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Final Exam - - 2018 Flashcards

1
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What is the term for:

impossible to perceive

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impercetible

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What is the term for:

emitting light

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luminescent

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What is the term for:

luck or fate’s plaything or fool (Romeo)

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Fortune’s fool

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What is the term for:

unusual or eccentric

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Peculiar

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What is the term for:

when two words with opposite meaning are used together to convey truth

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Oxymoron

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What is the term for:

one who is learning a trade or occupation

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Apprentice

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What is the term for:

marked by doubt - questioning

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skeptical

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What is the term for:

confession

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shrift

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What is the term for:

something that is hinted or suggested

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implication

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What is the term for:

showing lack of experience, wisdom or judgement

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Naive

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What is the term for:

maze

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labyrinth

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What is the term for:

reliable or uniform

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consistent

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What is the term for:

prediction of probable cause or outcome of disease

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erratic

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What is the term for:

two contradictory concepts or ideas used together to illustrate truth - - love/hate relationship

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Paradox

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What is the term for:

a calm or tranquil state of mind

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composure

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What is the term for:

when the reader knows more that the characters in a story

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dramatic Irony

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What is the term for:

producing desired results

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valid

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What is the term for:

placement side by side for comparison

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juxtaposition

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What is the term for:

gathered or piled up

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accumulate

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What is the term for:

why

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wherefore

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21
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Who is the lovesick you man who lives in Verona Italy?

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Romeo

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Who is 32 years old and mentally handicapped and participated in a scientific experiment that made him smart?

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Charlie Gordon

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Who left Charlie at the end because he asked her to?

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Alice Kinnian

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Who is the mother of a banished son - dies of grief at the end of Romeo and Juliet?

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Lady Montague

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Who is the rich young suitor in Verona who bargains for Juliet’s hand in marriage?

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Paris

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Who is the mother of two children, a boy and a girl, and for years she knew that her son was a normal child and tried to get the world to see it - she finally realized that she couldn’t waste time anymore - because her daughter had to have a normal life?

A

Rose Gordon

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Who is a graduate student at the college - was studying psychology and it is his job to run the introductory tests on the subject - and supervises the ongoing experiment on the mouse?

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Bert Seldon

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Who is in charge of the project at the college - - his wife is very insistent that he get some results soon - - she is very conscientious when it comes to his reputation and believes that the results will be a success?

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Professor Nemur

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Who is the HOT HEAD of Romeo and Juliet?

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Tybalt

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Who is the slightly ridiculous character in Romeo and Juliet that provides much comic relief - she talks incessantly and interrupts others repeatedly?

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The Nurse

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Who kills herself for love when she discovers that her husband is dead?

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Juliet

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Who is Romeo’s spiritual adviser and friend?

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Friar Lawrence

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Who is the character that is never made aware of Romeo’s love for Juliet and actually continually teases him about his love sickness for a woman named Rosaline?

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Mercutio

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Who is the Montague that tries to break up the fight in the first scene of Romeo and Juliet by paradoxically drawing his sword?

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Benvolio

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Who is the Kinsman to the Prince who tragically died in a fight with a feisty Capulet?

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Mercutio

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Who lays down the law after a third brawl in Verona street said anyone who disturbs the peace shall forfeit his life?

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Prince

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Who is the young girl who is promised to one man in marriage but actually married to another in secret?

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Juliet

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38
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Who needs to become smart to make friends and to make mom happy?

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Charlie Gordon

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39
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Who works at Donner’s Bakery - tried to teach the slow guy how to make rolls once but it didn’t work to well - - got angry when he caught me making a little money on the side?

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Gimpy

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Who is the peacekeeper of Romeo and Juliet?

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Benvolio

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41
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Who is a teacher at the Beekman College for Retarded Adults - - she wanted to help others?

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Alice Kinnian

42
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Who was the neurosurgeon and psychologist and believed that our first human test subject will show promising results?

A

Dr. Strauss

43
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Who always wanted to be a barber - but his wife’s obsession with trying to change their handicapped son stalled that for too many years - - he felt that his wife had finally lost her mind and the love for their son - and I had to go - - in the end however sad - - he got to open a barbershop?

A

Matt Gordon

44
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Who concocts a potion that puts the drinker into a deep sleep for 42 hours?

A

Friar Lawrence

45
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Who was Juliet’s confidante and friend?

46
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Who did Charlie go live with when he was a young boy - - because his mother had had enough - - so he took care of him and gave him a future?

A

Uncle Herman

47
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Who does not need any kind of order in her life - her ex-husband tried to change her and make her more organized so she go rid of him. She liked to paint and have a good time?

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Fay Lillman

48
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Who recognizes Romeo’s voice at the Capulet party and vows revenge?

49
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Who is Juliet’s friend and messenger who gets the wedding information from Romeo?

50
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Who poisons himself out of despair over the apparent death of his one true love?

51
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Who is the character who only appears twice to comment on the action of the play Romeo and Juliet?

52
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Who is killed in a fight outside of Juliet’s tomb?

53
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Who is the character that delivers the Queen Mab speech?

54
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Who is rumored to be the best fighter in Verona - however he is killed in a duel by a younger boy?

55
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Who threatens to throw his daughter out on the streets if she doesn’t go along with his wishes to get married?

56
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What is the term for:

language that appeals to the senses

57
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What is the term for:

when the reader knows more that the characters of a story or play?

A

Dramatic irony

58
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What is the term for:

confession

59
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What is the term for:

a comparison using like or as

60
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What is the term for:

giving an inanimate object human characteristics?

A

personification

61
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What is the term for:

a poem with no rhyme

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Free verse

62
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What is the term for:

a person, place, thing or idea that stands for something else?

63
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What is the term for:

why

64
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What is the term for:

an extended metaphor

65
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What is the term for:

an author’s word choice

66
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What is the term for:

the emotional feeling of a poem or story?

67
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What is the term for:

a group of lines in a poem that stands as one unit?

68
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What is the term for:

words that exactly rhyme?

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exact rhyme

69
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What is the term for:
two words with opposite meanings are used together to demonstrate a specific truth - - example the line - - Part is such sweet sorrow

70
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What is the term for:

when words sort of rhyme?

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slant rhyme

71
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What is the term for:

a comparison of two generally unlike things - - can be either direct or indirect?

72
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What is the term for:

clues in writing that lead the reader to predict what will happen later in the story?

A

foreshadowing

73
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What is the term for:

two opposite ideas or concepts juxtaposed to illustrate one idea or truth?

74
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What is the term for:

two consecutive line of a poem that rhyme?

75
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What is the term for:

poem of strict form - 14 lines of iambic pentameter?

76
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What was Shakespeare’s acting company while Queen Elizabeth I ruled England?

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Lord Chamberlains Men

77
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What is the curse that Mercutio lays upon both the Capulet’s and the Montague’s?

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A Plague on both your houses

78
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Why did the theaters of London closed from 1592 - 1594?

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the plague

79
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In what city does Flowers for Algernon take place?

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New York City

80
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How old is Juliet?

A

13 years old

81
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In Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet - - Romeo is upset because who no longer loves him?

82
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Why was Charlie recommended for the experiment - - something that other candidates did not have?

A

motivation

83
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What are Charlie’s early dreams of his parents like?

A

Blurred faces

84
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Who are the 6 people who died at the end Romeo and Juliet?

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Romeo
Juliet
Mercutio
Tybalt
Paris
Lady Montague
85
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What gave Romeo the power to climb the high orchard wall in the Capulet garden?

86
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What is the name of Charlie’s sister - who was told that her brother was dead all years?

87
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What was Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt?

A

banishment

88
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What plays a mysterious role in Romeo’s life?

89
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What do Capulet and Montague vow in the final scene?

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make peace and build golden statues of one another’s children

90
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What was the name of Shakespeare’s acting company under the rule of King James I?

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The King’s Men

91
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When Charlie got worse - - where would he be admitted as a resident ?

A

Warren State House

92
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What is the setting of Romeo and Juliet?

A

Verona Italy

93
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What did Charlie’s mother threaten Charlie with the last night that he was in the house?

94
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During Elizabethan England they were not allowed to advertise - - so they hung flags of different colors to tell what type of play was going to be performed - - 
what was :
white
red
black
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white - - comedy
red - - history
black - - tragedy

95
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How does Romeo die?

96
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What is Charlie’s final request?

A

Flowers on Algernon’s grave

97
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Who are the fairy queen who visits dreamers?

98
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How does Juliet die?

A

She stabs herself after seeing that Romeo is dead

99
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Finish this quote - - What light from yonder window break - tis the east and Juliet is the ______

100
Q

Be able to read poems and answer questions about them

A

use your notes

English - A. Reed (8 decks)

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