Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Reg. Exam Review

____1. He accuses Mama of butchering his dreams.                              

                                                                                              

____2. She calls Mama a tyrant for refusing to allow                 

         anyone to express beliefs that Mama considers                 

         sacrilegious.                                                              

____3. His dream is to open a liquor store.                                   

____4. She buys a house with her husband’s insurance

Money.                                                                                                         

                                                                                

____5. Twenty years old, she wants to go to medical

         school.

____6. Walter’s wife, she is pregnant with their second

         child.

____7. Beneatha’s date, he makes fun of her native African

         dress.

____8. He sleeps on the couch.

____9. He went to school in Canada.

____10. She considers George a good catch because he’s rich.

 

 

Mark A for true and B for false

 

11.    Before the play begins, Walter Lee, Bobo and Willy discuss buying a liquor store.

12.   Mama slaps Beneatha for calling Walter a “flip”.

13.   George Murchison encourages the Youngers to take a greater interest in African History and culture.

14.   Mama uses part of the money from Big Walter’s insurance policy  to buy a house in an all-white neighborhood.

15.   The remainder of the money is lost when Willy swindles Walter.

16.   Lindner returns to the Younger’s apartment because he wants to offer them more money not to move.

17.   At the end of the play, Beneatha argues  with Walter  about her plans for the future.

 

 

Multiple Choice

 

18.   A conflict takes place in Act One when

19.   Walter would like to see his family’s life change in many ways.  More than anything else, though, he wants to

20.  Joseph Asagai does not give Beneatha,

 

21.   In a private moment, Walter admits to Ruth that he

 

22.  When Mama finally decides what to do with the insurance money, she

 

23.   ,Juror #2         

24.   Juror # 3         

25.   Juror #5         

26.   Juror #7         

 

 

 

27.   Juror #8     

28.    Juror #9          

29.   Juror #10             

30.   Juror #11          

 

 

 

 

31.   The jury in Twelve Angry Men is composed of all of the following EXCEPT

32.   Because the jurors are not identified  by name, the speaker identifies them by

 

33.   According to the charge by the judge, the jury may find the defendant guilty only if it

 

34.   In the first ballot, juror Eight votes “not guilty” because

 

35.   In the discussion, juror Eight points out that in American justice, there is an assumption of

36.   When juror Eight points out that the defendant was beaten regularly by his father, juror Three reveals by his outburst that he can be

37.   When juror Four observes that the slum children “are potential menaces to society,” juror Five says that

38.   Juror Eight insists that the knife identified as the murder weapon be brought to the jury room because he wants to show that

 

39.   Juror Three thinks juror Five voted not guilty probably because Five is

 

              

            40.       Juror Nine was motivated to vote not guilty on the second ballot because

          

               41.         Juror Eight points out that if the el train was passing at the time of the murder, the old man     

       

42. Juror Nine had observed the old man closely during his testimony and believes he would lie because

 

 

n  What happens to a dream deferred?

n  Does it dry up

n  like a raisin in the sun?

n  Or fester like a sore-

n  And then run?

n  Does it stink like rotten meat?

n  Or crust and sugar over-

n  like a syrupy sweet?

n  Maybe it just sags

n  like a heavy load.

n  Or does it explode?

n                          -Langston Hughes

 

 

43,  Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?  This is an example of :

                       

44.   And then run?  Is an example of :

         

 

45.   The overall theme of the poem is:

             

Mark “A” for true and “B” for false

 

46.  A thesis statement is proven throughout the entire paper.

47.  According to MLA, the margins for a paper should be set at 2.

48.  The font of your paper should be bold, Times New Roman, 12.

49.  The Works Cited page should include an alphabetical list of all sources for the project, those used and not.

50.  The period is placed after the paraphrase or quote and before the parenthetical documentation.

51.  Long quotes are indented like a new paragraph.

52.  Parenthetical documentation should contain, when available, the author’s last name and the page number.

 

53. What does Montag’s fire hose spray?     

 

  1. For what crimes has Clarisse’s uncle been arrested?

 

  1. What question does Clarisse ask Montag after their first encounter?

 

  1. How does Mildred pass the time?

 

 

  1. What type of conflict was Bradbury describing when he wrote that Montag “felt his body divide”?

 

  1. In Part 1, how does the Hound react to Montag?

 

  1. Which of the following is NOT a rule book for the Firemen of America?

 

  1. Which of the descriptive words does Bradbury choose to give his readers a concise image of the firemen?
  2. What does Beatty’s treatment of the old woman tell you about his character?
  3. What made Montag sick to his stomach?
  4. How did Mildred react when Montag told her about the old woman burning alive with her books?

 

  1. As society began to speed up, what became the most important thing to people?

 

 

  1. Which of the following is NOT a publication left for the people to read?

 

  1. What was Montag looking for in the books?
    1. Different laws that could show book burning was wrong
    2. A manual to teach him how to be a better person
    3. An answer to all of the problems with his life
    4. To see what all of the controversy was about

 

  1. Why does Montag begin to think of the old man in the park?

 

 

  1. Which is the best summary of the plan that Montag and Faber devise?

 

  1. What device does Faber give Montag so they can communicate?

 

  1. Why was Montag unable to read the bible successfully on the train?
  2. Why did Faber say that Beatty “might be one of us”?

 

  1. What did Mrs. Phelps say about her husband going off to war?
    1. She thought he was brave for fighting for his country

 

  1. On what did Mildred and her friends base the presidential votes?

 

  1. After Beatty’s speech in the firehouse, what did Faber tell Montag?

 

 

 

  1. What did Mildred regret losing in the fire?

 

  1. What two announcements did Montag hear on the Seashell radio?

 

  1. What happened when Montag crossed the ten-lane highway?

 

  1. What did Beatty mean when he spoke the line below (from Shakespeare) to Montag when he had the flame thrower aimed at him?

 

“There is no such terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm’d so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not!”

 

  1. What did Granger give Montag to deter the hound?

 

  1. What had Montag expected to find in Granger and the other men’s faces?

 

  1. Why did Granger tell Montag the story about his grandfather?

 

  1. How is the legend of the phoenix related to the story?

 

Matching.  Match the characters below with the descriptions that best represent them.

 

 

  1. Hated the idea of having children

 

  1. Wondered why books were so controversial

 

  1. Home was planted with books and set on fire

 

  1. Didn’t care that spouse was heading to war

 

  1. Was considered an anti-social outcast

 

  1. Often quoted lines from different books

 

  1. Tried to commit suicide with sleeping pills

 

  1. A retired English professor

 

 

 

 

Identifying Literary Devices- Select the appropriate literary device for each sentence.

 

  1. "Somewhere the saving and putting away had to begin again and someone had to do the saving and the keeping, one way or another, in books, in records, in people's heads, any way at all so long as it was safe, free from moths, silverfish, rust and dry-rot, and men with matches."

 

  1. …time was busy burning the years and the people anyway…”

 

  1. "What traitors books can be! You think they're backing you up, and they turn on you.”

 

  1. “Monday, we burn Miller; Tuesday, Tolstoy; Wednesday, Walt Whitman; Friday, Faulkner; and Saturday and Sunday, Schopenhauer and Sartre.”

 

 

  1. “These books are my family.”

 

  1. A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it.”

 

  1. She was only standing, weaving from side to side, her eyes fixed upon a nothingness in the wall as if they had struck her a terrible blow upon the head.”

 

True or False- Mark “A” for true and “B” for false. Determine if the statements about the story are true or false. 

 

 

  1. Montag was able to memorize the entire book of Ecclesiastes.

 

  1. Montag and Mildred first met in Chicago.

 

100.                 Granger had been on the run since striking a fireman for trying to burn down his library.

 

  1. Montag carries a copy of the book Civil Disobedience with him on the train.

 

  1. Mildred, Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles surprised Montag with their knowledge and understanding of politics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

131,  Alliteration                       

132.  Allegory                                   

133.  Allusion                                   

134.  Conflict                                   

135.  Foreshadowing                       

 

136.  Imagery                                   

137.  Plot                                   

138.  Irony                                   

139.  Metaphor                       

140.  Onomatopoeia                       

 

 

 

 

Types of Sentences

 

141.  Compound-Complex

142.  Complex

143.  Compound

144. Simple

 

 

145.  Dependent Clause

146.  Independent Clause

147-160  Grammar Terms

 

           


 

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