English 10 Fall Review

English 10

Fall Semester

Exam Review

 

Short Story

The Tell-Tale Heart

A Rose for Emily

Charming Billy

Pit and the Pendulum

Typhoid Fever

 

Attach your corrected old test to this guide. Answer the questions below.

 

Which of the following is not a trick used by Paul in Charming Billy to avoid being afraid?

1. He sings.
2. He counts
3. He licks dew
4. He reads

Paul tells himself that he will stop being afraid when

1. he reaches the village
2. He reaches the sea
3. He is with his parents
4. Buffalo stops bothering him

Which of the following is not an example of how the Tim O’Brien’s style connects the story to the Vietnam War?

1. his use of slang
2. casual references to things like plastic ponchos and Medevac helicopters
3. His direct confrontations of a young soldier’s fears
4. His portrayal of a war hero.

Which of the following best describes Charming Billy’s theme?

1. Fear itself can be a dangerous enemy
2. Fear is worse than death
3. War creates weak men
4. War creates fearless men

Which of the following best describes Paul’s character?

1. He is young, impressionable, and afraid
2. He is young, passionate, and fearless
3. He is weary, jaded, and hopeless
4. He is straightforward, obedient, and industrious.

Which of the following best explains how the narrator of the Pit and the Pendulum escapes from the bandage that restrains him?

1. The rats shred it in their attempts to find the source of the meaty odor
2. General LaSalle unties him
3. He repeatedly bends and unbends his left arm until he works it free
4. His captors release him but with the intention of forcing him into the pit.

What is Frankie in Typhoid Fever most afraid of when he is moved upstairs?

1. The spirits of patients who died there
2. Seamus and the Kerry nurse
3. The ghost of Patricia
4. Sister Rita

What is ironic about The Tell Tale Heart?

1. he tells us he’s not crazy, but his actions prove otherwise
2. we think the old man will get away at the end, but he dies
3. the old man is mean, when we thought at first he was nice
4. the old man’s heart beats from under the floor

 

Dialogue: add the punctuation necessary to complete the sentences.

 

“I love my unboring English class” said Jarek “Can I do more essays”

 

“What can I do to help” Jeremy asked nicely

 

“Grammar is the most fun” said Jacob “I hope we get to practice it more”

 

I love the Lord and I love the world and I am so happy to be involved in the world.

1. comma-splice
2. sentence fragment
3. run-on sentence
4. correct as is

 

Because I’m unhappy.

1. comma-splice
2. sentence fragment
3. run-on sentence
4. correct as is

 

In your own words, define the terms.

 

Irony

Symbolism

Repetition

Tone

Theme

Style

Foreshadowing

Conflict

Characters

Imagery

Mood

Plot

Point of View

Climax

Setting

Detail

 

Mythology

Gods

Goddesses

Heracles

Achilles

 

Answer the questions below. Attach your old test to this guide.

 

Goddess who became the symbol of Rome and appeared on its coin.

a.       Athena             b. Hestia           c. Hera             d. Aphrodite

Twice-born god birthed from Zeus’ thigh.

b.      Hephaestus                   b. Dionysus      c. Hermes         d. Hades

Apollo fell in love with Daphne because

c.       She was so beautiful he couldn’t resist

d.      He was dared by his twin to pursue her

e.       He mocked and challenged Cupid’s strength

f.        He was bored with other women

The relationship between Agamemnon and Achilles was

g.       strained, at best. If it wasn’t for the gods, they would have killed each other.

h.       Perfect. They would protect each other to the death.

i.         Bad at first, until they fell in love with the same woman and realized they had a lot in common.

j.        Nonexistent. They did not know each other.

k.      Father and son.

Which one of the following is not one of Heracles’ 12 labors?

l.         Heracles had to kill the hydra of Lerna

m.     Bring the swift deer with golden horns to Tiryns

n.       Judge who among Aphrodite, Athena and Hera was the most fair

o.      Bring the red cattle of a giant back to the king.

 

 

Lord of the Flies

 

Characters—short description

Ralph

Piggy

Simon

Jack

Roger

Samneric

Paratrooper

Lord of the Flies

 

Vocabulary. Define.

Parachute

Symbolism

Irony

Conch

Creepers

Freud

Creepers

 

Essay. Provide an outline for the following question.

Are we good or evil?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content

Questions from the study guide

 

Quotes

Quote quizzes and important details. Attach your corrected quizzes to the back of this guide for credit. Answer the questions below as well.

 

“Which is better—to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is? Which is better—to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?” Again the clamor. Ralph shouted against the noise. “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” Who is the unnamed speaker here?

 

“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?” Who is he speaking to?

 

Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy. When did he weep?