Figures of Speech quiz
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What name for the Netherlands covers only two provinces?
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Which instrument's full name is Italian for 'soft-loud'?
Answer: Piano
Why: Unlike a harpsichord, a piano plays louder the harder its keys are pressed, so it really can do both soft and loud.
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Who called mastery of metaphor a sign of genius?
Answer: Aristotle
Why: The same passage holds that this gift cannot be taught, since good metaphors need an eye for resemblances.
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Which figure is 'in a flood of tears and a sedan chair'?
Answer: Zeugma
Why: One little word, in, does double duty: she is in tears figuratively and in a sedan chair literally.
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Who is a Marvel hero with an alliterative real name?
Answer: Peter Parker
Why: Stan Lee gave Bruce Banner and Reed Richards matching initials too, because they helped his poor memory.
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Which figure's name appears on Greek moving trucks?
Answer: Metaphor
Why: Greek metaphorá still means transport, from roots meaning 'to carry across'.
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What figure gives 'sleepless' to the night, not the sleeper?
Answer: Transferred epithet
Why: Rhetoricians file it under hypallage, from the Greek for 'exchange'.
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