Final Flashcards
(176 cards)
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Page header
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Last name page number
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Main page header
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Name
Teacher
Class
Date
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Margins
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1 inch
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Font size
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12
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Spacing
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Double spaced
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Font style
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Plain, times new roman
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Works cited book entry
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Last name, first name. Title (in italics). City of publication, publisher, most recent date of publication.
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In text citation
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…” (Last name page number).
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What does a thesis statement do?
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Tells the reader what the writer thinks of the subject
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What is a thesis statement?
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Roadmap for the essay - tells the reader what to expect from the rest of the essay
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Where does a thesis statement appear?
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The final sentence of the introduction
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Elements of a thesis statement
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Author
Title
Active verb
Organizational elements
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What is an introduction paragraph?
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First paragraph that contains the thesis statement.
It begins very generally, and gradually becomes more and more specific toward the thesis.
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What is a conclusion paragraph?
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Last paragraph - 4-6 sentences
Begins with a restatement of the thesis.
Each sentence becomes more and more general moving toward a gentle landing.
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Who is the author of Ethan Frome?
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Edith Wharton
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When and where was Edith Wharton born?
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1862 in New York
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When and where did Edith Wharton die?
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1937 in Paris
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Where did Edith Wharton live (her houses name)?
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The Mount
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Who was Edith Wharton’s husband?
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Edward Wharton (banker)
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When did Edith Wharton divorce her husband?
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1913
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What prize did Edith Wharton win and for what book?
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The Pulitzer Prize in 1921 for “The Age of Innocence”
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When did Edith Wharton move to Paris?
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1930s
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The Robber Barons
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A ruthlessly powerful US capitalist or industrialist of the late 19th century considered to have become wealthy by exploiting workers, natural resources, corrupting legislatures, or other unethical means.
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What is the structure of the novel Ethan Frome?
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Framework
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How many years have flashed back since the prologue and chapter 1-9 in Ethan Frome?
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Where does the novel Ethan Frome take place?
Starkfield, Massachusetts
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What makes Ethan Frome’s face look particular?
Scar
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Who is the narrator in Ethan Frome in the prologue getting his information from?
Harmon Gow
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Where does Ethan Frome go everyday at noon?
Post office
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Why does Ethan spend a period of his life in almost complete silence?
His mother is too ick to speak
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What does Ethan get everyday at the post office?
Bettsbridge Eagle, envelopes addressed to Zeena, medication
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How old is Ethan Frome at the beginning of the novel?
52
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How old is Ethan during chapters 1-9?
28
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How do the people in Starkfield treat Ethan Frome?
Respectfully
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Harmon says Ethan Frome didn’t get away fast enough and then implied what..?
Ethan stayed for too many winters
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Who all did Ethan have to take care of?
Dad, mom, wife
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What did Ethan Frome study in college?
Science
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What is the enemy of Starkfield?
Winter
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Who is the narrator staying with in Ethan Frome?
Ruth Hale
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Who has the narrator been getting rides from in Ethan Frome?
Denis Eady
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Who was going to marry Mattie Silver?
Denis Eady
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What happened to Ethan Frome’s dad that made him give away all his money?
Kicked in the head by a horse
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Why did people stop visiting Ethan’s mother?
The train tracks were built
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Where is Ethan Frome going at night in chapter 1 to pick up Mattie?
The church
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How does Mattie help Zeena and Ethan?
Housework
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Why does Mattie think Ethan won’t come pick her up after the dance?
Zeena’s illness
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What phrase does Ethan Frome keep using with Mattie as a safe fallback phrase?
“Come along”
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Who almost crash into the elm tree in the beginning of Ethan Frome?
Ruth and Ned
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What did Mattie sell for $50 in Ethan Frome?
Piano
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What reminds Ethan he won’t ever get away from Starkfield?
Graveyard
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What makes Ethan Frome think of his wife in chapter 2?
Dead cucumber vine
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What makes Ethan Frome think someone broke into his house in chapter 2?
No key
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How are Zeena and Mattie related?
Cousins
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Where is Zeena going in Ethan Frome?
Doctor
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What did the people of Warchester call Ethan?
Ol stiff or ol eath
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Why did Zeena come to Starkfield?
Ethan’s mom was ill
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Why does Ethan ask Zeena to stay with him after his mom passes away?
It’s winter and he doesn’t want to be alone
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How long does it take after Ethan and Zeena are married before she falls ill?
One year
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Who does Ethan Frome ask for money?
Mr. Hale
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Why is so special that Ned and Ruth were kissing?
Same place where Ethan and Mattie were the night before
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What does Mattie forget to leave out while Ethan is gone?
Key
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What breaks the symbolizes Ethan and Zeena’s marriage?
Red pickle dish
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What do Ethan and Mattie do after dinner?
Sit by the fire
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What or who does Ethan kiss in chapter 5?
Fabric
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What does Ethan have to get Frome town?
Glue
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Who tells Ethan that the store is out of glue?
Denis
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Who is waiting for Ethan when he comes back from the store?
Zeena
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Why is Ethan worried about Zeena when she comes home from the doctor visit?
She went upstairs without saying anything
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Why does Zeena say they have to get rid of Mattie?
The cost of hired help
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What or who do Ethan and Mattie blame the broken pickle dish?
Cat
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Where does Ethan want to go with Mattie?
West
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Why can’t Ethan go with Mattie?
Money
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What does Ethan do in his study?
Writes a note to his wife
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Who does Ethan go to to ask for money at the end of the novel?
Mr. Hale
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What is Mattie doing in her room when Ethan goes to see her in chapter 9?
Crying
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Why does Zeena tell Ethan he can’t take Mattie?
The stove needs to be fixed
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What does Mattie show Ethan that she found?
Note Ethan wrote for his wife
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What are Mattie and Ethan doing in chapter 9?
Sledding
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What does Mattie suggest to Ethan at the end of the novel?
Aim at the elm tree
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What or who is making the chipping noise at the end of chapter 9?
Mattie
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What happened to Mattie after the crash?
Paralyzed from the neck down
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What does Mattie look like after the smash up?
Witch
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Who opens up about the story of Ethan Frome and Mattie Silver?
Mrs. Hale
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What kind of job is the narrator doing?
Engineering for a power plant
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What does Mattie make for dinner when she and Ethan are alone?
Pickles and doughnuts?
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Ethan once pursued studies in science, but was forced to return home because…?
His father died in the horse accident and someone needed to care for the farm and Ethan’s mother
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That night, when Zeena is gone, Mattie wears what?
A red ribbon in her hair
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What is a framework story?
And outer story the precedes and follows a more important inner story
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What is a flashback?
Interruption of chronological sequence by the interjection of events that occurred earlier
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Mrs. Hale’s comment “ you’ve had and awful mean time Ethan Frome” does what to Ethan?
Startles him because he never expected it
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Ethan realizes that he will never leave Starkfield after what?
He drops out of college
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Ethan does not ask Mr. Hale for the money agin because…?
He cannot bear to lie when they have been so kind to him
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For Ethan, the hardest part of returning home after his father’s accident was what?
Losing the opportunity for education and social activities
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If his mother had died in the spring instead of winter Ethan probably…
Would not have asked Zeena to stay
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The citizens of Starkfield…
Pity Ethan Frome
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When Mattie and Ethan walk home together…
Mattie worries Zeena is dissatisfied with her
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What is Ethan’s worst fear about Zeena’s trip to the doctor?
The visits will cost him more money
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What was the name on the gravestone Ethan looks at?
Ethan Frome
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What is the season of death?
Winter
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What is the symbolism of the elm tree?
Growth
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What does the pickle dish symbolize?
Ethan and Zeena’s marriage
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What is the New York Social Registry?
Names of the 400 original Dutch families in New York and their descendants
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When was Ethan Frome published?
1911
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What was the Gilded Age?
A time when society was golden on the outside, but cheap underneath
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The Gilded Age years
1865-1900
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What was the Lost Generation?
Everything that had been taught about God, work, and war turned out to be false
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The Lost Generation years
1900-1941
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What is redemptive suffering?
Expecting some kind of payoff for suffering
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Two main themes of Ethan Frome are…
A trapped sensibility and the questioning of social rules
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What is not a valid excuse for being happy?
Money
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Wharton wants the reader to…
Realize we incorrectly judged Zeena
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Everyone in the novella…
Wants to be needed
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How much older is Zeena than Ethan?
7 years
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What is a conflict in Ethan Frome?
Love vs Lust
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When was the Homestead Act Passed?
1862
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Where and when was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564
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What did Shakespeare’s father do?
Glove maker
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Who did Shakespeare marry?
Anne Hathaway in 1582
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Who were Shakespeare’s kids?
Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith
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When did an outbreak of the plague close theaters?
Early 1590’s
| Reopened in 1594
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When did the Company build the Globe Theater?
1599
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When did Shakespeare die?
1616
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Where is Shakespeare buried?
Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon
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What was Aristotle’s definition of tragedy?
The imitation of an action that is serious, and also, having magnitude, complete in itself. It incorporates incidents a rousing pity and fear in order to accomplish the catharsis of these emotions.
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What is hubris?
Pride or over self-confidence
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Tragic hero’s are…
Born into nobility
Responsible for their own fate
Endowed with a tragic flaw
Doomed to make a serious error in judgment
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Eventually tragic heros…
Fall from great heights or high esteem
Realize they have made an irreversible mistake
Faces and accepts death with honor
Meet a tragic death
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The prologue to act one is written in…
Sonnet form
Octet - presents a problem
Sestet- presents a solution
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Who are Samson and Gregory?
Peasants, Capulets
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What was the nurse’s baby’s name?
Susan
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What does Romeo mean by “dull earth” in Scene 1 line 2?
His life is dull and boring without Juliet
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Why does Romeo compare Juliet to the sun?
She’s the center of the universe
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Why does Romeo want the sun to kill the envious moon?
So they can be together
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Why is the moon envious?
The sun is a bright shining light
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Why does Romeo compare Juliet’s eyes to the stars?
Stars are a map, she is the way forward/his future
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Why is the comparison to the stars another example of foreshadowing?
Starcrossed lovers
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Plessy vs Ferguson
1896 US Supreme Court case - separate but equal
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Brown vs Board of Education
Topeka - 1956 US Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional
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What is white flight?
white people moving out of urban areas, particularly those with significant minority populations, and into suburban areas.
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Who was the first to graduate from Central High?
Ernie Green
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What is iambic pentameter?
Unstressed/stressed
| Meter repeats 5 times in a verse
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What is sonnet form?
14 lines
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What is blank verse?
verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
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What is a prologue of a play?
An introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the theme of the play
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What is a chorus?
The actor who spoke the prologue and commented throughout the play (like a narrator)
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Why do Sampson and Gregory fight with the Montague’s men?
Samson bites his thumb at one of the Montagues
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Benvolio (Montague) and Tybalt (Capulet) come upon the servants fighting. How do they react?
Bonvolio wants to stop the fight
| Tybalt wants to get into the fight
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What ended the opening fight in Act 1?
The prince of Verona warned them they would be punished by death if they fought
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Why is Romeo so sad in Act 1?
Rosaline, the girl he loves, doesn’t love him back
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What does Paris ask Capulet for? What is his response?
Juliet’s hand in marriage.
| Tells him to wait until she’s older.
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Why does Romeo decide to go to the party even though he is a Montague and not invited?
Rosaline will be there
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How are Romeo and Bonvolio related?
Cousins
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Who is a relative to the Prince?
Paris
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Who wants Juliet to get married?
Lady Capulet (her mom)
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According to the prologue, what will be the result of the death of the starcrossed lovers?
It will end their parents’ strife
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Where is Romeo during the fighting?
He is wandering the streets being depressed.
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When is Juliet’s 14th birthday?
Two weeks on the evening before Lammas Day
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How do Romeo and Juliet figure out each other’s names?
The nurse
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What does Romeo predict before the party?
He feels death is about to happen
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Jim Crow laws
Certain laws common in the South from 1877-1960s. Used to separate blacks from whites.
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NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People.
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Who was Governor Faubus?
The governor of Little Rock who opposed integration.
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What did President Eisenhower do?
Tried to convince Faubus to integrate the school. Sent the 101st airborne to keep the students safe.
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Who was Danny?
Melba’s bodyguard. Taught her to be tough.
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Who were the Little Rock Nine?
Ernest Green, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Pattillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls.
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What is the Lost Year?
The year after the first year of integration when governor Faubus closed down all schools to stop integration leaving thousands of kids without education.
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What was Mother Lois’s job.
English Teacher
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Who was Nana Healy?
Link’s nanny
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What happened to Melba’s Easter dress when she wore it to school?
It is sprayed with ink
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Who did Melba vow to forever remember on her prayers?
Gene Smith
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Who was Melba’s shorthand teacher?
Mrs. Pickwick
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Where did Melba return the car she took to escape Andy?
Double Deck Ice Cream
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Who was the reporter that wrote about Mother Lois losing her job?
Mr. Reed
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Who replaces judge Davies in the Little Rock integration case?
Judge Harper
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Where were Melba and her family treated as equals?
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Lawyer who argues on behalf of Linda Brown. Supports the Little Rock Nine.
