Unit 10 Flashcards

(25 cards)

1
Q

Lawyers may become acrimonious or ___________ when defending someone.

A

angry

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2
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Tom Robinson was candid or ___________ about his running away from Bob Ewell.

A

truthful and forthright

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2
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Atticus at first had a cordial or ___________ tone when interrogating his witnesses.

A

friendly

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3
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Miss Maudie was asked to elucidate or ___________ her sarcasm toward Miss Stephanie.

A

explain

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4
Q

Tormenting Boo Radley finally became passe or ___________ for the children.

A

outdated

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5
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The tin roof stopped or ___________ the fire in Miss Maudie’s house.

A

quelled

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6
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Atticus said it took temirity or ___________ for Tom Robinson to say he helped Mayella because he felt sorry for a white women.

A

disrespectful boldness

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7
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Mrs. Dubose was known for her tirades or ___________ toward the children.

A

angry rants

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8
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Atticus was hopeful that the Governor might commute or ___________ Tom’s sentence.

A

shorten or lessen

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9
Q

The group reached a ___________, which is a decision made or an idea agreed upon by a group.

A

consensus

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10
Q

Aunt Alexandra believed that Bob Ewell would do a furtive or ___________act of violence towards Atticus.

A

sneaky

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11
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Most of the townspeople were prejeduced and ___________ because they judged unfairly, yet did not see the error in their ways.

A

hypocrites

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12
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The ___________ was initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help workers.

A

New Deal

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13
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A ___________ is a person who has a responsibility or is invested in some way with a business or activity.

A

stakeholder

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14
Q

Claude McKay is a ___________.

A

poet from Jamaica who went to Tuskegee institute and a participant in the Harlem Renaissance, an African American artistic movement

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15
Q

Parallel plots are ___________.

A

two or more plots connected by common characters and a similar theme

16
Q

The two main plots in To Kill a Mockingbird are concerning Atticus defending a African American and ___________.

A

the mystery of Boo Radley

17
Q

Who says that Tom Robinson will most likely be convicted innocent or not?

18
Q

When Atticus guards the jail cell of Tom Robinson, and the children face the mob, what occurs?

A

Scout speaks to them about their children and quells their anger

19
Q

During the trail, the African Americans are the last to enter the courthouse and sit in the balcony. This is an example of ___________?

20
Q

It is unlikely that ___________ was able to beat up Mayella because he was injured.

21
Q

The title To Kill a Mockingbird is a(n) analogy for the ___________.

A

death of an innocent man

22
Q

Tom Robinson said that it was Mayella Ewell that had ___________.

23
Q

Atticuss says that Tom Robinson will most likely get ___________.

A

the death penalty

24
Boo Radley brings ___________ home after being attacked, and Sherriff Tate finds Bob Ewell stabbed to death.
Scout and Jem