WorksheetsSeparate Peace Vocab and Ch 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The root word "sed" means to sit, settle, or rest, so we know that "sedate" means calm, composed like when one is resting. Which of the following words does not use "sid or sed" as a root word?
reside
dissident
insidious
Sidney
Who is the author of A Separate Peace?
Charles Dickens
Robert Service
John Knowles
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
If "matr" means mother, as in "matriarchal", what does ALMA MATER, a term used to refer to a school we have attended, mean?
Our father
Our brother
Our progenitor
Our mother
From what point of view is A Separate Peace written?
First person
Second person
Third person omniscient
Third person objective
If you say you are becoming inured to the vagaries of Schoology, you mean
You adore how Schoology has a mind of its own.
You are impressed with how easy it is to work within Schoology.
You scream and punch and freak out every time something in a lesson doesn't work the way you would like it to.
You are accepting the fact that things can be confusing in Schoology.
When you reflect on Chapter 1, how was it divided?
About 1/2 was the narrator revisiting the school, and about 1/2 was about his Summer Session.
About 2/3 was the narrator revisiting the school, and about 1/3 was about his Summer Session.
About 3/4 was the narrator revisiting the school, and about 1/4 was about his Summer Session.
About 7/8 was the narrator revisiting the school, and about 1/8 was about the Summer Session.
Based on Chapters 1 and 2, who is the most conniving student?
Gene aka the narrator
Phineas aka Finny
Lepellier aka Leper
Chet Douglas aka Chet Douglas
When Gene felt "a sudden stab of disappointment" in Chapter 2 when Finny was able to talk his way out of wearing the school tie as belt, Knowles purpose was
to foreshadow a new dress code for Devon students.
to prove that Gene had just stabbed himself with a knife.
to foreshadow an internal conflict Gene may have.
to foreshadow an external conflict Gene may have.
What is the name of the club the boys formed in the Summer Session?
The Tossing Temptation from the Tree Team
The Devious Devon Devils Department
The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session
Phineas's Phamous Phriends Phraternity
Why might the British have taken the 2 Latin words "Alma Mater", which means "nourishing or bountiful mother" and used it as a name for schools one has attended?
Because like a mother, schools give students a bazillion jobs to do.
Because like a mother, in schools, teachers rant on and on about the same thing.
Because like a mother, schools are all that maters.
Because like a mother, schools nurture the student.
