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48 Cards in this Set
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Chapter 1
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aries-ram-cycle of life
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Chapter 2
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taurus-bull-caring love for living things
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Chapter 3
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gemini-twins-poetry and art
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Chapter 4
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cancer-crab-home
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Chapter 5
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leo-lion-knowledge
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Chapter 6
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virgo-virgin-heroism
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Chapter 7
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libra-scales-marriage
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Chapter 8
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scorpio-scorpion-loyalty
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Chapter 9
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sagittarius-archer-religion
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Chapter 10
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capricorn-goat-hope
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Chapter 11
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aquarius-water carrier-friendship
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Chapter 12
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pisces-fish-faith
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Who is Wealtheow?
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The queen
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What does Gardner's attitude seem to be toward heroism?
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Heroes are men inspired by art
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What is the most likely reason that "Cut B', the section about Hrothgar's nephew, is included?
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To suggest something even more evil then grendel
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What does Beowulf probably mean when he tells Grendel "the world will burn in green"?
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Life will always begin again in natural cycles
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What, probably, do Grendels last words "so may everyone else" signify?
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Everyone is doomed as Grendel is doomed
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What does Grendel seem to want more than anything else?
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Someone to talk to
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What is Wealtheow's art?
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Beauty and peacemaking
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In the House on Mango Street, Mamacita starts crying because the baby boy...
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Is singing along to the Pepsi commercial
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What do the shoes that the women with "little feet" gives Esperanza and her friend's probably represent?
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Sexuality
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In The House on Mango Street, which of the following reveals misgivings about Machismo?
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Sally's relationship with her father
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What image is used as symbolic motiff throughout The House on Mango Street?
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The women in the window
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How does Esperanza hope to escape her neighborhood?
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Through writing
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What character in The House on Mango Street were identified in class as representing the world of adult sexuality?
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Marin and Sally
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How does Gardner seem to view religion in general?
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As just another kind of art
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How is Beowulf a christ figure in the novel?
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He represents life and rebirth
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How does Weatheow become Hrothgar's queen?
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She is given to Hrothgar as a peace offering
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What does Beowulf do to Grendel?
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Tears off his arm
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What's the dragons advice to Grendel amount to?
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Enjoy yourself now while you can
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What does the dragon tell Grendel his effect on mankind is?
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He makes them better
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What does Grendel decide hen he's caught in the tree?
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He is the only thinking creature
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Who is Unferth?
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A want to be hero
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In what sense is Grendel's race "brother" to Hrothgars?
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Grendel is supposedly descended from Cain
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According to lecture, what does the dragon likely symbolize?
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All of the above
Arch angel and death |
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What did Esperanza's mother give up to marry?
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Her singing
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The House on Mango Street can be best described as a-?
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Bildungsroman
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Who does Esperanza want to have live in her apartment?
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Bums
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What advice do the "three sisters" give Esperanza?
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To remember to come back
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After whom was Esperanza named?
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Her grandmother
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What is Esperanza's namesakes story?
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She never married or she was forced to marry
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What does Alice fear more then mice?
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Her father
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What happens to Esperanza on her first day of work?
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An old man kissed her
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What happens to Esperanza's Aunt Lupe?
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She dies of a mysterious disease
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In The House on Mango Street, what do houses seem to represent?
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Self-posession
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What does Esperanza's name mean?
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Hope
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According to lecture, what does the "monkey garden" symbolize?
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Eden
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What was Esperanza's first job?
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Photoshop worker
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