english midterm 2015

Question 0

• to describe

Answer 0

Limned

Question 1

• an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion

Answer 1

Phantom

Question 2

• difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible

Answer 2

Incomprehensible

Question 3

• the existing condition or state of affairs

Answer 3

Status quo

Question 4

• something being hunted

Answer 4

Quarry

Question 5

• the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid

Answer 5

Liquefaction

Question 6

• one who flees; a refugee

Answer 6

Fugitive

Question 7

• characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion as appearance or manner

Answer 7

Grotesque

Question 8

• something such as belief or institution, that elicits blind and destructive devotion devotion or to which people are ruthlessly sacrificed

Answer 8

Juggernaut

Question 9

• one who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules

Answer 9

Pedants

Question 10

List 3 themes from “Dover Beach”

Answer 10

Loss of Faith
War and Destruction
Beach = Sand + Water

Question 11

What does Beatty represent in the Struggle between Good and Evil

Answer 11

Beatty represents the devil (anger and frustrate Montag)

Question 12

Montag is compared to what mythological creature? Why?

Answer 12

Icarus

Question 13

What is Faber associated with?

Answer 13

A symbol of knowledge,
His life is associated with white, and
He is associated with water

Question 14

• implied comparison between two seemingly unlike objectives

Answer 14

Metaphor

Question 15

• compared two seemingly unlike objectives which uses the words “like” or “as”

Answer 15

Simile

Question 16

What is the Phoenix and what does it represent

Answer 16

The Phoenix is a myth. It represents Death by fire or rebirth. A Phoenix makes the same mistakes over and over again. It represents Society

Question 17

• when a situation becomes the opposite of what is intended

Answer 17

Situational Irony

Question 18

How is Millie (Mildred) self-destructive

Answer 18

She promotes her own destruction and misery through her ignorance and refuses to accept that reality even exists

Question 19

• the use of one thing to represent an entire set of ideas. They use fire as the central symbol to represent extinguishing thought, imagination, and appreciation

Answer 19

Symbolism

Question 20

What is the significance of the title Burning Bright

Answer 20

The title is a reference for the burning and allusions to fire. Montag burns his own house and does not grieve for his loss

Question 21

• repetition of one letter sound in order to produce a desired effect

Answer 21

Alliteration

Question 22

How is Montag self-destructive

Answer 22

He talks to the women a out the books, approaches Faber, and allows Beatty to drag him into a conversation about books and knowledge

Question 23

What is symbolic of Montag “dying”

Answer 23

He is killed on the Parlor walls. It is symbolic of the dishonesty of society and the control of the media over the viewers knowledge. Also symbolic of Montag’s death as a fireman

Question 24

• these are the author’s hints as what is to take place in future within the novel

Answer 24

Foreshadowing

Question 25

Why is Part 2 called the Sieve and the Sand

Answer 25

It is a metaphor for Montag’s frustration about being unable to determine what is true in the world

Question 26

How is Society self-destructive

Answer 26

Ignoring reality will lead them blindly to destruction

Question 27

List and Explain 3 Major Themes of 451

Answer 27

1. Ignorance and Knowledge - Fireman destroy knowledge and promote ignorance to help maintain sameness
2. Animal Imagery - Expresses the importance of nature or the lack of it
3. Technology - a negative influence in the world

Question 28

Why is Part 1 called the Hearth and the Salamander

Answer 28

It deals with Montag’s realization that he is unhappy and his quest for fulfillment in life. Without freedom to seek truth, a man cannot discover happiness.

Question 29

What does Montag represent in the Struggle between Good and Evil

Answer 29

Montag has become a pawn in the struggle

Question 30

What does Faber represent in the Struggle between Good and Evil

Answer 30

Faber represents an angel (encouraging Montag)

Question 31

Why did Beatty have to die?

Answer 31

Because either he has to kill Montag or Montag has to kill him. Beatty knows he is wrong but isn’t brave enough to change it. So he makes Montag kill him because Montag is brave enough to change it.

Question 32

Clarisse often referred to things her blank did and said

Answer 32

Uncle

Question 33

Montag’s house reminds him of a

Answer 33

Mausoleum

Question 34

Mildred usually has a blank in her ear

Answer 34

Seashell

Question 35

According to the rulebook, firemen of America should

Answer 35

Answer alarms, start fires, burn everything

Question 36

The old woman who burned alive with her books affected all except

Answer 36

Beatty

Question 37

Mountain I came home from the old woman’s house with

Answer 37

A book

Question 38

Claire is his uncle was once arrested for being a

Answer 38

pedestrian

Question 39

Montag believe the words in the book somehow point to

Answer 39

Clarisse

Question 40

The sniffing sound at the door was made by

Answer 40

The mechanical hound

Question 41

Favor once taught what subject

Answer 41

English

Question 42

They were described himself as a

Answer 42

Coward

Question 43

Faber advise Montag to look for awareness in

Answer 43

Old friends, books, nature

Question 44

Montag needed favor to be his … Therapist, attorney, or geologist

Answer 44

None of these

Question 45

Montag and Faber kept in touch using

Answer 45

Two-way ear radio