Julius Caesar
Describe the significance of each of these characters
1. Julius Caesar
2. Cassius
3. Antony
4. Octavius
5. Brutus
6. Calpurnia
7. Portia
8. Why does Cassius fear Caesar will become a tyrant?
9. How do the conspirators plan to win Brutus to their cause by
10. What were Brutus’ personal feelings toward Caesar?
11. What reasons does Brutus give for not wanting to kill Mark Antony?
12. Describe the relationship between Portia and Brutus.
13. Why does Brutus want Mark Antony to speak at Cesar’s funeral?
14. Describe all parts of Antony’s funeral oration.
15. What does Cassius accuse Brutus of?
16. What was the major cause of Brutus’ failure?
Know the speaker and significance of the following quotes:
17. “Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus”
18. “This was the noblest Roman of them all”
19. “Let us be sacrificers. . . Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods”
20. “Et tu Brutue”
William Shakespeare
21. Who reigned during Shakespeare’s early life and work?
22. What was the first play to be performed at the Globe Theater?
23. From what text did Shakespeare take ideas from throughout his working life?
24. With whom were the last sections of Shakespeare’s sonnets concerned?
25. Who said of Shakespeare, “He was not of an age, but for all time”?
“Allegory of the Cave” from Plato’s Republic
26. Who are the two speakers?
27. What will a liberated prisoner’s first reaction be?
28. Know the archetypes within this reading!!!!!!!!
29. What does the journey up the steep ascent symbolize?
LITERARY GENRE, CARL JUNG, & ARCHETYPES
30. Definition and qualities of lyric
31. Definition and qualities of tragedy
32. Definition and qualities of comedy
33. Definition and qualities of epic
34. What are the qualities of an epic hero?
35. What is the collective unconscious?
36. How is an archetype tied to your unconscious?
37. What is Individuation?
38. What is an archetype?
COMIC QUALITIES
39. What is the difference between tragic and comic time?
40. What are the three stages of comedy based on Dante’s Inferno?
TRAGIC AND EPIC QUALITIES
41. Who is Thespis?
42. Who is Aeschylus?
43. Who is Euripides?
44. What is Aristotle’s definition of tragedy?
45. How are tragedies complex?
46. Tragedy begins in a place burdened by the …?
47. What is rhe epic penetration of the veil?
48. What is the “Epic Cut”?
Antigone by Sophocles
49. How does Ismene react to Antigone’s desire and attempt to bury their brother?
50. How does Creon feel about the authority of the state?
51. The turning point of the play occurs at what point?
52. Antigone is the daughter of whom?
53. The audience learns the most about Antigone’s character through what kind of characterization?
54. Creon demonstrates what conflict types?
55. How does Antigone’s death lead to the final stage of tragedy?
56. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, what needs could Antigone not address when trapped in the tomb?
57. What character describes the animal sacrifices gone awry?
58. Who is the Flat Character / Brings Antigone to Creon?
59. What character completes bridal rites in death?
60. Who is the Antagonist / Dynamic Character?
61. Who is Antigone’s Foil / Represents an alternate personality to her sibling?
62. Who is the Protagonist?
63. Who commits suicide after cursing her husband?
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
64. How does Montag describe the emotions of being a fireman?
65. What are the symbols that are used to present the fireman?
66. What does Montag do that upsets Faber?
67. What object does the woman possess that sends the firemen rushing out of the house?
68. Where does Montag hide his book?
69. What book does Montag try to read and memorize on the subway?
70. What projects from the Hound’s single angry tooth?
71. Describe the tension of the scene when Montag returns to the firehouse after making plans with Faber.
72. What are the details of Beatty’s dream?
73. What causes Montag to consider killing Beatty?
74. What landmark does Montag encounter as he makes his way through the wilderness?
75. What will the book people say when asked what they’re doing?
Anthem by Ayn Rand
76. There is no transgression blacker than to do what?
77. What was Equality 7-2521 doing when he first discovered the powers of electricity?
78. Why was Equality sent to the Palace of Corrective Detention to be lashed?
79. What would Equality’s light box bring ruin to?
80. What word will be cut in stone to serve as Equality’s “beacon” and “banner”?
81. What is Equality’s reaction to being named a street sweeper?
82. What are the different homes that people stay at throughout the different stages of their life?
83. What do Liberty and Equality name each other initially? At the end of the book?
Gilgamesh
Describe the significance of each of these characters
84. Enkidu
85. Gilgamesh
86. Utanapishtim
87. Shamash
88. Ishtar
89. Shamhat
90. Ninsun
91. Describe Gilgamesh’s kingdom.
92. How did Ishtar try to get revenge on Gilgamesh?
93. Explain Gilgamesh’s journey to see Utanapishtim.
Harrison Bergeron
94. What handicaps are assigned to the major characters?
95. For what crime has Harrison been arrested?
96. How does Harrison claim authority when he arrives at the television studio?
97. How does the handicapper General regain control?
Myth of Icarus
98. Why does Daedalus make wings?
99. What is the consequence of Daedalus’ warnings?
100. How does Icarus end up in prison?
101. What instructions did Daedalus give Icarus before they flew away?
PYSCHOLOGY
102. According to Sigmund Freud, define the functions of the ID, Ego & Superego
103. How is anxiety caused?
104. Define and explain psychoanalytic theory
Psychology Terms Applied to Literature
105. How does Jack’s desire to hunt affect the other boys?
106. How does Enkidu’s attempt to persuade from attacking Humbaba.
107. What characters in Antigone suffer from anxiety and why?
108. Determine what Jurors are ruled by their id, ego, or superego?
109. In Antony’s struggle to seek revenge on the conspirators, how does he make his choices?
110. How does Okonkwo psychology deal when he must kill Ikemefuna?
111. How would analyze The Littluns in Lord of the Flies?
112. How does Arnold Friend deal with society’s expectations?
113. How does Montag suffer from denial?
Grammar
114. Independent Clauses
115. Relative Pronoun --- Adjective and Noun clauses
116. Infinitives
117. Prepositional phrases
118. Gerunds
119. Appositives
120. Simple Sentences
121. Compound Sentences
122. Complex Sentences
123. Compound-Complex Sentences
124. Parts of Speech
125. more grammar
126. more grammar
Lord of the Flies
127. Why is Ralph elected chief?
128. Why is Jack’s triumph in hunting marred?
129. What was the beast on top of the mountain?
130. How did the boys start a fire?
131. Why did the boys need to start a fire?
132. What is the nationality of the boys?
133. What is the lord of the flies?
134. How does Jack become leader?
135. Who finally gets to see the beast in the daylight?
136. What happens during the beach party?
137. Why does Piggy want to go see Jack?
138. How does Piggy die?
139. What will happen to Ralph if he is caught?
140. What are examples of irony in the novel?
141. Who is the author of the novel?
142. What happened to the littlun with the mulberry birthmark?
143. Describe the shape and layout of the island.
144. Look at Memorable quotes by Jack. Ralph and Piggy
145. Look at Memorable quotes by Jack. Ralph and Piggy
146. Look at Memorable quotes by Jack. Ralph and Piggy
Things Fall Apart
147. In what country does Things Fall Apart take place?
148. What is the main crop for the Igbo tribe?
149. What does Okonkwo fear most?
150. How does Okonkwo reveal the fears of weakness?
151. What does Okonkwo constantly wish Ezinma had been?
152. What is an ogbanje?
153. Why was Okonkwo exiled?
154. Explain the relationship between Okonkwo and Ikemefuna?
155. How does Nwoye struggle between the Igbo cultural customs and the newly arrived Christianity?
156. What does Okonkwo want for his future with the Igbo tribe?
157. What are the egwugwu?
Character Types – Define and be able to identify examples of the following
158. Protagonist
159. Antagonist
160. Foil
161. Dynamic Character
Literary Devices - Define and be able to identify examples of the following
162. Allusion
163. Foreshadowing
164. Dramatic irony
165. Situational irony
166. Tropes: Simile
167. Onomatopoeia
168. Metaphor
169. Hyperbole
170. Personification
171. Paradox
172. Schemes: Alliteration
173. Polysyndeton
174. Epanalepsis
175. Anaphora
Writing Concepts
176. Reflective
177. Argumentative
178. Persuasive
179. Literary Analysis
180. Narration
181. Cause and Effect
THE RESEARCH PROCESS, MLA FORMAT, and ARGUMENTATION - - -are the following statements true or false?
182. Parenthetical documentation should contain, when available, the author’s last name and the page number.
183. The period is placed after the paraphrase or quote and before the parenthetical documentation.
184. Long quotes are indented separately.
185. Argumentation is a logical way of asserting the soundness of a position, belief, or conclusion.
186. Evidence for arguments should be relevant, representative, and sufficient.
187. Using someone else’s work in your own paper without a citation is called plagarism.
188. The Works Cited page should include an alphabetical list of all sources researched for the project; both those used and not.
Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men
189. Juror # 3
190. Juror # 5
191. Juror #8
192. Juror #9
193. Juror #10
194. Juror #11
195. Explain how the jury was determine “reasonable doubt”.
196. What elements of our legal system were explained in the play?
197. In what ways does #8 cast doubt on the murder weapon?
198. How do the jurors cast doubt on the old woman’s testimony?
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