Satire Quiz

What is satire?

• A genre of literature

• A political tool

• A type of social commentary

• A form of comedy

What are the origins of satire?

• Eighteenth-century England

• Sixteenth-century England

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Greece

What is satire in literature?

• A political tool

• A form of comedy

• A genre of literature

• A type of social commentary

What are the three different types of satire?

• Allegory, Exaggeration, Ridicule

• Irony, Hyperbole, Understatement

• Comic, Dark, Moral

• Horatian, Juvenalian, Menippean

Which type of satire offers light social commentary?

• Irony

• Horatian

• Menippean

• Juvenalian

Which novel by George Orwell is an example of Juvenalian satire?

• Animal Farm

• Gulliver's Travels

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

• American Psycho

What is an example of Menippean satire in literature?

• Gulliver's Travels

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

• American Psycho

• Animal Farm

What is a common structure for a political cartoon?

• A collage of images with captions

• A single panel with a realistic drawing

• One large panel with an exaggerated drawing

• Multiple panels with sequential drawings

What is an example of a political stunt as an act of political satire?

• The Onion

• The Colbert Report

• Saturday Night Live

• Who Is America?

What technique is commonly used in satire to highlight the distance between talk and reality?

• Allegory

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Understatement