Junior Vocabulry Challenege Week 8

Question 1

Name the article that sparked interest in the McCandless story

Accepted Answer

Death of the Innocent

Question 2

How is Krakauer's writing of the book similar to McCandless's odyssey?

Accepted Answer

Krakauer also pursues a journey of research into McCandless

Question 3

How is this book different than your average biography?

Accepted Answer

Krakauer will not only discuss McCandless, but his own life

Question 4

fearfully; timidly

Accepted Answer

tremulously

Question 5

Which one of these men refused to pay his taxes because they funded the Mexican American War?

Accepted Answer

Thoreau

Question 6

The preface "mal-" tells the read the word means something...

Accepted Answer

evil

Question 7

degenerate

Accepted Answer

morally corrupt

Question 8

Krakauer claims that McCandless went into the Alaskan bush in search of

Accepted Answer

peril and adversity

Question 9

To whom is the book Into the Wild dedicated?

Accepted Answer

Linda

Question 10

"antagonism" means ...

Accepted Answer

hostility

Question 11

Which one of these is NOT an aspect of Transcendentalism?

Accepted Answer

technology

Question 12

remorse for having done wrong

Accepted Answer

contrition

Question 13

Who wrote the essay "Self-Reliance"?

Accepted Answer

Emerson

Question 14

inscription on a tombstone or grave marker

Accepted Answer

epitaph

Question 15

Krakauer has respect for McCandless

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

How many members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted in 1920?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 17

looking back on

Accepted Answer

retrospective

Question 18

countless

Accepted Answer

myriad

Question 19

Which of these names is the alias McCandless used?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Supertramp

Question 20

noble; inspiring

Accepted Answer

sublime

Question 21

Stephen King just turned in his _____ to his publisher! Hopefully it will be a book soon!

Accepted Answer

manuscript

Question 22

Who picked up McCandless and dropped him off to his spot for four months?

Accepted Answer

Gallien

Question 23

Who wrote to Krakauer requesting a copy of his article in order to find out about Chris?

Accepted Answer

Ronald Franz

Question 24

another word for "sympathy"

Accepted Answer

commiseration

Question 25

secretly treacherous

Accepted Answer

insidious

Question 26

evident; obvious; clear

Accepted Answer

manifest

Question 27

When did McCandless hitchhike to Alaska and walk alone into the wilderness?

Accepted Answer

April 1992

Question 28

Who is the main character of Into the Wild?

Accepted Answer

Christopher McCandless

Question 29

Mr. Stefanelli stopped the lesson to tell a long, unrelated story. Then he said, "but I ___"

Accepted Answer

digress

Question 30

Why is this ad effective?

Accepted Answer

it uses pathos to make you feel bad for polluting the planet

Question 31

In what state does McCandless live in isolation?

Accepted Answer

Alaska

Question 32

stiff or rigid as a corpse; severe

Accepted Answer

stark

Question 33

Which one of these authors was not read by McCandless during his time in isolation?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 34

What is the most prevalent type of argument used in this ad?

Accepted Answer

logos

Question 35

to set free

Accepted Answer

extricate

Question 36

craftiness

Accepted Answer

guile

Question 37

What is Mr. Stefanelli's birthday?

Accepted Answer

May 7

Question 38

standing out from the rest

Accepted Answer

salient

Question 39

What baseball player earned the nicknamed "Shoeless Joe" for allegedly playing barefoot?

Accepted Answer

Joe Jackson

Question 40

In the author's note, which of these is NOT a theme discussed by Krakauer?

Accepted Answer

loss of loved ones through misguided torture

Question 41

In Field of Dreams, Ray goes to meet a man, who is based on what famous American author?

Accepted Answer

J.D. Salinger

Question 42

In an interview, Westerberg comments that Chris was often...

Accepted Answer

absent-minded

Question 43

restraint

Accepted Answer

repression

Question 44

Krakauer claims to be an impartial biographer.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

state of being at rest

Accepted Answer

repose

Question 46

Which one of these Shakespeare plays is about a violent storm?

Accepted Answer

The Tempest

Question 47

using emotion to get your reader to agree with your position

Accepted Answer

pathos

Question 48

Astrophysics is hard to grasp; astrophysics is ____

Accepted Answer

elusive

Question 49

This photo is an example of ...

Accepted Answer

ethos

Question 50

caused by a feeling of deep respect and love

Accepted Answer

reverential

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