Unit 01 Lit Review Flashcards
Recall plots, themes and settings of selections in Unit 01.
What was the name of the town where Miss Dove taught school for 30 years?
Liberty Hill
At what school did Miss Dove teach?
Cedar Grove Elementary School
What world event had scattered Miss Dove’s former students?
war (WW2)
What part of the war had Thomas Baker been in, and what had happened to him?
Pearl Harbor; his ship had been bombed and he had been stranded on a raft for days without food or water
Who wrote the letter that caused such a stir?
Thomas Baker
In the letter, what had Thomas asked his brother to do for him?
to give Miss Dove a kiss
What is the theme of “Education, Our Own Work?
A disciplined and educated mind (genius) is the result of our efforts.
What is the great object of education?
to discipline the mind
What is the theme of “A School of Facts?”
It is unrealistic to think that everything in life must be based on facts.
According to the government officer, why were pictures of horses not allowed on wall paper?
because horses do not walk on walls, it was not factual to portray them that way.
According to the government officer, what is Taste?
Taste is fact. (anything not factual is not tasteful)
What was the weather like on the morning of the garden party?
ideal, perfect
What is a marquee?
a tent
Who went to oversee the workmen assembling the marquee?
Laura
Why did Laura want to stop the party?
A man down the lane had died in an accident.
What distracted Laura from her concern for the dead man and his family?
a hat
What did Mrs. Sheridan send to the widow and her children?
a basket of leftover sandwiches and cream puffs
Who came to fetch Laura after she delivered the food?
Laurie, her brother
Who said, “I could beat her [Miss Dove] with my littler finger”? and in what work?
Thomas Baker
Good Morning, Miss Dove
From which work is, “The first and great object of education is, to discipline the mind.”?
Education, Our Own Work
“What is called Taste is only another name for Fact.” Give the work and speaker
A School of Facts
the government officer
“Forgive my hat.” Work, speaker, to whom?
The Garden-Party
Laura Sheridan
the dead man
Name the character and the work:
Liberty Hill’s renowned geography teacher
Miss Dove
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Name the character and the work:
mischievous 6th grader who gives Miss Dove a kiss
Randy Baker
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Name the character and the work:
used lessons learned from his teacher to sustain himself as he floated on a raft in the Pacific Ocean
Thomas Baker
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Name the character and the work:
red-haired girl who observes that Randy’s kiss was like pinning “a medal on Miss Dove”
Jincey Webb
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Name the character and the work:
man of realities; as director of a “model school,” he wants children to learn only facts
Mr. Thomas Gradgrind
A School of Facts
Name the character and the work:
girl who is unable to define a horse and would carpet a room with representations of flowers; sentimental figure in the story
Sissy Jupe
A School of Facts
Name the character and the work:
interested only in facts; says that horses on wallpaper and flowers on carpet are not tasteful because they are not factual
government official
A School of Facts
Name the character and the work:
sentimental girl who wants to cancel the party
Laura
The Garden-Party
Name the character and the work:
carter who is killed in an accident
Mr. Scott
The Garden-Party
Name the character and the work:
Laura’s brother
Laurie
The Garden-Party
Name the character and the work:
Laura’s mother; wants to send party leftovers to the grieving family
Mrs. Sheridan
The Garden-Party
Name the author:
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Frances Gray Patton
Name the author:
“A School of Facts”
Charles Dickens
In what country was Dickens born?
England
Many of Dickens’s works deal with the ____ conditions of his day?
social/poor
Dickens lived and wrote during which century?
nineteenth (1800s)
Name the author:
The Garden-Party
Katherine Mansfield
Where was Katherine Mansfield born?
New Zealand
