The Count of Monte Cristo
The Odyssey
Oedipus
Vocabulary
Usage
100
Because he was accused for being a Bonapartist in the letter Danglars wrote to the police.
Why was Edmond Dantes arrested and taken to Elba?
100
Scylla and Charybdis
What are the names of the 2 monsters Odysseus must face in “The Sirens”?
100
Because he believes he and Teiresias were conspiring against him, wanting to seize the throne of Thebes.
Why did Oedipus want to kill Kreon?
100
trinket
Synonyme for bauble
100
Dived
The children (dove, dived) into the pool after swimming in the ocean.
200
Edmond is in prison with Abbé Faria who teaches him science, history, art, etc while they were locked up together. When Abbé Faria is dying, he tells Dantes about his hidden treasure. When he dies, Danted sneaks into the dead corps bag with a small knife and is thrown into the ocean. When hes in the water, he cuts open the bag and swims to shore to escape prison.
How does Edmond Dantes escape from Château d'If?
200
By hanging themselves under the bellies of the sheep, allowing the men to escape the cave when the cyclops lifted the rock door of cave for the sheep to graze on the grass.
How does Odysseus and his men escape the cave of the Polyphemus?
200
In order to prevent the prophecy of Oedipus killing his father from happening in the future.
Why was Oedipus abandoned at the top of Kithairon?
200
enhance
antonym for impair
200
Hung
We (hanged, hung) the colorful picture in the den.
300
Clerk of the firm of Thomson and French of Rome: In order to prolong Morrell's date of payments of 287,500 francs. To save Morrell’s company. Sinbad the Sailor: Not to be suspected as a criminal of prison Abbé Busoni: An Italian priest and goes to see Caderousse. The Count of Monte Cristo: His main disguise, uses this disguise in order to prevent people knowing that it is Edmond Dantes planning revenge on the people who accused him of being a Bonapartist.
What are Edmond Dantes four disguises and why does he create them?
300
She is singing while on her loom.
What is the Witch Circe doing when Odysseus and his men first enter her house?
300
Because he solved the riddle of the Sphinx when he first arrived to Thebes, proving he was able to lift a plague once already.
Why do the people of Thebes believe Oedipus can lift the plague casted upon them at the moment?
300
parochial
local; narrow; limited
300
Lay
Did you (lie, lay) your cap on the table?
400
When he discovers that Monsieur de Villefort has shot himself due to his wife, Madame de Villefort, committing suicide along with her child, Edward.
What makes Dantes realize that he has gone too far in his plot for revenge?
400
Eurylochus
Who is the man of Odysseus’ crew who convinces the others to sacrifice the noblest of the cattle?
400
The brooches Jocasta was wearing on each shoulder of her gown
What does Oedipus blind himself with?
400
bowdlerize
Many books have been rewritten to ___________ passages that are not meant for children.
400
Number
A large (number, amount) of students will attend the meeting.
500
M. Lucien Debray
Physical Description of? “A tall, fair young man with a pale face, clear grey eyes, and thin, compressed lips, wearing a blue suit with chased gold buttons a white necktie, and tortoise-shell eyeglasses on a fine silk cord.”
500
They must string Odysseus’ arrow and shoot it through twelve ax-helve sockets in line, hitting the target.
What is the challenge Penelope proposes to the suitors in order for them to claim Penelope as their bride?
500
The Messenger
To whom did Jocasta give her infant to with directions to leave him to die at the top of Kithairon?
500
recapitulate
It was impossible for the students to ___________ to entire novel the night before the final exam and expect to get an A+.
500
lay
Yesterday, I (lay, laid) on the couch for hours watching TV.
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