Vocab
She prefers _________ conversations to aimless chatter.
ambidextrous
elude
cerebral
supercilious
cerebral
True or False?
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FALSE
Jean Valjean appears at the barricades and helps a man escape by…
giving him a uniform.
true or false
Scout chews the gum she finds in the knothole of the Radley tree.
TRUE
Who said...
“Nohbdy, Nohbdy’s tricked me, Nohbdy’s ruined me!”
Speaker?
Polyphêmos
Two million years of erosion by the Colorado River formed the ___________ we call the Grand Canyon.
rapt
gorge
manacle
effrontery
gorge
Which of the following is usually the best place for the thesis of a multi-paragraph essay?
The very first sentence of the essay
The last sentence of the introductory paragraph
Anywhere in the first paragraph
The last sentence of the introductory paragraph
Thenardier offers to let Valjean use a key to the sewer grate if Valjean will…
split what they find in Marius’ pockets
Why does Dill run away from home back to Maycomb?
He doesn’t feel like his parents want him.
“Young men—my suitors, now my lord is dead
let me finish my weaving before I marry”
Speaker?
Penélopê
Jane Austen wrote her novels __________, covering the manuscripts at every knock on the door.
cordially
surreptitiously
consanguinity
superciliously
surreptitiously
Even skilled mountaineers may feel some fear when they look up at a(n) __________ they are about to climb.
precipice
carnage
oracle
imbibe
precipice
Javert commits suicide because…
he cannot live with the contradiction he feels between duty and conscience
Grows camellias and tells Jem and Scout that their mother would not approve of Atticus’s parenting
Miss Maudie
who says this...
"O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands,
if I am thine indeed, and thou art father:
grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never
see his home…”
Speaker?
Spoken to?
Speaker: Polyphemus
Spoken to: Poseidon
Which root means “to speak”?
OS, ORIS
DENS, DENTIS
DEXTRA
ORO, ORARE, ORAVI, ORATUM
ORO, ORARE, ORAVI, ORATUM
Which of the following is most likely to be described as concoction?
milkshake
water
milk
juice
milkshake
How does Eponine save Marius’s life?
She puts her hand in front of the barrel of a gun aimed at him
Drinks Coca-Cola from a bag so people will think he’s drunk
Dolphus Raymond
What is an epic simile?
an elaborate comparison that may extend for several lines
What is the definition of CARO, CARNIS?
flesh
neck
bone
mind
flesh
Two million years of erosion by the Colorado River formed the ___________ we call the Grand Canyon.
rapt
gorge
manacle
effrontery
gorge
What is the primary reason Eponine sends Marius to the barricade?
She wants him to die so no one will have him.
When Scout attends her first day at school, she is confused because she gets in trouble, while Burris Ewell _____________________.
only comes on the first day of each year
True or False
Odysseus is able to prove to Penélopê that he is her husband by having Athena turn them back into their younger selves.
FALSE