The Catcher In the Rye
Exam
Review
Review Exam • The Catcher In the Rye Questions
Exam Review Questions for The Catcher In the Rye
Directions: Answer the following questions and complete the activities in order to prepare for
The Catcher in the Rye Unit Exam.
Symbolism: describe what the following symbols represent.
Symbol:
Holden’s red hunting hat
Allie’s glove
The ducks in the park
“Little Shirley’s Beans” Record
Pencey Prep
Central Park
Movies
Unmade Phone Calls
What does this represent?
Review Exam • The Catcher In the Rye Questions
Characterization: define each type of characterization below. Then, complete the chart.
There are two methods of characterization: Direct and Indirect. Define in the spaces below.
Methods of Characterization
Examples from the Selection and what they reveal
about the characters
Indirect Characterization definition:
The character is revealed through his or her own actions.
The writer describes how the character looks and
dresses
Example:
Reveals:
Example:
Reveals:
The character’s private thoughts are revealed.
Example:
Reveals:
The writer reveals what other characters in the story
say or think about the character.
Example:
Reveals:
The writer shows what the character says.
Example:
Reveals:
Direct characterization definition:
The writer directly states what kind of person the char- Example:
acter is: sneaky, honest, evil, innocent, and so on.
Reveals:
Review Exam • The Catcher In the Rye Questions
The Catcher in the Rye Test – Quotation Identification
Directions: For each of the following quotes, identify who said it, to whom, the situation in the novel, and why
it is significant. Record your answers on this handout. Use a separate sheet of paper if more space is needed.
1) "Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules."
2) "Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row.”
3) "For Chrissake, Holden. This is about a goddam baseball glove."
4) "Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad."
5) "My brother D.B.’s a writer and all, and my brother Allie, the one that died, that I told you about, was a wizard. I’m the only really dumb one."
6) "Then she really started to cry, and the next thing I knew, I was kissing her all over..."
7) "I’m always saying ‘Glad to’ve met you’ to someone I’m not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you
have to say that stuff, though."
8) "Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
Review Exam • The Catcher In the Rye Questions
The Catcher in the Rye – Theme Discussion
Directions: Discuss how each of the possible themes from the list below relates to The Catcher in the Rye.
Please support your assertions with textual references. A separate sheet of paper will be required.
1. Lack of/inability to communicate
2. Loneliness
3. Dealing with death
4. Optimism vs. Pessimism
5. Growing up too quickly
6. Reality vs. Illusion
7. Rites of Passage
8. Other?
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The Catcher in the Rye--Matching
Directions: Choose the correct answer and draw a line from the character to it.
1. Phoebe
A. An intelligent guy, but unkind
2. Mr. Antolini
B. Won’t marry Holden
3. Ackley
C. Wrote poetry on his baseball glove
4. Sally
D. Holden refuses sex with her
5. D. B.
E. Reads Holden’s test aloud to him
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6. Carl Luce
AB. Committed suicide
7. Mr. Spencer
AC. Holden’s confidant
8. Allie
AD. Unattractive and annoying
9. Stradlater
AE. The ideal girlfirend
10. James Castle
BC. Thinks highly of himself
11. Jane Gallagher
BD. Sold out to Hollywood
12. Sunny
BE. A kind former English teacher
Review Exam • The Catcher In the Rye Questions
Imagery:
Imagery:
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Directions: Define the term and select a quote from the novel that you believe is a great example of imagery. Describe the quote’s overall meaning and then list the descriptive words used in the sentences.
Quote #1:
Pg #: _________
What is this quote describing and what type of picture does it attempt to create?
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Text Connections: define the types of text connections below. Then, give an example of each.
Text Connection:
Text to Text
Text to Self
Text to World
Definition:
Example:
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Comedy: Define the following terms and give an example for each from the novel.
TERM:
DEFINITIONS:
EXAMPLES:
Parody
Burlesque
Stereotype
Sarcasm
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Tall Tales
Slapstick
Holden’s Psyche: List 5 normal teenage traits that Holden displays and 5 traits that display a
psychological breakdown in Holden.
Normal Teen Traits
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Psycholgical Breakdown
1.
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5.
Review Exam • The Catcher In the Rye Questions
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - The Catcher in the Rye
Chapters 1-4
1. Who is Holden Caulfield?
2. Where is Holden as he narrates the story?
3. Why wasn't Holden at the big football game?
4. Why wouldn't Holden be back to Pencey after Christmas vacation?
5. What "dirty trick" did Mr. Spencer pull on Holden?
6. Who was Robert Ackley?
7. Who was Ward Stradlater?
8. Identify Jane Gallagher.
9. Why doesn't Holden go down to see Jane?
Chapters 5-9
Review Exam • The Catcher In the Rye Questions
1. About what did Holden write Stradlater's composition?
2. Why did Holden tear up the composition he had written for Stradlater?
3. Why did Stradlater hit Holden?
4. Where did Holden decide to go?
5. Who did Holden meet on his train ride? Why did Holden lie to her about Ernie?
Chapters 10-13
1. Who is Phoebe?
2. Identify Bernice, Marty and Laverne.
3. Describe Holden's relationship with Jane Gallagher.
4. Why did Holden have to leave Ernie's?
5. What do we learn about Holden from his diversion about his gloves being stolen at Pencey?
Review Exam • The Catcher In the Rye Questions
6. What was the "big mess" Holden got into when he got back to the hotel after being at Ernie's?
Chapters 14-17
1. Why did Maurice hit Holden?
2. Holden said he felt like committing suicide. Why didn't he?
3. Identify Sally Hayes.
4. Why did Holden check out of the hotel, and where did he go?
5. Who did Holden meet at the "little sandwich bar" after he locked his bags at the station? What did they talk
about?
6. What record did Holden get for Phoebe? Why?
7. What made Holden "not so depressed anymore" on his way to the record store?
8. Why didn't Holden like actors?
9. Why did Holden like the museum so much?
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10. What did Holden think of "George something--"?
11. How did Holden's feelings for Sally change from the beginning of the date to the end?
Chapters 18-21
1. What did Holden think of the show at Radio City?
2. Why did Holden call Carl Luce even though he didn't like him much?
3. What did Holden and Luce discuss?
4. Why did Holden go home so early (before Wednesday)?
5. What was Phoebe's reaction when she first saw Holden? What was her reaction when she found out that he
had been expelled?
Chapters 22-26
1. What was Holden's reply when Phoebe asked him why he "got the ax again"?
2. Identify James Castle.
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3. Why did Holden go to Mr. Antolini's house?
4. Why did Holden leave Mr. Antolini's home before morning?
5. What advice did Mr. Antolini give Holden?
6. How did Phoebe surprise Holden? What was Holden's reaction?
7. Why did Holden sit on the bench in the rain even though it was coming down in buckets?
8. How did Holden explain his catcher in the rye daydream?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Exam
Review
Review Exam • To Kill a Mockingbird
Exam Review for To Kill a Mockingbird
“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was
a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
Tom Robinson
1. As the mockingbird provides happiness to people through its song, Tom provides happiness through
selfless and kind acts. Identify two specific acts of selfless kindness by Tom Robinson in To Kill a
Mockingbird.
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2. Tom, like a mockingbird, is an innocent who has been injured or destroyed through contact with
evil. Identify two ways in which Tom has been injured or destroyed unjustly.
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3. What is the “evil” that destroys Tom’s innocence?
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Review Exam • To Kill a Mockingbird
Exam Review for To Kill a Mockingbird
“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was
a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
Boo Radley
1. As the mockingbird provides happiness to people through its song, Boo provides happiness through
selfless and kind acts. Identify two specific acts of selfless kindness by Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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2. Boo, like a mockingbird, is an innocent who has been injured or destroyed through contact with evil.
Identify two ways in which Boo has been injured or destroyed unjustly.
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3. What is the “evil” that destroys Boo’s innocence?
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Review Exam • To Kill a Mockingbird
Exam Review for To Kill a Mockingbird
“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was
a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
Jem Finch
1. As the mockingbird provides happiness to people through its song, Jem provides happiness through
selfless and kind acts. Identify two specific acts of selfless kindness by Jem Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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2. Jem, like a mockingbird, is an innocent who has been injured or destroyed through contact with evil.
Identify two ways in which Jem has been injured or destroyed unjustly.
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3. What is the “evil” that destroys Jem’s innocence?
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Review Exam • To Kill a Mockingbird
Exam Review for To Kill a Mockingbird
“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was
a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
Dolphus Raymond
1. As the mockingbird provides happiness to people through its song, Dolphus provides happiness
through selfless and kind acts. Identify two specific acts of selfless kindness by Dolphus Raymond in
To Kill a Mockingbird.
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2. Dolphus, like a mockingbird, is an innocent who has been injured or destroyed through contact with
evil. Identify two ways in which Dolphus has been injured or destroyed unjustly.
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3. What is the “evil” that destroys Dolphus’s innocence?
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Review Exam • To Kill a Mockingbird Questions
Exam Review Questions for To Kill a Mockingbird
Write in full sentences. You may work in pairs ONLY (no larger groups).
1. What are the two themes of this novel?
2. The three main characters are Scout, Jem, and Atticus. For each character, do a character sketch including personality traits and beliefs. Find a piece of evidence from the text to support each personality trait and belief.
3. Describe Dill. What kind of character is he? Why is he included in this novel?
4. Compare Dill to Scout and Jem.
5. Dill changes and matures throughout the course of the novel. Explain what kind of person he is at the beginning of the novel and compare this to the kind of person he is at the end of the novel. Why does he change?
Use specific examples from the text to support your opinion.
6. Describe Miss Maudie. Why is she important to the novel?
7. How does Miss Maudie affect Scout and Jem?
8. Boo Radley is one of the most unique characters in this novel. Compare the children’s description of him in
the beginning of the novel to what we learn he is really like in the final chapters of the novel. Use specific references from the novel to support your opinion.
9. Describe Mayella Ewell. Is she a “good guy” or a “bad guy?” Explain.
10. Are the Ewells a helpless case? Do you think they can change? Why? Use evidence from the text to support
your answers.
11. Create a character sketch of Bob Ewell. Is he an effective character? Why?
12. Who is Dolphus Raymond? What is his purpose in the novel?
13. Does Dolphus Raymond teach Jem and Scout anything? If so, what? Use specific examples from the text to
support your answer.
14. Calpurnia is a very predominant figure throughout the novel. Create a character sketch of Calpurnia.
15. Calpurnia teaches Scout many lessons throughout the novel. Explain three things that she teaches Scout. Are
these lessons important for Scout? Use examples from the text to support your answers.
16. Calpurnia teaches Jem many lessons throughout the novel. Explain three things that she teaches Jem. Are these
lessons important for Jem? Use examples from the text to support your answers.
17. Coming of age implies education, in both the scholastic sense, as well as the social sense.
A. Identify five life lessons that Scout learns throughout the novel. Use specific examples from the text to
support your answer.
B. How does Scout respond to learning these life lessons? Is she disillusioned?
C. Identify five life lessons that Jem learns throughout the novel. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
D. How does Jem respond to learning these life lessons? Is he disillusioned?
18. What do you think is the most important message in this novel? Write a well-structured formal paragraph to
support your argument.
Romeo and Juliet
Exam
Review
Review Exam • Romeo and Juliet Quotations
Format of quotation questions
You will have to write in full sentences about 2 out of 3 quotations. If you write about more quotations,
only your first 2 answers will be marked.
To prepare for this part of the exam, as part of each answer, you will have to identify and explain the effectiveness of a literary device that Shakespeare uses in the quotation. Therefore, you should make sure
you can identify the following literary devices :
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Allusion
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Imagery
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Pun
Double entendre
Symbolism
Irony and dramatic irony
Foreshadowing
N.B. This list of literary devices will not appear on the exam.
Example of a quotation question:
Quotation A
Tybalt:
What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word
As I hate hell, all Montagues and thee.
Question:
How does this quotation illustrate Tybalt’s character? (2 marks)
Answer:
Tybalt’s aggressive nature is immediately established when he first appears in
the play. He rejects Benvolio’s attempts to prevent a street brawl and restarts
the riot.
Question:
Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the
quotation where this device occurs. (1 mark)
Answer:
Alliteration. The words hate and hell should be underlined (Note: this
answer does not have to be a full sentence).
Question:
Explain why this literary device is effective. (2 marks)
Answer:
Tybalt’s use of alliteration adds emphasis to his hostile words.
Review Exam • Romeo and Juliet Quotations
Quotation B
Juliet:
I’ll look to like, if looking liking move.
But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.
Write about the significance of this quotation in the development of Juliet’s character (2 marks):
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Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs (1
mark). ______________________________
Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs (1
mark). ______________________________
Quotation C
Prince:
On pain of torture, …throw your mistempered weapons to the ground,
And hear the sentence of your movèd prince.
Identify a major topic of the play and explain how this quotation helps develop this theme (2 marks).
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Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs (1
mark). ______________________________
Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks):
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Review Exam • Romeo and Juliet Quotations
Quotation D
Romeo:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
Write about the significance of this quotation as an illustration of Romeo’s character (2 marks):
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Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs (1
mark). ______________________________
Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks):
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Quotation E
Juliet:
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.
Identify a major topic of the play and explain how this quotation helps develop this theme (2 marks).
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Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs (1
mark). ______________________________
Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs (1
mark). ______________________________
Review Exam • Romeo and Juliet Quotations
Quotation F
Mercutio:
Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?
Write about the significance of this quotation as an illustration of Mercutio’s character (2 marks):
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Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs (1
mark). ______________________________
Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks):
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Quotation G
Juliet:
Oh happy dagger!
Identify a major topic of the play and explain how this quotation helps develop this theme (2 marks):
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Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs (1
mark). ______________________________
Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks):
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Review Exam • Romeo and Juliet Quotations
Quotation H
Juliet:
Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth,
Lies fest ‘ring in his shroud; where, as they say,
At some hours in the night spirits resort–
Alack, alack, is it not like that I,
So early waking–what with loathsome smells,
And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad–
O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught,
Environed with all these hideous fears,
And madly play with my forefathers’ joints, …
As with a club, dash out my desperate brains?
Write about the significance of this quotation in the development of Juliet’s character (2 marks):
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Identify one literary device in this quotation and underline the part of the quotation where this device occurs (1
mark). ______________________________
Explain why this literary device is effective (2 marks):
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Media Unit
Exam
Review
Review Exam • Media Unit
Goodwin’s Criteria for Music Video Analysis
Answering the following questions fully will demonstrate understanding of Goodwin’s music video
analysis.
1. List as many genre characteristics as you can think of for the following music genres: alternative,
country, electronica, hip hop, metal, pop, R&B, rock.
2. What do genre characteristics suggest about the genre, and about the artist?
3. How are the relationship between lyrics and visuals different from the relationship between music
and visuals?
4. What does it mean for the lyrics and visuals of a music video to be
A. illustrative
B. amplifying
C. contradicting?
5. What does it mean for the music and visuals of a music video to be
A. illustrative
B. amplifying
C. contradicting?
6. Why do the demands of the record label require lots of close-ups of the artist?
7. How is establishing a motif or visual style in music videos beneficial for an artist?
8. What can the frequent reference to the notion of looking be symbolic of?
9. What is the impact of the voyeuristic treatment of the female body on
A. females
B. males
C. society?
10. What literary device would be attributed to intertextual reference?
11. Why are intertextual references used in music videos?
12. How is the use of intertextual references an advantage for artists in their music videos?
Review Exam • Media Unit
Videos Viewed or Referred to in Class by Teacher
Art Form
2Pac - “Changes”
Green Day - “21 Guns”
Green Day - “Wake Me Up When September Ends”
OK Go - “End Love”
OK Go - “White Knuckles”
P!nk - “Raise Your Glass”
Demands of the Record Label
Beyoncé - “Single Ladies”
Justin Timberlake - “Sexy Back”
Intertextuality
Beyoncé - “Single Ladies” <– Empire G - “The Sign of Leo”
Geri Halliwell - “It’s Raining Men” <– Flashdance, Fame
Madonna - “Material Girl” <– Marilyn Monroe in Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
The Killers - “Mr. Brightside” <– Moulin Rouge
Nickelback - “Rockstar” <– “Where the Hell Is Matt” (YouTube 2008)
Lyrics and Visuals
Illustrative: Dixie Chicks - “Goodbye Earl”
Amplifies: Soul Asylum - “Runaway Train”
Contradictory: Carol Wood & Timothy Mitchum - “Let It Be” from the Across the Universe soundtrack
Race
Michael Jackson - “Black or White”
Sexism and Gender Roles
Gwen Stefani - “Hollaback Girl”
Violence
Eminem - “Love the Way You Lie” feat. Rihanna
Voyeurism
Miley Cyrus - “Can’t Be Tamed”