Decathlon Literature Quiz 2020

The first large scale proxy war of the Cold War was that of

• The Greek civil war

• The Soviet-Afghan War

• North vs. South Korea

• North vs. South Vietnam

• The Cuban Revolution

The person in Catś Cradle described as “a force of nature no mortal could possibly control” is

• Lionel Boyd Johnson

• Papa Manzano

• Mona Aamons Manzano

• Franklin Hoenikker

• Felix Hoenikker

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“all hands on deck” is an example of

• metaphor

• synecdoche

• personification

• simile

• chiasmus

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

In the ¨Terminal Beach" an early symbolic indication that Traven is receding further into his own mind is given when he forgets the existence of

• The Sea

• Food

• The Beach

• The Blocks

• The Spectres of his wife and son

The prophet addressed by Richard Wilbur in “Advice to a Prophet” faces a dilemma most closely

resembling that of

• Traven in “The Terminal Beach”

• . the extra-terrestrials in “Report on the Threatened City”

• the speaker in “Talkin' World War III Blues”

• the house in “There Will Come Soft Rains”

• . Ethel Rosenberg in “For Ethel Rosenberg”

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Mikhail Gorbachev maintains in his speech to the U. N. that public consciousness is still heavily

influenced by the precedent of the

• Russian Revolution

• French Revolution

• American Revolution

• Russian and French Revolution

• None of these

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The first extreme example of brinkmanship was evidenced by

• the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• . the building of the Berlin Wall

• the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the bombing of Cambodia

• . American support of the Mujahideen

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A sudden, personal shove in the direction of Bokononism is known as a

• sin-wat

• vin -dit

• wampeter

• duprass

• wrang-wrang

"Not Bad" actually meant to be good is an example of

• Metonymy

• Hyperbole

• Litote

• Metaphor

• Interrogative sentence

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Adrienne Rich characterizes Ethel Rosenberg as being singularly

• outspoken

• alone

• devious

• religious

• biased

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