1. Welcome to
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3. Final Jeopardy
Round 1
Round 2

4. “The Masque of the Red Death”
“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”
Literary/Poetry Terms
The Life of Poe
Poetry
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5. The Life of Poe

6. Literary/Poetry
Terms

7. “The Masque of
the Red Death”

8. Poetry

9. “The Short Happy Life
of Francis Macomber”

10. More
Poetry

11. “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”
The Life of Poe
Literary/
Poetry
Terms
“The Masque of the Red Death”
Poetry
More Poetry
Round 2
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12. The name and age (when he married her) of Poe’s wife.
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13. Who is Virginia Clemm, age 12?
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Who is Virginia Clemm, age 12?
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14. The disease which caused so much personal tragedy for Poe.
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The disease which caused so much personal tragedy for Poe.

15. $200
What is tuberculosis?
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16. The main reason why Edgar did not get along with his foster father.
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The main reason why Edgar did not get along with his foster father.

17. $300
What is that his foster father continuously and openly cheated on his foster mother?
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18. The amount of money Poe earned for “The Raven”.
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The amount of money Poe earned for “The Raven”.

19. $400
What is $14?
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20. $500
The genre of which Edgar Allen Poe is credited as being the “father of”.

21. $500 What is the short story?
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22. $100
The lesson or message the author wants the reader to learn from piece of writing.

23. $100
What is the theme?
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24. $200
A poetic foot with two syllables, the first one unstressed and the second one stressed.

25. $200
What is an iamb?
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26. $300
A story with a surface meaning and a second symbolic meaning.

27. $300
What is an allegory?
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28. Daily
Double

29. $400 The meter of the following poem: And so to bed the night is still
so sleep and thrill
in dreams ahead.

30. $400 What is iambic dimeter?
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31. $500
A reference to another famous author, event, work of literature or art within a piece of writing.

32. $500
What is an allusion?
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33. $100
The mood of this story.

34. What is suspenseful and frightening?
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What is suspenseful and frightening?
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35. The amount of Prospero’s population that died before he took refuge.
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The amount of Prospero’s population that died before he took refuge.

36. $200
What is half?
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37. The reason we (the reader) cannot always trust what Prospero tells us.
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The reason we (the reader) cannot always trust what Prospero tells us.

38. $300
What is he is an unreliable narrator? (possibly insane; the masque may have been all in his head as in a dream before he died of the plague)
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39. The reason the ebony clock makes the revelers so uncomfortable.
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The reason the ebony clock makes the revelers so uncomfortable.

40. What is it reminds them that their time to live is limited?
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What is it reminds them that their time to live is limited?
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41. The allegorical theme of the story.
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The allegorical theme of the story.

42. $500
What is it doesn’t matter how rich or poor you are or how much you try to protect yourself, death is inevitable?
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43. The sets of lines by which a poem can be divided into sections.
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The sets of lines by which a poem can be divided into sections.

44. $100
What are stanzas?
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45. The theme of “Do not go Gentle into that Good Night”.
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The theme of “Do not go Gentle into that Good Night”.

46. What is you must never give up fighting for what you want?
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What is you must never give up fighting for what you want?
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47. Example: “Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.”
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Example: “Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.”

48. $300
What is alliteration?
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49. “Uncoiling” is an example of this type of poetry.
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“Uncoiling” is an example of this type of poetry.

50. What is concrete poetry?
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What is concrete poetry?
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51. The difference between blank verse and free verse.
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The difference between blank verse and free verse.

52. $500
What is blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter and free verse is unrhymed and has no specific meter?
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53. $100
The difference between Macomber and Wilson.

54. What is Wilson is a macho man and Macomber only pretends to be?
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What is Wilson is a macho man and Macomber only pretends to be?
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55. The reason Margot is ashamed of Macomber after the first hunt.
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The reason Margot is ashamed of Macomber after the first hunt.

56. What is he acted like a coward and couldn’t kill the lion?
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What is he acted like a coward and couldn’t kill the lion?
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57. The reason Margot kisses Wilson in front of her husband.
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The reason Margot kisses Wilson in front of her husband.

58. $300
What is to make him feel ashamed of himself for not stepping up and killing the lion the way a “real” man would?
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59. The “hunters code” that Macomber violates.
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The “hunters code” that Macomber violates.

60. What is he shoots from inside a vehicle, which is considered cowardly?
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What is he shoots from inside a vehicle, which is considered cowardly?
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61. $500
The meaning of title.

62. $500
What is Macomber is happy when he finally kills the buffalo and stands up for himself, but it is short-lived because Margot immediately kills him?
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63. $100 The rhyme scheme of the following poem:
“The Eagle” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

64. $100
What is AAABBB?
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65. The theme of “Success is Counted Sweetest”
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The theme of “Success is Counted Sweetest”

66. $200
What is success is always sweeter to those who have suffered failure first?
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67. Type of poetry that tells a story.
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Type of poetry that tells a story.

68. What is narrative poetry?
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What is narrative poetry?
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69. $400
The parent’s foreboding in “The Bridegroom” when Natasha ran in distraught and would not say where she had been is an example of this literary device.

70. $400 What is foreshadowing?
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71. $500
Type of poetic foot which has two syllables following a stressed then unstressed pattern.

72. $500
What is a trochee?
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73. Final Jeopardy Question
Through the Tunnel
Final Jeopardy Question
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74. Explain the symbolism of the tunnel and what it means to Jerry.

75. The tunnel symbolizes his independence from his mother
The tunnel symbolizes his independence from his mother. It is important to Jerry that he conquer this task and prove to himself that he is growing up.
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76. IT'S OVER... GET BACK TO WORK!!
AND THE WINNER IS
IT'S OVER... GET BACK TO WORK!!