Semester Exam

Question 0

coup d’état

Answer 0

a sudden overthrow of a government by a ​​​​​​group of persons in or previously in positions ​​​​​of authority in deliberate violation of ​​​​​​​constitutional forms

Question 1

glasnost

Answer 1

​​In the former Soviet Union, the policy of more ​​​​​open, consultative government and wider ​​​​​​dissemination of information, initiated by ​​​​​​leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.

Question 2

avant-garde

Answer 2

a group active in the invention and application ​​​​of new techniques in a given field, especially in ​​​​the arts; a group of people leading the way in ​​​​​new developments or ideas

Question 3

faux pas

Answer 3

an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a ​​​​​social situation

Question 4

Simple sentence

Answer 4

One independent clause

Question 5

Compound sentence

Answer 5

Two or more independent clauses

Question 6

Complex sentence

Answer 6

One independent clause and at least one dependent clause

Question 7

Compound-complex sentence

Answer 7

At least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

Question 8

Nonrestrictive clause

Answer 8

Contains information that is not necessary for the reader to understand the sentence; has commas surrounding the clause; has a subject and a verb

Question 9

Phrase

Answer 9

Surrounded by commas but does NOT have a subject and a verb

Question 10

Restrictive clause

Answer 10

Does not have commas surrounding it

Question 11

Tragedy

Answer 11

A drama in which the main character suffers disaster after a serious struggle, but faces his or her downfall in a heroic way

Question 12

Motif

Answer 12

A recurring element or idea that can help develop theme in a literary work

Question 13

Soliloquy

Answer 13

The character speaks alone, and the audience “overhears” his or her inner thoughts

Question 14

Allusion

Answer 14

A reference in one literary work to another literary work