English Exam Semester 2
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According to the aliens, who is the most dangerous enemy? Who are the "monsters"
in the teleplay? - -Themselves; The residents of Maple Street, turning on each
other and resorting to violence.
At the end of act one of "the monsters are due on Maple Street", Les Goodman
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warns the residents that they are starting something that should frighten them, and
he goes on to call it a nightmare. What did he mean? - -They're starting a mob,
and that would end really badly, and they're turning on each other.
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Complete the sentence from "Harlem Night Song": Come, Let us roam the night
together _________. - -Singing
How did Aphrodite punish Narcissus? - ✅✅-She made him fall in love with his
reflection, so he could never have him.
How did Aschenputtel pick up the lentils so quickly? - ✅✅-She sang a song, and
birds flew in and picked them up
How did Bich Ngoc and Kim Chau try to kill Kien Tien? - ✅✅-By drugging her and
throwing her in the ocean
How did Sarah fly away in "The People Could Fly"? - ✅✅-Toby said the magic
words and she grew wings.
How did the king get Yeh-Shen to appear and claim the slipper? - ✅✅ -By ordering
the sandal placed in a pavilion by the side of the road near where it had been found.
How did the speaker's perspective change in the poem in "A Minor Bird"? - ✅✅ -It
went from being annoyed by the bird to realizing that it wasn't the bird's fault how it
sounded.
How did the stepmother trick and kill the fish in "Yeh-Shen"? - ✅✅-She took
Yeh-Shen's jacket, and when the fish saw it they jumped out of the water, and so the
stepmother killed it with a dagger.
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How does Charlie respond to Pete Vanhorn's reappearance in "The Monsters are
Due on Maple Street"? - -By shooting him with a shotgun
How does Eurydice die and when I'm "Orpheus"? - ✅✅-She was bit on the foot by
a snake on their wedding day
, How does Orpheus enter the underworld? - ✅✅ -He takes his liar and sings his way
through the ferry of the Styx, past Cerberus, and all of the land lady hushed .
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How does the situation on Maple Street continue to escalate? Why does this
happen? - -Everyone kept on finding new ways to blame someone, until they
are so scared that they resort to violence; It is a trait of humans to find a reason and
blame someone for something they can't explain.
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How has Les Goodman become a scapegoat in "the monsters are due on Maple
Street"? - -One suspicious thing happened with his car, then people started
pointing out other weird things about him to try and come up with an answer for all of
it.
How was Yeh-Shen able to go to the festival? - ✅✅-She asked the fish bones, and
they gave her a dress.
In "I'm Nobody" what does the writer compare a Somebody to? - ✅✅-Frog
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In "O Captain! My Captain!", what does the ship, Captain, trip/voyage, and prize
represent? - -Union; President Lincoln; war; preservation of the union
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In "Ode to Pablo's Tennis Shoes", in what way does Pablo want to become his
shoes? - -A little dirty and a little worn.
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In "Pandora's box" what gifts did Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera give Pandora? -
-The spark of love, wisdom, curiosity.
Poet group their work into units called what? - ✅✅-Stanzas
What adjectives are used to describe the moon in "Winter Moon"? - ✅✅-thin,
sharp, ghostly white, slim curved crook
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What adjectives were used to describe the master in "The People Could Fly"? -
-A hard lump of clay; a hard, glinty coal; a hard rock pile, wouldn't be moved
What are end rhymes? - ✅✅-Found at the end of two lines
What are folk tales, and what do they keep alive and close? - ✅✅-Our self
portraits, what we regard as important
What are folktales? - ✅✅ -Stories with no known authors that were originally
passed on by word of mouth, often over many centuries.
What are internal rhymes? - ✅✅-Occur within lines
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