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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, a murderer of villain, a murderer of brother Abel.brother Abel.

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Who is Cain?Who is Cain?

The character of The character of Beowulf would Beowulf would best fit into this best fit into this

heroic archetype.heroic archetype.

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What is the What is the warrior warrior

archetype?archetype?

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”?

1 - 100This author of This author of The The Canterbury TalesCanterbury Tales

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?

This character is a con This character is a con man who uses pigs’ man who uses pigs’

bones and other fake bones and other fake relics to tell an ironically relics to tell an ironically

moralizing tale.moralizing tale.

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Who is the Who is the pardoner?pardoner?

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 old and choleric This old and choleric character tells a story in character tells a story in response to his rival, the response to his rival, the

miller.miller.

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Who is the Who is the reeve?reeve?

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The antagonist of the The antagonist of the play, he shares his play, he shares his name with a bird in name with a bird in the movie the movie AladdinAladdin..

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Who is Iago?Who is Iago?

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?

Othello Othello was written was written during this age, named during this age, named

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

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What is the What is the Elizabethan Age?Elizabethan Age?

Othello’s wife, who Othello’s wife, who meets a tragic end; meets a tragic end; her name literally her name literally

means “unlucky one.”means “unlucky one.”

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Who is Who is Desdemona?Desdemona?

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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 or such as Lady Bracknell or

the father in the father in Meet the Meet the ParentsParents – obstructs the – obstructs the

relationship or their relationship or their daughter.daughter.

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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 The Lord of the Flies.Lord of the Flies.

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Who is William Who is William Golding?Golding?

The phrase “the lord The phrase “the lord of the flies” is of the flies” is

actually a reference actually a reference to this biblical villain.to this biblical villain.

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Who is Satan or Who is Satan or the devil?the devil?

The novel was The novel was written during written during this decade.this decade.

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What is the What is the 1950s?1950s?

The novel is written The novel is written from this narrative from this narrative

perspective.perspective.

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What is third-What is third-person person

omniscient?omniscient?

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

crashes; its name crashes; its name evokes a permanent evokes a permanent

mark that can never be mark that can never be erased.erased.

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What is the scar?What is the scar?

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

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

Who is Jonathan Who is Jonathan Swift?Swift?