Ap ENG 1st Six Weeks

Asyndeton

"- pick the fruit, put it in boxes, load the trucks, deliver the fruit to the cannery - "

Casey is hit and killed by a police officer and Tom kills the officer.

Climax

Immanuel Kant

Do what is right and what is moral - categorical imperative

Use "Self Reliance" by Emerson to answer this question. 11. In the last paragraph of the cutting that was provided in the course, what rhetorical strategy does Emerson use for his support?

Exemplification

The river floods and the Joad have to find dry shelter

Falling Action

6. What does Uncle John do near the end of the novel to send a message to world about the conditions the migrants were living in?

He puts Rose of Sharon's stillborn infant in a crate and sets it in the river

Ma Joad

Healer

Tom Joad

Hero

Al Joad Belief

Life is a party without a sense of morality

Plato

No one is voluntarily evil

If the need for food and water is being met, which level of Maslow's hierarchy would be addressed?

Physiological

alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

The Joads find a barn for shelter

Resolution

The family heads out to California in search of work

Rising Action

Reverend Casey

Sage; Mentor

Pa Joad Belief

When man can no longer take care of his family, he loses human dignity

pinion

bind the arms of someone

Use "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou to answer this question. 15. Angelou uses anaphora in stanzas 2 and 4 to -

emphasize the important ideas

sidle

move unobtrusively

20. Read the following sentence. "A skunk padded heavily and unself-consciously down the trail, carrying a faint effluvium with him." (Chapter 28) Which synonym below could best be used to replace effluvium?

odor

antistrophe

"...I'll be there.....I'll be there....I'll be there"

alliteration quote

"...and her strangled sobs shook her whole body

6. In Chapter 12, what comparison does Steinbeck make between business transactions the action of theft?

Business charges more than items are worth but to take what is needed without paying for it is considered theft

14. When a man can no longer take care of his family, he loses human dignity best describes which character?

Pa Joad

5. Toward the end of the novel, the decision to build a levee to contain the rising water is forced upon the Joads and their group because -

Rose of Sharon goes into labor

10. Which of the following is NOT a meaning for the symbol Route 66, the road?

life and death

metaphor

"...lined and cut with old flood scars."

antithesis

"Every night relationships that make a word, established; and every morning the world torn down..."

Use "Homeless" by Quindlen to answer the following question. 17. Anna Quindlen says, "Home is where the heart is." What does she most likely mean by that statement?

"Home" usually means a lot to people because it's where their families are and where important memories are created.

polysyndeton

"Vicious and cruel and impatient..."

Use "Ambush" by Tim O'Brien to answer this question. 9. What can we infer about human nature when reading the last paragraph of the story?

Actions, especially those involving life and death, can haunt us for the rest of our lives

Use "Descent of Man" by Steele to answer the following question. 18. Which line below best speaks to a Darwinian view of human nature?

Adroit in ways her forebears couldn't presage

15. A philosophy of life that promotes the pursuit of pleasure and self-indulgence is often referred to as hedonism. Which character seems to pursue this philosophy of life?

Al Joad

Use "Song of Myself" by Whitman to answer this question. 12. Read the following line from the poem. For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. What is Whitman saying about humanity?

At every level of our being, we are transferring and exchanging materials, ideas, emotions, affections.

Rene Descartes

I think therefore I am

Ambush by Tim O'Brien

In matters of life and death, man finds forgiveness for taking a life a complicated matter

8. Why does Ruthie reveal Tom's secret?

She wants to impress a girl who is picking on her

4. Which of the following is NOT a trick the car salesmen used to take advantage of the farmers?

They handled complaints quickly to increase business

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the good things that happened when the migrants stopped for the night along the highway?

They settled into small groups to better segregate themselves

Use "On Dumpster Diving" by Eighner to answer the following question. 20. Eigner shifts his tone in the essay beginning with an informative and descriptive approach to -

a critical and analytical one.

9. Read the following sentence. Pa observed querulously, "That Rosasharn is gettin' awful scary an' nimsy-mimsy." The author uses the word querulous to convey Pa's nature of ________ habitually.

complaining

truculent

defiantly aggressive

wizened

dry, shrunken, wrinkled

10. Read the following quote from The Grapes of Wrath. "Connie Rivers lifted the high tail-gate out of the truck and got down and helped Rose of Sharon to the ground; and she accepted it nobly, smiling her wise, self-satisfied smile, mouth tipped at the corners a little fatuously." (p. 134) Which definition below best defines the word fatuously as it is used in this sentence?

foolishly or without thought

4. In this novel, the people who help the poor people are -

other poor people who share what they have

imperious

showing an arrogant superiority

5. What was Ma's concern once she realized that Tom had been paroled from prison and had not escaped?

that he would have become mean and dangerous

Use "Song of Myself" by Whitman to answer this question. 13. Whitman introduces two characters "I" and "you." The "I" is the speaker. Who is the "you?"

the individual reader as well as the entire world

3. Tom is most impressed at the Weedpatch camp by the fact that -

the people govern the camp themselves

epistrophe

the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

1. Some of the intercalary chapters (3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12,14, 15) in The Grapes of Wrath seem like sermons in the sense that -

they pick up the cadence and vocabulary of a sermon

Use "On Dumpster Diving" by Eighner to answer the following question. 19. Not only did Eighner have a desire to record what he learned as a Dumpster diver, but he also had another purpose in writing this essay. What likely was that purpose?

to criticize those who take what they have for granted

Use "Abraham Maslow and the pyramid that beguiled business" to answer this question. 6. What is the purpose for managers to use Maslow's hierarchy?

to identify the needs of their staff and help them feel fulfilled.

9. Read the following asyndeton from The Grapes of Wrath. "Too hot, loose connections, loose bearings, rattling bodies." (p. 165) What is the purpose for using this literary device?

to make the situation more dramatic and effective by speeding up the rhythm and pace.

Use "Ambush" by Tim O'Brien to answer this question. 8. The first and last paragraphs frame the story in the present. Which literary device is used in paragraphs 2 - 6?

Flashback

Caged Bird by Maya Angelou

Freedom is an innate characteristic of humans and knowledge of this fact cannot be undone by any amount of oppression or limitation of opportunity

Use "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou to answer this question. 14. What theme about human nature does Angelou explore in this poem?

Freedom is an innate characteristic of humans and knowledge of this fact cannot be undone by limitation of opportunity.

2. Tom assaulted a deputy and would have been arrested, but someone intervened. Who takes responsibility for the incident?

Jim Casey, who believes he needs to do something for the Joads.

If the need for friendship and family is being met, which level of Maslow's hierarchy would be addressed?

Love/Belonging

Pa Joad

Ruler

Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-sufficiency gives mankind the freedom to one's true self and the opportunity to attain true independence

2. The exposition for this novel can best be described with the following information -

the Dust Bowl during the Depression and the introduction of the Joad family

anaphora

the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they.

7. Read the following anaphora from The Grapes of Wrath. "Listen to the motor. Listen to the wheels. Listen with your ears..." (p161). What is the purpose of this literary device?

to emphasize the importance of listening to the vehicle running to find the mechanical problem

John Locke

Human nature is a blank tablet

Karl Marx

Human nature is determined through the social and economic system under which one lives

12. Read the following passage. "All we got is the family unbroke. Like a bunch a cows, when the lobos are ranging, stick all together. I ain't scared while we're all here, all that's alive, but I ain't gonna see us bust up." (Chapter 16, p. 231) Steinbeck uses a simile to compare the family to a herd of cattle protecting themselves from the lobos. Which level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs would this best exemplify?

Love/Belonging

Ma Joad Belief

Morality is based on love

Reverend Casey Belief

The Over-Soul contains all the souls of the creatures of the world

12. Read the following quote from The Grapes of Wrath. "When she spoke her voice had a beautiful low timbre, soft and modulated, and yet with ringing overtones." (p. 183) Complete the following analogy. timbre is to _________ as modulate is to adjust

tone

Descent of Man by Timothy Steele

Humans adapt to their environment searching for balance in a world or perils

Homeless by Anna Quindlen

Humans desire a place live and those without are real people with real problems

Abraham Maslow and the pyramid that beguiled business

Humans do not act on the basis of uncontrollable desires, but instead are driven by internal needs and motivations

On Dumpster Diving by Lars Eighner

Humans have a mindset of wastefulness of resources always thinking there is plenty where this came from. They, too often, use object to fill a deeper internal need

Use "Self Reliance" by Emerson to answer this question. 10. Read the following line from the text. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron strong. What is the message about human nature that Emerson wants the reader to understand?

Individuals must avoid blindly following the paths of others; they must rely on their own instincts.

Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

Individuals must liberate themselves from enslaving beliefs and look to the original energy of nature to be freed of the restraints of nature

Charles Darwin

Man is a form of primate that evolved over time

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

Man is basically good but society corrupts individuals

Thomas Hobbes

Man is basically selfish and destructive

Tom Joad Belief

Man is flawed but experience is a great teacher

Use "Abraham Maslow and the pyramid that beguiled business" to answer this question. 7. Maslow was not interested particularly in mental illness as other psychoanalysis and behaviorists had been. Why?

Maslow was more concerned with what could be right with people

9. Read the following lines. "S'pose you got a job a work, an' there's jus' one fella wants the job. You got to pay 'im what he asts. But s'pose they's a hunderd men....S'pose they's a hundred men wants that job. S'pose them men got kids, an' them kids is hungry. S'pose a lousy dime'll buy a box a mush for them kids. S'pose a nickel'll buy at leas' somepin for them kids. An' you got a hundred men. Jus' offer em a nickel - why, they'll kill each other fightin' for that nickel." (Chapter 20, p. 334) What theme is Steinbeck trying to present?

Men will do whatever is necessary, even working for low wages, when their children's lives are at stake.

Use "Homeless" by Quindlen to answer the following question. 16. What is the problem with how society deals with the homeless?

Society does not want to be associated with the homeless.

Which of the following is most likely NOT a reason for studying philosophy?

Studying philosophy can help you understand the physiological connection to the evolution of man.

8. Read the following simile from The Grapes of Wrath. "In the morning the dust hung like fog, and the sun was as red as ripe new blood." (p. 6) What is Steinbeck describing?

The day after a disastrous dust storm when the dust begins to settle slowly to the ground.

13. The archetype of the hero is most often the protagonist and is a character who shows courage in the quest for justice. Who best fits the role of the archetype of hero in The Grapes of Wrath?

Tom Joad

13. Read the following passage. "What we got lef' in the worl'? Nothin' but us. Nothin' but the folks." (Chapter 16, p. 230) In this statement by Ma, Steinbeck uses the anaphora to -

appeal to the emotions of the family

17. Read the following sentence. "A Model T Ford sedan and a two-wheel trailer were parked beside the shack, and about the camp there hung a slovenly despair." (Chapter 20, p. 329) Which phrase best helps the reader understand the meaning of the word, slovenly?

beside the shack

11. Read the following quote from The Grapes of Wrath. "The film of evening light made the red earth lucent, so that its dimensions were deepened, so that a stone, a post, a building had greater depth and more solidity than in the daytime light; and these objects were curiously more individual - a post was more essentially a post, set off from the earth it stood in and the field of corn it stood out against." (p. 135) Which phrase is most useful in providing context for the word lucent?

film of evening light

The purpose for the use of a hierarchy by Maslow to understand human nature is to -

indicate needs that must be satisfied as prerequisites to other needs

allusion

indirect reference to something

18. Read the following sentence. "And the girl moved about, poking the fire, shifting the rusty stove lids to make a better draft, opening the oven door; and all the time the baby sucked, and the mother shifted it deftly from arm to arm." (Chapter 22) The use of the word deftly strongly suggests that the girl -

is capable of multi-tasking

14. Read the following passage. "And they scampered about, looking for work; and the highways were streams of people, and the ditch banks were lines of people. Behind them more were coming." (Chapter 21, p. 385) The metaphor compares -

migrants heading to California to streams

11. Which symbol did Steinbeck use that best resonates with the sounds of survival and hope?

music

16. The colors of yellow and gold are symbolic in The Grapes of Wrath. When Tom is released from prison, he receives a pair of fancy yellow shoes. When Tom arrives at Uncle John's, a yellow shepherd dog greets him. Steinbeck describes the landscape as "The yellowing, dusty, afternoon light put a golden color on the land." What do the colors of yellow and gold symbolize?

new hope and prosperity

15. Read the following passage. "You got to have patience. Why, Tom - us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people - we go on." (Chapter 20, p. 383) Steinbeck uses anaphora in this passage when Ma is speaking to Tom. The author establishes a tone that is -

passionate, intense, and assertive

Biblical allusion

reference to the bible

7. According to Chapter 19, who were the first Americans to settle in California?

squatters

3. In Chapter 5, what is Steinbeck describing as a monster that enslaves the land owners?

the Bank/Company