Final

Question 1

Year of publication (Lord of the Flies)

Answer 1

1954

Question 2

Author of the Lord of the Flies?

Answer 2

William Golding

Question 3

Setting of Lord of the Flies?

Answer 3

A deserted island

Question 4

Protagonist Lord of the Flies?

Answer 4

Ralph

Question 5

Conflict of Lord of the Flies?

Answer 5

The boys are in a struggle between acting towards civilization or to chaos, violence, and doing whatever they want

Question 6

Symbols in Lord of the Flies and their meanings

Answer 6

Conch- authority and power
Piggy’s glasses- intelligence
The fire signal- connection to civilization

Question 7

Type of descriptive language that an author uses to communicate and convey vivid images, sounds, and other sensory details to the reader.

Answer 7

Figurative language

Question 8

It compares one thing to another using the words “like” or “as”.

Answer 8

Simile

Question 9

Compares two things without using the words “like” or “as”.

Answer 9

Metaphor

Question 10

Gives human characteristics or abilities to something that is not human

Answer 10

Personification

Question 11

Expresses obvious exaggeration

Answer 11

Hyperbole

Question 12

Refers or alludes to an event in history, literature, or art

Answer 12

Allusion

Question 13

The part represents the whole

Answer 13

Synecdoche

Question 14

Phrase that seems to contradict itself because it expresses opposite concepts

Answer 14

Oxymoron

Question 15

The repetition of identical or similar sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

Answer 15

Alliteration

Question 16

The highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of the story

Answer 16

Climax

Question 17

The answer or solution to a conflict, problem, etc

Answer 17

Resolution

Question 18

Used to introduce information about events, settings, characters, etc. to the readers

Answer 18

Exposition

Question 19

It is what happens after the main problem of the story has been solved

Answer 19

Falling action

Question 20

The author gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

Answer 20

Foreshadow

Question 21

The development of conflict and complications in a story

Answer 21

Rising action

Question 22

One thing (object, person, place) used to represent something else

Answer 22

Symbol

Question 23

The central figure with whom we usually sympathize or identify

Answer 23

Protagonist (hero)

Question 24

The figure who opposes the protagonist and creates the conflict

Answer 24

Antagonist (villain)

Question 25

The figure whose personality traits are the opposite of the main character's.

Answer 25

Foil

Question 26

Refers to the time, geographical locations, and the environment and circumstances that appear in a story

Answer 26

Setting

Question 27

Series of events in which every occurrence has a specific purpose. What the book is about.

Answer 27

Plot

Question 28

Coveys information about events that occurred earlier.

Answer 28

Flashback

Question 29

Is the problem in the story. Provides excitement and makes possible the growth and development of the protagonist's character.

Answer 29

Conflict

Question 30

Types of conflicts

Answer 30

Man vs man Man vs society Man vs nature Man vs self

Question 31

Main, underlying idea of a piece of literature

Answer 31

Theme

Question 32

Author of Catcher in the Rye

Answer 32

J.D. Salinger

Question 33

Setting Catcher in the Rye

Answer 33

Late 1940s or early 1950s in New York

Question 34

Protagonist Catcher in the Rye

Answer 34

Holden Caulfield

Question 35

Conflict Catcher in the Rye

Answer 35

Holden is struggling because part of him wants to be an adult but at the same a child

Question 36

Symbols Catcher in the Rye

Answer 36

Catcher in the Rye- Holden's dream job Red hunting hat- security, protection Museum- it stays still, never changes Ducks in Central Park- change is not permanent but cyclical

Question 37

Author The Outsiders

Answer 37

S.E. Hinton

Question 38

Setting The Outsiders

Answer 38

Mid-1960s in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Question 39

Protagonist The Outsiders

Answer 39

Ponyboy Curtis

Question 40

Conflict The Outsiders

Answer 40

The clash between the gangs: Socs and Greasers

Question 41

Symbols The Outsiders

Answer 41

Blade- authority Cars- Soc's power and Greaser's vulnerability Bob's rings- wealth Greaser hair- distinction from others

Question 42

Author The Old man and the Sea

Answer 42

Ernest Hemingway

Question 43

Year of publication TOMATS

Answer 43

1952

Question 44

Setting TOMATS

Answer 44

Havana, Cuba in late 1940s

Question 45

Protagonist TOMATS

Answer 45

Santiago

Question 46

Conflict TOMATS

Answer 46

An Santiago fights with a fish for three days

Question 47

Symbols TOMATS

Answer 47

Marlin- strength, glory, grandness | Shovel nosed sharks- destruction

Question 48

Author To Kill a Mockingbird

Answer 48

Harper Lee

Question 49

Year of publication TKM

Answer 49

1960

Question 50

Setting TKM

Answer 50

Between 1933-1935 in Maycomb, Alabama

Question 51

Protagonist TKM

Answer 51

Scout Finch

Question 52

Conflict TKM

Answer 52

Tom Robinson is accused of rape and he gets a trial. Scout's and Jem's childhood gets threatened by bad things people do.

Question 53

Symbols TKM

Answer 53

Mockingbirds- innocence, goodness | Gifts from Boo to the kids- friendship, kindness, trust