruel streak that surfaces occaisonally.

d.He wants to impress on Doodle how surprised they all were that he survived.

D 500

D 500

c. He has a cruel streak that surfaces occasionally

In “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’bird” how does that detail of the story “about this lady Goldilocks

who barged into a house what wasn’t even hers” help a reader understand Cathy’s character?

a.It shows that she likes to make the twins laugh.

b.It points out how she keeps the twins from bothering Granny.

c.It reveals her interest in storytelling.

d.It illustrates that she likes to follow Granny’s example.

E 100

E 100

d. It illustrates that she likes to follow Granny’s example

In “Blues” what detail is most reponsible for Granddaddy’s appearance

of great power and strength?

a.His feet

b. His hands

c. His height

d. His cool manner

E 200

b. His hands

E 200

“Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird has to do with

a.An old man’s violent anger toward a pair of hawksb. An old woman’s strict manner with her grandchildrenc. An old woman’s fury at not being treated with respectd. A family’s rudeness to a pair of reporters.

E 300

b. An old woman’s fury at not being treated with respect.

E 300

Which statement describes Granny’s attitude toward the camera crew in

“Blues”?

a.Granny is more excited than Tyrone and Terry.

b.Granny wants to use their actions and behavior to teach a lesson.

c.Granny is worried that they will prevent her from finishing the cakes she is making.

d.Granny resents them because they are invading her privacy.

E 400

d. Granny resents them because they are invading her privacy.

E 400

From reading “The Sniper” you can infer that the families during that time were

a.poor, as a result of the depression

b.small and close-knit

c.often split by civil war; brothers fighting against brothers

d.spread apart; they rarely saw each other

E 500

c. Often split by civil war; brother fighting against brothers

E 500

The situational irony in “The Sniper” occurs when

a. The sniper shoots the informers.

b. The sniper fakes out the other sniper by putting his hat on his rifle.

c. The sniper lights a cigarette.

d. The sniper rolls the other dead sniper over to discover it is his brother.

F 100

d. The sniper rolls the other dead sniper over to discover it

is his brother.

F 100

Which of the following is an example of verbal irony?

a.When the cameraman call Granny Cain “Aunty.”

b. When General Zaroff claims that “we try to be civilized here.”

c. When the sniper lit the cigarette and was shot at because of it.

d. The fact that there really was never any Amontillado in the catacomb.

F 200

b. When General Zaroff claims that “we try to be civilized here.”

But he is really uncivilized in that he hunts humans.

F 200

The following quote from “The Most Dangerous Game” is an example of what

literary device? “The lights from the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies.”

a. simile

b. personification

c. metaphor

d. foreshadowingF 300

c. metaphor

F 300

The character who causes problems for the protagonist is the

a. villain

b. antagonist

c. hero

d. narrrator

F 400

b. antagonist

F 400

Name the five daydreams Walter Mitty had in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

F 500

Military pilot

Surgeon

Defendant in court

Prisoner

Naval officer

F 500

The Final Jeopardy Category is:

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Name the five elements of a

plot line.

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Exposition

Rising Action

Climax

Falling action

Resolution

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