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ENG281H: final exam Flashcards

1
Q

Three elements of detective fiction and explain them

A

Intellectual hero: Solves mysteries that the average person cannot through logic, observation and creativity

Mystified narrator: someone the reader can relate to

Process, NOT solution: solves the mystery for the fun of going through the process, not for justice

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The Grand Inquisitor

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Candide

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3
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Beatrice

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Inferno

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4
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What does Cogito Ergo Sum mean

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I think therefore I am

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5
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Fra Alberigo and Branca d Oria

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Inferno

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6
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Clotilde Lothman

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Scandal in Bohemia

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7
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How does Laertes die

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He is stabbed with a poisoned sword

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8
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Sir Galahad

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Monty python

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9
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The farmer

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Candide

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10
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Martin

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Candide

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11
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Helen Stoner

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Speckled Band

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12
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Mordrid

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Arthur vs the Giant of Mt St Michel

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13
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Geryon

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Inferno

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14
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The killer rabbit of Caerbannog

A

Monty python

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15
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Significance of the bent poker

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Roylott bends the poker using his physical strength, aholmes figures out how to bend it back using his intellect. You do not have to be strong to have strength

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16
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How does Rozencrantz die

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He is killed by the English from delivering a letter ordering his death

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17
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Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein

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18
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Women in Frankenstein

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The creation of the monster didnt involve a woman. It downplayed their role
It showed the consequences of what would happen if only men created babies (monster kills people)

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19
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Vanderdendur

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Candide

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20
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Agatha

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Frankenstein

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21
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The sailors

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Rime of the ancient mariner

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22
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Reynaldo

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Hamlet

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23
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Cunegonde

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Candide

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24
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Lord Blackwood

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Sherlock Holmes

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25
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Paquette

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Candide

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26
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The Marquise of Paroglinas

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Candide

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27
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Lancelot the brave

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Monty python

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28
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What does sOphelia do to show that she is not a passive victim

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She hands out flowers to each person with a specific meaning. She does this to voice her opinion silently

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29
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Sir Bedeviere

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Arthur vs the Giant of Mt St Michel

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30
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Don Issacher

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Candide

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31
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Arthur Conan Doyle

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A Scandal in Bohemia

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

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32
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Dr. Grimesby Roylott

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Speckled Band

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33
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Caroline Beufort

A

Frankenstein

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34
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Name of the movie with body parts of prostitutes to make monster

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Frankenhooker

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35
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Lucius (Iberius)

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Arthur vs the Giant of Mt St Michel

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36
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Sensory evidence in speckled band

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Whistsling sound

smell of the cigars

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37
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Brother Giroflee

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Candide

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38
Q

The black beast of Aaaarggghhhhh

A

Monty python

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39
Q

Wedding guest

A

Rime of the ancient mariner

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40
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Hermit

A

Rime of the anicent mariner

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41
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Virgil

A

Inferno

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42
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The sailor

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Rue morgue

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43
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Count Pococurante

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Candide

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44
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Ourang-Outang

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Rue morgue

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45
Q

What century was Frankenstein written in

A

19th century

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46
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The Abbe of Perigord

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Candide

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47
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Sir Thomas Rotheram

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Sherlock Holmes

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48
Q

Name of town Jack the Ripper killed in

A

White chapel

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49
Q

The commander or the baron

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Candide

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50
Q

Four games mentioned by Poe

A

Whist
Draught
Chess
Odds and evens

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51
Q

Cacambo

A

Candide

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52
Q

Pier della Vigna

A

Inferno

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53
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Pangloss

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Candide

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54
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Marcellus and Bernardo

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Hamlet

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55
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The old woman

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Candide

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56
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Gertrude

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Hamlet

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57
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What is galvanism

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Making muscle move by shocking it with electricity

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58
Q

Who does the monster spy on from the garage

A

The Delacy family

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59
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Minos

A

Inferno

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60
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Giant

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Arthur vs the Giant of Mt St Michel

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61
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What about Holmes is Alquelline

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Nose

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62
Q

Fortinbras

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Hamlet

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63
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Laertes

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Hamlet

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64
Q

Malacoda

A

Inferno

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65
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Alphonse

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Frankenstein

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66
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Nessus

A

Inferno

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67
Q

Name three people the Monster killed directly and how

A

Elizabeth, Clerval, William

Strangled

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68
Q

What is a ratiocinator

A

a detective, someone who uses both analysis and calculation

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69
Q

The empress

A

The blazing world

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70
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Ulysses

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Inferno

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71
Q

William

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Frankenstein

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72
Q

What superhero toy does John Green play with

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Hulk

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73
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Who was in power in england at the time of Shakespeare (elizabethan engliand)

A

Charles and Charles II

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74
Q

Felix

A

Frankenstein

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75
Q

Christine Di Pizan

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Le Ditie de Jehanne d Arc

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76
Q

Elizabeth Lavenza

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Frankenstein

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77
Q

What did they mean when they said Watson was knocked up

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Woken up

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78
Q

Thy fearful symmetry

A

Tyger

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79
Q

Pope Boniface VIII

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Inferno

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80
Q

Edgar Allen Poe

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The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Purloined letter

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81
Q

From what time periods is purloined letter

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Romantic and enlightenment

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82
Q

Filippo Argenti

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Inferno

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83
Q

The dutchess of Newcastle

A

the blazing world

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84
Q

What does Pangloss say a lot

A

This is the best of all possible worlds

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85
Q

Purpose of the chapel of firestone in the Blazing world

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to scare the sinners

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86
Q

Horatio

A

Hamlet

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87
Q

What is ananymous name

A

John

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88
Q

What is meta in the Reduced shakespeare company

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Uses sock puppets to portray the play within a play scene to make it meta

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89
Q

The Ghost

A

Hamlet

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90
Q

King Charles

A

Le Ditie de Jehanne d Arc

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91
Q

Ancient Mariner

A

Rime of the ancient Mariener

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92
Q

The corpse collector

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Monty python

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93
Q

The monster

A

Frankenstein

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94
Q

Ophelia

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Hamlet

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95
Q

Guards of swallow castle

A

Monty Python

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96
Q

Color of Dupins sunglasses

A

green

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97
Q

Who is Igor

A

Frankensteins helper in the films

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98
Q

Robert Walton

A

Frankenstein

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99
Q

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A

Rime of the ancient mariner

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100
Q

King Arthur

A

Arthur vs the Giant of Mt St Michel

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101
Q

Pilots boy

A

Rime of the ancient mariner

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102
Q

Where was the Purloined letter hidden

A

In plain sight on a shelf (letter rack)

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103
Q

Willhelm Gottsreich…….King of bohemia

A

Scandal in Boehmia

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104
Q

Grave robbing vs body snatching

A

Grave robbing: robbing a grave for the valuables inside of it

Body snatching: stealing an entire body from a grave (usually for medical purposes)

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105
Q

The residents of castle anthrax

A

Monty Python q

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106
Q

The king of the swamp castle

A

Monty pytho

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107
Q

Two places the cops search for the purloined letter

A

Floor boards
Between pages of books
Chair legs

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108
Q

Albatross

A

Rime of the anicent mariner

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109
Q

Brother Manyard

A

Monty python

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110
Q

M. Krempe

A

Frankenstein

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111
Q

the black knight

A

monty python

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112
Q

How does Gertrude die

A

She drinks the poisoned wine

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113
Q

Death

A

rime of the anicent mariner

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114
Q

Hamlet

A

Hamlet

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115
Q

Whos soul lives in the empress temporarily

A

The duchess of Newcastle

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116
Q

Name 4 people at the Frankenstein sleepover

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Mary Shelley
Percy Shelley
John Polidori
Lord Byron

117
Q

DeLacy

A

Frankenstein

118
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Prince herbert

A

Monty python

119
Q

Vanni Fucci

A

Inferno

120
Q

Syphilus and Chocolate, correlation or causation

A

Causation

121
Q

Literal and philosophical meaning of we must cultivate our garden

A

Literal: we must do our work now
Philosophical: we must work on ourselves

122
Q

Lancelot

A

Arthur vs the Giant of Mt St Michel

123
Q

S- (Ducal)

A

Purloined letter

124
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Osric

A

Hamlet

125
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John Green

A

Crash Course literature, Hamlet

126
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Henry Clerval

A

Frankenstein

127
Q

What is a coffin torpedo

A

a torpedo on a coffin that hit grave robbers or body snatchers

128
Q

To be or not to be

A

Hamlet

129
Q

Physical evidence in speckled band

A

The bell pull

the ventilator connecting to the doctors room

130
Q

The Prefect

A

Rue Morgue

131
Q

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini

A

Inferno

132
Q

How does Hamlet Sr die

A

Claudius poured poison in his ear while he was sleeping

133
Q

Christine

A

Le Ditie de Johanne de Arc

134
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The knights who say Ni

A

Monty python

135
Q

Foreign things in the Scandal in Bohemia and in Speckled band, murders in the rue morgue, purloined letter (4)

A
  • Irene (opera singer from NJ)
  • letter from Bohemia on Bohemian paper
  • The Cheetah, Baboon and snake
  • Orangutang
  • Strange voices heard in the room
136
Q

Mary Morstan

A

Sherlock Holmes

137
Q

People scaregoated for the Ripper murders

A

Jews

Butchers

138
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Guido da Montefeltro

A

Inferno

139
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Dennis the peasant

A

Monty python

140
Q

Who published the Rene Descartes comic

A

evitwincomics.com

141
Q

Joan

A

Le Ditie de Jehanne d Arc

142
Q

Monsieur G-

A

Purloined letter

143
Q

Time the enchanter

A

Monty python

144
Q

How does Caludius die

A

He is forced to drink the poisoned wine

145
Q

Name the two characters that live in Hamlet

A

Fortinbras and Horatio

146
Q

Pilot

A

Rime of the anicent mariner

147
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William Blake

A

Tyger

148
Q

Voltaire

A

Candide

149
Q

Candide

A

Candide

150
Q

King from Bohemia

A

Scandal in Bohemia

151
Q

M. Waldman

A

Frankenstein

152
Q

Dante

A

Inferno

153
Q

Newspaper that Holmes appeared in

A

The strand

154
Q

The night-mare life-in-death

A

Rime of the ancient mariner

155
Q

Look upon my work ye mighty and dispair

A

Ozymandyous

156
Q

Three animals Dante meets

A

Lion
Leopard
She wolf

157
Q

How does Polonius die

A

He is stabbed by Hamlet

158
Q

Moral of Frankenstein and example

A

Playing God is dangerous
The monster was created by one person in an unnatural way and wound up killing many people. People were afraid that science was becoming too polemical

159
Q

Margaret Cavendish

A

The Blazing World

160
Q

Who is the tree in Frankenstein and what is the significance

A

Victor
It is metaphorically significant because he watched a tree get blasted by lightning and used it as his npiration to create the monster. Because his creation failed in his eyes, he has become the tree rather than the monster

161
Q

Francisco

A

Hamlet

162
Q

Address of Holmes

A

221B Baker St

163
Q

What is Mary shelleys middle name

A

Godwin

164
Q

Don Fernando

A

Candide

165
Q

Two instances of profiling in Poe

A

Dupin profiles the monkey by saying he had the razor because he was imitating the sailor shaving

Dupin profiles the minister and realizes that he is smart enough to hide the letter in plain sight and not be suspicious about it while the cops search for hiding spots and find nothing

166
Q

Count Ugolino

A

Inferno

167
Q

Dredger

A

Sherlock Holmes

168
Q

Inspector end of film

A

Monty python

169
Q

Minister D-

A

Purloined letter

170
Q

Shakespeare

A

Hamlet

171
Q

Two characters that are dead in Hamlet before the story begins

A

Hamlet Sr and Osric

172
Q

The three headed knight

A

Monty python

173
Q

Why is the blazing world called the blazing world

A

It is always light outside

Enlightenment

174
Q

First Holmes story

A

Study in Scarlet

175
Q

Antaeus

A

Inferno

176
Q

Why is the blinking world called the blinking world

A

constantly changing from day to night, it is only light half the time
Half the time we are stuck in the dark

177
Q

Percy Bysshe Shelley

A

Ozymandias

178
Q

Inspector Lestrade

A

Shecrlock Holmes

179
Q

How does Ophelia die

A

She drowns

180
Q

Phlegyas

A

Inferno

181
Q

We have to cultivate our garden

A

Candide

182
Q

Roger the shrubber

A

Monty python

183
Q

Why does Candide get kicked out of the castle

A

He is caught kissing Cunegonde

184
Q

Red herring in the speckled band

A

The gypsies

185
Q

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

A

Hamlet

186
Q

Victor

A

Frankenstein

187
Q

Farinata

A

Inferno

188
Q

Lucifer

A

Inferno

189
Q

How does Hamlet die

A

He is stabbed by a poisoned sword

190
Q

Charon

A

Inferno

191
Q

Jacques (the antibaptist)

A

Candide

192
Q

Whos heart calcified

A

Percy Shelley

193
Q

The bridgekeeper

A

Monty python

194
Q

How does the monster show he is civilized (metatextuality)

A

Monster reads Paradise Lost

195
Q

First voice

A

Rime of the anicent mariner

196
Q

Second voice

A

Rime of the ancient mariner

197
Q

Sir Robin not quite so brave as sir lancelot

A

Monty python

198
Q

the historian

A

Monty python

199
Q

Mr. Kirwin

A

Frankenstein

200
Q

Godrey Norton

A

Scandal in Bohemia

201
Q

Purpose of the chapel of sunstone in the blazing world

A

to preach sermons of comfort

202
Q

Horace Smyth

A

On a stupendous leg of granite

203
Q

Beaufort

A

Frankenstein

204
Q

Justine Moritz

A

Frankenstein

205
Q

Claudius

A

Hamlet

206
Q

Two forms of evidence found in Rue morgu

A

Non human hair found in the room

The strange marks on the womans neck were too large to have been made by human hands

207
Q

Polonius

A

Hamlet

208
Q

The french

A

Monty python

209
Q

What did the Royal society ban after Cavandish published the Blazing World

A

They banned woman from entering the building

210
Q

It is the best of all possible worlds

A

Candide

211
Q

Dante Algheiri

A

Inferno

212
Q

Voltimand and Cornelleus

A

Hamlet

213
Q

Sir Kay

A

Arthur vs the Giant of Mt St Michel

214
Q

Julia Stoner

A

Speckled band

215
Q

Three books written by Dante

A

Inferno
Paradiso
Purgatorio

216
Q

Describe Candide in three words

A

Young, unsure, determined

217
Q

Safie

A

Frankenstein

218
Q

How is Guildenstern killed

A

He is killed by the English by delivering a note ordering his death

219
Q

Irene Adler

A

Scandal in Bohemia

220
Q

Allegory

A

Individual players in the story represent bigger ideas

221
Q

Didactic allegory

A

teaches a lesson

222
Q

Contrapasso

A

Suffer the opposite. by a process of either resembling or contrasting with the sin itself. Punishment stops the crime from happening again in the future and is fitting

223
Q

Epic

A

Hero does sawesome things, representative of culture. They begin in the middle of action

224
Q

Medias race

A

In the middle of action

225
Q

Hubris

A

excessive pride

226
Q

Hypnogognic moment

A

at the edge of sleep

227
Q

Incontinence

A

no self control, misplaced love

228
Q

Consonance

A

repetition of consonant sounds

229
Q

Assonance

A

repetition of vowel sounds

230
Q

Alliteration

A

the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group

231
Q

Aetiology

A

How something came to be

232
Q

Francophone

A

french sounding

233
Q

Gothic juxtaposition

A

one idea with another that it isnt compatible with

234
Q

Comedy

A

starts off bad and ends better

235
Q

Tragedy

A

starts off good and ends bad

236
Q

Cide

A

caido, to fall, die

237
Q

Psychomachia

A

Battle with their thought (hamlet to be or not to be)

238
Q

Asides, apostrophe

A

Taking to an inanimate object or a person that is not there

239
Q

Neoplatonism

A

people read older works of Plato and learn from them

240
Q

Metatheatre

A

Aware of the creation of art during the art itself (play within a play)

241
Q

Panopticon

A

Always being watched. You can get better behavior out of people if they feel like they are being watched

242
Q

Multiverse

A

There is another world out there

243
Q

Anthropomorphic

A

something that takes on the form of a human

244
Q

Personification

A

something that metaphorically takes on the form of a human

245
Q

Utopia

A

Ideal world

246
Q

Satire

A

directly criticizing real world entities (ex: Pangloss)

247
Q

Pathetic fallacy

A

we falsely attribute nature to reflect mood in a narrative

248
Q

Cogito Ergo Sum

A

I think therefore I am

249
Q

Eponymous

A

name of the main character is also the name of the book

250
Q

Bildungsroman

A

a coming of age story, maturation

251
Q

Incongruity theory

A

laughing out of nervousness when something totally unexpected happens, when someone is out of their element

252
Q

Schadenfreude

A

comedy is somebody elses pain (also called the pain theory) Joy from other peoples pain. Happy it wasnt me

253
Q

Auto da fe

A

Act of faith

254
Q

Conte

A

Adventure sstory

255
Q

Ekphrasis

A

Another way of describing something. One medium describes an object in another medium (poem describes a painting)

256
Q

Similie

A

comparison of two unlike objects through a third part. Indirect through a third element

257
Q

Metatextual

A

stories within stories (Paradise Lost)

258
Q

Embedding

A

Someone who tells a story about someone who is telling a story

259
Q

Biographical criticism

A

Reader understands the book based on the authors life story

260
Q

Intentional, authorial fallacy

A

when biographical ciriticism is taken too far

261
Q

Dichotomy

A

Binary opposites (opposites that are necessary for the definition of the other one) (ex: man and woman)

262
Q

Pretanatural

A

supernatural

263
Q

Information triangles

A

Who knows what about whom

264
Q

MacGuffin, Weinie

A

an empty grail, a motivating object that everyone wants that does not take place in the narrative itself

265
Q

Grail

A

Object that saves the day or changes the universe

266
Q

Ratiocinator

A

someone who reasobs both methodically and logically

267
Q

Poetic justice

A

experiencing deserved or fitting retribution for ones actions

268
Q

Classicism

A

Ideas and styles in literature that are based off ancient Greece and ancient Rome

269
Q

Ordered universe

A

the world is created orderly

270
Q

Great chain of being

A

struct religious heriarchal structure of all matter and life

271
Q

Evangelism

A

preaching with the intent of converting people

272
Q

Didactisicm

A

intended to teach

273
Q

Arthurania

A

Journal focusing on Arthurian legend

274
Q

Martyrdom

A

death or suffering of a martyr

275
Q

Secular humanism

A

Humanism with the belief that humanity is capable of morality and self fulfillment without the belief in God

276
Q

Melancholia

A

deep deppression

277
Q

Novella

A

a short novel or a long short story

278
Q

Picaresque

A

fiction dealing with adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero

279
Q

Aetheticism

A

emphasis of aestetic vakues over social and political themes

280
Q

Metacriticism

A

Critisism of criticism

281
Q

Epistolary

A

Composition written in the form of a letter

282
Q

Galvanism

A

contaction of a muscle stimulated by an electric current

283
Q

Serial fiction

A

printed format by which a single larger work, often a work of narrative ficton, is published in sequential installments

284
Q

Deductive reasoning

A

Starts off with a general statement, or hypothesis, and examines the possiblities to reach a specific logical conclusion. If something is true for a class in general, it is also true for all the members of that class. Ex: All men are mortal. Harold is a man. Therefore Harold is mortal

285
Q

Inductive reasoning

A

Opposiite of dedictive reasoning. Makes broad generalizations from specific observations. Harols is a grandfather, Harold is bald. Therefore all grandfathers are bald. The conclusion does not follow logically with the statements

286
Q

What is the main question in the tyger

A

Who created such a creature

287
Q

Where does the boat travel to in the marnier

A

The south pole

288
Q

Who saves the mariner

A

Pilot, pilots boy and hermit

All Freshmen subjects (23 decks)

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