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What is the climax of Romeo and Juliet?
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The fight that results in the death of Tybalt.
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What is the prologue?
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The brief opening section of the play spoken by the "chorus."
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How many acts do Elizabethian plays usually have?
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Five.
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What is a character that highlights or brings out the personality traits of another?
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A dramatic foil.
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What is a contradiction such as "parting is such sweet sorrow" an example of?
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Oxymoron
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What is Romeo's question, "Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?" an example of?
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An aside.
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What is comic relief?
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Humour inserted in a play to break a serious mood.
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What is a long speech where a character alone on stage expresses his thoughts called?
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A soliloquy.
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Is the conflict between the Capulets and Montagues mentioned in the prologue?
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Yes.
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Are Mercutio and Benvolio friends?
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Yes.
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How are Tybalt and Romeo related?
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Marriage.
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Are Paris and Prince Escalus related?
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Yes.
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Who does Friar Lawrence confide in?
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No one.
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Who says the "Queen Mab" speech?
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Mercutio.
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Who says, "I think it's best you marry with the county. O, he's a lovely gentleman! Romeo's a dishclout to him"?
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The nurse.
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Who says, "In one resepect I'll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happily prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love."?
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Friar Lawrence.
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Who says, "What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate all MOntagues, and thee."
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Tybalt.
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Who says, "If you ever disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
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Escalus.
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Who says, "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.
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Juliet.
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What does the quotation, "My bounty is as boundless as the sea..." contain?
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A simile.
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Who says, "Tybalt, the reason that I have to hate thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting. Villan am I none"
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Romeo.
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Where does Our Town take place?
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Grovers Corners, NH
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Who says, "No dear, they don't understand."
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Mrs. Gibbs.
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How was the stage decorated?
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It was bare.
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When did the play win the Pulitzer Prize?
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1938.
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When is the play set?
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The first part of the 20th century.
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What is among the items in the cornerstone of the new bank?
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A copy of the Constitution.
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Who wanted to go to Paris with her "legacy?"
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Mrs. Gibbs.
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Do Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs go to Paris before the end of the play?
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No.
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What is the name of Charles Webb's paper?
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The Grovers Corners Sentinel.
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Did George Gibbs go to college?
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No.
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Who said, "There's some scenery for those who think they have to have scenery."
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The Stage Manager.
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Who said, "Doc Gibbs died in 1930. The new hospital is named after him."
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The Stage Manager.
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Who says, "I'm the brightest girl in school for my age. I have a wonderful memory."
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Emily.
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Who asks, "Mama, am I good looking?"
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Emily.
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Who says, "So I'm going to have a copy of this play put in the cornerstone and the people a thousand years from now'll know a few simple facts about us.
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The Stage Manager.
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Who says, "Well, George, I was in my office today, and I heard a funny sound...It was your mother chopping wood."
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Dr. Gibbs.
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Who says, "It's the womenfolk who built up weddings, my boy...All those good women standing shoulder to shoulder making sure that the knot's tied in a mighty public way.
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Mr Webb.
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Who says, "So I took the opposite of my father's advice and I've been happy ever since. And let that be a lesson to you, George, never to ask advice on personal matters.
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Mr. Webb.
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Who says, "Emily, if I do improve and make a big change...would you be...I mean: could you be..."
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George.
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Who says, "I...am now; I always have been."?
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Emily.
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Who says, "Oh, Mother Gibbs, I never realised before how troubled and how...how in the dark live people are."?
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Emily.
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Who says, "I can't bear it. They're so young and beautiful. Why did they ever have to get old? Mama, I'm here. I'm grown up. I love you all, everything."
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Emily.
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Who says, "Oh, mama, just look at me one minute as though you really saw me."?
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Emily.
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What is Scout's costume in the Halloween pageant?
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A ham.
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Is Scout's mother dead?
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Yes.
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Are Scout and Jem impressed by Dill's ability to read?
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No.
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How much time does the action of the play cover?
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Fewer than two years.
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How could Heck Tate be described?
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Wise and tolerant.
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What happens to Tom Robinson after he is taken to jail?
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He is killed.
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What happens at the end of the book?
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Boo saves Scout and Jem's lives.
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Which characters represent "mockingbirds"?
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Tom Robinson and Boo Radley.
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Whose point of view is the novel told from?
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Scout's.
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Who keeps his children from school?
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Bob Ewell.
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What does Atticus teach Scout?
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You never really understand a person until you see things from their point of view.
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Where did Scout and Jem sit during the trial?
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In the balcony.
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What does Atticus say in his final arguement before the jury?
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There is one human institution that makes us all equal, a court.
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What does Scout discover about Boo?
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He is shy and withdrawn.
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What did Bob Ewell do to Atticus?
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Spat in his face and threatened to kill him.
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How did Aunt Alexandria feel about how Atticus raises his children?
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She disapproves strongly.
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Who was Tom Robinson defended by?
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Atticus.
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What did Atticus feel at first about Bob Ewell's death.
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That Jem had killed him.
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Who was Adam Cooper the eldest son of?
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Sarah and Moses Cooper.
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How did the Reverend keep the meeting minutes?
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With his Bible.
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Who walked with Adam after the massacre on the common?
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Solomon Chandler.
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Who was Adam's younger brother?
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Levi.
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Does Ruth love Adam?
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Yes.
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What happened after the battle do Adam Cooper's father?
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He was dead.
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Who does Adam talk to when he has questions?
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His grandmother.
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What is Adam's father's exception to his feeling that women and children are intrusive in dinner conversation?
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He values the opinion of granny.
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Does Moses encourage Adam to participate in committee meetings?
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No.
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What did the Village Committee have to do to find firearms?
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Scramble.
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Are all of the firearms in the Village's possession legal?
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No, some are stolen.
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How did Moses feel about keeping minutes of the committee meetings?
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He was for them.
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How does Adam feel after signing the muster book?
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More sleepy than frightened.
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Does the Reverend invite any one to his home before the British come?
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No.
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What does Moses suggest the militiamen allow the British to do?
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March past them rather than challenging them.
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Why does Adam leave his hiding place as soon as he can?
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He is afraid the British will burn him out.
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What is Adam expected to do when he has a minute between meal times?
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Study the Bible.
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Why is an extra place always set at the Cooper table?
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As a rule of hospitality.
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What does Moses Cooper believe the rights of humans derive from?
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Their ability to think.
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What does Moses believe a person who can win an arguement can do?
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Win a war.
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What happens in Levi's nightmare?
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The sky is red.
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What happens after a militiaman signs in?
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He collects a gun, ammo, water, and a pound of bread.
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What do the pearl buyers try to do to Kino?
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Cheat him.
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What does the priest want Kino to do with the money from the pearl?
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Donate it to the church.
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How do Juana and Kino change at the end of the story?
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They are wiser.
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When does Kino understand the evil in the pearl?
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When he throws it away.
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Why does the crowd hate the doctor's servant?
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He lied to them.
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What happens as a result of Kino's objections?
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Juana cannot throw the pearl away.
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What are Juana's plans for the money from the pearl?
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To get married and baptise Coyotito.
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What does Kino want to do with the money from the pearl?
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Educate Coyotito.
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What happened to Coyotito when he and Juana were in the hills?
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He was shot by the hunters.
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What did Juana do with brown seaweed for Coyotito?
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Made a flat damp poultice.
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Where did Kino get his canoe?
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He inherited it from his father.
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Where did Juana and Kino hide the pearl?
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In their home.
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What did the doctor refuse to do?
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Treat an indigent baby with a scorpion bite.
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What happens when Kino and Juana come back to their village?
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The neighbours are fearful and distant.
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What do Kino and Juana finally do with the pearl?
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Throw it away.
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What is a parable?
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A story with a moral and lesson.
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What did Steinbeck also write?
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"Of Mice and Men"
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What is the irony in the pearl?
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It kept Juana and Kino from achieving their hopes for comfort and security.
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What did Oddysseus tell the Phaenecians?
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That he was known for being clever and smart.
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Why is the lotus dangerous to Odysseus?
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It makes those who eat it want nothing else.
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What is the Cyclops' attitude toward Zeus?
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Scornful.
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Why does Oddysseus offer the Cyclops wine?
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In an effort to make him sleepy.
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Why do the other Cuclopes not help Polyphemus?
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They are tricked by Oddysseus.
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What are the men endangered by as they row out to sea from the Cyclopes?
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Oddysseus will not leave silently.
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Although he had been warned about Oddysseus, what did Polyphemus not expect him to be?
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So clever.
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What does the phrase "between Scylla and Charybdis" mean?
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To have to choose between two bad alternatives.
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What is the danger that Oddysseus does NOT warn his men of?
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Scylla.
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What happens on the Island of the Sun?
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Odysseus' men disobey him when they are overcome by hunger.
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When do the last of Odysseus' crew perish?
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When the ship is hit by a lightening bolt.
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What is Odysseus' main concern in defeating the suitors?
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How many there are.
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What is Antinous' treatment of the "beggar" reveal?
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That he is rude, cruel, and confident.
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What does Penelope see as a benefit to marrying one of the suitors?
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It would end the plundering of Telemachus' inheritance.
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What is the test that Penelope set up for the suitors?
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A test of their physical skills.
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What happens when the "beggar" first takes up Odysseus' bow?
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The suitors react with scorn.
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What happens when Antinous was killed?
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It was immediately assumed an accident.
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What happens to the suitors when they figure out that the "beggar" is actually Odysseus?
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They are filled with fear.
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Why is Odysseus endangered in the battle?
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There are a lot of suitors.
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What happens when Penelope suggests moving Odysseus' bed?
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Odysseus responds with anger.
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Why does Penelope suggest moving Odysseus' bed?
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To discover if he knows the secret.
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After how many years are Odysseus and Penelope reunited?
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20.
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How did the Greeks make their gods?
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In their own image.
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What was Hera?
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The typical jealous wife.
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What did the winged steed Pegasus do all day?
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Skim the air.
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What happens in the Odyssey when a priest and a poet fall to their knees before Odysseus, praying for him to spare their lives?
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He kills the priest and spares the poet.
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Do the Greeks believe the gods created the universe?
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No.
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Who were the Titans?
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The children of heaven and earth.
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How many Olympians were there?
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12.
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Who was Zeus?
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Lord of the Sky, the Rain-god, Cloud-gathere, and wielder of the "awful" thunderbolt.
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Who was Zeus' wife?
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Hera.
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Who was Hades' wife?
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Persephone.
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Who was Pallas Athena?
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The embodiment of wisdom, reason, and purity; the daughter of Zeus.
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Who was Aphrodite?
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Goddess of love and beauty.
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What was the story of Pyramus and Thisbe source material for?
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Romeo and Juliet.
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Why did Orpheus journey to Hades?
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To search for Eurydice, where she stayed.
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Who was Dadelus?
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The architect who designed the labyrinth for the minotaur in Crete.
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What was the Trojan War a result of?
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Paris' choice of Aphrodite, who promised the fairest woman in the world to him.
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Who was Helen of Troy?
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The daughter of Zeus.
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What did Odysseus try to do in Troy?
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Avoid joining the battle.
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Who led the Greeks in the Trojan War?
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Agamemnon.
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Who killed King Laius?
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Odysseus.
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