FINAL EXAM 2024 SOPHOMORE Flashcards
What were two main themes of the book that we analyzed?
Social commentary and historical context.
The chapter “Ylla” demonstrated what aspect of the 1940s?
Traditional Gender Roles.
In “The shore,” What is the significance in all the settlers being from America?
It demonstrates that the rest of the world is at war.
In “The Night Meeting,” What is the main issue of their disagreement in terms of time?
They do not agree who belongs to the future and who belongs to the past.
What is the focus of the social commentary in “-and the Moon Be Still as Bright”?
Pollution
“Way in the Middle of the Air,” focuses on the subject of what?
Racism.
The Primary theme of “Usher II,” Is what?
Censorship is detrimental.
The Martians gave Parkhill the deed for how much of Mars?
Half
Why is Yll angry in “Ylla,”?
He is jealous.
Which expedition finally succeeds in populating Mars?
Fourth
How do villagers feel in rocket summer?
They enjoy the weather that the rocket brings.
What was Stendahls motivation for wanting revenge on the Moral Climates people?
They burned his extensive library.
What was Pikes motivation for wanting revenge on the Moral Climates people?
They burned his movie collection.
What inference can be made about Sam and Elmas relationship?
Elma is not happily married to Sam.
In “The Long Years,” Hathaway lived among Martians that resembled his family.
False.
Hathaway chose to live among ______ after his family died.
Robots
The Martian Chronicles ended on what tone?
Hopeful
Who wrote the Martian Chronicles?
Ray Bradbury
In “There will Come Soft Rains,” is about what?
The family which died in the explosion.
The metal spiders that the children play with are replicates of what?
War Weaponry.
In “The Million Year Picnic,” when looking at Earth, Dad says, “I was looking for Earthian logic, sense, good government, peace, and responsibility,” His son asks if he found it. “No. I didn’t find it. It’s not there anymore. Maybe it’ll never be there again. Maybe we fooled ourselves that it was ever there.” Describe dad’s view on Earth.
He is frustrated with the choices that were made on Earth.
In “The Long Years,” what was Hathaways motivation for burning New New York?
He was signaling the rocket.
In “The Watchers,” the message which brought all Americans home was what?
Come home. Come home. Come home.
In “Usher II,” the Moral Climates people wanted to do what?
They wanted to clean Mars just like they had cleaned Earth.
In “Usher II,” how did the real Mr. Garrett die?
He was bricked in a wall still alive.
