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| What country provides the setting for leiningen versus the ants? |
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| Why does Leiningen think he can defeat a bunch of ants? (Leiningen) |
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| He believed that he could defeat nature because he had modern technology |
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| Who wins in Leiningen versus the Ants? How? |
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| The ants win after breaching Leiningen's home |
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| Who presents the Whites with the Monkey's Paw? |
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| What does Sergeant-Major Morris do with the paw at first? Why? (Monkey's Paw) |
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| Throws it into the fire because it only does harm. |
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| What is the White's first wish? How does it turn out? (Monkey's Paw) |
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| They wish for 200 pounds. It is recieved, but their son Herbert is killed as a result. |
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| What is the secnond wish on the Paw? (Monkey's Paw) |
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| Bring Herbert back to life |
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| What happens after the second wish? (Monkey's Paw) |
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| They hear a knocking at the door, but their is nobody there |
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| In the Masque of the Red Death, How many rooms does Prince Prospero’s palace contain? |
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| At what time of night does the mysterious guest arrive in “The Masque of the Red Death”? |
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| The mysterious guest in “The Masque of the Red Death” comes dressed as what? |
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| What is the Red Death? (Masque) |
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| A fictional disease in the story |
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| What colors are the seventh room? (Masque) |
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| What is significant about the seventh room? (Masque) |
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| It has an ebony clock that when it rings each hour, it disrupts the party |
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| What happens when prospero approaches the guest? (Masque) |
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| Prospero dies immediately |
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| What do they find is the guest? (Masque) |
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| Nobody. There is nobody in the costume |
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| What year does Harrison Bergeron take place? |
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| What do Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution mean? |
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| No one is stupider, uglier, weaker, or slower than anyone else. |
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| Who enforces the laws of equality? |
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| The Handicapper General and a team of agents |
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| What happens to Harrison prior to the story? |
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| He is 14 and taken by the governemt? |
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| Who are George and Hazel? |
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| Why does George wear a radio 24/7? |
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| The government broadcasts noise over these radios to interrupt the thoughts of intelligent people like George. |
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| What handicaps are put on the ballerinas? |
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| They are weighed down to counteract their gracefulness and masked to counteract their good looks |
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| What is george's handicap bag? |
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| forty-seven pounds of weight placed in a bag and locked around George’s neck. |
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| Why does the ballerina stop reading well and starts reading awfully |
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| that won’t make anyone jealous |
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| What does the bulletin state? |
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| Harrison has escaped from his prison |
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| What do they depict Harrison as? |
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| he is seven feet tall and covered in 300 pounds of metal. He is wearing huge earphones, rather than a small radio, and big glasses meant to blind him and give him headaches. He is also wearing a red rubber nose and black caps over his teeth. His eyebrows are shaved off. |
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| What does harrison do on stage? |
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| He takes all of his handicaps off and makes his empress do the same |
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| What does Diana Moon Glampers do? |
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| She shoots Harrison and his empress with a shotgun |
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