Characters
Literary Elements
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Quotations
100
The narrator; a history teacher
Who is Mr. Hundert?
100
This is the point of view used in "The Palace Thief".
What is first person?
100
The first part of this story takes place at this school.
St. Benedict's
100
Roustabout: I could see that he was not only a dullard but a roustabout.
What is a troublemaker?
100
This character explains, "It is critical for any man of import to understand his own insignificance before the sands of time..."
Who is Hundert?
200
A "poor student"; the son of a Senator; the antagonist.
Who is Sedgewick Bell?
200
Sedgewick Bell is described as "not only a dullard but a roustabout," which is an example of this literary element.
What is direct characterization?
200
This is the title of poem hanging on the wall in the narrator's classroom.
What is "Ozymandias?"
200
demagogue:He, of course, was the son of {} Segewick Hyram Bell, the West Virginia demagogue who kept horses at his residence in Washington D.C. and had swung several southern states for Wendell Wilkie.
What is a leader who plays upon the emotions of people to gain support?
200
Senator Bell states, "...you will not mold him. I will mold him. You will merely teach him," during this event in the text.
When is Hundert's meeting with Senator Bell to discuss Sedgewick's lack of progress?
300
The brightest and quietest student; winner of Mr. Julius Caesar competition.
Who is Deepak Mehta?
300
The statement, "St. Benedict's lies in the bucolic, equine expanse of Virginia...," is an example of this literary element.
What is setting?
300
In order to get Sedgewick into the competition, Mr. Hundert breaks this "cardinal rule" of teaching.
What is changing a quiz grade?
300
Tyrant:"....and as I made my way back to the bus station.....I considered what it must have been like to have been raised under such a tyrant."
What is a person who rules by fear and force?
300
Hundert explains, "I was impressed enough by his efforts that I broke one of the cardinal rules of teaching," meaning he did this.
What is give Sedgewick a higher grade than he deserved?
400
This is Sedgewick Hyram Bell's profession.
What is a United States Senator?
400
The narrator's explanation, "There are those, in fact, who say I should have known what would happen between St. Benedict's and me...," is an example of this literary technique.
What is foreshadowing?
400
During the competition, Hundert is threatened that he should "look for another job" if he does this.
What is expose Sedgewick for cheating?
400
Loath:At the time, Senator Bell was appearing regularly in the newspapers and on the radio in his stand against Truman's plan for national health insurance, and I was loath to call upon such a well-known man concerning the behavior of his son.
What is to greatly dislike; not look forward to; not enjoy?
400
The question, "Who was Hamilcar Barca," was intended to do this.
What is to make sure Sedgewick did not win the "Mr. Julius Caesar" competition?
500
In the first part of the story, this character is in charge of the school.
Who is Mr. Woodbridge?
500
This literary technique is demonstrated in the following quotation: "... he became a symbol, evidence of the first tendrils of moral rot that seemed to be twining among the posts and timbers..."
What is metaphor?
500
This major event takes place in 1949, and ends the first part of "The Palace Thief."
What is Sedgewick's graduation?
500
wane: Each time I summoned my resolve to submit the boy's name to the honor committee, however, my conviction waned, for at these times I seemed to myself to be nothing more that one criminal turning in another.
What is to diminish or decrease?
500
Who said the following: "There's a rumor you keep a pistol in your desk drawer."
Who is Charles Ellerby?
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