Fall Final Flashcards
Deep thoughts, reflections
Cogitations
Imitation, copying in attempt to equal or surpass someone
Emulation
Eagerly, happily
Fain
Mourned, grieved
Lamented
To reject
Spurn
An absolute ruler, usually oppressive
Tyrant
Honorable, Noble in action
Valiant
Face, appearance,(also ghost or apparition)
Visage
Easygoing, like able
Affable
Unable to have children
Barren
To beg
Beseech
Scolded, corrected
Chidden
Inactive, lazy
Idle
Filled with strong emotion
Infused
About to occur
Imminent
Win
Prevail
People with significant talent or ability
Prodigies
What is a monologue
Long speech by one person
Aside
Lines spoken by character directly to audience
Tragic hero
Protagonist with flaw that eventually leads to downfall
Character foil
Character who is nearly opposite of another character
Soliloquy
Thighs spoken aloud by character when alone or believes he is alone
Et tu brute
Julius Caesar
Epicurean
Cassius
Exiled because he was against Caesar
Marullus and flavius
Stoic
Brutus
Beware the ides of March
Soothsayer
Married to Brutus
Portia
Dreams that Caesar is murdered, married to Caesar
Calpurnia
Tries to warn Caesar with a letter
artemidorus
I thrice presented him with a kingly crown
Which thrive he did refuse, was this ambition
Antony
The last to stab Caesar
Brutus
Caesars right hand man
Antony
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more
Brutus
Convinces Caesar to go to the Capitol to meet with the senate
Decius Brutus
Into what dangers would you lead me Cassius
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me
Brutus
What type of play is Julius Caesar
Tragedy
What was the highest level of school Shakespeare received
Grammar school
What did Shakespeare leave his wife in his will
His second best bed
Where was the globe theater
London
What is the globe theater
The theater where most of Shakespeare’s plays were presented, located
Who did Julius Caesar think is his most loyal companion
Brutus
What did the festival of the Lupercal celebrate
Fertility
What does Caesar do when he is offered the crown?
Refuse it thrice, then faints
Which qualities of Julius Caesar does Antony use to disprove Brutus’s argument of Caesar’s being too ambitious
Faithful Just Brought captives and spoil home Wept with poor Refused crown
What did Antony show the crowd during his speech that helped to win their favor
Bloody cloak and the will
Brutus was visited by the ghost of whom?
Caesar
Which characters killed themselves or had people kill them?
Cassius, Brutus, Portia, titinius
How was Caesar physically challenged
Epilepsy
Who had his birthday in the play
Cassius
Who spares Antonys life
Brutus
Octavius and Antony form a triumvirate with whom
Lepidus
Who said that the conspirators didn’t need an oath because they were bound by their cause and not empty words
Brutus
What fatal mistake did Brutus make
Underestimated Antony by letting him live and talk
He believed Cassius
Why did Brutus view Caesars assassination as necessary
Too ambitious, tyrant
What was one of Caesars fatal flaws
Trusting
Arrogant ambition
Who tries to warn Caesar
Artemidorus
Soothsayer
Calpurnia
Priests
Brutus charged Cassius with what
Bribery
According to Antony who is the noblest Roman of them all
Brutus
Inflexibility versus compromise
Cassius and Brutus
Opinions on calpurnia’s dream
Weak people can be manipulated
People of Rome
Brutus manipulated by Cassius
Public self versus private self
Antony
Brutus
Misinterpretations and misreadings
Calpurnia’s dream
Rhetoric and power
Speeches
Decius
One man’s hero is another man’s enemy
Caesar
Fate versus free will
The ides of March
Too much ambition can be dangerous
Caesar
Look at timeline
Did you get it?
What do modern historians say King Arthur was
Celtic war chief
Which people began the storytelling of King Arthur
The celts
Who made the King Arthur legend forever English
Sir Thomas Malory
Where did sir Thomas Malory write his King Arthur stories
Prison
Middle age social classes
Nobility
Clergy
Peasants
Reasons the King Arthur legend has endured so long
Exciting story
Camelot is the capital of dreams
Not what kings are, but what kings could be
What kind of hero is superior in all respects to other men and his environment
Mythic
Why a hero or legend endures across generations
Real and universal
Larger than life
Part of cultural heritage
Stories through generations
Chivalry
Code of behavior
Demanded that the knight be loyal to God first King second, as ferocious in the battle field as gentle off
Why is everyone going to London
Jousting tournament
Who gives Arthur assistance in pulling out the sword
Merlyns animals
What does Kay do when he realizes that Arthur has pulled out the famous sword in the stone
Claims it and Takes it to his dad
Does Arthur eventually come to the conclusion that might cannot be used for right, violence always breeds more violence
No
What does Arthur intend to do with the rebels after he conquers them
Turn them into Knights
Who is the author of Arthur becomes King
T.h. White
Arthur’s nickname
Wart
Arthur’s guardian
Sir Ector
Sir Kay
Foster brother/ector’s son
Arthur’s sword
Excalibur
Arthur’s kingdom
Camelot
Arthur’s tutor
Merlyn
Where does Arthur find the sword
The stone
What does Arthur think about might
Should be used for right
Why does Lancelot leave Camelot
Adventure
What happens when Lancelot sleeps
Sirs lyonel and ector get defeated by sir tarquine
Who discovers Lancelot as he sleeps under the tree
Morgan le Fay and her queens
What does he agree to do in return for his freedom
Fight for bagdemagus
Why has sir tarquine sworn revenge against Lancelot
Lancelot killed his brother
Who said it was he who slew my brother and it is because of him that I have killed a hundred Knights, and maimed as many more, apart from the sixty four I still hold prisoner
Tarquine
Who said I will cast a spell over him so that he remains asleep while we take him to my castle and make him our prisoner
Morgan le Fay
Who said understand that I choose none of you, lewd sorceress that you are, rather will I die in this cell. But were I free, I would take pleasure in proving it against any who would champion you that Queen gwynevere is the finest lady of this land
Lancelot
Evil sorceress
Morgan le Fay
Good King, was defeated by Knights of the round table in a tournament
Bagdemagus
Captured by an evil knight
Lyonel and ector
Has a daughter who helps him
Bagdemagus
Evil knight
Tarquine
Is captured by an evil sorceress
Lancelot
At the beginning of the story, what does Lancelot set out to do
Find adventure
Who captures Lancelot and how
Falls asleep, Morgan le fays Magic
What did the evil Knight do to the Knights that he captured
Stripped and beat them and threw them in a dungeon
What does Lancelot agree to do in exchange for his freedom
Fight for bagdemagus
Enlarged
Augmented
Why does the evil knight hate Sir Lancelot?
Lancelot killed his brother
What happens to the evil knight at the end of the story?
Lancelot beheads him
Who is the author of Lancelot
Sir Thomas Malory
How many times does Bedivere fail to complete his task?
2
Why does Bedivere fail at his task?
the sword is beautiful
greed
he wants to keep it as a tribute to King Arthur
Which of Bedivere’s actions does Arthur identify as being particularly shameful?
lying
After Bedivere returns a second time, what does Arthur do?
get mad, threaten him, and send him away again
Where is Arthur going at the end?
Avilion
What is the significant image in the last line?
sunrise
Who wrote “The Passing of Arthur”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In TPCASTT, what the author says about the subject is the
theme
When a sentence carries on to the next line of the poem, sometimes changing the meaning
enjambment
In “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” the author uses a lot of what literary device?
imagery
in “She Sweeps with many colors brooms” the speaker compares sweeping to
sunset
in “Big Wind” the speaker compares the greenhouse in the storm to
a ship
Cavalry Crossing a Ford paints what kind of picture of war
peaceful
what are you supposed to write in the attitude section of TPCASTT
speaker, author, and subject attitude
how does summer remembered speak about childhood summer
fun and chaotic with a lot of alliteration and onomatopoeia, but ends sadly
What are the African-American women in Women fighting for
education for their children
What is dreams about?
how dreams can affect your life
The Dreams Died devastatingly is
alliteration
The Creation is an example of what kind of poem
narrative
In me she has drowned a young girl and in me an old woman rises toward her day after day like a terrible fish
Mirror
He’s only flirting, crowd him crowd him, delicate, delicate, delicate, delicate, now
basestealer
his hands are fine and nervous on the lug wrench. It makes no difference to the lug wrench though
ex-basketball player
there would be more than ocean water broken before God’s last put out the light was spoken
once by the pacific
but I was going to say when truth broken in with all her matter of face about the ice storm
birches
you were the river current carrying the roaring notes you were the caravan master at the reigns
my mother pieced quilts
and a blue true dream of sky and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes
i thank you God for most this amazing
Beat beat drums
Walt Whitman
Big Wind
Theodore Roethke
Birches
robert frost
cavalry crossing a ford
walt whitman
dreams
langston hughes
ex-basketball player
john updike
i thank you God for most this amazing
e.e. cummings
mirror
sylvia plath
once by the pacific
robert frost
she sweeps with many colored brooms
emily dickinson
summer remembered
isabella gardner
the base stealer
robert francis
the creation
james weldon johnson
the lake isle of innisfree
william butler yeats
two bodies
octavio paz
women
alice walker
the metaphors in two bodies
a relationship
two waves, 2 stones, 2 knives, 2 shooting stars
4 examples of poem shifts
stanzas, tone, subject, point of view
where was John Steinbeck born
Salinas, CA
Steinbeck’s movement
naturalism
what is naturalism
the author does not hide the hardships and ugliness of human existence, not afraid to explore violence and the lives of America’s lower class
where does the Pearl take place
La Paz, Mexico
what kind of novel is the pearl
parable
who is oppressing the Native Americans
Spanish Mexicans
Why does the doctor refuse to see Coyotito in the beginning
he is poor and Native American
what is the significance of the songs Kino hears?
his ancestors sing, dictate his emotions
What did Kino dream of when he first found the pearl?
marrying Juana, a rifle, clothes, education for Coyotito
How did the doctor cruelly manipulate Kino and Juana into his treatment of Coyotito?
he poisoned him and then healed him
what do Kino and Juana compare finding the pearl to
Coyotito’s birth
What happens to Kino’s boat
someone puts a hole in it
What song provided Kino strength before attacking the trackers
the song of the family
greed as a destructive force
the pearl, the trackers, Kino murdering
the roles of fate in shaping human lives
finding the pearl, stuck in your birth position, scorpion bite
colonial society’s oppression of native cultures
not serving Coyotito, no education
men and women’s roles in society
Juana yields to Kino and he beats her when she steps out
the importance of family
Kino tries to save his family
Poverty versus wealth
Kino has nothing, the doctor is fat and lazy
the pearl
greed, success, hopelessness, human vice
the canoe
family, manhood, heritage, stability, provision
greed, eagerness for riches
avarice
having a kindly disposition
benign
skillful in physical movements, especially of the hands
deft
something that derogates or casts in a bad light
disparagement
important to the topic at hand
germane
having a harsh, throaty sound
guttural
needy, very poor
indigent
wise
judicious
the quality or state of being drowsy, apathetic activity
lethargy
softly shining, translucent, clear
lucent
dangerous to health, characterized by progressive growth, especially a tumor
malignant
moved to or showing sudden impatient irritation
petulant
in a way that sounds sad and mournful
plaintively
having rugged physical strength, hardened to fatigue or hardships
stalwart
bringing under control
subjugation
humble, imploring
suppliant
right before Kino finds the pearl, what song does he hear?
the song of the pearl
what does Kino do for a living
a pearl diver
How are Apolonia and Juana related
sisters in law
Where are Kino and Juana’s ancestors from
native
What else did John Steinbeck write?
Cup of Gold, The Pastures of Heaven, To a God Unknown, Tortilla Flat, Dubious Battle, Of Mice and Men, The Long Valley, The Grapes of Wrath, Sea of Cortez, Cannery Row, Burning Bright, East of Eden, The Winter of our Discontent, Travels with Charley, Red Pony
when is the best time for demons to exploit to get readers hooked on sex and alcohol
trough periods
Who is the originator of pleasure
God
What is the first step of exploiting the truth
keep knowledge out of his mind
how does Screwtape describe the married couple that the patient has become friends with?
rich, smart, superficially intellectual, brightly skeptical about everything in the world
what does Screwtape say the patient will call people who warn him against worldly vanities, choice of friends, and the value of time?
puritans
what are the causes of human laughter
joy, fun, the joke proper, flippancy
which humor is most dangerous to humans
flippancy
what is the point at which time touches eternity
present
which is least like eternity
future
what is screw tapes’ advice if a man can’t be cured of church going
church hopping
what are party churches
cliquey churches who split up and hate each other for the little unessentials
of which sin have the demons been able to deaden the human conscience in Europe
gluttony
explain the patient’s mother’s version of gluttony
delicacy - all I want - everything has to be perfect
what should the patient feel ownership over
time
why doesn’t Screwtape like the woman with whom the patient is in a relationship?
she is a good Christian and a good influence on him
What happened to Screwtape as he was furiously writing about the woman
he turned into a centipede
Now that the patient is dating this girl, what else is happening
he is around more Christians and his faith is growing because of it
How does Screwtape suggest corrupting the patient’s Christianity (with what view of Jesus)
historical view, opinion based, praying to a merely physical Jesus
what is the patient’s girlfriend’s vice
thinking people who don’t agree with her are ridiculous
What does Screwtape say is the strongest and most beautiful of the vices
spiritual pride
who plays the trumpet and is Gene’s closest competition academically
Chet Douglass
Who supervises the dorm in an authoritarian manner during the regular sessions
Mr. Ludsbury
Who manages crew but is systematically disliked by most of the boys
Cliff Quackenbush
who trains Gene for the Olympics
Finny
Who is the Yellow Peril
Brinker Hadley
Who gives the key testimony in the investigation of the accident
Elwin “Leper” Lepellier
What is the price for membership in the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session
jumping off the tree into the Devon
When does Gene first confess to Finny that he caused the accident on the tree
Finny’s house
What causes Gene to finally admit to the reality of the war
Leper going crazy, 2 people not being able to fight, his injury, Gene almost enlisting
how do we know that Finny really was interested in the war all along
letters to the war office
where is the official investigation of Finny’s accident held
assembly hall
what causes Finny’s death
marrow from his bone got into his bloodstream and stopped his heart during surgery - setting his leg
What is Gene’s chief war memory?
walking around the country alone
did john knowles base this novel on his own experiences at Exeter Academy
yes
Finny wears what color shirt as his emblem for the war
pink
Describe Finny’s concept of authority
necessary evil, make friends, meant to be broken
what does Finny do when he breaks the swimming record
didn’t let Gene tell anyone
does Gene believe Finny purposely tried to wreck his academics
yes
what does Finny tell Gene at the beach
you are my best friend
what does Brinker try to encourage Gene to do
enlist
in the Butt Room, what is Gene charged with
killing Finny to have the room to himself
because he can’t play sports, what does Finny want Gene to do
play for him and train for the Olympics
finny says the war has been made up by
fat old men defending their jobs
what is the inscription over the door to the court room
here boys come to be made men
when Gene first visits the infirmary after the investigation, how does Finny respond
angrily
at finny’s funeral, how does gene feel?
doesn’t cry because he feels like it is his own funeral
after the peaceful interlude at Devon, when does Gene face his first experience with conflict
defeating his inner struggle
according to gene, what is the cause of wars
ignorance in the human heart
things Finny is linked to
fun, summer, innocence, friendship
why does finny refuse to believe the truth about the accident
he loves Gene and can’t see evil in people
why does Finny love sports
he is good at them, no one wins, the only pure good
last conversation between Gene and Finny
they decided it was a blind impulse, not an act of hate
where did George and Lennie flee from
Weed, California
What excites Lennie most about his dream life with George
rabbits
why is Candy unable to imagine getting rid of the dog
he had it a long time and loved it
why does Curley wear a vaseline filled glove
keep his hand soft for his wife
why does Carlson insist on shooting candy’s dog
it is old and stinky
Whit brings a magazine with what? from a man that used to work there
a letter praising the publication
what is Old Susy’s place
brothel
who discovers Curley’s dead wife
candy
what does curley wear to set himself apart from the other men
high heeled boots
who cared for Lennie before George
Aunt Clara
When is Of Mice and Men set
1930s
what does Curley’s wife offer to let Lennie touch
her hair
Whom does Candy look to for advice before allowing Carlson to shoot his dog
Slim
How does Steinbeck foreshadow the death of Curley’s wife
dead animals
how did Crooks get his name
crooked back
before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun did he take
Carlson’s
what does George say to Lennie before shooting him
talks about their relationship and their farm
when Lennie drops down next to the pool of water as the story opens, what is George’s advice to him
not to drink too much
who is the only man to understand the bond between Lennie and George
Slim
after killing curler’s wife, who appears to lennie to chastise his behavior
Aunt Clara, giant rabbit
who do Lennie and George allow to live on their farm
Candy
why doesn’t crooks allow lennie to enter his room at first
skin color
what did curley’s wife want to be
a movie star
