Thursday, 12/20/01
Finish "Monsters..."
Watch "Monsters..."
Last Quiz of the year (10).
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(2) What is ironic about Charlie's
statement about going back to the "dark ages"? (What he meant vs.
another meaning we could get from his statement.)
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The script originally said to
only "hint at the form" of the aliens. Why might the director of the TV
version have decided to show us the aliens rather than merely hinting at
their form, like the script says to do? (Hint: What did he decide to make
them look like?)
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What do you think Rod Serling's
point is? a) To show that we should be scared of aliens. b) To show that
we shouldn't be so suspicious of our neighbors. c) To show that we often
judge people by insignificant things. d) That fear of the unknown makes
us dumb. e) That scared people in a group are even dumber. f) a and c,
g) c, d, and e, h) a and b. h) All of the above.
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Who/what were really the monsters?
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The main conflict(s) in this play:
a) man vs. society, b) man vs. man, c) man vs. himself (internal), d) man
vs nature, e) all of the above, f) a, b, and c.
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(2) Explain the narrator's last
speech, especially the first line. ("The tools of conquest..." p260)
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Give an example of an idiosyncrasy.
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Show someone being used as a scapegoat.
121 words possible.