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2016-2017 - Flowers For Algernon - Review
2016-2017 - Flowers For Algernon - Review
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1
Which term is being defined?
Metaphor
Analogy
Allusion
Simile
2
How does the reader know the operation was initially a success for Charlie?
He is not nice to the doctors
Dancing with Ellen makes him sick
Charlie feels sympathy for Algernon
Charlie makes predictions about Robinson Crusoe
3
Which relationship is the parallel episodes?
Charlie and Miss Kinnian
Charlie and his work friends
Charlie and the doctors
Charlie and Algernon
4
Which figure of speech can be found in the passage?
Hyperbole
Allusion
Metaphor
Simile
5
Which figures of speech are being used?
Idiom & Analogy
Analogy & Allusion
Personification & Simile
Hyperbole & Metaphor
6
What does
vacuous
mean?
Bored
Empty
Energized
Full
7
At the height of his development, what does Charlie have in common with his unintelligent self?
He lacks true friends.
He enjoys his cleaning job
He drinks too much
Miss K teaches him to read
8
Why does Dr. Nemur want to publish his findings before the experiment is over?
To show lack of intelligence
To help more people
So he gets credit for the research
To trick people
9
What is the purpose in describing Algernon's decline?
Irony
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Setting
10
What shift in tone does the reader notice in Charlie when he begins using high level diction?
Withdrawn and optimistic
Sad and hopeful
Unemotional and formal
Compassionate and sympathetic
11
Which type of figurative language?
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Idiom
Irony
12
Which term is being defined?
Metaphor
Analogy
Idiom
Allusion
13
Which term is being defined?
Idiom
Metaphor
Analogy
Simile
14
What kind of character is Joe Carp?
Dynamic
Static
Selfish
Protagonist
15
What does
regression
mean?
to become healthy
to hide
move to advanced state
to go back to a previous condition
16
What do the flowers on Algernon's grave symbolize?
Charlie's love for Miss K
Charlie and Algernon's journey together
Charlie feels bad for Algernon
Charlie's hope to see the doctors again
17
Which figure of speech?
Idiom
Allusion
Personification
Simile
18
Why does the author use journal entries?
To show his feelings towards Miss Kinnian
To confuse the reader
To show Charlie's changes
To add suspense
19
Which figure of speech?
Simile
Analogy
Allusion
Idiom
20
Which type of figurative language?
Idiom
Allusion
Simile
Irony
21
Which test did Charlie NOT undergo?
Spelling
Maze
Rorschach
Thematic Apperception Test
22
Which tone is found in this passage?
Sympathetic
Shameful
Hopeful
Grateful
23
Which figure of speech? IQ test is to intelligence as a scale is to weight.
Alliteration
Metaphor
Analogy
Simile
24
What was the FIRST sign the effects of the surgery are TEMPORARY?
Algernon bit Charlie
Charlie cannot follow a conversation
Blood tests
Algernon refused the run the maze
25
What does
introspective
mean?
Looking inward
Quiet and reserved
Loud and outgoin
Looking outward
26
Which figure of speech?
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Analogy
27
Which type of figurative language
Analogy
Metaphor
Irony
Simile
28
What does
obscure
mean?
Comprehendiable
Plain
Hide
Ambiguous
29
Why does Charlie want to attend night school?
Wanted to be selected for the operation
Likes Miss Kinnian
To make new friends
Learn to read and spell
30
Which figure of speech?
Metaphor
Analogy
Simile
Allusion
31
Which is NOT the purpose for including Charlie's spelling in his progress reports?
Directs Charlie and Miss K's relathionship
The reader checks Charlie's changes
Foreshadowing
Makes the character believable
32
What does
Naiveté
mean?
Innocence
Shy
Advanced
Angry
33
What does
feeble
mean?
Capable
Unique
Unbroken
Weak
34
Which elements are the subplots in the story?
Charlie & the dishwasher and co-workers
Charlie and Algernon
Charlie & Miss K and Charlie & Co-Workers
Charlie & the doctors and Miss K
