1. First Semester Final Exam Review
English 12
First Semester
Final Exam Review

2. “The Lottery” Author: Shirley Jackson Year Published: 1948
Setting = season: summer, June 27
Setting = time period: modern/current

3. “The Lottery” Clothing the women wore: sweaters and dresses
Where the black box was kept: various places
Mr. Grave’s barn
Post office
Martin grocery shelf
In other words, it didn’t seem like a big deal; people didn’t care/think about it.

4. “The Lottery” Old Man Warner’s feelings on discontinuing the lottery:
It’s a bad idea—back to primitive life (cave man)
Does Old Man Warner care about others or himself more?
Himself=he seems shallow

5. “The Lottery” Meaning of Tessie saying, “It wasn’t fair.”
Only when she’s the victim does she say this
It actually was fair.
The importance of children to the tradition:
“Children learn by doing”
They participate
Tessie’s behavior after Bill draws the black spot:
She is frightened, starts blaming others.

6. Sorry, Wrong Number Author: Lucille Fletcher Year Published: 1948
What causes Mrs. Stevenson to become frustrated?
She is all alone, overhears a conversation, tries to get help, no one will listen to her.

7. Sorry, Wrong Number
Because of the description of the protagonist, we can infer that the author’s purpose was to feel what about Mrs. Stevenson?
To have little sympathy for her

8. Sorry, Wrong Number Radio Drama
Years of the “Golden Age of Radio”
How telephone calls worked:
Operators patched the call through
How telephone numbers were set up:
Names or letters followed by numbers

9. Sorry, Wrong Number Radio Drama
Define sound effects:
the sounds called for in the script of a play, radio or t.v. program or motion picture
Define suspense:
the interest, excitement, and anticipation you feel about what will happen in the play

10. Sorry, Wrong Number Radio Drama
Define tempo:
The overall rate of speed at which the speeches and actions are performed.
Define pace:
The rate at which one particular speech is given
What affects the suspense of a play?
Tempo

11. Sorry, Wrong Number Radio Drama
Things that add to the suspense:
Knowing Mrs. Stevenson’s home is located near a bridge near Second Ave. and has a private patrolman (mentioned three times by George and man).
Explain how the incoming calls in the play create tension:
No one replies when Mrs. Stevenson answers, establishing fear and anxiety in her mind.
The calls also interrupt her trying to reach others.

12. A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Athenians
Theseus- Duke of Athens
Hippolyta- Queen of the Amazons and betrothed (fiancé) of Theseus
Egeus- Father of Hermia; asks Theseus’ help for forcing Hermia to marry Demetrius
Lysander- beloved (boyfriend) of Hermia
Hermia- beloved (girlfriend) of Lysander
Demetrius- in love with Hermia
Helena- in love with Demetrius

13. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Supernatural Characters
Oberon- King of the Fairies
Titania- Queen of the Fairies
Puck, a.k.a. Robin Goodfellow, servant to Oberon
Titania's fairy servants (her "train")(Wait on Bottom):
Peaseblossom- Fairy
Cobweb- Fairy
Moth- Fairy
Mustardseed- Fairy

14. A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Acting Troupe
Peter Quince- carpenter, who leads the troupe of actors
Nick Bottom- weaver; he plays Pyramus in the troupe's production of "Pyramus and Thisbe" and is transformed into a jackass (hence the name Bottom)
Francis Flute- the bellows-mender who plays Thisbe
Snug-the joiner who plays Lion
Tom Snout-the tinker who plays Wall
Robin Starveling- the tailor who plays Moonshine

15. Native Son Symbols
A symbol is a person, place, event, or object that suggests something further.
For example, the dove is a symbol of peace. In literature, objects may be used to represent abstract ideas.
Repeated appearances of a particular object throughout a story may signal that the object is being used as a symbol.

16. Native Son Symbols The Furnace
Mary’s death/Bigger’s burning of her body.
Bigger’s anger (he is hot like the furnace).
His escape from the reality of his crime (he cannot bear to look in or clean out the ashes).

17. Native Son Symbols The Furnace Bigger’s guilt in Mary’s murder.
The “accomplishment” Bigger feels in killing a white girl and eluding the police.
Bigger’s story/lies (When the furnace stopped working right, his story comes to an end.)

18. Native Son Symbols (Mrs. Dalton’s) Blindness
Serves as a metaphor for the vicious circle of racism in American Society:
Mrs. Dalton’s inability to see Bigger causes him to turn to violence,
Just as the inability of whites to see blacks as individuals causes blacks to live their lives in fear and hatred.

19. Native Son Symbols (Mrs. Dalton’s) Blindness
Her blindness is representative of the inability of white Americans as a whole to see black Americans as anything other than their stereotypes.
Bigger later realizes that, in a sense, even he was blind, unable to see whites as individuals rather than a single oppressive mass.

20. Native Son Symbols The Cross
The cross traditionally symbolizes compassion, hope and sacrifice for a greater good.
However, after Bigger sees the image of a burning cross he can only associate crosses with the hatred and racism that have crippled him throughout his life.

21. Native Son Symbols Snow
Bigger thinks of whites not as individuals, but as a looming white mountain or a great natural force pressing down on him.
The light snow at the beginning of Book Two turns into a blizzard that aids in Bigger’s capture.

22. Native Son Symbols Snow
The blizzard is raging as Bigger jumps from his window to escape after Mary’s bones are found.
When he falls to the ground the snow fills his mouth, ears, and eyes – all his senses are overwhelmed with a literal whiteness, representing a metaphorical “whiteness” he feels has been controlling him his whole life.

23. Native Son Symbols Snow
Bigger tries to flee, but the snow has sealed off all avenues of escape, allowing the white police to surround and capture him.

24. Native Son Symbols
What could Bigger symbolize?
Ideas?

25. English 12 Final Exam
Also, please do a review of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.
Test will include multiple choice, true and false, short answer and essay.

26. English 12 Final Exam
Study, study, study!
Good Luck!