Middle School Literature Flashcards
In this play, Lennox and a nobleman from Fife enter Inverness Castle, breaking the protagonist’s focus on a murder. This play’s title murderer becomes the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor, in accordance with a prophecy given by three witches to him and Banquo, and takes the throne after killing King Duncan. For ten points, name this “Scottish play” by William Shakespeare.
The Tragedy of Macbeth
This man’s essays include one about a policeman in Burma “Shooting an Elephant.” He wrote a novel in which O’Brien sends Winston Smith to Room 101 in the dystopian state of Oceania. In another novel by this man, the death of Old Major results in a power struggle between Snowball and Napoleon, who represent Trotsky and Stalin. For 10 points, name this author of 1984 and Animal Farm.
George Orwell (Eric Blair)
In this novel, Charlotte Lucas marries William Collins. At the end of this novel, Lydia ends up marrying the villainous Mr. Wickham and Jane ends up marrying the very rich Mr. Bingley. Also at the end of this novel, a second marriage proposal by Fitzwilliam Darcy is finally accepted by Elizabeth Bennett. For 10 points, name this Jane Austen novel in which Darcy and Elizabeth embody the two titular vices.
Pride and Prejudice
One author from this country wrote about a character named “You” who searches for the title location of the novel Soul Mountain. In another novel set in this nation, three friends swear allegiance to one another in the Oath of the Peach Garden. That novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is one of the Four Great Classics of this country. For 10 points, name this country where Shi Naian’s Water Margin is set during the Song Dynasty.
People’s Republic of China
In one scene, this character causes a cat to run chaotically through the house by giving it “pain-killer.” He plays Robin Hood with Joe Harper. He gets trapped in McDougal’s Cave with Becky Thatcher, where he sees Injun Joe hiding. Earlier, he had persuaded his friends to whitewash a fence for him. For 10 points, name this companion of Huck Finn in several novels by Mark Twain.
Tom Sawyer
One character in this story is sold by her father and is partially deaf. The protagonist reveals himself to Princess Pea and is then sentenced to death in the dungeon. Spoons, bowls, kettles, and soup are outlawed after the queen dies of fright when a rat falls in her food. For 10 points, name this 2004 novel which became a 2008 film, a Newbery Medal winner by Kate DiCamillo.
The Tale of Despereaux
The middle section of Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal is titled for this substance. In a novel partially titled for this substance, Leo attempts to build a “happiness machine” and Douglas Spaulding spends his summers in Green Town. Omar Khayyam’s The Rubaiyat famously proclaims the need for “a jug of [this], a loaf of bread, and thou.” For ten points, name this substance, a Dandelion variety of which titles a Ray Bradbury novel.
Wine
This author called Indira Gandhi “the Widow” in a work that features the Brass Monkey, Shiva, and a boy with an enormous nose. In another work by this author, Bollywood star Gibreel Farishta has a dream about a series of entries temporarily added to the Qur’an; Ayatollah Khomeini ordered a fatwa on this author for that controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. For 10 points, name this Indian-English author of Midnight’s Children.
Sir (Ahmed) Salman Rushdie
