Vocabulary
the force or inner drive that makes someone want to do or accomplish something
misled
motivation
verified
motivation
theory to be proved
subconscious
hypothesis
refute
hypothesis
the main character, mentally impaired man who had an operation and became a genius and then went back to being mentally impaired
Charlie
the person who gives Charlie the tests (Rorschach, Apperception tests)
Mr. Donnegan
Burt
Miss Kinnian
Burt
Charlie fails his first inkblot test because
thinks the test is boring
he cannot understand what he is supposed to see besides ink
is afraid of making a mistake in front of Dr. Strauss
he cannot understand what he is supposed to see besides ink.
Algernon becomes uncooperative and disturbed which foreshadows
Charlie is given a lab
the boy at the restaurant drops a plate
what will possibly/probably happen to Charlie
what will possibly/probably happen to Charlie
fooled, led to believe something wrong
misled
motivation
verified
misled
prove wrong using evidence
verified
regression
refute
refute
the white mouse who had the operation, regressed back, he dies at the end of the story
Algernon
The men Charlie worked with at the factory, they made fun of Charlie and weren’t really nice to him, at the end of the story they feel sorry for him and defend him when a new worker makes fun of Charlie
Tom and Jerry
Joe Carp and Frank Reilly
Joe Carp and Frank Reilly
Charlie agrees to have the operation because he wants to be smart and know things other people do
he wants to please Dr. Strauss and Miss Kinnian
he wants to be smart and know things other people do
he wants to be able to get a better job
he wants to be smart and know things other people do
When Charlie becomes a genius, his most important discovery is
his theory about how quickly artificially increased intelligence deteriorates
that he has to communicate with Miss Kinnian on a simple level
that Dr. Nemur doesn't know the work on experimental intelligence in India
his theory about how quickly artificially increased intelligence deteriorates
hide
refute
hypothesis
obscure
obscure
return to an earlier or less advanced condition
obscure
refute
regression
regression
Charlie’s tutor/night school teacher, he falls in love with her after he becomes “smart”
Miss Kinnian
Charlie’s boss who describes him as his best worker
Mr. Donnegan
Burt
Miss Kinnian
Mr. Donnegan
The factory workers say “someone “pulled a Charlie Gordon” to mean
someone did something funny
someone lost something
someone did something stupid
someone did something stupid
Charlie leaves New York because
his landlady throws him out because he hasn't paid rent
he doesn’t want people to feel sorry for him
he can't get a job
he doesn’t want people to feel sorry for him
mental activity that takes place below the level of the conscious or full awareness
subconscious
hypothesis
regression
subconscious
confirmed
verified
motivation
misled
verified
The doctor Charlie calls a “grouch,” he is not sure Charlie should be chosen to have the operation
Dr. Nemur
Dr. Strauss
Dr. Nemur
mentally impaired boy who drops the dishes
Joe Carp and Frank Reilly
the boy in the diner
Mr. Donnegan
The boy in the diner
Charlie hopes that when he becomes smarter people will be
more friendly
happier
less worried
more friendly
A parallel episode that is repeated in the story.
Charlie has an operation
Charlie has dinner with Miss Kinnian
The factory workers get Charlie drunk
The factory workers get Charlie drunk
the doctor who chose Charlie to have an operation to become more intelligent, “make him smart”
Dr. Nemur
Dr. Strauss
Dr. Strauss
Charlie’s landlady
Mr. Donnegan
Miss Kinnian
Mrs. Flynn
Mrs. Flynn
When Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur argue about Charlie
Charlie thinks Dr. Strauss should take credit for the experiment
Charlie feels like he’s seen both men clearly for the first time
Charlie thinks that he has done something wrong
Charlie feels like he’s seen both men clearly for the first time
The subplot involving Charlie and the scientists is resolved
When Charlie give Dr. Strauss an inferiority complex
When Charlie overtakes them in intelligence and finds the flaw in their experiment.
When Dr. Nemur publishes his report and leaves Dr. Strauss out of it
When Charlie overtakes them in intelligence and finds the flaw in their experiment.
Why is Charlie sad when he takes Miss Kinnian out for dinner?
He knows he will leave her behind intellectually (he will be smarter than she is)
Miss Kinnian doesn't love him
He thinks that Miss Kinnian will refuse to have anything to do with him
He knows he will leave her behind intellectually (he will be smarter than she is)
Charlie’s main internal conflict throughout the story is
trying to figure out what causes people to laugh at others
trying to learn to read and spell correctly
trying to understand his own mind and the nature of intelligence
trying to understand his own mind and the nature of intelligence
Charlie defends the boy in the restaurant and becomes disgusted with himself for at first laughing at the boy,
and he remembers
how he also used to play the clown, and was made fun of by his “friends”
In the story’s resolution,
Charlie regrets that he ever had the operation
Charlie is just the same as he was at the beginning of the story
Charlie has gained a valuable experience but has lost his mental ability
Charlie has gained a valuable experience but has lost his mental ability