English 10 Final Exam Review 2021

Question 1

What makes Creon finally agree to free Antigone and allow Polyneices’ burial?

Accepted Answer

He fears punishment from the gods.

Question 2

Since Montag is unable to remember a book, Granger's group will not accept him because they fear he is a government spy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

The hymn of praise sung by the chorus (before the conclusion) is an ironic song because it __________.

Accepted Answer

foreshadows a happy ending

Question 4

Faber has heard that there are many people with Harvard degrees __________.

Accepted Answer

in hobo camps

Question 5

Does the Choragus agree with Creon’s line, “Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust?”

Accepted Answer

No, because he believes Creon’s pride caused the death of his son, etc.

Question 6

The idea of FATE is raised by which conflict in the play?

Accepted Answer

the power of man vs. the power of the gods

Question 7

What does Teiresias mean by “The generation of kings has always loved brass?”

Accepted Answer

Kings always seek apparent (rather than real) value.

Question 8

After his home burns, Captain Beatty dies, and Mildred departs, Montag feels he must _____.

Accepted Answer

find Faber

Question 9

When the city is destroyed, Montag’s first thoughts include Mildred.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Creon is a tragic character because he __________.

Accepted Answer

suffers greatly because of a flaw in his personality

Question 11

The mechanical hound is a __________ of advanced technology that turns against mankind.

Accepted Answer

symbol

Question 12

Teiresias, the blind seer, is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

a paradox

Question 13

In Fahrenheit 451, Part 3, Captain Beatty insists that Montag __________.

Accepted Answer

burn his own home

Question 14

Haemon tries to convince his father that authority rests with __________.

Accepted Answer

the people

Question 15

What is Creon’s main motivation for decreeing not to bury Polyneices?

Accepted Answer

He doesn’t want to honor a traitor.

Question 16

In Scene 2, what literary term applies to the Choragus saying, “Like father, like daughter”?

Accepted Answer

foreshadowing

Question 17

The authorities kill another man in place of Montag __________.

Accepted Answer

to look successful in the public’s eyes

Question 18

Before the play Antigone opens, which event happened first?

Accepted Answer

the crime of Oedipus

Question 19

In the beginning, Antigone disobeys Creon’s decree because she ____________.

Accepted Answer

believes in obedience to a higher law

Question 20

Granger and the others store the knowledge of great writers __________.

Accepted Answer

in their memories

Question 21

The phoenix is a symbol of __________.

Accepted Answer

a society that hasn’t learned from the past and thus destroys itself

Question 22

What is the effect of Creon’s change of heart before the conclusion?

Accepted Answer

His downfall is more pitiable, because he repented in vain.

Question 23

After Montag’s desperate visit to Faber’s house, Faber __________.

Accepted Answer

destroys Montag’s scent

Question 24

Creon’s argument for not burying Polyneices is that ____________.

Accepted Answer

his punishment will persuade other people not to commit treason

Question 25

When Antigone says, “Our good Creon is coming,” she is using ____________.

Accepted Answer

irony

Question 26

What word best describes Creon’s character?

Accepted Answer

stubborn

Question 27

Which of these does Antigone value the LEAST?

Accepted Answer

the authority of man

Question 28

The mechanical hound gives Montag a partial shot of nerve-deadener before Montag destroys it with the flame-thrower.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Faber plans to go to St. Louis to __________.

Accepted Answer

meet with a printer to recopy some books

Question 30

What is NOT one of the functions of the chorus?

Accepted Answer

to speak for the gods

Question 31

Montag is saved from the speeding car that comes within inches of hitting him because ____.

Accepted Answer

he stumbles and falls

Question 32

Faber and Mildred are both destroyed in the bombing of the city.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

While Montag is still under pursuit from the authorities, Faber suggests he __________.

Accepted Answer

escape to the railroad tracks

Question 34

Captain Beatty explains that the fireman’s job is to prevent __________.

Accepted Answer

melancholy

Question 35

What line best describes the theme of the entire play?

Accepted Answer

“The only crime is pride.”

Question 36

In Scene 1 when Creon says that “...our ship of state, which recent storms have threatened to destroy,” he is using a(n)

Accepted Answer

metaphor for the recent war over Thebes

Question 37

After killing Captain Beatty, Montag realizes __________.

Accepted Answer

Beatty wanted to die

Question 38

While Montag is fleeing from the authorities, he __________.

Accepted Answer

places some books in a fireman’s home

Question 39

When the bombs level the city, Granger and the others __________.

Accepted Answer

are sorrowful but move on

Question 40

Mildred turned in the alarm that Montag had books in his possession.

Accepted Answer

True

English 10 Final Exam Review 2021

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English 10 Final Exam Review 2021

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