JeopardyTemplateEnglish92009FirstTest
The Cask of
Amontillado
The Most
Dangerous
Game
The Writing
Process
Vocabulary Warm-up for Odyssey
The Cask of Amontillado
100 Points
Why is the narrator happy to meet
Fortunato?
The Cask of Amontillado 100
Points a.
To invite him to share the Amontillado.
b.
To put into effect his plan for revenge.
c.
To attend the carnival together.
d.
To invite him to see the catacombs.
The Cask of Amontillado 200
Points
How are Montresor and Fortunato alike?
The Cask of Amontillado 200
Points a.
They both share an interest in fine wine.
b.
They have an affection for each other .
c.
They both have respect for Luchesi.
d.
They both have a revengeful nature.
The Cask of Amontillado 300
Points
Montresor vows revenge because
Fortunato…
The Cask of Amontillado 300
Points a.
Threatened him.
b. Humiliated him.
c.
Accosted him.
The Cask of Amontillado
400 Points
In which of the following passages do descriptive details create an eerie, suspenseful mood?
The Cask of Amontillado
400 Points a.
The wine sparkled in his eyes… b.
The cold is merely nothing.
c.
It was about dusk… d.
There was then a long and obstinate silence.
The Cask of Amontillado 500
Points
Which quotation best illustrates
Montresor’s true character?
The Cask of Amontillado
500 Points c.
d.
a.
b.
“A draft of this medoc will defend us from the damps.”
“My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking today.”
“I must not only punish but punish with impunity.”
“And yet some fools will have it that his taste is a match for your own.”
The Most Dangerous Game
100 Points
The Most Dangerous Game is best described as…
The Most Dangerous Game
100 Points a.
A classic confrontation between good and evil.
b.
A bitter attack on the morality of hunting.
c.
A deadly contest between two hunters.
d.
An amusing tale told by superstitious sailors.
The Most Dangerous Game
200 Points
Zaroff doesn’t consider his sport immoral because he…
The Most Dangerous Game
200 Points a.
Doesn’t directly kill his victims.
b.
Gives his visitors plenty of good food and exercise.
c.
Respects his victims.
d.
Believes that the weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.
The Most Dangerous Game 300
Points
In addition to being defeated by
Rainsford’s hunting skills, Zaroff is also defeated by his own…
The Most Dangerous Game
300 Points a.
Overconfidence.
b. Loss of Ivan.
c.
Inattention to detail.
The Most Dangerous Game
400 Points
What occurs in the resolution of the story?
The Most Dangerous Game
400 Points a.
Rainsford appears in Zaroff’s bedroom. b.
Zaroff finds Rainsford’s circular trail.
c.
Rainsford dives into the sea.
d.
One of Zaroff’s dogs falls into Rainsford’s trap.
The Most Dangerous Game
500 Points
In which of the following ways does the author make the plot more suspenseful?
The Most Dangerous Game
500 Points a.
He has Whitney and Rainsford discuss the merits of jaguar hunting.
b.
He has Rainsford injure Zaroff during the hunt.
c.
He makes Zaroff a tall, handsome man.
d.
He explains that Zaroff has hunted throughout the
world.
The Writing Process
100 Points
Name two ways to “hook” your reader at the beginning of an essay.
The Writing Process
100 Points
1) A rhetorical question.
2) A quote.
The Writing Process
200 Points
True or False
A Thesis Statement is the main idea of the paper found at the end of the first paragraph.
The Writing Process
200 Points
This is True.
The Writing Process
300 Points
Describe a body paragraph for a five paragraph essay.
The Writing Process
300 Points
There are three body paragraphs. They each began with a topic sentence. This is the main part of your essay.
Like the supporting detail sentences, these paragraphs provide the support to your introduction paragraph and to your thesis statement. They fill the essay with details and examples.
The Writing Process
400 Points
What does a conclusion paragraph look like?
The Writing Process
400 Points
In this paragraph the writer should briefly restate what they have written in the four previous paragraphs.
The Writing Process
500 Points
Name two types of graphic organizers.
The Writing Process
500 Points
An outline
T-Chart
KWL Chart
Concept Web
Flow Chart
Timeline
Venn Diagram
Vocabulary
100 Points
Define a quest.
Theme 4 Response
100 Points
The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
Vocabulary
200 Points
Define resurrection.
Vocabulary
200 Points
The act of rising from the dead or returning to life.
The act of bringing back to practice, notice, or use; revival.
Vocabulary
300 Points
Define plunder.
Vocabulary
300 Points
To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage
Vocabulary
400 Points
Define lithe.
Vocabulary
400 Points
Readily bent; supple
Marked by effortless grace
Vocabulary
500 Points
Define bereave.
Vocabulary
500 Points
To leave desolate or alone, especially by death
Warm Up For The Odyssey
100 Points
True or False
Mother Earth is created out of rock.
Warm Up For The Odyssey
100 Points
What is False.
Warm Up For The Odyssey
200 Points
True or False
Gaia is Mother Earth.
Warm Up For The Odyssey
200 Points
What is True.
Warm Up For The Odyssey
300 Points
Name the god who was given thunderbolts, the god who was given power over the ocean, and the god
who was given power over the underworld.
Warm Up For The Odyssey
300 Points
Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades
Warm Up For The Odyssey
400 Points
Who were the two groups who went to war with each other?
Warm Up For The Odyssey
400 Points
What are the Titans and the gods.
Warm Up For The Odyssey
500 Points
Give me the definition of an epic.
Warm Up For The Odyssey
500 Points
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
