Name: Class:MIDTERM

Midterm Study GuideFirst Quarter 2012

I. SOAPSTone—be able to identify each letter of the acronymII. Native American Culture & Literaturea. Be able to explain the “3 Venn Diagram”: How Native American

culture views the relationships among Nature, Law, and Religionb. Nature, Law, and Religion in “Iroquois Constitution” & “Origin

Legend” c. Speaker, Audience, Purpose, and Subject for “Regarding the Savages

of North America”III. Puritan Culture & Literaturea. Know Terms: Predestination, Protestant Work Ethic, Theocracyb. Purpose and Subject for Anne Bradstreet’s “Upon the Burning of Our

House” and “Hellfire” (about Anne Bradstreet)c. Speaker, Purpose, and Key Images from John Edwards’s “Sinners in

the Hands of an Angry God”d. The Scarlet Letter

i. Plot for the chapters assignedii. Key quotes (review quizzes, things we covered in class)

iii. Key Themes & Conceptse. The Crucible

i. Know Terms: McCarthyism, Spectral Evidence, friendly witness, unfriendly witness

ii. Plotiii. Key quotes (review quizzes, character posters, things we

covered in class)iv. Key Themes & Concepts

IV. American Window for Puritansa. John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Parris, Reverend Hale,

Danforth/Hathorne, Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, Abigail Williams, Native Americans, Tituba

2 Short Answer Questions

You will be required to respond to two of the ## short answer questions. Short answer will require you to write:

o Thesis and Blueprint (“listing” just 1 example)o 1 Body Paragraph:

o Topic Sentence—reintroduce example and connect to claim in thesiso Specific Example w/ 1-2 quotes from Scarlet Letter or The Crucibleo Commentary to connect example to claim in thesis

You may bring 1 notecard to the midterm. Include a draft of a thesis/blueprint and 1-2 quotes for 2 of the prompts below (1 on each side).

Possible Prompts—2 will appear on the test:

1. Review the definition of “crucible,” below:cru·ci·ble/ˈkro ͞osəbəl/Noun:A ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very

high temperatures.A place or occasion of severe test or trial: "the crucible of combat".

Respond in a thesis and 1 body paragraph: Why did Arthur Miller choose to call his play The Crucible? What are we to learn from his play and its title?

2. Choose one of the quotations below. Respond in a thesis and 1 paragraph: How does it apply or not apply to our study of The Crucible? How are we supposed to learn this “lesson” from the characters and conflicts of the play?

o “The greatest evil is not done in concentration and labor camps… it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice.” --C.S. Lewis

o “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.”

--Edmund Burke

o “The ordinary man is involved in action. The hero acts. Immense difference.”

--Henry Miller

3. “In a recent speech, Robert Brustein said, ‘I defy you to name a single work of art that has ever changed anything.’ In response, Arthur Miller said, ‘I think works of art change the consciousness of people and their estimates of who they are and what they stand for.’ He pointed to John Steinbeck’s

Grapes of Wrath and to Mark Twain, ‘who gave America an image of itself, the idea of the innocent American, with his simple-minded appreciation of reality as against the complications of life.’”

Respond in a thesis and 1 body paragraph: Can a work of art, such as a play or a film, change anything? Why? How?