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Separate Peace Vocab and Ch 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

reside

b)

dissident

c)

insidious

d)

Sidney

2.

Who is the author of A Separate Peace?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Robert Service

c)

John Knowles

d)

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

3.

If "matr" means mother, as in "matriarchal", what does ALMA MATER, a term used to refer to a school we have attended, mean?

a)

Our father

b)

Our brother

c)

Our progenitor

d)

Our mother

4.

From what point of view is A Separate Peace written?

a)

First person

b)

Second person

c)

Third person omniscient

d)

Third person objective

5.

If you say you are becoming inured to the vagaries of Schoology, you mean

a)

You adore how Schoology has a mind of its own.

b)

You are impressed with how easy it is to work within Schoology.

c)

You scream and punch and freak out every time something in a lesson doesn't work the way you would like it to.

d)

You are accepting the fact that things can be confusing in Schoology.

6.

When you reflect on Chapter 1, how was it divided?

a)

About 1/2 was the narrator revisiting the school, and about 1/2 was about his Summer Session.

b)

About 2/3 was the narrator revisiting the school, and about 1/3 was about his Summer Session.

c)

About 3/4 was the narrator revisiting the school, and about 1/4 was about his Summer Session.

d)

About 7/8 was the narrator revisiting the school, and about 1/8 was about the Summer Session.

7.

Based on Chapters 1 and 2, who is the most conniving student?

a)

Gene aka the narrator

b)

Phineas aka Finny

c)

Lepellier aka Leper

d)

Chet Douglas aka Chet Douglas

8.

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

a)

to foreshadow a new dress code for Devon students.

b)

to prove that Gene had just stabbed himself with a knife.

c)

to foreshadow an internal conflict Gene may have.

d)

to foreshadow an external conflict Gene may have.

9.

What is the name of the club the boys formed in the Summer Session?

a)

The Tossing Temptation from the Tree Team

b)

The Devious Devon Devils Department

c)

The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session

d)

Phineas's Phamous Phriends Phraternity

10.

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?

a)

Because like a mother, schools give students a bazillion jobs to do.

b)

Because like a mother, in schools, teachers rant on and on about the same thing.

c)

Because like a mother, schools are all that maters.

d)

Because like a mother, schools nurture the student.