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Pre AP Spring 2013 Semester Exam Review
Part I:
You need to read “The Monkey’s Paw,” and complete the questions and character analysis at
the end of it.
You will need to be able to identify literary elements that are found within the text. Annotate
your text for the literary elements as you find them in the story.
Some literary elements that you should particularly look for include:
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Point of View
Visual Imagery
Auditory Imagery
Olfactory (Smell) Imagery
Personification
Irony
Tactile Imagery
Part II: Night
Using either your copy, the on-line copy (available on my website), or one of our classroom
copies, answer the following questions from Night.
What word means the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial,
political, or ethnic group?
What word means an irrational hatred of a person, group, or race based upon a
preconceived opinion or judgment?
In what point of view was the book Night written?
What did Elie Wiesel want to study at the beginning of the book?
Who helped Elie with his studies?
Madame Schatcher’s visions about fire are an example of what?
“It was like a page torn from some storybook,” is an example of what?
“Everywhere rooms lay open…An open tomb.” This is an example of what?
Whose death symbolizes the loss of Elie’s faith?
What do the men do to help their chances during selection?
Elie and his father leaving the hospital before it’s liberated is an example of what?
What was the last word Elie’s father said?
What do the liberated prisoners think about after being freed?
What does Akiba Drummer ask Elie and his father to do for him?
Identify the following passages as similes or metaphors.
24. “Here came the Rabbi…His mere presence among the deportees added a touch of
unreality to
the scene. It was like page torn from some storybook, from some historical novel about the
captivity of Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition (Wiesel 14).”
25. “We were already accustomed to rumors of this kind [that told the front was drawing
nearer to the camp]. It was not the first time a false prophet had foretold to us peace-onearth…And we
often believed them. It was an injection of morphine (Wiesel 76).”
26. In the above quote from page 76, what is the first thing being compared?
27. In the above quote from page 76, what is the second thing being compared?
28. “Suddenly his eyes would become blank, nothing but two open wounds, two pits of
terror
(Wiesel 72).”
29. In the above quote from page 72, what is the first thing being compared?
30. In the above quote from page 72, what is the second thing being compared?
Part III: Vocabulary
Define the following vocabulary terms from our vocabulary lessons. You also need to be able to
determine an antonym for the term.
dilemma
comprehensive
abnormal
baffled
enigma
labyrinth
quandary
tactic
rarity
quaint
orthodox
deficit
convoluted
replenish
scant
prevalent
exhaustive
deficient
plethora
ambiguous
Part IV: Shakespeare
Please define the following words:
alligator
auspicious
castigate
critical
dauntless
divest
equivocal
eyeball
eyesore
frugal
gloomy
gnarled
hoodwinked
impede
jaded
laughingstock
leapfrog
lonely
luggage
majestic
manager
mimic
mountaineer
obscene
outbreak
pedant
petition
puke
rancorous
reinforcement
rumination
torture
unmitigated
worthless
zany
Please explain the following phrases:
…heart of gold
…sorry sight
… too much of a good thing
… all that glitters is not gold
…dead as a doornail
…elbow room
…full circle
…good riddance
Please answer the following questions:
When was Shakespeare born?
Where did Shakespeare grow-up?
What three genres did Shakespeare write in?
Where were his plays performed?
Who were the reigning monarchs during Shakespeare time?
In what poetic meter did Shakespeare write?
Please give an example of a Shakespearian tragedy:
Please give an example of a Shakespearian comedy:
Part V: Archetypes
The term archetype can be applied to:
Archetypes can be expressed in:
Identify situational archetypes and briefly explain each:
Identify character archetypes and briefly explain each:
Identify symbolic archetypes and briefly explain each:
Please give examples of fairy tale allusions:
Please give examples of modern allusions: