Images/Words/Quotes/Discussion
How does the image of a fist punching relate to a text that we've read this semester?
Can reference Antigone with the two brothers fighting, All American Boys with Paul brutalizing Rashad or Quinn and Guzzo fighting, Lord of the Flies with the boys aggressiveness, or even Julius Caesar with the ending war scene
What is the name of the city that the play takes place?
Thebes
Who is Rashad's brother and where does he work?
Spoony, UPS store
Who is first selected leader of the boys?
Ralph
Who says, "Et tu, Brute?" and what happens after it is said?
Caesar and he falls over and dies
How does the word "teamwork" relate to a text we've read this semester?
Can reference Antigone with Ismene refusing to help Antigone, thus NOT having teamwork, can reference All American Boys where many students band together to create a march for Rashad, can reference Lord of the Flies where the kids work together in the beginning or how they band together against Ralph in the end, or even how the conspirators get together to conspire to kill Julius Caesar in the play
True or false: In the beginning of the play, Antigone's sister Ismene DID want to help Antigone defy Creon's orders.
False
What makes Quinn a dynamic character?
Quinn's entire point of view on the experiences of the lives of people who are different from him (in this case, based on profiling) has become more empathetic and knowledgeable.
Simon and Piggy
The ghost of whom shows up at the end of Act IV?
Julius Caesar
How does the image of a tombstone relate to a text we've read this semester?
Can discuss the death of many characters: E.g., Antigone, Haemon, Eurydice from Antigone, Simon and Piggy from LotF, or the many characters who died in Julius Caesar
After the death of his two nephews, Creon makes a law that no one is able to...
Bury Polyneices (or, the nephew who he thinks did not have a right to the throne)
How long is Rashad in the hospital? (Remember that the novel lasts from Friday-Friday)
6 days
Who disappears during the blazing fire?
The boy with the birthmark
What are the names of the men that make up the new triumvirate?
Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus
What is the importance of the following quote, and who said it? "Cowards die many times before their death. The valiant taste of death but once."
Julius Caesar said this quote. He is saying that one who is afraid of life and says no to each opportunity that comes his way is a coward and metaphorically dies by wasting opportunities and potential life experiences. The valiant, or the brave people who say yes to whatever life throws at them, only ever die once with their actual physical death because they have said yes to each opportunity thrust at them.
What happens to Antigone when she goes against Creon's orders originally?
Sentenced to death (will take sealed in a cave)
What is the reason Rashad's father quit the police force? (Rashad learned this family secret about his father)
When Rashad's father was a police officer he shot and paralyzed a youth.
What object in the novel symbolizes hope for rescue?
The signal fire
What did Antony claim that Caesar left his citizens in his will?
Money and land
Choose a work in which “overcoming obstacles” is a prominent theme. What obstacles are overcome in the work and how does that speak to us, the readers? Be specific.
Reasonable answer as determined by the teachers
Compare and contrast Antigone and Ismene. Does Antigone treat Ismene fairly? Write in complete sentences.
Possible responses: Discuss how Antigone asks Ismene to help bury their brother and she refuses in favor of following the law, consider discussing how Ismene later flops and does want the glory of burying their brother, discuss how Antigone wants to die a holy death but not with her sister, consider discussing that Antigone is engaged to Haemon, how Ismene is a quiet, subservient, and traditional stereotypical example of a woman and Antigone is the opposite in her defiance of the law, etc.
In the text, the boy's basketball coach tells the team to "leave it at the door" -Rashad's beating and hospitalization. Do schools and teachers have a responsibility to address these incidences? Why or Why not?
Reasonable answer that thoughtfully discusses the prompt. E.g., can discuss how the basketball players may need to keep their heads clear to have better chances of being recruited for college basketball, or can discuss how teachers, as potential role models for students, have a responsibility to not ignore instances of injustice, etc.
What is the Lord of the Flies? Explain what it is, why it was named that, and why it was put where it was.
Discuss that the boys of Jack's tribe placed it in Simon's clearing as a sacrifice for the beast after they killed a pig. It is the decapitated head of that pig. It is named the Lord of the Flies because it is an allusion to the devil, or Beelzebub, the devil's right hand man (student does not need to remember the name Beelzebub). This allusion is shown when Simon, the symbol of goodness and an allusion to a messiah, faces off with the pig's head in the clearing.
What strategies do Brutus and Antony use in their speeches at Caesar’s funeral? Which speech was more effective? Why? Be specific in your answer.
They both use ethos, pathos, and logos, otherwise known as rhetorical strategies. While they both use these techniques, Antony ultimately is more persuasive in speaking to the Roman people because he uses the techniques more, the people were already on Caesar's side originally, and he is the last voice in their ear.