English II Final Exam Review Study Guide

Final exam review flashcards.

What is the name of the company in "A Sound of Thunder"?

Time Safari

What three colors did the aurora flicker in "A Sound of Thunder"?

Orange, silver, and blue

In "A Sound of Thunder", people wanted to live in what year if Deutscher became president?

1492

What is the "tyrant lizard" referred to in "A Sound of Thunder"?

Tyrannosaurus Rex

What year did they start from in the time machine in "A Sound of Thunder"?

2055 AD

What was flying in the sky in "A Sound of Thunder"?

Pterodactyls

Name the 3 animals Eckels hunted in "A Sound of Thunder".

Tiger, wild boar, and buffalo

What was a ton of meat, ivory, and steel mesh in "A Sound of Thunder"?

Time machine

What crashed upon the dead beast in "A Sound of Thunder"?

A gigantic tree branch

What things did Eckles need to dig out of the monster in "A Sound of Thunder"?

Bullet

What is the Fermi paradox?

No other civilization have been discovered

What is the proposed solution to the Fermin paradox?

Need to hide their presence for invaders

What is another name for the Fermi paradox?

The Great Silence

What kind of animal is narrating the story, "The Great Silence"?

A parrot

Who is Alex, in "The Great Silence"?

An African Grey parrot famous for cognitive ability

What did the researcher Irene Pepperberg learn about Alex through her research?

Alex knows the words for shapes and colors and understands the concept of them.

What is one solution the parrot proposes to the Fermi paradox?

Hide their presence from invaders

What is a "contact call"?

A message for smart humans

Why does the narrator refer to Arecibo as humanity’s contact call?

Vocal

List one way that parrots and humans are similar.

Language

What do Pythagorean mystics believe?

Music of the spheres

What do Pentecostal Christians believe?

Speaking language used by angle

What do Brahmin Hindus believe?

Reciting mantras or short sounds like O M

Who does the narrator believe has caused their extinction?

Human activity

What is the central conflict of the story, "The Great Silence"?

Parrot extinction are occurring

What are the two main ideas of the story, "The Great Silence"?

Signs of intelligent life should fill the galaxy

What 3 things would be lost if Alex’s species became extinct?

Extinction eliminate voice

What message does Alex send to humans about his species and their extinction?

"You be good, I love you."

Who is Neela in "Night Garden"?

Family dog

Describe Neela from "Night Garden".

Small black dog with a yellow paw and a snout

What caught Neela’s attention in the garden?

A cobra

What did the owner of the house do once she saw the snake?

Call the doctor

What did the person tell the owner to do about the snake?

Stay inside dont interfere and no one leaves or comes in

What did the Dr. Ramanathan tell the house owner to do?

Get inside the house

What does the doctor think the snake was trying to do?

He was confronted by the snake

How was Neela saving the owner of the house?

She would break the construction and could kill the dog

What would happen to Neela if the house owner went outside?

No one comes to visit

While the owner watched from inside the house, what was happening outside between Neela and the snake?

They were getting closer in the standoff

Who won the stand-off between Neela and the snake?

Neela

What did Neela do when the owner went outside to get him?

He feel asleep from exhaustion in her arms

Who saved the owner from the snake?

Neela

Who is the author of the story "Night Garden"?

Shruti Swamy

Who is the owner of the house in "Night Garden"?

Vijji

What are Neela, the sister and the doctor trying to do for the owner through their actions or advice?

Trying to save her from being attach

What is the theme of the story, "The Seventh Man"?

Guilt trama and forgiveness

What does the narrator begin to tell the reader at the beginning of the story, "The Seventh Man"?

A story from his childhood

What has troubled the narrator for most of his life in "The Seventh Man"?

The death of K

What advice does the narrator give his readers in "The Seventh Man"?

To not let fear guide your life

What does the author compare the ocean to in "The Seventh Man"?

To something living

What happens when the Seventh Man returns forty years later to the spot where K. drowned?

He confronts trama at the beach

What happened to the Seventh Man when he was 10 years old?

A typhoon came and his friend died

Describe the Seventh Man’s appearance during his mid-fifties.

thin man with grayhair

Who was the Seventh Man’s friend K.? (Physically describe him)

small frail boy gental express

What impediment did K. have?

A stutter

How did his friend K. die?

Swept away by a massive wave

What would K. have become when he got older?

He would have been an artist

What hit the shore in September that changed everyone’s life?

A tragic wave

Describe the type of storm that was coming off shore.

A strong typhoon

Name some things that Seventh Man and K. found on the beach after the storm?

Seeweed and pieces of wreckage

What happened to the narrator after he lost consciousness?

unconscious

What was in the bundle that the narrator found that belonged to K.?

Ks watercolor painting