Monsters on Maple Street Quiz - 11/10.
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Vocab 11/9: ___/10   MOMS 11/9: ___/5

  1. “In this brief fraction of a moment, they take the first step toward performing a _____ that changes people from a group into a mob.”  a) transfixed  b) metamorphosis  c) revelation  d) idiosyncrasy  e) scapegoat
  2. The word scapegoat is based on actual goats.  a) True  b) False
  3.  Shaving your head is an example of a metamorphosis.  a) True  b) False
  4. The prefix of this word means "across or through." ______  a) transfixed  b) metamorphosis  c) revelation  d) idiosyncrasy  e) scapegoat
  5. The roots of this word meant "private mixture." _____  a) transfixed  b) metamorphosis  c) revelation  d) idiosyncrasy  e) scapegoat
  6. The root of this word meant "to lay bare." ______ a) transfixed  b) metamorphosis  c) revelation  d) idiosyncrasy  e) scapegoat
  7. (247) "It's a tree-lined, quiet residential American street..."  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  8. (p249) "I had the soup on the stove and the stove just stopped working."  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  9. (p253) "You're sick people--all of you. And you don't even know what you're starting..."  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  10. (p254) "Why, it's like going back to the dark ages or something."    a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  11. (p260) "Their world is full of Maple Streets. And we'll go from one to the other and let them destroy themselves."  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  12. (p258) "Get Steve--Get Charlie--They're working together!!" a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  13. (p260) "There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices..." a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  14. Who are the real "monsters"?   a) Figure One and Figure Two  b) The people of the Twilight Zone.  c) The people of Maple Street.  d) Whoever sent the ship.  e) NOTA.
  15. How can we connect the meanings of The Outsiders and MoMS?  a) They both show that we often judge people by insignificant things.  b) They both show that money doesn't equal good.  c) They both show death is bad.  d) They are both very pessimistic about people.  e) There's no connection at all.