In medias res describes where a story's narration begins. Which opening fits the term?

In medias res and flashback are often confused. What is the difference between them?

Homer's Iliad begins with the Trojan War already long under way, at the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon. Which term names this opening?

Virgil's Aeneid opens with a storm scattering Aeneas's fleet years after Troy fell. At Dido's feast Aeneas then tells the story of Troy's last night. Which describes the poem?

In Virgil's Aeneid, Aeneas tells Dido about the fall of Troy after the storm has driven him to Carthage. Which of these happened first in story time?

In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus sits at the Phaeacian court and recounts the Cyclops and the other dangers he met on his way home. How do those earlier events reach the reader?

Dickens's A Christmas Carol opens on Christmas Eve with Scrooge at work. The Ghost of Christmas Past later shows him his boyhood and Fezziwig's party. Which statement is correct?

Maupassant's The Necklace opens by describing a charming girl born into a family of clerks who feels she deserves a richer life. What does this opening do?

Kafka's The Metamorphosis opens: "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect." Why is this in medias res?

In Kafka's The Metamorphosis the cause of Gregor's transformation is never explained anywhere in the story. What does that show about the way the story is built?

Milton's Paradise Lost begins with Satan and the rebel angels already cast down in Hell. The war in Heaven that put them there is told later. What does this opening do to the reader?

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights begins in 1801 with Lockwood visiting his landlord. The housekeeper Nelly Dean then tells him about the years before. How do those years reach the reader?

Garcia Marquez opens One Hundred Years of Solitude: "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." What does the sentence do?

The Old English epic Beowulf opens with Scyld Scefing, a Danish king who ruled generations before the hero reaches Heorot. Is the poem's opening in medias res?

Sophocles's Oedipus Rex opens with Thebes under a plague. The killing of King Laius happened long before and comes out through the questioning of a messenger and a shepherd. How is that past delivered?

Poe's The Cask of Amontillado opens: "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge." Where does the narration start?

A writer could open a story with a boy's whole childhood or with the boy already lost in a storm. Why might the writer choose the storm?

An opening reads: "The boat was already half full of water when Nena woke. Her brother was bailing with a helmet. She could not remember leaving the shore." What must the reader work out later?

An opening reads: "On Monday Lina signed up for the swim team. On Tuesday she bought goggles. On Wednesday she went to her first practice." Which term fits this opening?

One story can begin in the middle of the action and still use a flashback in a later chapter.