Animal Farm
-Why don’t the pigs do any physical labor?
They believed that with their superior knowledge they should be the leaders. Instead of doing
any physical labor, the pigs supervised and planned.
100
What is a ballad
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture.
100
Who was the person who won the Vietnam Veterans Memorial competition?
Maya Ying Lin
100
What does articulate mean?
to speak clearly
200
Of Mice And Men
-What does Lennie have in his pocket? Why does he want to keep it?
Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket. He wants to keep it because it is soft and he can touch it as
they are walking.
200
What is a Quatrain?
a stanza of four lines, esp. one having alternate rhymes.
200
How many people participated in the competition?
1421?
1300?
1450?
1500?
1421
200
What does tether mean?
a rope; to fasten with a chain or rope
300
Z for Zachariah
-When Ann's father returns from scouting the first time he went out, what does he report finding?
Lots of dead bodies.
300
What is a Limerick?
a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba
300
What are the conditions of the wall that has to be built?
-requires every name, missing or dead
-must be tal, and noticeable
300
What does vex mean?
>annoy
>calm down
>delight
>soothe
annoy
400
Animal Farm
-Windmill → Russian industry
True?.....or.....False?
True
400
What is the rhyme sequence for a limerick?
aabba
400
What is literature?
written works, esp. those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.
400
What does devise mean?
think out, plan
500
Of Mice And Men
-Who is a swamper?
>Curley
>Slim
>Carlson
>Candy
Candy
500
How many stanzas did we have to do for our ballad?
The minimum?
The maximum?