English Test

The Civil Rights Act of ___ banned segregation in public places as well as employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

1964

What is Antigone speaking about with regard to the eternal laws of Heaven?

A corpse had to be buried so that a person's spirit would not go to Hades; Family members had to take care of their family in life and death.

Mr. Radley was harmed by his son _____, whom he locked up and kept out of sight.

Boo

Considering all of the mysterious things the children encounter around the Radley house and including Miss Maudie's suggestions about Boo Radley, what can you infer?

Boo Radley seems to be a nice person; and Boo Radley's brother is not a nice person.

Critics compare _____ to Antigone because this modern novel is about an Afghan woman who pleads for her brother's body from the American armed forces.

The Watch by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya

How does an aside, eavesdropping, or the use of a soliloquy cause dramatic irony?

The audience becomes more informed than some characters in the play.

In lines 6-8, Ismene states that their brothers have both died. What concerns might she have about her sister's plans?

The king will have Ismene killed, as well; Ismene will be left alone without family.

In lines 61-63, what is Antigone saying about the townspeople?

They agree with her decision but are afraid to defend her.

chorus

a group of people who dance, sing, and comment on the actions of the play

Burris Ewell leaves after being threatened by Little Chuck because Little Chuck may have _____ in his pocket.

a knife

An amphitheater is _____.

a large outdoor stadium that holds tens of thousands of people

comedy

a literary genre that has the purpose of amusing but may be critical, using satire

tragedy

a literary genre that typically ends in the downfall or death of the main character

satyr

a short separate play that interrupts between the scenes of a tragedy and uses mythical creatures to make fun of the characters

dramatic irony

a situation in a movie or play when the audience has more knowledge about characters or events than the characters do

A dramatic convention of a character making a speech expressing inner thoughts but not speaking to other characters onstage is called ______.

a soliloquy

Which is the best definition of miscreant?

a villain or criminal

A dramatic convention whereby one character speaks to the audience (on the side) to reveal important information that other characters do not know is called _____.

an aside

Lines 16-25 suggest that the speaker ______.

understands that she must die; did not want to be punished by the gods

Imagine the characters in this play enacting the scene on stage. What would make the audience laugh?

why a woman would marry a person who is so weak; the delay and how Natalya's father actually has to make the proposal; everyone arguing and insulting each other

Minerva is the Roman goddess of ______.

wisdom

"Now if she thus can flout authority/ Unpunished, I am woman, she the man." In this line, King Creon is saying that _____.

women are inferior to men

Then, Lomov tells Natalya that his dog, Guess, is ______.

lame

indigenous

native

Which is the best definition of the word impudence?

shameless

In line 31, what does ill-starred refer to?

unlucky and doomed to disaster

A farce is a comedy that ______.

uses exaggeration, such as horseplay, nonsense and crude or improbable situations

sojourn

visit

Natalya gets her father involved by asking him _____.

which dog is better, Lomov's or theirs

In this excerpt of Anton Chekhov's farce "The Proposal," Lomov comes to Chubukov to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage; however, they get sidetracked and begin an argument about _____.

who owns Oxen Meadows, apparently near both of their properties

Iago has suspicions about Othello and his _____, which is one of the reasons he wants to ruin Othello.

wife

Dramatic irony occurs in the ancient Greek drama Antigone when the audience knows that _____.

Antigone has already disobeyed the king when he is giving the degree of death for anyone who buries Polyneices

Who is Haemon?

Antigone's fiancée and son of Creon

In line 31, the Greek proverb kick against the pricks is used. It comes from the practice of controlling oxen when plowing a field. A pointed piece of iron—"the prick"—would be used to steer the oxen. If the oxen kicked it, it would pierce their flesh even more.When the chorus uses it, they suggest that _____.

Antigone's rebellion is just hurting herself

The Russian realist writer who wrote "The Proposal" and who is also known as the master of the modern short story is ______.

Anton Chekhov

What does the imagery in lines 32-35 suggest?

Anything can be broken down including Antigone's strong will.

_____ is Scout's father and a practicing lawyer.

Atticus

Scout (Jean Louise—the narrator of the story) says that their cook and caretaker, _____, is too hard on her.

Calpurnia

Playwrights in the Elizabethan era often alluded to classical mythology as well as _______.

Christian texts

The British historical time known as the _____ was when playwrights could diversify their subject matter.

Elizabethan era

Atticus tells Scout the law does not apply to all people like _____.

Ewells

______ were not allowed to perform in most plays in Europe until the 1660s.

Female actors

In the historical play Richard II by Shakespeare, what place is both called the seat of Mars (in Roman mythology) and also Eden (the Biblical name for the center of creation)?

Great Britain

The oldest surviving _____ drama is The Persians by Aeschylus, performed in 472 BC.

Greek

Considering Jem's actions, what can you most infer about his character?

He is rebellious and takes dangerous risks.

What causes the argument to end and Lomov to leave the house?

Lomov believes that he is having a heart attack.

After Lomov and Chubukov trade insults, ______.

Lomov passes out

Atticus tells Scout to have empathy for _____.

Miss Caroline

Sophocles is perhaps best known for his "Theban" plays—a collection of three plays about _____.

Oedipus, King of Thebes, and his family

What does Lomov threaten to do to Chubukov?

take him to court

Jem, Scout, and Dill spend a lot of time dramatizing the story of _____.

Radley's family

What is ironic about Natalya's response when Lomov "weeps" and says, "Shut up! My heart's bursting"?

She doesn't care if he is sick.

What is King Creon saying he believes about Antigone in lines 52-54?

She is the worst kind of offender for being proud of breaking the law.

How might the cultural setting of To Kill a Mockingbird, which includes segregation, most affect the main character, a young white girl?

She might wonder why African Americans are treated differently; and African American children would not be allowed in her school.

In lines 10-15, Antigone tells King Creon why she has defied him. Which is the best summary of her response?

Spiritual laws come before a man's law.

When Chubukov tells Natalya that Lomov came to ask for Natalya's hand in marriage, she _____.

asks her father to bring him back

dictum

authoritative saying

prologue

background information given at the beginning of a play that introduces the characters and the major conflict

Aestheticism is a movement _____.

based on the idea that art exists for beauty alone and does not require a purpose or meaning

Why has the queen killed herself?

because her son killed himself over Antigone's death

Elizabethan playwrights make allusions. An allusion is _____.

borrowing ideas from well-known works

The argument then continues with each of them ______.

bringing up the past faults of their relatives and ancestors

Which is the best definition of immutable

unchangeable

chameleon

changes

"If she found a blade of nut grass in her yard it was like the Second Battle of the Marne: she swooped down upon it with a tin tub and subjected it to blasts from beneath with a poisonous substance she said was so powerful it'd kill us all if we didn't stand out of the way." Scout exaggerates the way the widow gets rid of weeds to explain how _____ she is about the beauty of her garden.

committed

had an acid tongue in her head

critically

Scout asks her neighbor and friend, Miss Maudie, if Boo is _____.

dead

Miss Cunningham first asks Burris Ewell to go home because of _____.

dirt

Which is the best definition of insolence?

disrespectful and contemptuous speech

morbid

disturbing

What does Ismene mean when she says Antigone should follow the golden mean?

don't be too passionate or illogical

Greek writers used _____ as platforms to explore cultural ideas, religion, and politics, as well as for entertainment purposes.

drama

The best friend of Scout and Jem, Dill, is from Meridian, Mississippi. He is small, but confident and tells _____.

dramatic stories

Jem describes Boo as a blood-thirsty animal who _____.

drools

Jem invites Walter over for lunch, and Calpurnia's grammar became erratic because she was mad at Jem for criticizing Walter's _____.

eating habits

A dramatic convention when a character overhears important information about the plot and informs the audience is called _____.

eavesdropping

The word ___ means understanding another person's feelings.

empathy

Which is the best definition of betrothed in the context of the Argument?

engaged to be married

malevolent

evil

auspicious

favorable

Modernism is an art movement ______.

forsaking the past and experimenting in new art forms

vexations

frustrations

Scout and Jem find ______ in the tree near Radley's yard.

gifts

"As for thee, Scorn, if thou wilt, the eternal laws of Heaven." Which is the best definition of Scorn as used in the context of the passage?

give no regard to

fractious

grouchy

THREE other themes in Antigone deal with ______.

how wrongdoing brings about severe consequences; the conflict between personal belief and government; the conflict of devotion to family or self-preservation

Hercules is the half-god, half-______ superhero in Greek mythology.

human

Which is the best definition of immured as used in the context of the Argument?

imprisoned until death

Jem had to leave his pants in the Radley fence, so he told his dad that he lost them _____.

in a poker game

Ismene recalls the fate of their parents, that they both ___.

killed themselves

When Jem rolls up to the Radley house in the tire, Scout hears _____.

laughing

taciturn

lazy

In which line does Natalya confront Lomov about his constant arguing?

line 24

Miss Caroline and Scout argue over loaning Walter Cunningham money for his _____ because he will not be able to pay it back.

lunch

In ancient drama, actors used different _____ to distinguish their characters.

masks

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, _____ mainly played the parts of women.

men

Which THREE classes of people have Scout and Jem encountered in Chapters 1-4?

middle class lawyers and teachers; very poor children of farmers; African American working class like Calpurnia

Greek mythology that was first written around 700 BC by the poet Hesiod in Theogony explained _____.

natural forces and deities that influenced human life

Because Jem and Dill leave Scout out, Scout entertains herself with a _____ and friend called Miss Maudie.

neighbor

Jem and Dill try to give Boo a _____ through the window, but Atticus catches them and tells them to leave Mr. Radley alone.

note

Which is the best definition of interdict

official decree or law

When Lomov returns to Natalya's house, she changes her mind about _____.

owning Oxen Meadows

Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers engaged in ___ protests and marches against racial inequality.

peaceful

The word ___ means having an unjust or negative opinion about a group of people.

prejudice

Chubukov gets tired of all the drama and speeds up the _____.

proposal

Miss Caroline is upset because Scout already knows how to ______ and wants Scout to tell her father to quit teaching her.

read

Scout and Jem mostly enjoy their father's ______.

reading

Scout says the class is suspicious of their first grade teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, because she comes from a county in North Alabama that _____ the secession of the Confederate States from the Union during the Civil War.

refused

condescended

reluctantly accepted

domiciled

residing

The Theban plays show the themes from plots of ___.

rulers who tried to escape their fates prophesied by oracles

episodes

separate scenes in a play in which the characters talk and interact with one another

Segregation is ___ because of race or color.

separating

When Jem goes back to retrieve his pants that were caught in the fence, he finds that they are _____.

sewed

impudent

shameless

Jem and Dill try to see Boo through a window in the evening but are unsuccessful, and Mr. Radley ______.

shoots his gun

chattels

slaves

diminutive

small

In Shakespeare's tragedy Othello, Iago speaks to the audience in a(n) _____, telling the audience of his motivations and plans to ruin Othello's marriage.

soliloquy

assuaged

soothed

Dramatic irony causes ______ and oftentimes humor.

suspense

In line 36, what image does Chubukov's metaphor of Lomov, turnip-ghost, imply?

that Lomov is pale and sick looking

What idea does Ismene convey in these lines? "If in defiance of the law we cross A monarch's will?—weak women, think of that,"

that women are too weak to disobey men

Which major conflict(s) in the plot mainly add(s) suspense to the story thus far?

the gifts in the tree; wondering if Boo Radley is watching the children enact his life; the kids wondering if Boo Radley is dead

The neighbors show deep-seated prejudice because ___.

they use a derogatory term and assume that the prowler is African American

What is Ismene asking Antigone in these lines? "We must obey his orders, these or worse. Therefore I plead compulsion and entreat The dead to pardon. I perforce obey The powers that be. 'Tis foolishness, I ween,"

to not bury her brother and end up dead for it

Dill dares Jem to run up and _____ the Radley house, which he does at the end of the Chapter.

touch

Two new drama genres that emerged from 1558-1603 were _____.

tragicomedy and romance

trying to get Miss Maudie's goat

trying to anger