MID-TERM REVIEW ENG. III
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English III Mid-term Review
Turn this in filled out and receive up to 10 pts. on your mid-term. All the questions will come from this list and will be multiple-choice or matching. Searching out these questions will provide you not only with extra points, but the answers to all questions that will appear on the test. The sheet must be turned in before the test. The test will have 50 questions and is worth 10% of your grade.
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
What is the real reason for a quest?
When O’Brien ‘s character falls through the road, which piece of literature is he comparing his story to?
What is the title of the musical based on Romeo and Juliet?
In literature, what does myth mean?
Which Victorian novelist is credited with the line, “It was a dark and stormy night”?
Which stratum of society does Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher deal with?
Which Hemingway character is seen as a Christ figure?
What is it called when a writer writes about sex and means strictly sex?
When characters go south, what does that generally mean?
In The Wasteland, which month is called the cruelest?
The Scarlet Letter – fill in chart (see handout)
| Character | Character Analysis |
| Arthur Dimmesdale | |
| Black Man | |
| Hester Prynne | |
| Mistress Hibbins | |
| Pearl | |
| Roger Chillingworth |
The Scarlet Letter Questions (look at pink sheet and watch Rocketbook)
What is Hester’s crime?
According to Hester’s punishment, how long will she be forced to wear the scarlet letter?
The motif of the Black Man, or devil, is introduced in this chapter. What is Black Man also a metaphor for?
What reason does Hester give for not leaving her community?
How does Pearl feel about the scarlet letter?
How does Pearl react to other children when they taunt her?
During the meeting at the governor’s mansion, Wilson asks Pearl who made her. How does the child respond?
Which character argues in favor of Hester keeping Pearl?
What does Chillingworth believe is causing Arthur’s sickness?
How does Chillingworth react to seeing that Arthur has been hiding his own scarlet letter?
Dimmesdale’s public statements of self-hatred show what about his character?
What phenomenon occurs when Arthur mounts the scaffold with Hester and Pearl?
Seeing to what extent Arthur Dimmesdale’s disintegration is due to Chillingworth’s actions, what does Hester regret having promised him?
Who does Chillingworth blame for his transformation into a fiend?
What does Pearl fashion from green seaweed while playing alongside the ocean?
When Pearl asks if Hester has ever met the Black Man, how does Hester respond?
During their forest meeting, what does Hester reveal to Arthur that causes him to collapse in horror?
During their meeting in the forest, how does Hester illustrate to Arthur that the past can be undone?
How does Pearl receive Dimmesdale’s kiss?
What is different about Hester as she arrives at the market place on Election Day?
What shocking news does the commander deliver to Hester?
When Pearl encounters the ship’s commander, what does he give her?
What does Arthur do after he makes his confession?
What becomes of Pearl?
The Crucible – fill in chart (look at handout)
| Character | Character Analysis |
| John Proctor | |
| Abigail Williams | |
| John Hale | |
| Elizabeth Proctor | |
| Reverend Parris | |
| Rebecca Nurse | |
| Giles Corey | |
| Mary Warren | |
| Thomas Putnam |
The Crucible (look at yellow sheet and watch Rocketbook)
On what real events did Arthur Miller base the Crucible on?
Why does Reverend Parris fear his niece has fallen victim to witchcraft?
Why is Goody Putnam resentful of any woman with a healthy family?
According to Betty, why did Abigail drink blood the night before?
What is John Proctor guilty of?
What does Goody Nurse suggest about Betty and Ruth?
What is Proctor’s excuse for rarely attending church services?
Parris tells Hale about the events in the forest and the focus turns to Abigail. What does she say about Tituba?
Why does Elizabeth believe John is reluctant to charge Abigail?
Why does Mary feel justified in disobeying her boss?
Which of the Ten Commandments is John unable to remember?
Who is Elizabeth Proctor’s accuser?
When Giles storms the courtroom, how does Judge Danforth react?
Why does Giles Corey claim Putnam convinced his daughter to cry witchery upon George Jacobs?
On hearing John’s confession of his affair with Abigail, what does Danforth order?
Why does Elizabeth say that John is not an adulterer?
What is the news from the nearby town of Andover?
Why won’t Danforth pardon the remaining prisoners?
What did Giles say as he was pressed to death by stones?
What does Danforth plan to do with Proctor’s written confession?
Literature Book (up to 245)
Which of the Native American stories explains the absence of buffalo around the Columbia River.
Which of the Native American stories covers how the world was created?
Why did Columbus call the people of the New World Indians?
Define a secondary source.
What percentage of the Plymouth Colony died during the first winter?
What is the name of the Indian who helped the people of the Plymouth Colony?
How many years did William Bradford serve as governor?
What is the name of the captured African slave who wrote a popular autobiography?
What is the name of the first notable American poet?
In “Sinner’s in the Hands of an Angry God” what experience does Jonathan Edwards say man must have in order not to go to Hell?
Which university did Jonathan Edwards eventually become president of?
