Tuesday, March 19, 2019

March 19, 2019 - Day 30

EQ: What was Poe's red death? Tuberculosis
Can you escape death? yes, but only for a little while.

Masque of the Red Death

  1. How long has the disease been around?
    1. a long time
  2. What is the main identifier?
    1. blood out of all your pores
  3. When you contract this, who helps you?
    1. no one
  4. how long?
    1. about 30 minutes
  5. Which looks like?
    1. horrible
  6. where else have we seen this?
    1. cask of amontillado
  7. The RD has killed how many?
    1. half of the population
  8. Today, who are the knights and dames?
    1. those with a "name"
  9. What is an abbey?
    1. church
  10. Castellated which means?
    1. walls 
  11. Another word for?
    1. castle with walls
  12. What did they do to the gate?
    1. welded it shut
  13. What is ingress?
    1. legal right to enter a property
  14. What is egress?
    1. legal right to leave a property
  15. what are they trying to do?
    1. keep the disease out
  16. The prince throws a ...
    1. party
  17. Each rooms has a what?
    1. window with stained glass
  18. How does the 7th room differ?
    1. black
  19. What does a clock symbolize?
    1. impending death
  20. What happens after 60 minutes?
  21.  
  22. What time is it?
    1. Midnight
  23. Where else have we seen this?
    1. The Raven
  24. His costume is doing what?
    1. causing disgust
  25. What was the point of the costume?
    1. to be grotesque
  26. Herod is a what?
    1. allusion to evil ruler in Bible
  27. To out Herod, Herod means...
    1. there are certain lines that you can never cross
  28. What is the costume?
    1. The Red Death
  29. Type of death?
    1. tuberculosis
  30. What is the moral?
    1. live your life to the fullest
  31. Darkness and Decay is what lit term?
    1. symbolism
HOP FROG AND THE 8 CHAINED OURANG-OUTANGS (Poe's spelling not mine 😀)

No comments:

Post a Comment

August 17, 2020

 If you are here, then Plan A of CTLS and Plan B of Zoom did not work.  We are so happy to have you! Our syllabus is linked, as are the requ...