Hamlet
The Jungle
As I Lay Dying
The Great Gatsby
Short Stories
Ethan Frome
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Hamlet ponders whether ’tis nobler to suffer misfortune or to rise up against a sea of adversity in this famous soliloquy.
What is the “to be or not to be” soliloquy?
Hamlet’s girlfriend, who meets her tragic end by drowning.
Who is Ophelia?
Hamlet writes a play called The Mousetrap, which is intended to reveal the conscience of this person.
Who is the king, or Claudius?
In addition to penning Hamlet, he wrote The Tempest and Cymbaline.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Hamlet and Laertes meet their end in this type of dueling match.
What is a fencing match?
The Jungle exposes gross human rights violations in this industry.
What is the meat- packing industry?
The Jungle is set in this mid-western metropolis.
What is Chicago?
This author of The Jungle actually intended for it to expose abuses to immigrants.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
The characters from the novel emigrate from this Eastern European nation.
What is Lithuania?
The author of The Jungle was a part of this journalistic movement that included Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffans, and Nellie Bly.
What is muck-raking?
William Faulkner wrote in this style of uninterrupted ideas from the top of his character’s heads.
What is stream- of- consciousness?
Faulkner’s novel takes place in a backwoods county in this state.
What is Mississippi?
This young character narrates the shortest of the novel’s chapters – “My mother is a fish.”
Who is Vardaman?
The character Cash, a carpenter, is charged with making this for his ailing mother.
What is her coffin?
Meddling neighbor Cora incorrectly perceives this son to be Addie’s “darling.”
Who is Darl?
The author of the novel, he is named after his great uncle, the man who composed “The Star- Spangled Banner.”
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
The author of The Great Gatsby was a part of this movement of writers who had immigrated to Europe from America.
What is the expatriate movement?
The appearance of these – in the form of character’s nicknames and illustrations on a billboard – is a recurrent motif in the novel.
What are eyes?
This color, which denotes both opulence and cowardice, is prevalent in the novel.
What is yellow?
The narrator of the novel, like the author himself, travels from this Midwest state to New York.
What is Minnesota?
The conflict in Alice Walker’s “Everday Use” revolves around this family heirloom.
What is a quilt?
This narrator of “Why I Live at the P.O.” is known only by this very general name.
Who is Sister?
Much of the conflict in this Tobias Wolff short story surrounds an internal dilemma about a military officer’s sexual identity.
What is “Awaiting Orders”?
This Jamaica Kincaid short story is told in the stream-of- consciousness style.
What is “Girl”?
This Flannery O’Connor short story is an allusion to a book in the Bible, and also refers to a sudden realization.
What is “Revelation”?
Ethan Frome takes place during this season.
What is winter?
This animal breaks Zeena’s favorite dish.
What is the cat?
Ethan Frome was written by this New England-based author.
Who is Edith Frome?
Ethan and Mattie attempt to commit suicide in this manner.
What is sledding into a tree?
This character is intended to represent the author.
Who is Ethan?
This author of “Tearaway Burkas and Tinplate Menorahs” recently ran for U.S. Senate.
Who is Al Franken?