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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Final Exam Review

Macbeth Review

Characters to know: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Duncan, Banquo, Malcolm, Macduff
Content:
§ How does Duncan reward Macbeth for his valor?
§ What prophecies do the witches make regarding Macbeth and Banquo?
§ The former Thane of Cawdor had been what?
§ What do the witches hail Macbeth as?
§ What does Lady Macbeth try to convince her husband?
§ Why does Macbeth plot Banquo's murder?
§ What is the major factor leading to Macbeth’s downfall?
§ What does Lady Macbeth mean by: “I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.”
§ Why can't Lady Macbeth kill King Duncan?
§ What is Macbeth like as king?
§ What do Duncan’s sons do after he is murdered?
§ How does Malcolm’s army use Birnam Wood?
§ What is Macbeth’s tragic flaw?
§ Who kills Macbeth?
§ Who is an ancestor of James I?


Brave New World Review

§ What is one aim of the state in Brave New World?
§ What was the first book that John read as a child?
§ After moving to the lighthouse, what does John do that attracts reporters?
§ What motivates John’s suicide?
§ Why is Bernard Marx frustrated?
§ How is Lenina different?
§ What does soma do to people?
§ What or who is the people’s famous ‘god’?
§ Where does John the Savage go to live by himself?
§ What is the purpose of death conditioning?
§ Why is Bernard deported?
§ How did John cause a riot?
§ Why was Huxley not granted U.S. citizenship?
§ What is The Doors of Perception?
§ What is significant about the day Huxley died?

Vocabulary

  • avarice
  • beguile
  • chastise
  • flout
  • impede

MLA, Plagiarism

How are the following formatted/identify the following:
Article title
Author
Date accessed
Date of publication
Publication title

Be able to identify correct parenthetical citations.


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