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What is the theme of “The Story Teller”?

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imagination

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What is the main literary device in “The Story Teller”?

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personification

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What is an imaginative prose narrative designed to produce a single impression or effect?

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short story

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What is the expression of strong emotion to evoke emotion from the reader?

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sentimentality

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What a broad term that defines categorizes diverse type of writing?

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genre

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Which writing genre is the felling of uncertainty and tension about a story’s action that is designed to maintain the reader’s interest?

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suspence

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Which writing genre tends of follow a problem or question that is slowly solved as the story progresses and the narrator reveles clues to the reader?

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mysteries

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Which writing genre frequently maintains a light tone throughout the story, often with the specific purpose of entertainment?

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comedy

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What is the writing genre that portrays ordinary life?

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realism

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What are the themes of “The Red-Headed League”?

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observation, logic, appearance vs. reality

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What is the genre of mystery fiction that follows the investigation of a crime or problem?

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detective story

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What work are these lines from “For strange effects and extraordinary contributions we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the investigation”?

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The Red-Headed League

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Who wrote “The Red-Headed League”?

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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What was unique about Mr. Wilson’s assistant in the “Red-Headed League”?

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he would take half wages

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Where would Vincent Spalding spend all of his spare time in the “Red-Headed League”?

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in the basement to “develop photos”

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Who knew much about the Red-Headed League?

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Vincent Spalding

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Who is Mr. Wilson’s assistant in the “Red-Headed League”?

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Vincent Spalding

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What does Mr. Wilson have to do in the Red-Headed League?

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not leave and copy out the Encyclopedia

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How long was Mr. Wilson in the Red-Headed League?

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8 weeks

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What was Duncan Ross’s supposed real name in the “Red-Headed League”?

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William Morris

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How long had Mr. Wilson’s assistant been with him?

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one month

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What work are these lines from: “‘As a rule,’ said Holmes, ‘the more bizarre a thing is less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.’”?

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The Red-Headed League

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Where does Sherlock Holmes go to after visiting Mr. Wilson?

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his pawnshop

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What does Sherlock Holmes look at when Vincent Spalding opens the door?

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he studies Spalding’s trouser pants

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What does Sherlock do after he leaves the pawn shop?
he says he wants to remember where everything is
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What time does Sherlock tell Watson to meet him?
10
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What does Sherlock do once he is sure is has solved the mystery after leaving the pawn shop?
go to a music concert
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Who are the two other people that Sherlock Holems and Mr. Watson meet up with to catch a criminal?
Mr. Merryweather and Mr. Jones
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What was Mr. Jones's occupation?
he was the police chief
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What was Mr. Merryweather's occupation?
the manager of the bank
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Who is the individual that Sherlock intends to catch?
Mr. John Clay
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What was the name that John Clay had been known by previously?
Duncan Ross
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Who is the author of "The Garden Party"?
Katherine Mansfield
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What are the themes of "The Garden Party"?
empathy, social class, worth
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Who is the protagonist of "The Garden Party"?
Laura
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What social class is Laura in in "The Garden Party"?
the upper social class
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Who is Laura's sister in "The Garden Party"?
Jose
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What is the song that Jose decides to sing in "The Garden Party"?
"This Life is Weary"
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What terrible news does the cream puff man tell Laura and Jose?
that a man was killed in an accident that morning
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What is Laura's reaction to the news told them by the cream puff man?
she wants to cancel the garden party
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What is Jose's reaction to the news told them by the cream puff man?
she thinks that Laura is being ridiculous and doesn't want to stop the party
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Who does Laura's mother agree with when Laura tells her about the man that was killed?
she doesn't care because it didn't happen in the garden
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What did her mother give Laura to distract her for her empathy?
a new hat
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What does the mother decide that she wants to do after the garden party for the family whose father had died?
he wants to give them a basket of leftovers from the party
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Who brings the basket down to the family whose father had dies?
Laura
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Was Laura scared when she saw the dead body?
no
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What work are these lines from: "'Isn't life,' she stammered, 'isn't life -----' But what life was she couldn't explain. No matter. He quite understood. 'Isn't it, darling?' said Laurie"?
The Garden Party
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What is the theme of "My Financial Career"?
fear
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What is the genre of "My Financial Career"?
comedy
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What is the genre of "The Red-Headed League"?
mystery
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What is the genre of "The Garden Party"?
realism
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How much money does the man in "My Financial Career" wish to deposit?
56 dollars
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What work are these lines from "A held my fifty-six dollars clutched in a crumpled ball in my pocket"?
My Financial Career
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How much money did the man in "My Financial Career" want to withdraw after he deposits his money"?
$6
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How much money did the man in "My Financial Career" actually withdraw after he deposits the money?
$56
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Where does the man do in "My Financial Career" keep his money instead of going back to the bank?
in his pockets
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Who is the author of "Civil Peace"?
Chinu Achebe
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What is the theme of "Civil Peace"?
optimism
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What is the common greeting that Jonathan and his neighbors say to each other in "Civil Peace"?
Happy survival
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What is the possession that Jonathan was able to retrieve?
his bicycle
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What work are these lines from: "Nothing puzzles God"?
Civil Peace
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What does Jonathan find that remains in his hometown?
his house
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What work are these lines from: "But, needless to say, even that monumental blessing must be accounted also totally inferior to the five heads in the family"?
Civil Peace
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Who much money did Jonathan make in egg-rasher?
20 pounds
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Who comes to Jonthan's house in the middle of the night?
robbers
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Who is the author of "The Silver Mine"?
Selma Lagerlöf
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What is the theme of "The Silver Mine"?
corruption by wealth
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What type of story is "The Silver Mine"?
a frame story
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What is the name of the king in "The Silver Mine"?
King Gustaf the Third
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What is King Gustaf the Third's crisis in "The Silver Mine"?
he is having trouble with Parliament getting funds in the Russio-Swedish War
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Where does the king end up going to while his servants repair his carriage?
a small church in the village
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What were the two things that the king told the peasants he needed while giving a rallying speech?
money and men
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What do the people tell the king to do after he gives his speech?
talk to their pastor
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Who tells the king the story of the silver mine?
the pastor
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What does the pastor tell the king has happened in his story?
five men found a silver mine
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What do the men originally think that the mine is made of?
iron or zinc
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What does the pastor discover about the innkeeper after he discovers that the mine is silver?
the innkeeper died in a drunken wagon accident because he was so excited about being rich
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What does the pastor discover about Israel Per Persson?
that Per Persson had already sold his share
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What does Israel Per Persson do because he is so upset he will nor partake of the silver in the mine?
he kills himself
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What does the pastor discover about the Olaf Svärd, one of the two Svärd brothers?
Olaf killed his brother Eric
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What does the pastor discover about Eric Svärd, one of the two Svärd brothers?
he had been killed by his brother Olaf
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What does the pastor tell the people he is going to do with the silver mine?
he is never going to show them where it is, and he is never going to take any of it himself
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What is the king's response when the pastor offers him the location of the silver mine?
he doesn't want to corrupt the kingdom with it
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What work are these lines from: "The kingdom is better served with men than with money"?
The Silver Mine
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Who spoke these lines from "The Silver Mine": "The Kingdom is better served with men than with money"?
King Gustaf the Third
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Who wrote "A Canary's Ideas"?
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
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What is the theme of "A Canary's Ideas"?
reality
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What is the name of the narrator in "A Canary's Ideas"?
Macedo
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Where does Macedo find the canary?
a secondhand shop
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What is the center of the canary's reality?
himself
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What is the canary's reality?
his present surroundings
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What is the question that Macedo asks the canary repeatedly?
"What is the world to you?"
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What is the first place that the canary defines as the world?
the secondhand shop
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What is the second place that the canary defines as the world?
the garden that Macedo brings the bird to
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What is the third place that the canary defines as the world?
the sky
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What work are these lines from: "Indignant, I replied that if I were to believe what it said, the world could by anything - it had even been a secondhand shop..."?
A Canary's Ideas

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