Why Did We Read Shakespeare?
What are the 4 themes that we talked about in Julius Caesar?
Betrayal
Abuse of Power
Destiny/Fate
Misinformation
Which of the sisters is best known as the one whose religion is the most important to her?
Patria
The Mirabal sisters are killed
What word is a "group of three men holding power," specifically referring to Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus.
Triumvirate
Roughly how many feathers does the average chicken have?
10,000
Which theme does Brutus' stabbing of Caesar portray best? hint: Caesar's reaction shows how surprised he was by Brutus
Betrayal
Which sister is often called the sweetest sister, best able to communicate through writing?
Maria Teresa
Two of the husbands are moved from their original prison (La Victoria) to a new prison. Which two are moved?
Manolo and Leandro
What word means:
"refusing to be persuaded, or to change one's mind"
Roughly how many stars are there (minimum) in the Milky Way Galaxy?
100,000,000,000
100 billion
When Decius convinces Caesar to go to the Senate by convincing him he's going to be crowned king, even though he knows he will die, what theme is he showing best?
Misinformation
Which sister is blunt and headstrong, later becoming the face of the revolution?
Minerva
When Minerva begins traveling for the revolution, she approaches Patria and asks her to do a favor for her. What is that favor?
To take Manolito (her son)
What word refers to a:
"government, especially an authoritarian one"
regime
Roughly how many atoms are there in the average human body?
7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
7 octillion
7x1027
What major theme is shown repeatedly by the Soothsayer's speeches?
Destiny/Fate
Captain Pena
Dede and Jaimito are in their car when Lio pops up in the back and asks a favor of Dede.
What does Lio ask Dede to do, and what does she do instead?
He asks her to give a note to Minerva
Instead she burns it.
Which word means:
"occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator."
Posthumous
435,196,800,000,000,000
435 quadrillion
4.35x1017
Calpurnia sees repeated visions, or signs of what will happen in the future, that foretell Caesar's death. What theme do these examples of foreshadowing show?
destiny/fate
Which sister is the one who is able to get things organized, ensuring that everything is in its proper place?
Dede
Name the three Cuban revolutionaries who are looked up to by those in the Dominican rebellion.
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Which word could refer the amount of money that I am paid as a teacher?
Pittance
When shuffling a deck of cards, how many different iterations of cards are possible?
(How many different orders of cards can there be?)
8×10^67
80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000