2nd Semester Exam
Review
abate
to reduce, lesson
absconded
to leave
anneal
to reduce brittleness by heating,
then cooling
apogee
the farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a
satellite or heavenly body, the highest point
auspices
protection
Auspicious
important
Auxiliary
helping
blandishment
word or deed of mild flattery
calumnious
falsely and maliciously accusing,
defamatory
collusion
a secret agreement
commissary
a military store
Commodious
roomy
Cozen
to cheat
determinate
precisely defined
dolorous
sad
Effluence
garbage
elocution
the art of speaking
Extol
praise
extorting
to obtain by intimidation
extraneous
not essential
garrulous
talkative
gauntlet
glove used for protection in
medieval times
imperative
necessary
invidious
arousing ill will
laudatory
expressing praise, eulogistic
malevolent
evil
misanthropy
hatred for mankind
missal
a prayer book
mute
make quiet
myriad
many
ornithology
study of birds
ostentatious
done to impress others
parody
a satirical imitation
pastoral
having to do with the country
pathos
the quality in events or art that
arouses pity
Patrician
of nobility
piece de resistance
The main dish
Polity
one form of government
Portend
to foretell
Posterity
future generations
Progeny
children, descendants, offspring
purloin
to borrow or steal
Qualm
a doubt
query
to question
responsive
willing to answer
reticence
quietness
retribution
punishment; reprisal
reviled
to repulse
salubrious
healthful
sanguine
Confident; having a ruddy color
sardonic
bitterly sarcastic, mocking,
sneering
Sojourners
people who stay temporarily
soliloquy
an actor’s speech to himself
tableau
a vivid description
tacit
silent; unspoken
ulterior
hidden
undercurrent
an underlying tendency
Aphorism
brief saying that embodies a
moral; like a proverb
Comic relief
drunken porter at the gate in
Macbeth
Foreshadowing
“Fair is foul and foul is fair…”
Macbeth Act I, Scene I
Allegory
uses archetypal characters to
advance story; like parable
Denouement
point where conflict is decided
one way or another
Renaissance
re-birth
Age of Reason
the purpose of the literature was
didactic (to teach); style was
structured and polished
Victorian Age
era of the Industrial Revolution /
highly civilized society
Lyrical Ballads
written by Wordsworth and Coleridge; sets
forth formula for new type of poetry
using common language
his boyhood was a struggle for
survival
Dickens
“Beauty is truth, truth is beauty.”
Keats
believed in the concept of
“contraries”
Blake
MACBETH
1. Macbeth is the shortest of Shakespeare’s four major
tragedies and was written to be performed for which king
who had a fascination with witchcraft and supernatural
phenomena?
King James I
2. What does the witches’ line “Fair is
foul, and foul is fair…” suggest?
things are not what they seem
MACBETH
3. After reading the letter, why does Lady
Macbeth say she fears Macbeth’s nature?
He is too kind to kill ruthlessly
4. Three statements about Macbeth
he is very ambitious
he would like to be king of Scotland
he would like to succeed honorably to
the throne
MACBETH
5. Why does Lady Macbeth pray to be
“unsexed” ?
wishes to be cruel, not weak or gentle
6. What does Macbeth’s vision of an
imaginary dagger suggest?
his disturbed conscience
MACBETH
7. After Duncan’s murder what is Lady Macbeth and
Macbeth’s psychological state?
Macbeth is more distracted; Lady
Macbeth is more in control
8. Is Lady Macbeth’s remark that “A little water
clears us of this deed” both literally and
psychologically true?
literally true, but psychologically untrue
MACBETH
9. In Act III why does Macbeth refer to his
crown as “fruitless” and his scepter as
“barren”?
the witches predicted that Banquo’s
descendants, not his, will be kings
10. How does Macduff fulfill the witches’
prophecy?
he was taken from his mother’s womb before
she could give birth to him
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
11. True or False
Gulliver’s Travels mixes
adventure and satire
True
12. True or False Gulliver’s Travels was
written as a children’s book
False
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
13. True or False Gulliver’s Travels is an
allegory protesting England’s oppression of
Ireland
False
14. Why does Swift satirizes modern
European philosophers?
disguising their ignorance by calling
whatever they can’t explain a freak of
nature
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
15. How can the Brobdingnagian King’s attitude
toward political scientists BEST be described?
contempt
16. How can the king’s reaction to
Gulliver’s description of the uses of
gunpowder BEST be described?
moral outrage
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
17. The king’s comment that “the bulk of your
natives (are) the most pernicious race of little odious
vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the
surface of the earth” is prompted by Gulliver’s
description of what?
English society and government
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
18. What is Brobdingnag really?
an imaginary place
DAVID COPPERFIELD
19. What three techniques does Dickens use to
characterize Mr. Murdstone?
description of his physical traits, description of
his speech and behavior, showing the effect he
has on David’s mother
DAVID COPPERFIELD
20. What is the primary way in which the reader
gets to know David?
sharing his thoughts and feelings
21. Who are the events narrated by?
David as an adult recalling his childhood
DAVID COPPERFIELD
22. What does the Brooks of Sheffield incident
illustrate?
young David’s failure to understand adult
conversation
DAVID COPPERFIELD
23. Accurately summarize David’s
understanding of the relationship between Mr.
Murdstone and Mrs. Copperfield before their
marriage.
he does not realize that Murdstone is courting his
mother, but he senses that something is going
on
DAVID COPPERFIELD
24. By having Mrs. Copperfield ask David to repeat
what Murdstone and his friends said about
her,
what does Dickens stress about Clara?
vanity
25. Why does David do poorly in his lessons?
he fears Murdstone and Jane
DAVID COPPERFIELD
26. Why does David read fiction?
to escape from reality
27. Why is David sent away to school?
he bites Murdstone
ANIMAL FARM
28. To whom does Napoleon sell the farm’s pile of
timber?
Mr. Frederick
29. How does Napoleon express his contempt
for Snowball’s windmill plans?
By urinating on them
ANIMAL FARM
30. Who reduces the ideals of Animalism to the
phrase “Four legs good, two legs bad”?
Squealer
31. What is Sugarcandy Mountain?
The idea of animal heaven propagated by Moses
the raven
ANIMAL FARM
32. Which of the pigs proves the best writer?
Snowball
33. What does Napoleon rename Animal Farm
in his toast at the end of the novel?
The Manor Farm
ANIMAL FARM
34. What is the name of the quasi-Marxist socialist
philosophy advocated by Napoleon and Snowball?
Animalism
35. What are Boxer’s maxims?
“I will work harder” and “Napoleon is always right”
ANIMAL FARM
36. What is Boxer’s ultimate fate?
Napoleon sells him to a glue factory
37. What title does Napoleon eventually
assume for himself?
President of the Republic
ANIMAL FARM
38. What is the reason for the windmill’s initial
collapse?
It falls in a storm
39. Which animal discovers the truth about
Boxer’s destination when the pigs load him into
a cart claiming that he is being taken to a
doctor?
Benjamin
ANIMAL FARM
40. Which Russian leader does Snowball most
resemble?
Trotsky
41. Which Russian leader does Napoleon most
resemble?
Stalin
ANIMAL FARM
42. What Russian institution does the raven Moses
evoke?
The Russian Orthodox Church