Final Exam Review Sheet: 12/2007 - DLS



Final Exam Review Sheet MULTIPLE CHOICE (75 questions): Monday, 12/15/2008

American Literature (Szafraniec)

DIRECTIONS: Following is the study guide for the multiple choice portion of your final exam. You must answer the questions (short answers are fine) on a separate sheet of paper and attach them to this sheet to turn in the day of your exam. It is worth 50 points.

PIECES OF WORK YOU WILL BE TESTED ON

• Nature American literature: “The World on the Turtle’s Back”; Coyote Stories (“Coyote and the Buffalo” and “Fox and Coyote and Whale”)

• Early Explorers literature: “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”

• Puritan literature: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”; “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller

• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

• Transcendentalism literature: “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson; “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau

• Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW FOR THE TEST

Native American Literature

• Who created the first forms of American literature and how did they pass it down through the generations?

• What is a creation myth?

• What is the plot of “The World on the Turtle’s Back”? (Re-tell the main parts of the story in 10 bullet points.)

• How do the Native Americans view nature? (Think about class discussion and review pages 20-22.)

• What is a trickster tale and why did the Native Americans tell them?

• What aspects of nature are explained through “Coyote and the Buffalo” and “Fox and Coyote and Whale”? (In other words, by telling these stories, what phenomenas in nature were being explained?)

Early Explorers Literature

• Why did explorers come to the Americas between 1620 and 1700?

• What are “nominal Christians?” Who are the “nominal Christians” in “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano” and what did they do to deserve this title?

Puritan Literature (specifically “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”)

• List the three beliefs that Puritans held.

• What is loaded language and why is it used in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?

• Who is this sermon aimed at and what is Edwards trying to get them to do?

“The Crucible”

• Describe each of the main characters including 1-2 adjectives, his/her role in the play, and what ends up happening to him/her: Abigail, Tituba, Betty, John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Hale, Rebecca Nurse, Thomas Putnam, Mary Warren, Giles Corey.

• What is the significance of witchcraft vs. hysteria on the girls of Salem?

• What is the meaning of the word “crucible” and what is the relevance to the title of the play?

• Name and describe two of the main themes prevalent in “The Crucible” and briefly explain them.

Plot-specific questions:

• What happens to Betty at the beginning of the play?

• Why are Tituba and the girls dancing in the forest? Why does Tituba admit so quickly to having practiced witchcraft?

• Why does Elizabeth think that Abigail would like to get rid of her?

• When John Proctor recites the Commandments, which one does he omit?

• Abigail and the other accusers act as if Mary Warren has used witchcraft against them. How does Mary eventually respond to their actions and why?

• What happens to John Proctor at the end of the play and why?

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Slaughterhouse-Five

• Describe each of the main characters including 1-2 adjectives, his/her role in the novel, and what ends up happening to him/her: Billy Pilgrim, Valencia Pilgrim, Roland Weary, Montana Wildhack, Paul Lazzaro, Barbara Pilgrim, Eliot Rosewater, Edgar Derby, Kilgore Trout, Bernard V. O’Hare, Howard J. Campbell, Bertram Rumfoord, Tralfamadors, Kurt Vonnegut.

• What is different about the first chapter compared to the other nine chapters?

• What is stream-of-consciousness technique and how does Vonnegut use it in the book?

• What is the significance of the novel’s title? What is the second title of Slaughterhouse-Five?

• List two of the main themes prevalent in Slaughterhouse-Five and briefly explain them.

Plot-specific questions:

• What does Vonnegut promise Mary O’Hare at the beginning of the novel?

• What does Vonnegut believe has a destructive effect on humans?

• Who are the two people this book is dedicated to?

• Vonnegut inserts the Serenity Prayer twice in the novel. Where does it appear in the novel and what is the significance of the Serenity Prayer to the novel as a whole?

• What’s the significance of the phrase, “So it goes”?

• Where is the only place that there’s talk of ‘free will’?

• We know that Billy’s unstuck in time. Which time in his life does he keep returning to?

Transcendentalism

• What are the five beliefs of transcendentalism?

• In “Self-Reliance”, what does Emerson feel about misunderstood people?

• Why did Thoreau go to Walden? Why does he end up leaving?

Black Like Me

Note: Since we just took the exam on this book, this portion of the study guide doesn’t have to be filled out when I collect it before you take the final. Of course, it won’t hurt you to fill it out! And definitely look at your quizzes from this book.

General and Plot-specific questions:

• Name the four states Griffin traveled to; tell which states were really racist and which states weren’t as racist. (Remember: All states were racist, just some worse than others.)

• List 10 bad things that happened to Griffin along his journey (in any of the four states).

• Name and describe two main themes prevalent in Black Like Me and briefly explain them.

Final Exam Review Sheet SHORT ANSWER AND ESSAY: Tuesday, 12/16/2008

American Literature (Szafraniec)

SHORT ANSWER

Answer the following questions in complete sentences; your answers should be three to five sentences.

• How does John Proctor’s great dilemma change during the course of the “The Crucible”?

• In Slaughterhouse-Five, we learned a lot about the bombing of Dresden. Tell me about it.

• List the five beliefs of transcendentalism. Then, explain which beliefs are most prevalent in “Self-reliance” by Emerson and “Walden” by Thoreau.

• In Black Like Me, what was John Howard Griffin saying about racism in American in the late 1950’s?

• All of the pieces we’ve read (“The Crucible”, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Black Like Me) are distinctly American. How so?

ESSAY

Choose one of the topics below and write a 3-paragraph essay; each paragraph should be 4-5 sentences.

• In “The Crucible,” how do the witch trials empower people who were previously powerless? Include examples of characters and the actions they took that made them both powerless and powerful.

• Slaughterhouse-Five was published during the Vietnam War, and was thus seen as an even greater anti-war novel. What makes this book an anti-war novel?

• Black Like Me has a different set-up and feel than the other pieces we’ve read in American Literature, as well as novels you’ve read in other English classes. What techniques does Griffin use to draw the reader into his story? How does he use secondary characters to build drama and suspense?

Final Exam Review Sheet SHORT ANSWER AND ESSAY: Tuesday, 12/16/2008

American Literature (Szafraniec)

SHORT ANSWER

Answer the following questions in complete sentences; your answers should be three to five sentences.

• How does John Proctor’s great dilemma change during the course of the “The Crucible”?

• In Slaughterhouse-Five, we learned a lot about the bombing of Dresden. Tell me about it.

• List the five beliefs of transcendentalism. Then, explain which beliefs are most prevalent in “Self-reliance” by Emerson and “Walden” by Thoreau.

• In Black Like Me, what was John Howard Griffin saying about racism in American in the late 1950’s?

• All of the pieces we’ve read (“The Crucible”, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Black Like Me) are distinctly American. How so?

ESSAY

Choose one of the topics below and write a 3-paragraph essay; each paragraph should be 4-5 sentences.

• In “The Crucible,” how do the witch trials empower people who were previously powerless? Include examples of characters and the actions they took that made them both powerless and powerful.

• Slaughterhouse-Five was published during the Vietnam War, and was thus seen as an even greater anti-war novel. What makes this book an anti-war novel?

• Black Like Me has a different set-up and feel than the other pieces we’ve read in American Literature, as well as novels you’ve read in other English classes. What techniques does Griffin use to draw the reader into his story? How does he use secondary characters to build drama and suspense?

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