English 12 Academic: Final Review
Part 1: Shakespeare Facts:
What year was Shakespeare born?
What town is he from?
What type of employment did Shakespeare begin at a young age?
Who was Shakespeare’s wife?
How many children did Shakespeare have?
What was the name of his theater?
Part 2: Othello Analysis:
What is the green-eyed monster?
With whom does Othello think his wife, Desdemona, is having an affair?
Iago plotted revenge for at least two reasons. What were they?
Who owns a special item that is later taken as proof of an affair? What is that item?
Who ends up with this item?
One character has a physical reaction to stress. Which character? What is the
reaction?
Who has too much to drink and loses his position?
Who kills Desdemona? How?
What is Bianca’s profession?
Jealousy ruins many lives but who is the one who lets it turn him into a murderer?
Several characters betray one another. Who is the character that betrays her friend by
accident?
Who begs Desdemona to talk to Othello for him?
Who does Iago think had an affair with his wife?
Othello asks for proof of the affair between his wife and another character. What does
he take as that proof?
Who is in love with Cassio?
Cassio loses his job and is upset about that; however, he is especially upset at losing
what else?
Othello plans to kill his wife. What does he ask if she has done before he does?
What do the characters in Othello call the main character to set him apart from the
others?
Which character shares characteristics with Claudius from Hamlet?
Which character shares characteristics with Gertrude from Hamlet?
Part 3: Hamlet Analysis:
At the beginning of the play, the guards have twice seen
a. Fortinbras b. the pirates c. a murder d. a ghost
The ghost appeared dressed in
a. a smoking jacket b. his coronation robe c. full battle dress d. a black robe
To stand guard with them, the guards invite
a. Fortinbras b. Rosencrantz c. Horatio
d.
Fortinbras is the nephew of the king of
a. Denmark b. Wittenbury c. Norway
d. France
Laertes asks permission to return to
a. England
b. Paris
c. Wittenbury
d. Sweden
Laertes
The king says that Hamlet’s grief is
a. unmanly
b. inevitable
c. normal
Polonius advises Laertes to
a. write often b. be careful about what he says c. be true to thyself
Polonius is the father of
a. Gertrude b. Horatio c. Ophelia
d. Yorick
The poison was poured into King Hamlet’s
a. wine b. mouth c. ear
d. food
Polonius thinks Hamlet is mad about
a. his father’s murder b. for Ophelia’s love c. his (Hamlet’s) relationship with
Laertes d. Polonius’ job
Hamlet hopes that at the end of the play Claudius will
a. hire the player’s as court players b. reveal his guilt c. flirt with Ophelia
Hamlet entitles the player’s performance
a. Evil in Elsinore b. Murder of Gonzago c. “10” d. Mousetrap
The only man that Hamlet trusts is
a. Bernardo b. Marcellus c. Rosencrantz d. Horatio
Hamlet hesitates killing his praying uncle because
a. Hamlet can’t stand the sight of blood b. it would offend his mother c. he might
go to heaven d. his sword was rusty
In his mother’s room, Hamlet kills
a. Laertes b. Polonius c. Gertrude d. his father
Part 4: The Catcher in the Rye
Find Someone Who… State the character or location that fits each statement.
1. __________ is the author of “The Secret Goldfish”
2. __________ has that “grippy smell of Vicks Nose Drops”
3. __________ keeps all kings in the back row
4. __________ died of leukemia
5. __________ lectures students about creating a disturbance in chapel
6. __________ lives in Hollywood and drives a Jaguar
7. __________ is appalled by Holden’s essay on Egyptians
8. __________ manages the Pencey Prep fencing team
9. __________ “thought he had a good build”
10. __________ has teeth that “looked mossy and awful”
11. __________ is Stradlater’s Saturday night date
12. __________ wonders where the ducks go in the winter
13. __________ sends a note asking Holden to say good-bye before leaving Pencey
14. __________ writes poems on a baseball mitt
15. __________ rich phony with a hall named after him
16. __________ is a “crumby place” not far from Hollywood
17. __________ is advertised with a picture of “some hot-shot guy on a horse”
18. __________ agrees with Dr. Thurmer that life is a game
19. __________ wears Holden’s hound’s-tooth jacket on a date
20. __________ asks if Holden is “innarested in having a good time”
21. __________ takes belching lessons from Phyllis Margulies
22. __________ wants to skate so she can rent one of “those darling little skate skirts”
23. __________ plays Benedict Arnold in the Christmas pageant
24. __________ was Holden’s English teacher at Elkton Hills
25. __________ was a burlesque dancer
26. __________ was Holden’s student advisor at Whooton School
27. __________ the name Holden introduced himself as to Mrs. Morrow
28. __________ never got to go anywhere swanky for lunch
29. __________ thinks Holden should be psychoanalyzed
30. __________ is a terrific liar
Part 5. Character Descriptions: Provide a brief description for each character.
1. Holden
2. Phoebe Caulfield
3. Allie Caulfield
4. Ackley
5. Stradlater
6. Mr. Thurmer
7. Selma Thurmer
8. Jane Gallagher
9. Sally Hayes
10. Sunny
11. Maurice
12. Carl Luce
13. Lillian Simmons
14. D.B. Caulfield
15. Mr. Spencer
16. Mr. Antolini
17. Horwitz
18. Ernie
19. James Castle
20. Mr. Haas
Part 6. Item Matching: Match the item with its description.
____ 1. TRAIN
a. Holden's roommate at Pencey
____ 2. GLOVE
b. Holden wrote Stradlater's composition about
Allie's
____ 3. BEANS
c. Holden's theater date
____ 4. NUNS
d. Holden's dead brother
____ 5. ALLIE
e. Holden was kicked out of Pencey because he ___
____ 6. SUNNY
f. Allie's glove had these written on it
____ 7. MUSEUM
g. Season to be jolly
____ 8. POEMS
h. Narrator; Holden
____ 9. SPENCER
i. The prostitute
____ 10. FAILED
j. Holden chatted with them at the sandwich bar
____ 11. ANTOLINI
k. Holden often calls people this name
____ 12. MORON
l. Holden's sister
____ 13. GREEN
m. Color of ink writing on Allie's glove
____ 14. PHOEBE
n. Author
____ 15. LAVENDER
o. Holden liked it because everything there stayed
put
____ 16. CAULFIELD
p. English teacher
____ 17. SALINGER
q. Holden's transportation to NY
____18. SALLY
r. Holden's history teacher
____ 19. C HRISTMAS
s. Holden danced with Bernice et al in the___
Room
____20. STRADLATER
t. Little Shirley ____; record Holden bought Phoebe