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English II Pre-AP Semester Exam Study Guide
I.
Candle in the Wind
A. Character Identification
a. Arthur
b. Guenever (a.k.a. Gwen, a.k.a. Jenny)
c. Lancelot
d. Mordred
e. Gawaine
f. Agravaine
g. Gareth
h. Gaheris
B. Plot
a. Mordred and Agravaine’s Plan to Destroy Arthur
i. What is the plan?
ii. Why does Mordred want to be part of the plan?
iii. Why does Agravaine want to be part of the plan?
b. Affair Between Guenever and Lancelot
i. What does Lancelot want Gunever to do?
ii. Why doesn’t Guenver leave Arthur for Lancelot?
c. Arthur’s Guilt
i. What does Arthur feel guilty about?
ii. Why does he share the story with Guenever and Lancelot?
d. Relationship Between Arthur and Mordred
i. What is their relationship?
ii. Why is their true relationship hidden for so long?
e. The Plan Carried Out
i. What happens when Mordred and Agravaine carry out their
plan?
ii. How is Guenever punished?
iii. What happens to all the brothers?
iv. What happens to Arthur?
v. What happens to Lancelot?
vi. What happens to Guenever?
C. Symbols
a. Round Table
b. Candle
c. Tom of Newbold Revell
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D. Themes
II.
Oedipus the King
A. Greek Theatre
a. Stage outline
b. History of Greek Theatre
c. Importance of Sophocles in Greek Theatre
B. Characters
a. Oedipus
b. Jocasta
c. Creon
d. Teiresias
e. Chorus
C. The Curse of Oedipus
D. The Current State of Thebes
a. Why do the people need Oedipus’ help?
b. Why do they think Oedipus can help them?
c. Why is there a curse on Thebes?
E. Teiresias’ Warning to Oedipus
F. Resolution
a. What happens to Oedipus?
b. What happens to Jocasta?
G. Themes
III.
Antigone
A. Characters
a. Antigone
b. Ismene
c. Creon
d. Haemon
e. Teiresias
f. Chorus
B. Story of Polyneices and Eteocles
a. How does this serve as a catalyst for the play?
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C. Creon and Haemon as Foils
D. Creon’s Views on Leadership
a. How does this change from the beginning to the end of the play?
E. Themes
IV.
Tragic Hero- How do each of our protagonists fulfill the tragic hero
archetype?
ARTHUR
Of noble birth or
rises to noble statue
Has a mix of good
and bad in his
personality
Has a hamartia that
leads to his
downfall
Has a large
capacity for
suffering
OEDIPUS
CREON
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Gains selfknowledge or
understanding
before downfall,
and therefore
experiences
redemption
V.
Grammar
A. DGP Section
Monday
pauls friend moved here from manteca california on january 22 1999 but now his family is moving
again
Nouns (4)
Verbs (2)
Adv (3)
Prep (2)
Pronoun (1)
Poss Noun (1)
Conjunction (1)
Tuesday
pauls friend moved here from manteca california on january 22 1999 but now his family is moving
again
Subjects (2)
Verbs (2)
Prep phrases (2)
Objects of prep (2)
Wednesday
pauls friend moved here from manteca california on january 22 1999 but now his family is moving
again
Thursday
pauls friend moved here from manteca california on january 22 1999 but now his family is moving
again
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Friday
pauls friend moved here from manteca california on january 22 1999 but now his family is moving
again
B. Common Grammar Errors- Review these terms from your notes
a. accept, except
b. affect, effect
c. all right
d. allusion, illusion
e. a lot
f. any more, anymore
g. as, like
h. at
i. being
j. being as, being that
k. cannot
l. center on, center around
m. complement, compliment
n. conscience, conscious
o. continually, continuously
p. corps, corpse
q. could care less, could not care less
r. could of, could’ve
s. defuse, diffuse
t. disburse, disperse
C. Dependent Clause Types
a. Essential vs. Non-essential
i. How can you tell the difference?
b.
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
i. John did his homework before he went to bed.
ii. If you help me, I will help you!
iii. She is very fit because she goes running every day.
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iv. Because the test was so difficult, none of the students got a very good
grade.
v. When I lived in Tokyo, I played tennis every day.
vi. I usually do my homework while my mother is cooking dinner.
vii. The TV I bought for my husband was on sale last week.
viii. Whatever you want to study first is fine with me.
ix. The ornament Sam made is hanging on my tree.
x. He left the gift for whoever solves the riddle.
VI.
Cold Reading Practice
Fear
I don’t want them to turn
my little girl into a swallow
She would fly far away into the sky
and never fly again into my straw bed,
or she would nest in the eaves
where I could not comb her hair.
I don’t want them to turn
my little girl into a swallow.
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I don’t want them to make
my little girl a princess.
10
In tiny golden slippers
how could she play in the meadow?
And when night came, no longer
would she sleep at my side.
I don’t want them to make
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my little girl a princess.
- Gabriela Mistral (translated by Doris Dana)
51. The effect of the repetition at the beginning and ending of each stanza (lines 1 and 7, lines 9 and 15,
lines 17 and 23) is to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
provide a regular meter and rhythm
create a sense of repetitive daily actions
ensure that each stanza contains eight lines
contrast the sparrow with the princess and the queen
emphasize the feelings of the mother about losing her child.
52. What is the theme of the poem?
A. Some children have fantasies of flying
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B. Worldly power never completely satisfies.
C. Possessions alone do not create happiness.
D. Children must eventually leave their parents.
E. Parents love their children and fear losing them.
53. How appropriate is the title of the poem?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
appropriate because it states the author’s purpose
inappropriate because there is nothing to fear in the poem
appropriate because it reinforces the speaker’s fear of loss
inappropriate because the word “fear” never appears in the poem
appropriate because the little girl is afraid to leave her home and mother
54. The tone of the poem is
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
ironic and sly
bitter and fearful
humorous and witty
concerned and anxious
loving and affectionate