Contemporary Literature Final Exam Study Guide

 

The Things They Carried

Name 5 major characters and provide a description of each

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How would you best describe Jimmy and Martha’s relationship?

 

How does Ted Lavender die?

 

What do you think the letters really meant to Jimmy?

 

In “On the Rainy River,” what is the primary objection the narrator has to the war?

 

What are three reasons O’Brien resents Jorgenson?

 

 

List three people that Norman Bowker feels that he could once confide in (See “Speaking of Courage”)

Which characters feel responsible for Kiowa’s death?

 

What is the outcome of the fight between Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk over Jensen’s missing jackknife? What is ironic about this?

                                                                                                           

What is the pact between Jensen and Strunk?   How does that end?

Who is the “Sweetheart from Song Tra Bong”?  How is she shown to be innocent?  How does O’Brien foreshadow her change into a killer?

 

Maus

List  5 significant characters:

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A pig is a _____________

A mouse is a _______________

A cat is a ________________

 

What is significant about Speigelman’s use of animals instead of using people?

 

 

Name of the “comic within a comic” about Artie’s mom?

 

 

What appears to be a central cause for Anja’s suicide?  How do we know (hint: visual clues)?

 

 

Film Unit

Film

List five tasks that are part of pre-production in making a film.

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List five tasks that are part of the production in making a film.

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List five tasks that are part of post-production in making a film.

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List five of the innovations in filmmaking found in Citizen Kane.  (One is provided for you).

1.  low-angled shots revealing ceilings

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List the five main characters in Citizen Kane.  (Hint:  think about who the reporter interviews in the film…however, the butler does NOT play a major role.)

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List the five types of camera movements.

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List five of the editing techniques we discussed in class.  The first is done for you.

1. Fade

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Media Unit

List the four P’s or marketing.

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What is a mook?  What is a midriff? A lovemark?  Be familiar with the documentaries we watched in class - The Merhcants of Cool and The Persuaders.  You can view them online at the following websites:

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/

 

 

 

Review the “Language of Persuasion” handout.

 

 

Short Answer

 

1.      Who is the real-life figure that Charles Kane was loosely based upon?

 

2.      What is mise en scene?

 

3.      What effect are high angle shots mostly used to achieve?  How about low angle shots?

 

Fix the following sentences, where needed.

When she called me I was eating dinner.

I cannot wait until the summer, it is my favorite time the year.

I love going to the movies in the summer, because that is when Hollywood releases blockbuster movies.

I was very angry at how they had handled they’re mistake.  Especially since I had to pay for it.

He obviously doesn’t care about her; he broke up with her over the phone.

Either the director or the actors were responsible for the bad reviews.

Vocab

proclivity

wily

dither

bereft

cadence

promulgate

corpulence

nadir

desiccated

eclectic

facile

goad

impinge

sophomoric

tirade

egregious

laudatory

licentious

morose

nefarious

pallid

rancor

rail

sacrosanct

toady