English III Final Exam Review
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The Crucible takes place where? Salem MA
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The time setting is 1692
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What does John say that Elizabeth will never do? lie
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What does Giles Corey say is Thomas Putnam’s main motivation? Greed for land
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What does John Proctor accuse Abby of being? A whore
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What happens to Giles Corey? Pressed to death
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According to legend, what happens to Abigail? prostitute
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What is Abby’s main motivation? Desire for John
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What seems to be the court official’s main interest? Protecting its reputation
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At the end, we see John Proctor as a hero
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When the play is seen as an allegory, witchcraft stands for Communism
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The Crucible’s main theme has to do with warning against hysterical responses to fear.
13-43. Vocabulary (from first semester- will ask for correct definitions and to fill in the blank of
sentences.) nettle
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No other colonial American more closely embodied the promise of America than did Ben
Franklin. Through hard work, dedication, and ingenuity, he rose out of poverty to become a
wealthy, famous and influential person. Although he never received a formal education, he
made important contributions in science, literature, journalism, and education.
Washington Irving wrote “The Devil and Tom Walker.”
Tom Walker could be said to have made what type of bargain? Faustian bargain
Edgar Allan Poe is known for including Gothic elements in his stories and poems.
In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the collapse and disintegration of the house at the end of
the story mirrors the disintegration of the Usher family.
“The Raven” is about a man going insane with grief.
The main character in “The Raven” grieves for Lenore.
Examples of Gothic elements are supernatural, dark settings, woman as victim, etc.
“The Minister’s Black Veil” is a(n) – (what type of short story) an allegory.
Why is Father Hooper wearing a veil? Symbol of secret sin
Hawthorne became famous for what topics in his literature? Sin, guilt, adultery
Hawthorne had a relative who was known for what terrible act? Hanging Judge in Salem Witch
Trials
What is considered Hawthorne’s masterpiece? The Scarlet Letter
What is Hester is convicted of? adultery
Who is the father of Hester’s child? Rev. Dimmesdale
Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville are sometimes called the “dark romantics” for their beak vision.
In 1841, in his early 20s, Herman Melville did what? Hopped on a whaling ship
Moby Dick is considered America’s greatest prose (nonpoetry) epic. It’s a top contender for the
best novel, too.
The ship’s captain wears a wooden peg leg. What happened to his natural leg? Moby Dick
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Who seems to be the voice of balance and reason? Starbuck
Pip is abandoned in the sea for a long time while the whale chase goes on. What happens to
him? Goes crazy
When Moby Dick next surfaces, the crews see Ahab attached to Moby Dick. What is the
symbolism of the position Ahab is in? in crucifixion position
Who is the lone survivor of the Pequod? Ishmael
Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that stressed individualism.
Why did Thoreau go to the woods? To suck out the marrow of life; to live simply and
deliberately
What word could have been Thoreau’s mantra? simplify
What was Mark Twain’s real name? Samuel Clemens
Why does George put up with Lennie? He truly cares for Lennie
Why does Lennie have a dead mouse in his pocket? He likes to pet soft things.
What is Curley’s wife’s name? not given
What happened to make George and Lennie leave their former job? Lennie grabbed a girl’s
dress.
What do the two men (George and Lennie) dream of having? a place of their own where they
can live “off the fatta the lan’”
Lennie kills Curley’s wife by breaking her neck
Crooks is isolated from the others because
Curley’s wife is angry and attention starved because she is lonely she never followed her
dreams; she’s lonely, and she doesn’t have any friends.
George kills Lennie because Lennie can’t survive in the world without hurting others and/or
himself; Curley will kill him brutally and painfully out of anger and loves him.
81-87. Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, assonance, etc.)
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What type of narrator is Nick in the GG? Fairly reliable, fairly honest, objective
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What is the setting of the GG? New York spring- fall 1922
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What is one of the themes of GG? Money can’t buy happiness; the standards for honesty and
morality seem to be dependent on class and gender in this novel; decay is a word that constantly
comes up in The Great Gatsby, which is appropriate in a novel which centers around the death of the
American Dream. Decay is most evident in the so-called "valley of ashes." With great virtuosity,
Fitzgerald describes a barren wasteland which probably has little to do with the New York landscape
and instead serves to comment on the downfall of American society. It seems that the American dream
has been perverted, reversed.
91-94. Write MLA heading below:
Name
Teacher’s Name
Class- period
Date (military style)
95-98. Explain the four different uses of there, they’re, and their. There- place and expletive;
contraction and possessive
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99-100. How are sources organized on a Works Cited page?alphabetically
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