Date: Class Spring 2015 Literature Final Exam Study Guide

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1 Name Date: Class Spring 2015 Literature Final Exam Study Guide If you would like to type your answers directly on this study guide, you are allowed to format it in the way that is best for you. I should still be able to see my questions and headings. LITERARY TERMS (look over your notes) All of the terms and elements that were given to you during your Short Story Unit DRAMATIC TERMS (look over your notes) Aside Audience Characterization Climax Comedy Conflict Drama dramatic irony Plot Setting Situational irony Soliloquy Stage Suspense Theater Theme Tragedy Verbal irony Poetry Terms (define on a sheet of paper, if you have note cards, those may be used) Stanza free verse sonnet refrain couplet Haiku end rhyme Onomatopoeia ballad limerick Rhyme scheme Alliteration Hyperbole Symbol Meter Iamb Personification Imagery Simile Metaphor AUTHORS YOU WILL NEED TO MATCH ATUHORS WITH THEIR WORKS. The Chimney Sweeper Annabel Lee Fire and Ice Nothing Gold Can Stay Heritage Macavity Charge of the Light Brigade Because I could not stop for death The Negro Speaks of Rivers The Cremation of Sam McGee Dulce et Decorum Est Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Cyrano de Bergerac Foreign Phrases (define on a sheet of paper, if you have note cards, those may be used) Modius vervindi Pro forma Modus operandi Prima Facie Pro Bono Publico Persona Non Grata Sic transit Gloria mundi quid pro quo Requiescat in pace sine qua non sub rosa CYRANO de BERGERAC (Write the answers on a sheet of paper) 1. Why is the setting of Act One is significant because? 2. While defeating Valvert in a sword duel, what does Cyrano do? 3. Readers learn much about Cyrano before he appears on the stage, how? 4. Cyrano s reaction to Christian s insults shows what? 5. But you haven t told me about your battle last night A hundred men against you? Well, good bye. You re my best friend! WHO SAYS THIS? 6. Which three men are in love with Roxane? 7. Why are one hundred men are sent to kill Ligniere? 8. How does the author help make Act Two end in a humorous mood? 9. What does Roxane tell DeGuiche to do in order to get revenge on Cyrano? 10. What does Christian fail miserably at in Act 3? 11. Roxane receives a letter from whom in Act 3? 12. How does Cyrano keep DeGuiche from interrupting the wedding? 1

2 13. How does Cyrano keep his troops from thinking about being hungry? 14. What does DeGuiche wear to show his rank? 15. What does Christian realize before he dies? 16. How much time has passed when Act 5 begins? 17. Where is Roxane living in Act 5? 18. What is wrong with Cyrano in Act 5? Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (write your answers on a sheet of loose leaf paper) 1. The author suffered throughout his life due to: 2. The author s idea for the novel originated from: 3. The era in which the novel was written is referred to as the 4. During the era in which the novel was written: 5. What is a character trait to describe Mr. Utterson? 6. After Enfield tells Utterson the tale about the young girl: 7. Which person does not like to ask too many questions? 8. What is most suspicious and eerie about the man who trampled the girl? 9. Mr. Utterson knew Dr. Jekyll because: 10. Utterson decides to stake out Hyde s house because: 11. Hyde calls Utterson a liar because: 12. After meeting Hyde, Utterson visits Jekyll s home. Utterson views Jekyll s pleasantest room in London much differently. The flickering of the firelight and shadows in the room make him nervous. This shows a change in: 13. When Utterson visits Dr. Jekyll the first time, Dr. Jekyll tries to comfort Utterson by: 14. Utterson finds out about Sir Carew s murder because: 15. What evidence is found in Hyde s house? 16. What is true about Hyde? 17. What is Poole s position? 18. What does a servant girl witness from a window? 19. What does Hyde s letter to Jekyll say? 20. What does Mr. Poole say about the letter Hyde left with Jekyll? 21. After the murder, how does Jekyll look when Mr. Utterson goes to visit him? 22. In the days following Sir Carew s murder, Dr. Jekyll: 23. After a few months, Mr. Utterson writes to Jekyll after his visit with Lanyon. How does Jekyll respond? 24. What is strange, in Mr. Utterson s opinion, about this quote in Lanyon s letter? Not to be opened till the death or disappearance of Dr. Henry Jekyll. 25. When Enfield and Utterson go on a walk; they end up in front of the strange building with the door again. What literary element is being used? 26. Why do Enfield and Utterson decide to visit Jekyll? 27. At the window, Enfield and Utterson witness: 28. When Mr. Utterson and Mr. Poole walk to Dr. Jekyll s, what does Poole do? 29. The wind, which only broke in puff and draughts into that deep well of building, tossed the lights of the candle to and fro about their steps This quote is an example of: 30. Which of the following is NOT a detail which raises suspensions in Poole about Dr. Jekyll? 31. Who does Utterson and Poole find in the cabinet after breaking down the lab door? 32. The book that Poole and Utterson find in the cabinet is odd because: 2

3 33. What changes have occurred in Dr. Jekyll s will? 34. Why does Dr. Jekyll ask Dr. Lanyon to break into the laboratory and steal a drawer? 35. Who is the messenger that comes to get the drawer from Dr. Lanyon? 36. What does Dr. Lanyon witness that makes him so ill? 37. An argument between Utterson and Enfield 38. What happens to Dr. Lanyon? 39. Who is Hyde? 40. What brings Hyde into being? 41. At first, why does Jekyll periodically turn himself into Hyde? 42. How does Jekyll deal with Hyde in the end? 43. Jekyll was a good, upstanding citizen, but he longed to be evil. This represents what element? POETRY "The Chimney Sweeper" Poems - William Blake Why does the author use the words "weep, weep, weep"? Who are the Chimney Sweepers in the poems? What are the symbols found in these poems? What do they mean? What is the view of the narrator in the first poem vs. the second poem? "Charge of the Light Brigade" - Alfred Lord Tennyson What is the tone of the narrator towards war? What symbol does Tennyson use to show bravery? What does "the jaws of death and the mouth of hell" symbolize? Does anyone die in the poem? How do you know? Why did the author write this poem? "Dulce et Decorum Est" - Wilfred Owen What does the title of the poem mean? What is the narrator's view of war? What is the lie told in this poem? Who is the lie being told to? Give an example of a simile in this poem. "Fire and Ice" - Robert Frost What does fire and ice symbolize in this poem? What is the author's tone in this poem? What is the poem about? 3

4 "Nothing Gold Can Stay" - Robert Frost What is this poem literally about? What are some other meanings of this poem? Give an example of allusion from this poem. "Annabel Lee" - Edgar Allan Poe Why did Poe write this poem? Why according to the narrator, did Annabel Lee die? What is unique about the rhythm of this poem? What does the narrator do "all the nighttide"? What is repeated throughout the poem? Why would Poe do this? What type of poem is this? "Because I could not stop for death" - Emily Dickenson Who is riding in the carriage? What does the speaker see while in the carriage? Whose house do they pass by? Does the speaker want to die? Where is the speaker going at the end the poem? What is personified in this poem? Heritage" - Countee Cullen How does the speaker feel about being a Christian? Give examples of imagery found in this poem? "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" - Langston Hughes This is an example of what type of poetry? Where does life begin in this poem? What rivers are mentioned in this poem? Why? What river turned Gold and why? "Macavity: The Mystery Cat" - T.S. Eliot What type of poem is this? Macavity is compared to what historical figure? What kind of cat is Macavity? What special powers does he have? Give some of examples of allusion found in this poem. "The Cremation of Sam Mcgee" - Robert Service 4

5 What type of poem is this? Where does the story take place? What is Sam's last request? " Give an example of onomatopoeia from this poem 5