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English 11 sem 2
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| eminence | greatness;celebrity |
| transient | not permanent |
| prodigious | powerful |
| radiant | brightly shining |
| tumultuous | agitated |
| bastions | fortifications |
| rude | crude or rough |
| sages | wise people |
| pine | yearn |
| dilapidated | in disrepair |
| terrestrial | of the earth |
| sublime | majestic |
| superfluous | unnecessary |
| evitable | avoidable |
| magnanimity | nobility of mind |
| systemically | in an orderly manner |
| expedient | resource |
| posterity | succeeding generations |
| alacrity | willingness or readiness |
| bivouac | temporary encampment |
| blithe | carefree |
| chaos | disorder |
| aversion | intense dislike |
| suffrage | voting |
| inscrutable | not easily understood |
| maledictions | curses |
| prescient | having foreknowledge |
| pertinaciously | holding firmly to a purpose |
| garrulous | talking too much |
| conjectured | guessed |
| monotonous | tiresome because unvarying |
| interminable | seeming to last forever |
| ornery | having a mean disposition |
| cynical | pessimistic |
| apropos | with regard to |
| ingenuously | sincerely |
| aberrations | abnormalities |
| scatheless | unhurt |
| opprobrious | scornful |
| obstreperous | unruly |
| pathos | feeling of pity or sadness |
| acquiesced | agreed |
| beleaguered | encircled by an army |
| discordant | clashing |
| conflageration | a big; destructive fire |
| unwonted | unfamilar |
| tabloid | a newspaper with many pictures and short, often senstional, stories |
| For the author as a boy, the Mississippi River was above all: | a means of escape from Hannibal |
| Which of the following statements reflects one of the central ideas of "The Boy's Ambition"? | the unknown often has much greater appeal than the familiar |
| Why does the author describe the arrival of the steamboat in such great detail? | to emphasize the importance of the event |
| Which of the following sentences from the selection contains an example of exaggeration? | "Before these events, the day was glorious with expectancy...." |
| Twain used exaggeration in "The Boy's Ambition" primarily to: | make the story entertaining |
| What word best describes the tone Twain adopts in the selection? | droll |
| Which of the following details of the narrative has Twain most likely fictionalized? | the apprentice engineer's escape from the explosion |
| What makes the steamboat such a source of fascination for the boys? | it is a connection to the world outside Hannibal |
| Which of the following features of "The Boy's Ambition"makes the selection a narrative? | the ordered sequence of events |
| Which of the following sayings best describes the author's attitude toward the boy who becomes an apprentice engineer? | justice is blind |
| In "To Build a Fire," there is an external conflict between: | human beings and nature |
| Which of the following character flaws brought about the man's tragic end? | ignorance |
| Toward the end of " To Build a Fire," the man has an internal conflict between his: | body and his will |
| Which of the following themes is expressed by the contrasting ways in which the dog and the man cope with cold? | humans need to be attuned to nature in order to survive in it |
| Until the story ends, the man's attitude toward the advice provided by the old-timer of Sulphur Creek was one of: | ridicule |
| Which of the following details of the story reflects the story's central theme most clearly? | the fire was put out by an avalanche of snow from the branches that the man had inadvertently agitated |
| Which internal conflict does the man experience toward the end of the story? | realism versus hope |
| What is the central idea of "To Build a Fire"? | nature is more powerful than humans |
| In "To Build a Fire," London's attitude toward the Alaskan wilderness can best be described as: | respectful |
| During the course of the story, the man changes from being: | independent to helpless |
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