English 335 First Semester Final Exam
Dulski
2011 - 2012
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PART ONE: ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY
Assumption (uhsuhmpshuhn) noun A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.
Diary (diiuree) noun
A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations.
Folklore (fohklawr) noun The unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture.
Folktale (fohktayl) noun the traditional beliefs, practices, legends, and tales of the common, ordinary people. Passed down orally.
Frame Story
A story that surrounds another story or that serves to link several stories together.
Myth (mihth) noun A traditional story of anonymous origin that explains the beliefs and practices of a people.
Novel (novuhl) noun,adjective
and theme.
An extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story. It typically has a plot, character, setting
Parallelism (pEHruhlEHlihzuhm) noun The arrangement of sentences so words and phrases echo each other in length and structure.
Example: The boy ran down the street as the girl walked down the sidewalk.
Point of View
perspective from which a narrative is told
Rhythm (rihthuhm) noun
Satire (satiiur) noun
The pattern created by the arrangement of stressed syllables, especially in poetry.
A form of irony that ridicules the faults of humanity, usually in the interest of society.
Surrealism (sureelihzuhm) noun The principles, ideas, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art,
literature, film, or theater by means of unnatural juxtapositions and combinations.
PART TWO: GRAMMAR
Review Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronouns
Clear Reference
PART THREE: NOVELS
Things Fall Apart
Know the following:
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Unoka
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Umuofia
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Ezinma
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Nwoye
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Obierika
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Chukwu
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Chielo
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Mbanta
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Mr. Brown
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Ikemefuna
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What food stood for manliness, and was a sign of prosperity?
Who struck the last blow toIkemefuna, and why?
What did Okonkwo do whenever he thought of his father’s weakness and failure?
What was Ezinma’s iyi-uwa, or link with the ogbanje?
Who wanted to take Ezinma to see Agbala?
Which did not happen during Ezudu’s funeral?
True or False: The author describes a man’s life as a continual struggle to get away from his
ancestors.
True or False: The villagers gave the missionaries a piece of the best land in the village because
it was their custom to be polite to newcomers.
Which of the following was not one of the changes that had come to Umuofia in the seven years that Okonkwo was in exile?
What happened to Okonkwo?
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English 335 First Semester Final Exam
Dulski
2011 - 2012
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(Form A) Life of Pi
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What did the boat do when the raft was next to it?
What did the main character think about the animals in the zoo?
What happened to the underside of Pi's raft?
What happened after Pi discovered he was blind?
According to Pi, when do animals try to escape from the zoo?
How did Pi first learn about Islam?
What did Pi plan to do with Richard Parker the night after he finished the raft?
According to Pi, why will a lion in a zoo attack?
What was an act of deference by the tiger to Pi?
What was under the tarp on the boat?
What did the crouching tiger do when Pi turned to face him after the storm?
What did Pi first see in the distance, that he dismissed as a hallucination?
After spending a nights in the trees, what did the fruit of one tree reveal to Pi?
What did Pi use a page from his notebook for?
What did Pi do when he didn't feel as welcome to his interfaith practices as before?
(Form B) Cry, the Beloved Country
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To what was Reverend Kumalo referring when he said "...once such a thing is opened, it cannot be shut again?"
Which of these describes Gertrude's sickness?
"The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that they are not mended again.
What does Msimangu mean?
"It is _______________ that rule(s) this land." What rules the land?
What is Msimangu's one hope for his country?
"Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end." Which of the following is not
being referred to in this quote from the story?
What were Arthur Jarvis' last written words?
In Chapter 23, the narrator expresses his opinion about Johannesburg. Which of the following quotes was used?
What had Arthur Jarvis written that caused his father to become "sick at heart"?
The last paragraph of the novel speaks of "the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear."
Which of the following statements is correct?
Other than his politics, how does John Kumalo make his living?
Why did Absalom’s wife run away from her home?
Who gives Msimangu and Kumalo a ride to Alexandra?
What is the chief’s role in building the dam?
Which priest marries Absalom and his girlfriend?
PART FOUR: LITERATURE
Better to Live, Licinius
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The speaker recommends following a “golden moderation” because this is…
What kind of person is “the man who has readied his heart for the turn of the dice”?
The speaker’s description of Apollo’s waking the Muse with music can be read as advice to Licinius to
from Book I of the Iliad: The Rage of Achilles
of the following is not evidence that Achilles is an epic hero?
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To appease the gods means to
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If officials commandeer a possession, they
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To enlist is to
from Book XXII of the Iliad: The Death of Hector
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Why does Hector decide against trying to bargain with Achilles?
When the winner of a contest gloats, he
from the Aeneid
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What makes Aeneas’ father, Anchises, agree to leave Troy?
A word that means the same as dupe is
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English 335 First Semester Final Exam
Dulski
2011 - 2012
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Oedipus the King, Part 1
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Tiresias can best be described as a
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The adjectives that best describe Oedipus are
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Which of the following would most likely be associated with dignity?
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If refugees are in dire need of food and shelter, their living conditions are
Oedipus the King, Part 2
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The details of King Laius’s murder—when and where it took place and who else was there—are important to Oedipus because he
In killing King Laius and his retainers, Oedipus proved that
If you retract a comment, you
Having a sullen expression indicates that a person is likely
If you have a foreboding, you feel that
Oedipus the King, Part 3
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To build suspense in the play, Sophocles
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By threatening the shepherd with punishment and forcing him to speak, Oedipus brings about his tragedy through his own
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Oedipus’s act of physically blinding himself is an example of irony because
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A synonym for inflict is
Osiris and Isis
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What did Sêth do when he was born?
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Sêth wants to destroy Osiris because Sêth
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What happens if Osiris’s body is not pieced back together?
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A word that means the opposite of splendid is
The Rain Came
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Oganda makes the journey to the lake
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A parent is most likely to rebuke a child who is
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A word that means the same as retaliation is
The Voter
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The narrator’s statement that Roof “had lately been taking down a lot of firewood himself” means that Roof had been
In which of the following statements is the narrator most clearly making fun of the situation he is describing?
A word that means the same as mesmerize is
The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses
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To deal with Hannetjie, Brille draws mainly from his experiences with his…
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At the end of the story, what is the relationship between Hannetjie and Span One?
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To obscure your flaws is to
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An event that might be referred to as bedlam is a
Part Five: Read article/Answer questions
PART SIX: ESSAY
Directions: Choose one question from each novel that you read and answer the question with details from the novel! Length: MAKE IT GOOD!
Things Fall Apart
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Option One: Explain the significance of the title Things Fall Apart..
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Option Two: Do any of the characters change in the course of the novel? If so, who, and how?
Cry, the Beloved Country
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Option One: Cry, the Beloved Country has been called, "the single most important novel in twentieth-century South African
literature." Why? What is it about the book that makes it so important, so outstanding?
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Option Two: It has been said that Cry, the Beloved Country is a "classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the
dignity of man." Defend that statement using examples from the book.
Life of Pi
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Option One: What is the definition of a hero? Is there a hero in this story? If so, who is it? If not, why not? Support your answers with
examples from the text.
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Option Two: Pi's ordeal involves his faith in God, his faith in himself, and his will to survive.
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