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The The Importance of Importance of Being EarnestBeing Earnest

Animal FarmAnimal Farm

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Beowulf Beowulf and the and the MonomythMonomyth

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Canterbury Canterbury TalesTales

The Importance The Importance of Being Earnestof Being Earnest Animal FarmAnimal Farm Lord of the Lord of the

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Written in verse and Written in verse and featuring a larger-featuring a larger-

than-life hero, than-life hero, Beowulf Beowulf is an example of this is an example of this

type of poem.type of poem.

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What is an epic What is an epic poem?poem?

Since Since BeowulfBeowulf was was passed along by word-passed along by word-

of-mouth, it is an of-mouth, it is an example of this type example of this type

of tradition.of tradition.

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What is an oral What is an oral tradition?tradition?

The monster Grendel is a The monster Grendel is a descendant of this Biblical descendant of this Biblical villain – the first murderer, villain – the first murderer, according to Christianity.according to Christianity.

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Who is Cain?Who is Cain?

This is Joseph This is Joseph Campbell’s term for an Campbell’s term for an object that saves the object that saves the day and has healing day and has healing

properties.properties.

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What is the What is the elixir?elixir?

This is Joseph This is Joseph Campbell’s term for Campbell’s term for

the “doorway” to the “doorway” to adventure in his adventure in his

model of the model of the monomyth.monomyth.

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What is “the What is “the threshold”?threshold”?

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includes himself in the includes himself in the story, as the narrator story, as the narrator

and one of the 30 and one of the 30 pilgrims.pilgrims.

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Who is Who is Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer?Chaucer?

This noble and chivalrous This noble and chivalrous character looks like he is character looks like he is fresh from fighting in the fresh from fighting in the Crusades, and his tale is Crusades, and his tale is a quintessential Medieval a quintessential Medieval

romance.romance.

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Who is the Who is the knight?knight?

The typical chivalric The typical chivalric romance usually included romance usually included

the recurrent motif of the recurrent motif of this number.this number.

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What is three?What is three?

This wrestler tells a This wrestler tells a ribald story that is the ribald story that is the

opposite of a opposite of a quintessential quintessential

Medieval romance.Medieval romance.

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Who is the Who is the miller?miller?

This tale features an This tale features an ironic moral – “Greed is ironic moral – “Greed is

the root of all evil” – the root of all evil” – ironic as its teller is quite ironic as its teller is quite

greedy.greedy.

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What is the What is the Pardoner’s Tale?Pardoner’s Tale?

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A Shakespearean A Shakespearean sonnet is also known sonnet is also known

as this type of sonnet.as this type of sonnet.

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What is an What is an Elizabethan Elizabethan

sonnet?sonnet?

Othello’s ethnicity is Othello’s ethnicity is this, which means he is this, which means he is a dark-skinned man of a dark-skinned man of

Arabic or African Arabic or African descent.descent.

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What is a What is a Moor?Moor?

Iago tells Othello to Iago tells Othello to beware of jealousy, for beware of jealousy, for

it is this.it is this.

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What is the What is the green-eyed green-eyed monster?monster?

This was usually the This was usually the function of the rhyming function of the rhyming couplet at the end of a couplet at the end of a Shakespearean sonnet.Shakespearean sonnet.

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What is an ironic What is an ironic twist or a twist or a summary?summary?

When Iago says “it is When Iago says “it is thought abroad that thought abroad that ’twixt the sheets he ’twixt the sheets he

[Othello] has done my [Othello] has done my office,” he means this.office,” he means this.

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What is slept What is slept with Iago’s wife with Iago’s wife

(Emilia)?(Emilia)?

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The Importance of Being The Importance of Being EarnestEarnest offers offers

commentary on this time commentary on this time period, named for the period, named for the

queen of England at the queen of England at the time.time.

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What is the What is the Victorian Age?Victorian Age?

This is Algernon’s nickname This is Algernon’s nickname for leading a double life; it for leading a double life; it

is derived from the name of is derived from the name of his contrived ailing uncle.his contrived ailing uncle.

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What is What is bunburrying?bunburrying?

Oscar Wilde was born Oscar Wilde was born and raised in this and raised in this

country.country.

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What is Ireland?What is Ireland?

This type of character – This type of character – such as Lady Bracknell – such as Lady Bracknell –

obstructs the obstructs the relationship of another relationship of another

character.character.

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What is a What is a blocking figure?blocking figure?

The play includes a lot of The play includes a lot of this type of humor, which this type of humor, which

revolves around the revolves around the physical movements of physical movements of

the actors.the actors.

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What is What is burlesque burlesque humor? humor?

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The novel is an example The novel is an example of this type of story, as it of this type of story, as it can be read on both the can be read on both the literal and the symbolic literal and the symbolic

level.level.

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What is an What is an allegory?allegory?

Old Major represents this Old Major represents this figure from the Russian figure from the Russian

Revolution, as he provides Revolution, as he provides the impetus for the the impetus for the

revolution, but dies before revolution, but dies before

it begins.it begins.

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Who is Karl Who is Karl Marx?Marx?

Snowball represents this Snowball represents this figure from the Russian figure from the Russian

Revolution, as he is a well-Revolution, as he is a well-educated leader that is educated leader that is

eventually led into exile.eventually led into exile.

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Who is Leon Who is Leon Trotsky?Trotsky?

Napoleon represents this Napoleon represents this figure from the Russian figure from the Russian

Revolution, as he becomes Revolution, as he becomes a tyrant and changes laws a tyrant and changes laws

to meet his own needs.to meet his own needs.

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Who is Joseph Who is Joseph Stalin?Stalin?

This character who meets his This character who meets his end at the glue factory is end at the glue factory is named in reference to a named in reference to a

famous rebellion in China.famous rebellion in China.

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Who is Who is Boxer?Boxer?

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He is the author of He is the author of The Lord of the The Lord of the

Flies.Flies.

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Who is William Who is William Golding?Golding?

The Lord of the Flies The Lord of the Flies is narrated from this is narrated from this

perspective.perspective.

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What is third What is third person?person?

The phrase “Lord of The phrase “Lord of the Flies” is actually the Flies” is actually a reference to this a reference to this

Biblical villain.Biblical villain.

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Who is the Who is the devil?devil?

This is the part of the This is the part of the island where the island where the

plane crashes – its plane crashes – its name evokes name evokes

something that can something that can never be erased.never be erased.

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What is the What is the scar?scar?

This is probably the This is probably the reason the boys were reason the boys were on the island in the on the island in the

first place.first place.

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What is the threat What is the threat of a third world of a third world

war?war?

This Irish satirist wrote “A This Irish satirist wrote “A Modest Proposal” in response Modest Proposal” in response

to his nation’s problem of to his nation’s problem of hunger. hunger.

Who is Jonathan Who is Jonathan Swift?Swift?