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Structure
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Climate Change
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100

The central theme in Romanticism

What is Being an individual, being one with nature, Passion/Emotion etc.

100

What is the  poetic structure of "The World is Too Much for Us"?

Petrarchan Sonnet

100

In “The Machine Stops, ” why does Kuno insist that his mother should come to him in person?

He doesn't want to use the machine to tell her what he has experienced 

100

In “Once More to the Lake,” the storm is characterized as

exciting

100

The author of "Once More to the Lake" also wrote a famous story about a spider called ____________

Charlotte's Web

200

The theme in "The Machine Stops"

What is human isolation?

200

Solar Storms can be defined as a bildungsroman or __________________________

What is a coming of age story

200

In their approach to the natural world, the Romantics most valued

Emotion

200

What has climate change done to the planet in "The Machine Stops"

Air quality has been compromised, all the trees decimated, forced everyone underground

200

William Wordsworth was part of a group known as ___________

Romantics

300

The theme in "Once More to the Lake"

What is nostalgia, generational ties/family etc.?

300

a person's ongoing stream of thoughts, feelings, and conversations that occur in their mind is also called ___________________

Internal Monologue

300

Crossing areas of the earth by air-ship, Vashti’s response to sights such as Asia and the Himalayas is

Indifference - no ideas

300

What were some of the issues with the James Bay Project?


    • Mercury contamination: Mercury contaminated the water in reservoirs and rivers, and accumulated in fish 



    • Ecosystem disruption: The project disrupted fragile ecosystems 





    • Loss of wetland productivity: The project led to a loss of wetland productivity 





    • Greenhouse gas production: The decomposition of vegetation in inundated areas produced greenhouse gases 





    • Shoreline destruction: The project destroyed shoreline and shoreline habitat 





    • Riverbank erosion: The project led to riverbank erosion downstream from dams 





    • Animal migration interference: The project interfered with animal migration routes 





  • Displacement of Indigenous peoples: The project displaced native peoples 





300

Linda Hogan is a member of this tribe

Chickasaw

400

The theme in Solar Storms with an specific example 

What is opposing views of nature, ecofeminism, culture clash etc.  Examples may vary

400

Iambic Pentameter is _______________

a rhythmic pattern used in poetry and verse drama that consists of ten syllables per line with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.

400

At Tulik’s house, Angel finds out that Bush also has the gift of

Healing

400

What is the connection between climate change and the Romantics? 

The Romantics rebel against industrialization and the build up of cold/inhuman cities etc. by escaping to nature.

400

How does Linda Hogan's background influence their writing in Solar Storms?

Indigenous writer, female - answers may vary

500

Compare the themes of "The World is Too Much for Us" and "The Machine Stops"

What is human isolation from nature?

500
What is Cartesian Duality?



the division between subject and object, the thinking

mind and the mechanical world, and mind vs. body.

500

When White says that at the lake he gets the sense that he is living a “dual existence,” he means that he is imagining being  both

himself and his father

500

In “The World is Too Much With Us,” the poet characterizes the experience of Nature as

Glimpsing Pagan Gods

500

EM Forrester was know as part of the __________________________  Group

Bloomsbury