Unit 5: Study Guide

What were the two key questions posed by the government's loyalty questionnaire?

1) Will you bare arms for the USA? 2) Will you swear your loyalty to USA & Emperor

Identify two meanings for the Japanese word inu

Collaborator or informer

What are two types of irony?

Dramatic Irony and Verbal Irony

What are two types of conflicts?

External and Internal

Background for "The Crucible"

In 1692, the British colony of Massachusetts was convulsed by a witchcraft hysteria that resulted in the execution of 20 people and jailing more than 100.

Act Three: At the beginning of Act 3, what "hard evidence" do Giles and Francis provide that the girls are frauds?

Mary Warren, she is willing to state that she and the girls were pretending and that she never saw any spirits

3 cases of Pronouns

Nominative Case Objective Case Possessive Case

How did Takei's parents respond to the key questions? What reasons did they give?

They both said no because they can't take away their dignity

As a young child, how did Takei feel about the internment camps?

They felt normal to him because he has always been at the during his life

Act Three: What appears to happen to Abigial and the other girls after they are accused by Mary warren of pretending?

a bird with sharp claws

Allegory

a narrative that works on two levels of meanings

Act Two: What evidence of Elizabeth's guilt does Cheever find?

a poppet with a needle

Act One: What Conflict exists between Abigail and Proctor?

an old relationship

Act One: Why does Parris send for Revered Hale?

because he is a pastor who is an expert on demonic possession

Why were Takei and his family transferred from a camp in Arkansas to Tule Lake in northern Cal.?

because his parents said no to the questions

Act Four: What does Danforth want John Proctor to do?

confess, sign his confession, and tell people

Act One: What does Mrs. Putnam believe happened to her babies?

died because of witchcraft

Act One: What is a source of disagreement between Proctor and Putnam?

disagreement over ownership of land

Possessive

expresses ownership mine, ours, your, yours, his, hers, its, theirs

How old was Takei at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

four years old

Symbolic Meaning

interprets the character and conflicts at a representative level - a deeper meaning that readers must infer

Latin root -fama-

meaning reputation

Objective

object of a verb or preposition me, us, you, him, her, it, them

External Conflict

occurs between a character and an outside force

Internal Conflict

occurs within the mind of a character conflicting between different values or desires

Why doesn't Woody argue with Papa?

out of respect

Connotation

refers to emotional connections that add meaning beyond its literal definition

Literal Meaning

represented at face value. The literal story is complete and can be understood

Act Four: As Act 4 opens, what is to take place at daybreak?

seven people are to be hanged

According to Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, what is the most divisive issue among the internees?

signing the government's loyalty oath

Act Four: What does Parris say Abigail has recently done?

stolen money from her uncle

Nominative Case

subject of the sentence I, we, you, he, she, it, they

What does Takei remember about the day that he and his family were ordered out of their home?

the armed soldiers

Act Three: Where does the Action of Act 3 take place?

the courtroom in Salem

Act Two: What do some of the accused, such as Sarah Good, do to save themselves from hanging?

they confess to being witches

Act Three: Why is Elizabeth Proctor brought into the Court?

to corroborate her husband's testimony that he had sexual reltaions with Abigail

Act Four: Why has Reverend Hale returned to Salem?

to persuade the prisoners to confess

Act two: Why does Hale visit the Proctor's home?

to question them and find out if they are good christians

Dramatic Irony

what a character believes or understands and what the audience knows to be true

Verbal Irony

when a character says one thing but means another

On what type of occasion does Papa cry, according to Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston?

when he signs the Japanese Anthem

Act One: To what does Tituba confess?

witchcraft