Two feuding neighbors set out to hunt for each other, but after a falling tree immobilizes them, they befriend each other just before wolves attack.
100
What does Simon know about the beast? What happens to Simon?
He knows that the beast is not real - just the man with the parachute. He goes to tell the other boys, and gets murdered.
100
What is a dowry? How do dowry's play a role in The Taming of the Shrew?
Answers will vary - Baptista pays Petruchio for Kate's dowry
100
Chain of events that takes place in a story is the ....
plot
100
“’Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same
I’d like to catch a pig first.’”
Jack
200
Describe the moral of The Man in the Water
answers vary - any normal human can do extraordinary things
200
True or false: Piggy is the only boy who does not participate in murder on the island.
False, Simon is the only boy
200
Describe the scene with the tailor and the haberdasher
answers vary
200
Contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens is ...
irony
200
"The poorest service is repaid with thanks, and so shall mine before you touch the meat" (Shakespeare 4.3.45-46).
Petruchio
300
Describe 2 of the instances of irony in The Interlopers.
Answers will vary
300
Why is the fire important? What is ironic about it in the end?
Fire is important for the boys to get rescued (to Ralph) and to cook meat (to Jack). Jack's fire, to smoke Ralph out of hiding, ends up being the thing that gets the boys rescued
300
Describe the bet
answers vary
300
Technique in which ideas, customs, behaviors, or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society
Satire
300
"’Don’t you understand, you painted fools. We tried
to keep the fire going, but we couldn’t. And then you,
playing at hunting.’”
Piggy
400
What happens to Gillain in the story One Thousand Dollars? Who does he give the money to at the end?
Gillain inherits money, gives it to the woman he loves
400
Piggy’s statement “What can he do more than he has?” shows...
Piggy believes Jack has already been as cruel as a person can be
400
How does Petruchio 'tame' Kate? Give at least 2 examples
answers vary
400
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things such as objects, animals, or ideas is...
personification
400
"A vengeance on your crafty withered hide! Yet I have faced it with a card of ten. 'Tis in my head to do my master good" (Shakespeare 2.1.10-12).
Tranio
500
True or false: Mr. and Mrs. Popov had a very loving marriage
False
500
Who “talks” to Simon in the forest? What does it say to him?
Lord of the Flies - pig head. (Answers vary)
500
Why does Hortensio decide to marry the widow instead of continuing to win Bianca's love?
Kindness is more important than beauty
500
unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse.
blank verse
500
"O, I am undone, I am undone! While I play the good husband at home, my son and my servant spend all.." (Shakespeare 5.1.66-68).