9A Midterm Review #1

Oedipus, the King

100

Oedipus was king of this city.

What is Thebes?

200

This was what was happening to Oedipus' city and why he sent his brother-in-law Creon to the oracle of Apollo.

What is sickness, babies were dying before they were born, famine (crops were dying), livestock was dying.

300

This is what Tiresias revealed to Oedipus.

What is 1) That he was the murderer of Laius 2) that he didn't know who his father was 3) That he would find out terrible things about his family

400

This was the riddle of the Sphinx.

What is What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening? Answer: A man

500

This was the reason that Jocasta didn't believe in prophesies (full story).

What is she was once told a prophecy that her son would grow up to kill his father, so she pinned his feet together and left him on Mt. Cithaeron to die so that the prophecy wouldn't come true.

Odyssey

100

This was the city of which Odysseus was king.

What is Ithaca?

200

This is what the Cyclops does for a living.

What is raises sheep?

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! This is how Odysseus and his men escaped the Cyclops' cave.

What is stabbed the Cyclops with a spike, hid underneath sheep, and rode the sheep out of the cave?

400

This was the name of the goddess who turned Odysseus' men in to pigs and held him captive in her lair for one year.

Who is Circe?

500

This is what happened on the island of the Cicones.

What is Odysseus' men attacked, enslaved their women; but the Cicones attacked back and killed several of Odysseus' men.

Nouns

100

What is(are) the noun(s) in this sentence? The cat got its paw stuck in the fence.

cat, paw, fence

200

What is(are) the noun(s) in the following sentence? The teacher printed the exam on the library printer.

teacher, exam, printer

300

Give an example of a proper noun.

Answers may vary Waynesboro High School McDonalds Mrs. Spence

400

Give an example of a collective noun.

Answers may vary. Group Team Class

500

Give an example of an abstract noun.

Answers may vary. Love Hate Thought

Pronouns

100

What is(are) the pronoun(s) in the following sentence? She took her book and put it under the desk.

she, it

200

What is(are) the pronoun(s) in the following sentence? Their midterm will be on Thursday, but I don't know if they will study for it.

Their, I, they, it.

300

Give an example of a personal pronoun.

Answers may vary. She, he, it, I, you, they, them

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! Give an example of an indefinite pronoun.

Answers may vary. Anyone, someone, somebody, everyone

500

Give an example of a demonstrative pronoun.

Answers may vary. that, those, these, this

Verbs

100

What is(are) the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? Mrs. Spence wrote the exam this weekend.

wrote

200

What is(are) the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? Please walk to the library and tell Mrs. Galenis that your book is missing.

walk, tell, is

300

What is(are) the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? The names of the students are written on the back of their jerseys.

are written

400

What is(are) the verb(s) and/or verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? The owner looked under the couch, but he did not find his lost kitten.

looked, did find

500

What is(are) the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? The principal told the faculty that there would be a faculty meeting on Monday, but he had scheduled a meeting and forgot that the dates were conflicting.

told, would be, had scheduled, forgot, were