Passing
Henry David Thoreau
Puritanism
Potpourri
Ms. Day
100
Irene unexpectedly meets Clare while they are both passing in this Chicago hotel.
What is The Drayton?
100
HDT spent two years living here--a place close to Concord where he often visited during this time.
Where is Walden Pond?
100
It is said to that people in this time did not choose where they ended up and that everything was planned out for them by a bigger power. What is this called?
What is Pre-destination?
100
This notion of the American Dream allows individuals to rise above the social status into which they are born.
What is self-determination?
100
The name of Ms. Day's cat.
What is Lily.
200
Irene refuses to have her family move to Brazil because she is afraid of this.
What is losing her status/security?
200
The reason Thoreau states for going into the woods.
What is he "wished to live deliberately"?
200
The type of Government the Puritans followed.
What is a Theocracy?
200
Name one of the Four Pillars of enjoying Poetry.
What are: Make Observations, Notice Structure, Consider Context, Enjoy Language
200
Who are Ric, Ron, Bob, John, Jim, and Tom?
Who are Ms. Day's brothers?
300
Clare seeks out Irene and builds a relationship with her so that she can do this.
What is reconnect with her Black culture?
300
Thoreau's reason for leaving the woods.
What is, it had become routine and he eschewed all things that smacked of order and conformity.
300
The Puritans' belief that they were chosen by God to create the New World is an example of this American Dream ideal.
What is Exceptionalism?
300
The literary technique used when an author tells a story to comment on another issue (e.g. The Crucible/McCarthy hearings)
What is allegory?
300
Where did Ms. Day spend seven wonderful years teaching?
What is Turkey?
400
Irene and Clare are examples of this literary device, where two characters are each created to highlight the opposite in the other.
What is character foils?
400
HDT spends a night in jail for this offense.
What is not paying his taxes that would be used to support the Mexican/American war?
400
Judge Danforth insists that Proctor sign his name to his confession because he believes that all punishment must have this element.
What is humiliation?
400
The literary technique of mocking an individual, group, or situation for the purpose of inciting change.
What is satire?
400
Who is Ms. Day's favorite recording artist?
Who is Grace Potter?
500
Clare and Gertrude are afraid of this for their children, but Irene does not have the same concern.
What is that they will be dark-skinned?
500
The major Transcendentalist idea expressed by this cartoon:
What is man's connection to nature.
500
The Puritans are so-called because they wanted to "purify" the Protestant church of this.
What is any relation to the Catholic Church/Pope.
500
The second comma in this series is referred to as this:
He bought apples, oranges, and bananas at the store.
What is The Oxford Comma?
500
What is Ms. Day's usual response when students ask to leave to use the rest room?
What is "Will you come back?"