SAT Vocabulary
Poetry
To Kill a Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
The Odyssey
100
Freedom or self-governing
What is autonomy
100
A poem that tells a story
What is a ballad
100
Name the person that says this quote: "I'm beginning to think I understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley stayed shut up in the house all this time... it's because he WANTS to stay inside."
What is Jem Scout
100
The only man married on the Ranch
Who is Curly
100
Where is Odysseus from.....
What is Ithaca
200
A strong dislike
What is aversion
200
A poem that expresses deep feelings
What is lyrical
200
Tell me at least three things about the setting of the novel.
What is A small town in Alabama. The time period is the 1930s The town is called Maycomb. Maycomb is a tired, old town. Many people are suffering from the great depression.
200
What does George tell Lennie to do if something goes wrong at the ranch?
What is to return to the clearing and wait for him.
200
Odyseus was gone from home for ____ years
What is 20
300
The act of being unknown.
What is anonymity
300
Giving human characteristics to non-human entities.
What is personification
300
What are Jem, Scout and Dill doing on the night Jem loses his pants?
What is They are at the Radley house trying to spot Boo.
300
Which ranch worker wants to go with Lennie and George to their dream ranch?
Who is Candy
300
This woman was Odysseus's nurse.
Who is Eurycleia
400
To have a great liking to.
What is an affinity.
400
A 14-lined poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme
What is sonnent
400
What does Jem, Scout, and Dill tell Atticus they were doing when Atticus asks about Jems missing pants?
What is They tell him they were playing strip poker and Dill won Jem's pants from him.
400
What lie does George tell the ranch boss about why he and Lennie travel together?
What is He says they are cousins and that he takes care of Lennie because he was kicked in the head by a horse when he was a boy.
400
This god ordered Calypso to release Odysseus.
What is Zeus
500
To be without: absence.
What is Abstinence.
500
DAILEY DOUBLE!!! What type of poetry is the Odyssey
What is an epic
500
One of the big themes in the TKAM novel is "Man's inhumanity towards man". Give me at least one example from the book where we see this.
What is What is One answer could be: Throughout the novel we see examples of people not treating one another kindly or not giving everyone an equal amount of rights. Examples: Tom Robinson Trial/accusation Mockingbirds throughout the novel: Atticus, Boo, Jem, Tom
500
While standing in the barn looking at the dead body of Curley's wife, what question does Candy ask George?
What is Candy asks George if the two of them could still get the dream ranch together.
500
Circe instructed Odysseus to visit this place.
What is Hades/ The Underworld
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