12/13/13

Ice skating with friends.

Fix oil light on in car.

Finish writing hour with quiz.

Quiz from previous few school days (spacing removed for blog):

 

Quiz 12/13/13

1.  Describe how Almayer’s relationship with Nina changed over the years (or didn't), what his attitude was towards her and how he behaved towards her.  Start with her as a young child and continue to the end of the book; be complete.

2.  Name one story or poem that Rudyard Kipling wrote.

3.  What do the two friends mean when they call the new woman in the community “The Dowd”? 

4.  What does colonialism mean?

5.  In “The Hanging Gale”, do you think the new land agent is trying to help or not?  Do you think the tenants are being fair?

6.  Hayak is frustrated that socialists claim their opponents oppose their e____ (such as

equality and social justice) when in fact everyone agrees those are good things, and what

the opponents disagree about is the socialists’ m_______ (collectivism, redistribution).

7.  The bigger your radio telescope the better the information, but you can’t build one as big as a city.  What can you do instead that will do the same work for you?

8.  Some musical notation tells you when to pause and not play a note.  The are called

r______.

9.  What is the formula for the area of a circle?

10.  In “Flame Trees”, who are Robin and Tilly?

11.  What is “The Crash”?  What caused it?

Extra Credit

1..  Is the mother of the infant is not grateful to the Dowd for saving her child’s life.  Why not?  How is this similar to Kipling’s poem, “Mary, Pity Women.”

     

2.  “Almayer’s Folly” is about colonialism.  Explain what the main characters stand for and what the book is saying about colonialism’s goals, it’s hopes, and it’s affect on both the Europeans who are colonizing and the native inhabitants of the land they are occupying.  Three points.

3.   In “Flame Trees” the different characters, white and black, all have very different attitudes about race and nationality.  Give me some examples. One to five points.

4.  How is “Flame Trees” similar, so far, to “Letters of a Woman Homesteader”, or “Oh, Pioneers”, or “Little House on the Prairie?”  Give solid examples.  One to five points.