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Allusions Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the types of allusion?

a)

1. Fantasy

2. Dystopian

3. Horror

4. Romance

5. Sci-Fi

b)

1. Literary

2.Mythologial

3.Religious

4.Modern

5.Historcal

c)

1. Fiction

2. Non-Fiction

3. Y/A

d)

1. Shakespearian

2. Darwinism

3. The Johnson Treatment

4. Orwellism

2.

What type of allusion is the following example:

Joe is such an Honest Abe, he never can keep our secrets.

a)

Religious

b)

Literature or Mythological

c)

Historical

d)

None of the above

3.

Which option is an allusion?

a)

Her smile shines like the sun

b)

Time is money

c)

You are such a grinch

d)

Busy as a Bee

4.

What is the meaning of the allusion: My brother is a regular Einstein!

a)

My brother is a genius.

b)

My brother likes basketball.

c)

My brother has purple hair.

d)

My brother is named Einstein.

5.

Which one is an allusion?

a)

I was hit by Cupids Arrow

b)

Finding my car keys are like finding a needle in a haystack

c)

My boss is the devil

d)

It's raining cats and dogs outside

6.

What is the meaning of the allusion: She's a good swimmer, but she's not Ariel.

a)

She hates the water.

b)

She is an okay swimmer.

c)

She is a fish.

d)

She has red hair.

7.

What is the meaning of the allusion: Ask me anything, I'm like Google!

a)

I know all of the answers.

b)

I need the internet to survive.

c)

I am rich.

d)

I hate bad weather.

8.

Going forward is going to be examples of popular allusions and your goal is to guess the correct meaning behind them

a)

Okay, I understand!

b)

What???

9.
Siren Song
a)
An impending potential disaster.
b)
An irresistible appeal; especially a deceptive and dangerous lure
c)
A vulnerable point
d)
 A prolific source of troubles.     
10.
Original Sin 
a)
humankind is inherently corrupt
b)
an illuminating discovery
c)
a very difficult task
d)
a stigma; the distinguishing mark or brand of a criminal or outcast
11.
As I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
a)
Even through the hardest times, one shouldn’t be afraid because God is with them.
b)
an inspired sign which clearly shows the way
c)
an experience or a place of intense mental suffering.
d)
The Price of Betrayal
12.
Achilles' Heel
a)
A prolific source of troubles.
b)
A vulnerable point     
c)
A burden or labor that never ends.
d)
An impending potential disaster.
13.
Good Samaritan 
a)
you should feel responsibility for the well-being of your fellow man
b)
an underdog opposing and defeating a giant
c)
somebody with a seemingly infinite store of patience
d)
one who selflessly assists another, especially  a stranger in trouble.
14.
Odyssey
a)
A great journey, especially a long and complicated one
b)
A burden or labor that never ends.
c)
An impending potential disaster.
d)
A prolific source of troubles. 
15.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
a)
war, famine, pestilence (disease), death
b)
the point at which a dramatic change in viewpoint occurs, owing to some miraculous intervention
c)
an omen of one’s unpleasant fate.
d)
a stigma; the distinguishing mark or brand of a criminal or outcast
16.
Gorgon Medusa 
a)
Describes someone who is ugly or frightening-either physically or spiritually.
b)
An extremely beautiful woman who men are willing to fight and die for
c)
An irresistible appeal; especially a deceptive and dangerous lure
d)
A prolific source of troubles.
17.
Eye of the Needle
a)
 illuminating discovery
b)
an experience or a place of intense mental suffering
c)
a very difficult task
d)
an inspired sign which clearly shows the way
18.
Pandora’s Box
a)
A burden or labor that never ends.
b)
An impending potential disaster.
c)
A prolific source of troubles.
d)
The landscape of paradise; an abode of delight, an idyllic place.

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