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What is the setting of Julius Caesar? | Rome 44 B.C. |
Caesar returns to Rome after fighting whom? | Pompey and his sons |
Who is Caesar's wife? | Calpurnia |
Who is Brutus's wife? | Portia |
What two men flee Rome after Caesar's death because they fear for their lives? | Cassius and Brutus |
In Act One, what warning does the soothsayer have? | "Beware the ides of March" |
Who offers Caesar the crown? | Mark Antony |
How many times does Caesar refuse the crown? | 3 |
What day does Caesar die? | March 15 |
How does Portia die? | She swallows a hot coal and chokes to death. |
What supernatural event makes Brutus certain that it is time for him to die? | He sees Caesar's ghost. |
What is a soliloquy? | a long speech given by a character while alone on stage to reveal his or her private thoughts or intentions |
What is an aside? | a character’s quiet remark to the audience or another character that no one else on stage is supposed to hear. |
In Lord of the Flies, what animal's head is put onto a stick? | pig |
In Lord of the Flies, what object is used to call to order the boys' meetings? | conch shell |
In Lord of the Flies, in chapter 2, why does the boys' plan for rescue fail? | They start the forest on fire, and a littlun goes missing. |
In Lord of the Flies, in chapter 5, who tells stories about the beast in order to manipulate the boys in believing the beast does exist? | Jack |
In Lord of the Flies, in chapter 6, what’s occurring “at ten miles’ height” above the island? | air battle |
In Lord of the Flies, in chapter 10, what happens to Piggy's glasses? | The hunters steal them (Jack's group). |
In Lord of the Flies, who is murdered in chapter 9? | Simon |
In "And of Clay Are We Created," how is the narrator made aware of what Rolf is doing? | She watches him on T.V. |
In "And of Clay Are We Created," what piece of equipment does Rolf need to rescue Azucena? | a pump |
In "The Leap," what happens to the narrator's mother when she was performing a blindfolded trapeze act? | Lightning struck a tent pole and sent her falling toward nothing. |
In "The Leap," what happened to the narrator when she was seven years old? | The family home caught on fire. The narrator was trapped in her upstairs bedroom. Her mother jumped with her to the safety of the firefighter's net. |
In "The Leap," Anna was illiterate for quite some time. Where did she learn to read and write? Who taught her? | the hospital; the narrator's father |