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2nd Semester Exam Review. abate. to reduce, lesson. absconded. to leave. anneal. to reduce brittleness by heating, then cooling. apogee. the farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a satellite or heavenly body, the highest point . auspices. protection. Auspicious. important.
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abate to reduce, lesson absconded to leave
anneal to reduce brittleness by heating, then cooling apogee the farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a satellite or heavenly body, the highest point
auspices protection Auspicious important
Auxiliary helping blandishment word or deed of mild flattery
calumnious falsely and maliciously accusing, defamatory collusion a secret agreement
commissary a military store Commodious roomy
Cozen to cheat determinate precisely defined
dolorous sad Effluence garbage
elocution the art of speaking Extol praise
extorting to obtain by intimidation extraneous not essential
garrulous talkative gauntlet glove used for protection in medieval times
imperative necessary invidious arousing ill will
laudatory expressing praise, eulogistic malevolent evil
misanthropy hatred for mankind missal a prayer book
mute make quiet myriad many
ornithology study of birds ostentatious done to impress others
parody a satirical imitation pastoral having to do with the country
pathos the quality in events or art that arouses pity Patrician of nobility
piece de resistance The main dish Polity one form of government
Portend to foretell Posterity future generations
Progeny children, descendants, offspring purloin to borrow or steal
Qualm a doubt query to question
responsive willing to answer reticence quietness
retribution punishment; reprisal reviled to repulse
salubrious healthful sanguine Confident; having a ruddy color
sardonic bitterly sarcastic, mocking, sneering Sojourners people who stay temporarily
soliloquy an actor’s speech to himself tableau a vivid description
tacit silent; unspoken ulterior hidden
undercurrent an underlying tendency
Aphorism brief saying that embodies a moral; like a proverb Comic relief drunken porter at the gate in Macbeth
Foreshadowing “Fair is foul and foul is fair…”Macbeth Act I, Scene I Allegory uses archetypal characters to advance story; like parable
Denouement point where conflict is decided one way or another Renaissance re-birth
Age of Reason the purpose of the literature was didactic (to teach); style was structured and polished
Victorian Age era of the Industrial Revolution / highly civilized society Lyrical Ballads written by Wordsworth and Coleridge; sets forth formula for new type of poetry using common language
his boyhood was a struggle for survival Dickens “Beauty is truth, truth is beauty.” Keats
MACBETH 1. Macbeth is the shortest of Shakespeare’s four major tragedies and was written to be performed for which king who had a fascination with witchcraft and supernatural phenomena? King James I 2. What does the witches’ line “Fair is foul, and foul is fair…” suggest? things are not what they seem
MACBETH 3. After reading the letter, why does Lady Macbeth say she fears Macbeth’s nature? He is too kind to kill ruthlessly 4. Three statements about Macbeth he is very ambitioushe would like to be king of Scotlandhe would like to succeed honorably to the throne
MACBETH 5. Why does Lady Macbeth pray to be “unsexed” ? wishes to be cruel, not weak or gentle 6. What does Macbeth’s vision of an imaginary dagger suggest? his disturbed conscience
MACBETH 7. After Duncan’s murder what is Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s psychological state? Macbeth is more distracted; Lady Macbeth is more in control 8. Is Lady Macbeth’s remark that “A little water clears us of this deed” both literally and psychologically true? literallytrue, but psychologically untrue
MACBETH 9. In Act III why does Macbeth refer to his crown as “fruitless” and his scepter as “barren”? the witches predicted that Banquo’s descendants, not his, will be kings 10. How does Macduff fulfill the witches’ prophecy? he was taken from his mother’s womb before she could give birth to him
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 11. True or False Gulliver’s Travels mixes adventure and satire True 12. True or False Gulliver’s Travels was written as a children’s book False
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 13. True or False Gulliver’s Travels is an allegory protesting England’s oppression of Ireland False 14. Why does Swift satirizes modern European philosophers? disguising their ignorance by calling whatever they can’t explain a freak of nature
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 15. How can the Brobdingnagian King’s attitude toward political scientists BEST be described? contempt 16. How can the king’s reaction to Gulliver’s description of the uses of gunpowder BEST be described? moral outrage
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 17. The king’s comment that “the bulk of your natives (are) the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth” is prompted by Gulliver’s description of what? English society and government
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 18. What is Brobdingnag really? an imaginary place
DAVID COPPERFIELD 19. What three techniques does Dickens use to characterize Mr. Murdstone? description of his physical traits, description of his speech and behavior, showing the effect he has on David’s mother
DAVID COPPERFIELD 20. What is the primary way in which the reader gets to know David? sharing his thoughts and feelings 21. Who are the events narrated by? David as an adult recalling his childhood
DAVID COPPERFIELD 22. What does the Brooks of Sheffield incident illustrate? young David’s failure to understand adult conversation