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Great Speeches: Chapter 1
Jack London
To Build A Fire
Vocabulary
100

What literary period is this?

  • Oral literature: creation myths, stories, poems, songs. 2. Use stories to teach moral lessons and convey practical information about the natural world. 3. Deep respect for nature and animals

a. Native American

b. Puritan

c. Age of Reason

d. Romanticism

e. Realism





a. Native American

100

" If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?"


a. Sojourner Truth

b. Robert F. Kennedy

c. Sonia Sotomayor


a. Sojourner Truth

100

Which novel is considered to be London's masterpiece?

a. To Build a Fire

b. Call of The Wild

c. The White Fang

b. Call of The Wild

100
The main conflict in this story is one between

a. human and nature.
b. human and dog.
c. warmth and cold.
d. caution and foolhardiness.


a. human and nature.

100
What does imperative mean?


a. foolhardy
b. crucial
c. regal

d. unimportant


b. crucial

200

What literary period is this?

William Bradford (“Of Plymouth Plantation”), Anne Bradstreet (poetry), Jonathan Edwards (“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”), Edward Taylor (“Huswifery”)

a. Native American  

b. Puritan  

c. Age of Reason  

d. Romanticism  

e. Realism  

b. Puritan  

200

" I have some very sad news for all of you, and, I think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens. . . and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in Memphis ,Tennessee "

a. Sojourner Truth

b. Robert F. Kennedy

c. Sonia Sotomayor

b. Robert F. Kennedy

200

How many books did Jack London write in his life? 

1. 30

2. 40

3. 50 plus

50 plus

200

The man in the story is trying to join his companions, who are waiting

a. at the old claim on Henderson Creek

b. on the left bank of Dawson Creek

c. with the old-timer on Sulfur Creek


a. at the old claim on Henderson Creek

200
To experience apprehension is to feel:
a. disgust

b. acceptance

c. dependence

d. dread


d. dread

300

Who is the father of American literature?


a. William Cullen Bryant

b. Thomas Paine

c. Washington Irving

d. Mark Twain


c. Washington Irving

300

" Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!"

a. Sojourner Truth

b. Robert F. Kennedy

c. Sonia Sotomayor

a. Sojourner Truth

300

What was Jack London's first book? 


a. The Daughter of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North

b. The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North

c. The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Forsaken North

b. The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North

300

Which of the following statements about the man character is true?


a. He is imaginative and resourceful.

b. He feels great affection for his dog.

c. He is an experienced arctic traveler

d. He is a newcomer to the Klondike.

d. He is a newcomer to the Klondike.

300

What does intangible mean?

a. peripheral
b. uncompromising
c. unclear
d. aromatic


c. unclear

400


Dark Romantics focused on the psychological effects of ____ and sin. 


clue: tiglu

guilt

400

" Who am I? I am a "Newyorkrican."


a. Sojourner Truth

b. Robert F. Kennedy

c. Sonia Sotomayor

c. Sonia Sotomayor

400

Jack London wrote the following autobiographical novels except:

a. Martin Eden

b. Mary Unicorn

c. The Road

b. Mary Unicorn

400
The man determines that the temperature is “colder than fifty below” 


a. by consulting a spirit thermometer.
b. noticing the amount of ice on his beard.
c. spitting into the air.
d. estimating the thickness of the ice on the Yukon.


c. spitting into the air.

400

 undulation means

a. out of the ordinary, unfamiliar

b. a wave-like motion

c. a sadly pensive longing: a sorrowful thoughtfulness

d.  person's manner of walking; the rate of walking or moving


b. a wave-like motion

500

This is a literary sub-genre of Romanticism, reflecting popular fascination with the irrational, the demonic and the grotesque.

Dark Romanticism

500

What is the theme of Chapter 1?

Clue:

O_e_c_m_n_   A_v_r_i_y

Overcoming Adversity

500

What is Jack London's real name?

a. Michel Bryant Chaney

b. John Griffith Chaney

c. William Holloway


b. John Griffith Chaney

500

According to the last sentence, the dog primarily recognizes the man as:

a. a kind but inexperienced master.
b. a provider of food and fire
c. a fool for disregarding the cold
d. a dangerous threat to its safety.


b. a provider of food and fire

500

is a repeated pattern/ recurring element—an image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again within a particular story.



motif