Tuesday

 SEMESTER REVIEW

1) For the following characters list everything you know about, and their importance in the book.

 

Elie:

 

 

 

 

Elie’s Father:

 

 

 

 

 

Madame Schachter:

 

 

 

 

Juliek:

 

 

 

 

Joshef Mengele:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. What is the motto of Auschwitz?  Why is this ironic?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. List and explain two allusions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. List and explain the meaning of a symbol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. What is ironic about Juliek’s death?  Expalin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. What is significant about the following statement: “Hitler is the only one who has kept his promises to the Jews”

 

 

 

 

 

7.  Discuss the scene where bread is thrown into the train cars?

 

 

 

For one of following themes and write a short essay answer describing how they work in the memoir.  You should give 2-3 examples of scenes that reinforce your ideas. This essay should be close to a ½ to ¾ a page to a page in length.

 

     FAMILY: At the beginning of the book, prisoners in the concentration camps hold on to their family members. The most important thing is to stay with your family members as long as possible. However, as the book progresses, a major conflict in the book arise: self-preservation vs. love and loyalty to family.

 

2.     FAITH: Throughout the book, Elie presents the Jewish faith during a time of extreme darkness. The things Elie witnesses as a child cannot, in his mind, be reconciled alongside the idea of God. Throughout the book, he “loses his faith”. Is man stronger than God?

 

3.     DECEPTION: Especially self-deception – is a powerful force in Night. Self-deception has two primary results: boosting morale and hope, but also deluding the Jews and leaving them vulnerable.

 

 IDENTITY: In the beginning of Night, Eliezer identity is that of an innocent child, a student of Talmud, and a devout Jew. But the concentration camps experience strips him (and his fellow Jewish prisoners) of his identity. Eliezer’s identity upon entering the concentration camp is that of a child, a student of Talmud. What is his identity when he leaves?

 

OBJECTIVES FOR NIGHT (things to Know)

1. Discuss the author’s purpose by connecting it with a major theme in Night
2. Discuss how Night uses elements of fiction to tell a story
3. Outline the plot
4. Discuss 2-3 motifs found in Night
5. Discuss the importance of various characters in the story and how their roles reinforced a major idea (theme)
6. Connect Night to the larger picture of the Holocaust
7. Connect Night to the larger picture of social injustice in the world
8. Discuss one major symbol in Night and analyze its meaning in connection with a main idea (theme) of the book
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 Fahrenheit 451 

1) Outline the plot according the six elements of plot. Give at least three events for the rising action and falling action.
2) Be able to discuss the importance of the following characters:
Montag
Clarisse
Beatty
Mrs. Phelps
Black
Stoneman
Faber
Granger
Mildred
The Mechanical Hound

3) Be able to explain and give at least three examples of scenes that fit the following themes:

The Dangers of Censorship
The Dangers of Ignorance
The search for Identity
How censorship and mass media can be used to control people
The importance of independent thought and creativity

4) List two foreshadows
5) List four allusions and discuss why these allusions are important to the book
6) List the point of view
7) List the setting
8) Discuss How Montag is a dynamic character
9) Discuss the meaning of the following images/symbols

Salamander
451
Phoenix
Electric-Eyed Snake
Mausoleum
Dandelion
Parlor walls
Denham’s Dentifice
War
Books

10) List and explain four metaphors and/or similes. What is being compared? What is important about the comparison?
11) Discuss “Dover Beach” – How is it used? What are the results?
12) Discuss Montag’s relationship with Mildred. Is it a typical relationship in this society? If so what does this say about this society?
13) Discuss conversation in this society.
14) Discuss what the schools are like in this society. Why is this important?
15) How many Atomic Wars have taken place since 1990? What does this say about this society?
16) Discuss the war that is always alluded to in the background of the book.
17) Why is another man killed in Montag’s place? What does this represent?
18) What’s important the significance of the following quote, who says it?: “Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out, go home and think of the dozen abortions you’ve hand and your children who hate your guts…”
19) What do you make of Beatty’s ability to quote literature and destroy books?
20) What do you make of Beatty’s death? Did he want to die or did he underestimate Montag? Explain.
21) Are people really happy in this world? Explain.
22) Describe Montag in the beginning of the book. How does he feel about his job?
23) The jets that fly overhead all the time foreshadow what? What things do they represent?
24) Describe the woman who burns herself up with her books. What does she represent? What does she killed herself? How does she change Montag?
25) List some religious allusions. What are these important?
26) Explain the quote: “She didn’t what to know how a thing was done, but why?” Who does this quote refer to? What does it mean?
27) Why don’t women want children in this society? How are the children raised?
28) Why does Beatty make Montag burn his house?
29) Why does Montag plant a book at Black’s house?
30) How are books being saved?
31) Does the novel end with hope? Explain.
32) How does the dark ages connect with Fahrenheit 451. 

33) Define Dystopia.  

   SHORT STORY FINAL: REVIEW

Some things you will have to know

1)    Be able to define: irony, foreshadow, dialect, conflict, character, plot, tone, theme, symbol, protagonist, antagonist, static character, dynamic character, round character, flat character, allusion

      Irony:

      Foreshadow:

      Dialect:

      Conflict:

      Character:

      Plot:

      Tone:

      Theme:

      Symbol:

      Protagonist:

      Antagonist:

      Static Character:

      Dynamic Character:

      Round Character:

      Flat Character:

      Allusion:

2)    For each story be able to list the protagonist and the antagonist and the type of conflict.  Hint: conflict, protagonist and antagonist must all be equal and you may want to justify your answer.

a)    “The Most Dangerous Game”

b)    “The Cask of Amontillado”

c)     “The Lady or the Tiger?”

d)    “The Split Cherry Tree”

e)    “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”

3)    For each story pick out which characters are round, which characters are flat, which characters are static and which characters are dynamic and briefly discuss in 3-5 sentences why they fit the category you chose.  Remember and apply the three elements of characterization and the three conditions for believable change.

a)     “The Most Dangerous Game”

b)    “The Cask of Amontillado”

c)     “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy”

d)    “The Split Cherry Tree”

e)    “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”

4)    For each story list the point of view.  If it is 1^st person tell who the narrator is.  If it is 3^rd person-limited list the character the narrator follows around

a)    “The Most Dangerous Game”

b)    “The Cask of Amontillado”

c)     “The Lady or the Tiger?”

d)    “The Split Cherry Tree”

e)    “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”

5)    For each story write out a theme—

a)    “The Most Dangerous Game”

b)    “The Cask of Amontillado”

c)     “The Lady or the Tiger?”

d)    “The Split Cherry Tree”

e)    “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”

6)    For each story outline the plot according to the six elements (exposition, inciting event, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

a)    “The Most Dangerous Game”

exposition:

inciting event:

rising action:

climax:

falling action:

resolution:

b)    “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?”

exposition:

inciting event:

rising action:

climax:

falling action:

resolution:

c)     “The Cask of Amontillado”

exposition:

inciting event:

rising action:

climax:

falling action:

resolution:

d)    “The Split Cherry Tree”

exposition:

inciting event:

rising action:

climax:

falling action:

resolution:

e)    “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”

exposition:

inciting event:

rising action:

climax:

falling action:

resolution:

7)    For the following stories pick out two or more examples of allusion and discuss what the allusions refers to

“Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”

“The Most Dangerous Game”

8)    For the following stories list at least one example of foreshadow and briefly discuss what it hints will happen:

“The Most Dangerous Game”

“The Cask of Amontillado”

“Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?”

9)    For the following stories pick out two or more examples of irony and discuss why its ironic and what type of irony it is (situational or verbal)

“The Most Dangerous Game”

“Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?”

      “The Cask of Amontillado”

      “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’”

10) For the following stories discuss what the following symbols and or images represent and mean in relation to the theme and characters.

“The Split Cherry Tree”:  The cherry tree

A dead leaf on a tree of growing leaves:

“Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird”: The title

The two chicken hawks:

11) Other than the list above pick out two symbols from any of the stories and discuss what they represent and mean in relation to the theme and characters.

11) Briefly discuss how dialect is used in “The Split Cherry Tree”?  What does it tell us about Pa, Dave and Professor Herbert. 

12) List the setting for every story.  Remember there are two elements to setting.

13) Identify the following characters with a detailed description of their physical, intellectual and emotional qualities (everything you know about them).  Also, be able to describe (and possibly argue) whether the characters are flat, round, dynamic or static.

Paul Berlin

Granddaddy Cain

Granny

Cathy

Smilin

Camera

Montresor

Fortunato

Pa Sexton

General Zaroff

Rainsford

Dave Sexton

Professor Herbert

Whitney

Narrator from “Blues”

Tyrone and Terry

           

14) Be able to answer various comprehension questions—short answer, true or false, multiple choice

15) From the stories “Split Cherry Tree” and “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird” pick out 2-3 examples of metaphors and similes and briefly discuss what is being compared.

16) From the stories “Split Cherry Tree” and “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird” pick out examples of dialect: word choice and pronunciation for the following character: Pa Sexton and Granny Cain or the narrator from “Blues”

17) For the following stories briefly discuss what the plot reveals about the main character:

“The Most Dangerous Game”

“The Cask of Amontillado”

“The Split Cherry Tree”

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18) For any of the stories be able to write a brief summary.