Why Did We Read Shakespeare?
Character I Zation
Let's Overthrow the Government
Vocabulary
Really BIG Numbers
100

What are the 4 themes that we talked about in Julius Caesar?

Betrayal

Abuse of Power

Destiny/Fate

Misinformation

100

Which of the sisters is best known as the one whose religion is the most important to her?

Patria

100
What important event happens on November 25, 1960

The Mirabal sisters are killed

100

What word is a "group of three men holding power," specifically referring to Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus. 

Triumvirate

100

Roughly how many feathers does the average chicken have?

10,000

200

Which theme does Brutus' stabbing of Caesar portray best? hint: Caesar's reaction shows how surprised he was by Brutus

Betrayal 

200

Which sister is often called the sweetest sister, best able to communicate through writing?

Maria Teresa

200

Two of the husbands are moved from their original prison (La Victoria) to a new prison. Which two are moved? 

Manolo and Leandro

200

What word means:

"refusing to be persuaded, or to change one's mind"

Adamant
200

Roughly how many stars are there (minimum) in the Milky Way Galaxy?

100,000,000,000
100 billion

300

When Decius convinces Caesar to go to the Senate by convincing him he's going to be crowned king, even though he knows he will die, what theme is he showing best?

Misinformation

300

Which sister is blunt and headstrong, later becoming the face of the revolution?

Minerva

300

When Minerva begins traveling for the revolution, she approaches Patria and asks her to do a favor for her. What is that favor?

To take Manolito (her son)

300

What word refers to a:
"government, especially an authoritarian one"

regime

300

Roughly how many atoms are there in the average human body?

7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

7 octillion

7x1027

400

What major theme is shown repeatedly by the Soothsayer's speeches?

Destiny/Fate

400
This officer often has his features compared to animals like pigs by Minerva and Patria. He is rude and disgusting towards the women. 

Captain Pena

400

Dede and Jaimito are in their car when Lio pops up in the back and asks a favor of Dede.

What does Lio ask Dede to do, and what does she do instead?

He asks her to give a note to Minerva

Instead she burns it.

400

Which word means: 

"occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator."

Posthumous

400
Roughly how many seconds have passed since the Big Bang?

435,196,800,000,000,000

435 quadrillion

4.35x1017

500

Calpurnia sees repeated visions, or signs of what will happen in the future, that foretell Caesar's death. What theme do these examples of foreshadowing show?

destiny/fate

500

Which sister is the one who is able to get things organized, ensuring that everything is in its proper place? 

Dede

500

Name the three Cuban revolutionaries who are looked up to by those in the Dominican rebellion.

Fidel Castro

Raul Castro

Ernesto "Che" Guevara

500

Which word could refer the amount of money that I am paid as a teacher? 

Pittance

500

When shuffling a deck of cards, how many different iterations of cards are possible?
(How many different orders of cards can there be?)

 8×10^67

80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000