Allusion Quiz Pt. 1

Where does the allusion "Handwriting on the Wall" originate?

• Lamentations from the Bible

• 1 Chronicles from the Bible

• Ezekiel from the Bible

• Daniel from the Bible

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an allusion?

• A trick of the eye

• A comparison to something using like or as

• an implied or indirect reference to a famous person, event, thing, or text

• a direct reference to a famous person, event, thing, or text.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following allusions relates to "Someone overly idealistic to the point of having impossible dreams"

• Pollyanna

• Absolom

• Daniel

• Don Quixote

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following allusions relates to "A place of reputed wealth"

• El Dorado

• Shangri La

• Iridescent

• The Battle of Bull Run

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which allusion most closely relates with the word "weakness"

• Stonewall

• Achilles Heel

• Tantalize

• Svengali

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Italian Adventurer, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova De Seingalt had the reputation of being what?

• An adventurer

• A womanizer

• A cartographer

• Handsome

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which allusion is being described "A person characterized by impermissible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything, a foolishly or blindly optimistic person"

• Pollyanna

• Don Quixote

• Absolom

• Casanova

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which allusion relates to both hope and chaos?

• Pandora's box

• Absolom

• Pearl of Great Price

• Stonewall

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which allusion relates to a final defeat or setback?

• Waterloo

• Absolom

• Stonewall

• Gettysburg

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4