Literary Text & Authors

Question 1

“The Paper Menagerie”
Author, Characters & Conflict

Answer 1

Ken Liu
Jack (narrator)
Mother (narrator’s mom)
Dad (narrator’s dad)
Cultural identity, loss of self. Jack rejects his Chinese culture creating a divide between he and him mom.

Question 2

“On the Rainy River”
Author, Characters, setting

Answer 2

Tim O’Brien (author)
Young Tim (character)
Elroy Berdahl (owner of lodge)
Tip Top Lodge (setting)

Question 3

“The Yellow Woman”
Author & Characters

Answer 3

Leslie Marmon Silko
Yellow Woman (narrator)
Silva (mountain man)

Question 4

The Last of Us
“Long, Long Time”
Character, director & theme

Answer 4

Peter Hoar (director)
Frank and Bill (residents at Bill’s compound)
Joel & Ellie (travellers)
Confinement Vs. Community
Love & Acceptance
Gender Roles & Sexuality

Question 5

Glass
Characters, director & themes

Answer 5

M. Night Shyamalan
Elijah Price (Mr. Glass)
David Dunn (The Overseer)
Kevin Wendell Crumb (The Horde)
Finding one’s Identity
How we are seen in society
Perception of truth and reality

Question 6

Hamlet
Characters, author, theme

Answer 6

William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Ghost of King Hamlet, Ophelia, Gertrude, Claudius, Polonius, Laertes, Horatio, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern.
Revenge
Loss of Identity in Grief
Lies & Deception

Question 7

Streetcar Named Desire
Author, characters & themes

Answer 7

Tennessee Williams
Blanche DuBois
Stella Kowalski
Stanley Kowalski
Idealism & Truth
Loss of Self
Lies & Deception

Question 8

The Cellist of Sarajevo
Author, characters, themes.

Answer 8

Steven Galloway (author - Canadian)
Arrow - University student, sniper, hired by Nermin to protect Cellist
Dragan - older man, wife & son in Italy, works at a bakery, with Emina for majority of his story, wonders if he it is better to be wounded or die. Wants Sarajevo to return to what it once was.
Kenan - young husband and father, insecure, no confidence, gets water for his family & Mrs. Ristovski, wants to rebuild Sarajevo. Symbol is the lightbulb.
Finding appreciation in what was lost.
Understanding what we are capable of as humans.
The fine line between what is right and wrong.

Question 9

Spell author of Cellist of Sarajevo

Answer 9

S-t-e-v-e-n G-a-l-l-o-w-a-y

Question 10

Spell the playwright of A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer 10

T-e-n-n-e-s-s-e-e W-i-l-l-i-a-m-s

Question 11

Spell the director of the film Glass

Answer 11

M. N-i-g-h-t S-h-y-a-m-a-l-a-n

Question 12

Spell the author of On the Rainy River

Answer 12

T-i-m O’-B-r-i-e-n
Don’t forget the apostrophe