Allusions Quiz (Review)

An Allusion is

• giving inanimate objects human qualities and traits

• a reference in a work of literature to another literary or historical work, figure or event, or to a literary passage.

• a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

• an exaggeration

• a mirage or vision

If your brother is being a Scrooge, he is being compared to the main character in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, who is stingy and unwilling to give to the poor. So, another word to describe your brother would be:

• generous

• greedy

• joyful

• confused

Writers use allusions with the purpose of

• making them believe they see things that aren't really there.

• confusing their readers so they give up.

• adding depth to their writing, without directly explaining to their audience what they mean.

The apple seen the Disney movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is an allusion to

• Lunch time in the cafeteria at Hostos.

• the biblical story of Adam and Eve

• Teachers because apples symbolize teachers.

• Sweetness

The picture is an example of an optical:

• ILLUSION

• DELUSION

• CONFUSION

• AMUSEMENT

If your friends calls you a real "Romeo" (an allusion to Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet") he means you are very:

• Conniving

• Evil

• Romantic

• Sick

If you describe your mother as being both Jekyll and Hyde, it is a reference to her:

• Intelligence

• Beauty

• talent as a cook

• Up and down mood swings

The allusion in this cartoon refers to:

• The Titanic

• The Mayflower Ship

• Noah's Ark

• The song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

An illusion is meant to:

• clarify and explain a confusing idea.

• comfort the audience.

• remind the audience that they need to take out the trash.

• have a deceptive appearance and cause the audience to be confused.

In the "One Direction" song, the lyrics, "Shot me out of the sky, you're my kryptonite, you keep making me weak yeah frozen and can't speak," ALLUDE to:

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald McDonald

• Superman

• Abraham Lincoln