English III Final Exam Review Spring '10
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Spring 2011 finals @idub, Final Exam Reviews spring '10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Edna Pontellier | (The awakening)What is the main character's name? |
| Alcee Arobin | (The awakening)The heroine has a relationship with three men through the course of the novel. To which of the following men was her attraction exclusively erotic? |
| Mother women | (The awakening)A term is used to describe Madame Adele Ratignolle and others who share her family values. What does Chopin dub such wives? |
| Receiving guests on Tuesdays | (The awakening)The heroine's husband, Leonce, is a considerate husband for his day, at least most of the time. But she infuriates him when she refuses to keep up with a custom he considers important. What does she stop doing? |
| Grand isle | (The awakening)What is the name of the place where the family vacations every summer? |
| Attend Madame's childbirth | (The awakening)The heroine and the man she thinks she loves are reunited after he returns from a sojourn in Mexico. But, before things can really get hot, she is called away, where must she go? |
| The Pigeon House | (The awakening)The heroine decides to move out of her husband's home when he is away. She finds a place to rent. What is it called? |
| In church | (The awakening)During the summer, the heroine and her constant male companion take a day trip with some of the other vacationers. At one point, she becomes faint and has to run outside. Where is she? |
| Swimming | (The awakening)The heroine learns a skill during her summer vacation. What does she finally accomplish after so many unsuccessful attempts? |
| Dont contradict her | (The awakening)The husband consults a doctor about his wife's behavior. What does the doctor tell him to do? |
| Montel, an old family friend | (The awakening)Who is Robert's business partner in Mexico? |
| The confederate Army in the Civil war | (The awakening)In what army and war did Edna's father, the Colonel, serve? |
| Edna's free spirit is caged by her family and society | (The awakening)How does the parrot symbolize Edna? |
| She gives her true opinions instead of being polite | (The awakening)Why is Mademoiselle Reisz disliked by almost everyone? |
| Birds | (The awakening)Which of the following items is an important symbol in The Awakening? |
| Edna is the only non-Creole and provides more diversion | (The awakening)Despite their differences, Madame Ratignolle enjoys Edna's company. Why? |
| He refuses to grant her freedom to be artistic. | (The awakening)Which of the following is not one of the causes for Edna to feel estranged from her husband, Léonce? |
| Concerned when the children are present, forgetful when they are gone | (The awakening)What kind of mother is Edna? |
| To spend time as her own person rather than as property | (The awakening)For what purpose does Edna pursue her art? |
| Leonce to Edna | (The awakening)Who said the following "We've got to observe les convenances if we ever expect to get on and keep up with the procession."? |
| She never says which one | (The Bell Jar)What college does Esther Greenwood attend? |
| Betsy | (The Bell Jar)Which of the characters is nicknamed "Pollyanna Cowgirl?" |
| The Rosenberg case | (The Bell Jar)What contemporary event is a preoccupation for Esther Greenwood? |
| Laddies day banquet | (The Bell Jar)When is the first time that Esther has eaten out at a proper restaurant? |
| It shows that Esther often avoids problems instead of facing them. | (The Bell Jar)What is the significance of Esther's chemistry course? |
| (She tells her to find something so that she can offer more than the )run-of-the-mill person | (The Bell Jar)What advice does Jay Cee offer to Esther? |
| Philomena Guinea | (The Bell Jar)A fingerbowl triggers Esther's memory of which character? |
| He is a hypocrite | (The Bell Jar)According to Esther, why is she angry at buggy Willard? |
| Elly Higginbottom | (The Bell Jar)What pseudonym does Esther use when speaking to Lenny and Frankis? |
| It symbolizes Esther's inability to choose a single path for her future. | (The Bell Jar)What is the significance of the fig tree? |
| People who have had sex and virgins | (The Bell Jar)Into what two categories does Esther divide people? |
| Driving | (The Bell Jar)Which of the following does Esther not list as a skill that she lacks? |
| An ashtray | (The Bell Jar)What gift does Buddy Willard give Esther at the sanatorium? |
| She never wants to be married | (The Bell Jar)What reason does Esther give to Buddy Willard for refusing his marriage proposal? |
| Marco | (The Bell Jar)Which of the following characters does Esther designate a 'woman-hater'? |
| She spies on Esther | (The Bell Jar)Which of the following is not true about Dodo Conway? |
| Inability to write | (The Bell Jar)What symptom of her depression worries Esther the most? |
| He contracted TB | (The Bell Jar)Why is Buddy Willard staying in the Adirondac? |
| Jumping out a window | (The Bell Jar)Which of the following methods does Esther not use to attempt suicide? |
| Simon Wheeler | (Notorious Jumping Frog)What is the name of this old man with a proclivity for storytelling? |
| Betting | (Notorious Jumping Frog)What addiction or bad habit do we learn that Jim Smiley has? |
| Andrew Jackson | (Notorious Jumping Frog)What was the name of Jim Smiley's "small bull-pup" dog? |
| Daniel Webster | (Notorious Jumping Frog)Jim Smiley's prized possession was his "jumping frog." What was its name? |
| 3 months | (Notorious Jumping Frog)How long did Jim Smiley "educate" his frog in order to make him a championship jumper? |
| $40 | (Notorious Jumping Frog)What wager did Smiley make for the proposed contest with the stranger? |
| He pours quail-shot into Smiley's frog | (Notorious Jumping Frog)What cheating act does the stranger do before the competition? |
| I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog | (Notorious Jumping Frog)The stranger ends up winning the competition. What does the stranger say as he leaves? |
| He picks the frog and realizes that he weighs about five pounds | (Notorious Jumping Frog)How does Jim Smiley discover that his frog has been tampered with? |
| A one-eyed cow | (Notorious Jumping Frog)The story ends with the old man beginning to tell the narrator about what? |
| A nursery | (Yellow Wallpaper)The narrator believes that attic room where John installs her was once used for what purpose? |
| yellow | (Yellow Wallpaper)After long deliberation, the narrator concludes the wall-paper smells like |
| They believe that thinking makes her hysterical (and they do all they can to make her sleep and stop her from writing) | (Yellow Wallpaper)Why does the narrator feel she has to hide what she is writing from John and his sister? |
| rope | (Yellow Wallpaper)which object has the narrator managed to smuggle into her room by the last page of the story? |
| Her infant baby, whose name is never given | (Yellow Wallpaper)The narrator believes she is saying which person from the influence of the yellow wall-paper by inhabiting the attic room herself? |
| the eyes and face of someone who has been strangled | (Yellow Wallpaper)The shapes she sees in the wall-paper first remind the narrator of |
| Prison bars in front, with a women locked behind them | (Yellow Wallpaper)After prolonged investigation, the narrator decides that by daylight, the wall-paper resembles "an interminable string of toadstools." But by moonlight, the wall-paper has two patterns, one in the front and a second one underneath the first. What are they? |
| For several months in the summer | (Yellow Wallpaper)For how long has the narrator's husband John rented the resort for her rest sure? |
| A massive bed | (Yellow Wallpaper)When she and John arrived, there was only one piece of furniture in the room, nailed to the floor. What was it? |
| Doctor | (Yellow Wallpaper)What is John's profession? |
| The story does not say | (Yellow Wallpaper)What is the narrator's name? |
| He is a physician | (Yellow Wallpaper)What does the narrator's husband do? |
| Writing | (Yellow Wallpaper)What is the narrator suppose to avoid? |
| He likes that room best | (Yellow Wallpaper)What is not a reason the husband gives for refusing to use the first floor bedroom? |
| Nursery | (Yellow Wallpaper)What has the narrator's room been used for in the past? |
| She shakes the bars | (Yellow Wallpaper)What does the woman do at night within the wallpaper? |
| Little | (Yellow Wallpaper)With what diminutive does John frequently refer to the narrator? |
| John | (Yellow Wallpaper)Who officially decides what the narrator should do during the day? |
| Creeping | (Yellow Wallpaper)What word does the narrator frequently use to describe the movement of the woman in the wallpaper? |
| By moonlight | (Yellow Wallpaper)When is the woman most visible in the wallpaper? |
| the butter churn top and dasher, a bench, and grandma Dee's quilt | (Everyday Use)Dee demands to take various household objects with her to decorate her apartment, including |
| the mother takes the quilts from Dee and gives them to Maggie | (Everyday Use)The climax occurs when |
| a greeting sometimes used by Arabic speakers | (Everyday Use) "Asalamalakim" is |
| All of the above(They are art objects, meant to cover the marriage bed; they represent family and the continuity of women's) | (Everyday Use)What do the quilts mean as objects central to the story? |
| Old South Georgia | (Everyday Use) "Everyday Use" is set in |
| Jonny Carson | (Everyday Use)Which late-night television personality appears in the story? |
| The mother | (Everyday Use)Who is the narrator? |
| All of the above(Alice walker was herself the daughter of Southern sharecroppers, walker was deserted by her older, educated sister, Mollie, the 1970's, when the story was written, were a time of black nationalism) | (Everyday Use)To understand the historical/biographical dimensions of "everyday use," it helps to know that |
| Maggie smiles | (Everyday Use)At the end, Dee tells her mother and sister they don't understand their "heritage," and departs with sunglasses on, what happens next? |
| Materialistic, complex, and modern | (Everyday Use)How would you describe Dee? |
| heterogeneous | different; dissimilar |
| pejorative | having a negative effect; insulting |
| grandiose | impressive; showy; magnificent |
| defile | to pollute; to corrupt |
| perdition | damnation; ruin; hell |
| emanate | to come forth; to send forth |
| hegria | flight; escape |
| paradigm | a model; an example |
| animosity | strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| recoil | to retreat; to draw back |
| legerdemain | slight of hand; deception |
| juxtapose | to place side-by-side for comparison |
| querulous | complaining; grumbling |
| degin | to lower oneself before an inferior |
| empathy | understanding and entering into another's feelings |
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