Tuesday, November 10, 2009

English 3 Unit Test IV Study Guide

1. The character who first appears "in riding clothes... standing with his legs apart on the front porch" is --

2. The pretentious expression, "I'm p-paralyzed with happiness," is spoken by --

3. Nick Carraway recalls a story which implied that Jordan Baker once --

4. Gatsby shows a police officer --

5. When Nick tells Gatsby, "You can't repeat the past," Gatsby replies --

6. Doctor T. J. Eckleburg becomes a symbol of --

7. Myrtle Wilson’s comment about the elevator boy (“These people! You have to keep after them all the time”) is most likely an example of

8. The expression "and the holocaust was complete" refers to --

9. The character who has "one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four of five times in life" is --

10. The character who, according to Gatsby, "fixed the world series" is --

11. Apparently, most of Gatsby's money, has come from --

12. When Myrtle Wilson is killed, the car that hit her was driven by --

13. "The promise of a decade of loneliness" is sensed by --

14. "That ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees" is -

15. A symbol of the human capacity for hope is --

16. Who is most likely to live in a Georgian Colonial mansion?

17. According to Jordan Baker, Gatsby throws lavish parties

18. The handwritten schedule Henry Gatz shows to Nick demonstrates

19. The observant reader knows Daisy’s desire to call off her wedding is true because

20. Why is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn considered such a revolutionary novel?

21. What is Huck’s final view of African-Americans?

22. Which of the following is an example of situational irony?

23. What attitude toward slavery does Huck most strongly convey at the beginning of the novel?

24. Which of the following sentences characterizes Huck’s father (chapter 5)?

25. Which of the following demonstrates Huck’s easy-going approach to life?

26. What best symbolizes home and safety in this novel?

27. The episode with Sherburn and the crowd (Chapter 22) demonstrates what human flaw?

28. The episode with the Wilks daughters’ gold demonstrates what human flaw?

29. Why are the Grangerfords and Shephersons fighting?

30. Why does Huck want to go to the “territory ahead of the rest” in the final chapter?

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