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ENGLISH FINAL
Key things from the books I read and poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atticus Finch | Jem and Scout's father; lawyer defending Tom Robinson |
| Jem Finch | son of Atticus and Scout's brother; thinks trial is unfair |
| Scout Finch | main character in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD |
| Dill Baker Harris | Jem and Scout's bestie |
| Calpurnia | black caretaker of the Finches |
| Arthur "Boo" Radley | man who lives alone in the Radley house; a kind of myth; saves Jem and Scout |
| Miss Maudie | next-door neighbor who gives good advice |
| Bob Ewell | man who makes a false case against Tom Robinson; abusive towards Mayella |
| Mayella Ewell | girl who advances on Tom Robinson but he gently rejects her; gets beaten up by her dad; lonely; forced to make a case against Tom Robinson |
| Tom Robinson | falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell; most obvious mockingbird |
| Mr. Cunningham | |
| Walter Cunningham | |
| Rueven Malter | main character in THE CHOSEN; Orthodox Jew; friends w/ Danny; almost lost an eye |
| Mr. David Malter | Rueven's dad, rabbi |
| Danny Saunders | Rueven's' best friend, Hasidic Jew, struggles with/ silence w/ his dad and spiritual blindness and silence |
| Reb Saunders | Danny's dad, Hasidic RABBI ,treated Danny w/ silence |
| Billy | blind boy Rueven meets in the hospital |
| Mr. Savo | man Rueven meets while at the hospital |
| Zionism | |
| The Holocaust | The murder of over 11 million Jews by the Nazi's and other persecuted peoples in concentration camps |
| Hasidism | |
| Talmud | The Jewish people's "bible"; has only the Old Testament |
| Helena | In love w/ Demetrius |
| Hermia | In love w/ Lysander |
| Demetrius | Pursuing and engaged to Hermia; put under a spell to love Helena |
| Lysander | In love w/ Hermia; put under a spell to love Helena |
| Oberon | King of the Fairies |
| Titania | Queen of the Fairies; put under a spell by Oberon and falls in love w/ Nick Bottom |
| Robin Goodfellow "Puck" | Mischievous fairy that puts the potions in Lysander, Demetrius, and Titania's' eyes |
| Theseus | Duke of Athens; engaged to Hippolyta |
| Hippolyta | Queen of the Amazons; engaged to Theseus |
| Egeus | Hermia's father |
| Nick Bottom | Actor in Pyramus and Thisbe; Pyramus; has the head of a donkey ; Titania falls in love with him |
| Peter Quince | Director of the play "Pyramus and Thisbe"; has to keep Bottom in line |
| Mr. Rochester | man with whom Jane falls in love with; passionate |
| Helen Burns | a girl who Jane meets at Lowood who helps Jane spiritually |
| Miss Temple | kind headmistress of Lowood; is kind to Jane |
| Mr. Brocklehurst | mean, strict benefactor of Lowood; very, very strict |
| Mrs. Reed | Jane's aunt |
| John Reed | Jane's tormentor at Gateshead |
| Eliza and Georgiana Reed | Sister's of John Reed; Jane's cousins; mean |
| Bessie | Jane's kind nurse at Gateshead |
| Mrs. Fairfax | Jane's employer at Thornfield; distant relative of Mr.Rochester |
| Adele | Mr. Rochester's supposed illegitimate daughter he had with Céline Varens ; Jane's pupil @ Thornfield |
| Grace Poole | Bertha Mason's caretaker |
| Ms. Ingram | Rich, noblewoman Jane thought Mr. Rochester was going to marry; vain; only wanted to marry Mr. Rochester for $$$ |
| Bertha Mason | Mr.Rochester's secret, physco wife; bit mr. Mason; lit Thornfield on fire + killed herself |
| Mr.Mason | Bertha Mason's brother |
| St. John Rivers | Man who tries to convince Jane to marry him |
| Diana and Mary Rivers | Jane's practical sisters; Jane's cousins |
| Hannah | Works at the Rivers' estate |
| Mr. Oliver | Father of Rosamund Oliver |
| Miss Rosamund Oliver | Pretty girl that St. John in in love with but whom he does not marry |
| What is iambic meter? Give an example and what it is short for. | unstress, stress ; iamb ex. I do not like green eggs and ham, etc. |
| What is trochaic meter? Give an example and what it is short for. | stress, unstress ; trochee ex. double, double, toil and trouble, etc. |
| What is dactylic meter? Give an example and what it is short for. | stress, unstress, unstress ; dactyl ex. Half a league, half a league, half a league onward, etc. |
| What is anapestic meter? Give an example and what it is short for. | unstress, unstress, stress ; anapest ex. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold |
| What is one poetic foot? | Monometer |
| What are two poetic feet? | Dimeter |
| What are three poetic feet? | Trimeter |
| What are four poetic feet? | Tetrameter |
| What are five poetic feet? | Pentameter |
| What are six poetic feet? | Hexameter |
| What are seven poetic feet? | Heptameter |
| What are eight poetic feet? | Octameter |
Created by:
J Dilly
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