• HISTORY

What did the U.S have to give up for the Treaty of Paris?

The Treaty of Paris–signed on September 3, 1783–officially ended the American War for Independence. As the clear winners, the provisions were much more beneficial to the Americans than the…

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• MARY HIGGINS CLARK

What is the summary for Mount Vernon Love Story by Mary Higgins Clark?

Well, let us begin by exploring the title of the book. The full title is called Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington. I also find it interesting that the original title…

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• SCIENCE

Jayanthy has a mixture of sawdust, gravel and salt. Create a flow chart to describe how Jayanthy…

Jayanthy can separate out the 3 substances by using a combination of 2 properties: water solubility and density. Salt is soluble in water, sawdust and gravel are not. Sawdust is lighter than water,…

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• THE GIVER

What happened in The Giver in Chapter 11?

Chapter 11 of The Giver is an important chapter to the development of the plot and themes of the book. This is Jonas’ first time getting the Giver’s memories. He begins to learn something of the…

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• THE CRUCIBLE

Aside from Reverend Parris and Abigail Williams, which character(s) is/are guilty of hypocrisy?

Danforth. Judge Danforth is one of the biggest hypocrites in the entire play. He thinks that he can do no wrong; therefore, he is incredibly filled with pride. Because of that pride, he cannot…

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• RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI

Where is Rikki fighting his great war?

In the first sentence of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” Rudyard Kipling writes that Rikki fought his great war “through the bathrooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment.” This is actually a humorous…

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• SCIENCE

How can I write a story using The Lorax, and the words ecosystem, abiotic and biotic?

The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, is a story of how greed can destroy an ecosystem. It was written as awareness of the fragile nature of the Earth was becoming more obvious, and not long after the…

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• JULIUS CAESAR

What are two scenes that negatively reference Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar?

Casca describes Caesar refusing the crown, and Brutus describes Caesar as ambitious. There are actually very few positive references to Julius Caesar in this play. Most of the time he is…

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• FRANKENSTEIN

In Frankenstein, how does the creature react when he sees Victor? Which character invites more…

The first interaction between the creature and Victor occurs a little while after Victor’s creation comes to life for the first time. Once the creature opens his eyes, Victor retires to his bed…

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• SCIENCE

how is love related to chemistry

Love, whether it be familial, romantic, or simply the affection we feel for friends and pets, is essentially a chemical response in the body. When babies are born and begin to breastfeed, their…

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• FAHRENHEIT 451

In the book Fahrenheit 451, what actions does Clarisse’s uncle say society has stopped doing?

Clarisse’s uncle has been arrested twice for the “horrible” crime of being a pedestrian. He is a “rebel” according to the government because he is a free thinker. He has also educated…

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• FRANKENSTEIN

Compare Victor Frankenstein at the beginning of the book to Victor Frankenstein at the end. What…

Beginning of the book: Healthy and full of life Hopeful and optimistic Craves knowledge Social His entire life is ahead of him and we have every reason to believe (based on his upbringing) that it…

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• ANIMAL FARM

In Animal Farm, Old Major dies but his dream has awakened all the animals. Whose job is it to…

In the first chapter of Animal Farm, Old Major is inspired to give a speech to the other animals after having a strange dream. While he does not reveal specific details, he says that the dream…

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• LYDDIE

What are some examples of cause and effect in the book Lyddie?

There are many good examples of cause and effect in the novel Lyddie. Although the bear coming into the cabin in the first chapter may seem like the cause of the mother’s leaving the farm, it is…

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• HISTORY

Why did the Progressive Movement develop?

The Progressive Movement developed to deal with problems existing in our country. Writers began to publicize some of the abuses or injustices in our society. When people learned that average…

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• BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH—

In line 4 of “Because I Could Not Stop For Death,” what figurative language is used to describe…

In the poem “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”, Emily Dickenson uses figurative language in line four to foreshadow how the speaker has been dead for centuries, and death is not the…

• THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND

How did Holmes explain he knew the snake was coming?

At the end of the story, Watson relates that Holmes explained his thinking as they traveled back to London from Stoke Moran the next day. Holmes tells his friend and biographer he had originally…

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• HISTORY

What was the type of government for both Spanish and French colonies?

France and Spain had an uncanny challenge in governing colonies that were thousands of miles from their capitals. Both European powers set up a system that utilized viceroyalties. A viceroyalty…

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• LITERATURE

What is the summary for “Framing Blackness” by Ed Guerrero?

Well, let us start by looking at the full title of the book: Framing Blackness: The African American Image in Film (Culture And The Moving Image). This title alone tells us a bit about what the…

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• MACBETH

Provide evidence showing that Macbeth will do anything to become and remain the King.

Macbeth’s perilous ambition to become the King will drive him to commit many evil acts which will ultimately lead to his downfall. Once he has the idea of becoming the King solidified in his mind,…

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• SCIENCE

What is the frequency of a wave? How is it measured? What part of the wave is affected?

Frequency is the number of occurrences per unit of time, e.g. cycles per second. The wavelength is the distance (length along the horizontal axis) a wave “travels” per unit of time. The period is…

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• BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA

Why did Easter Sunday become a problem for Jess’s family?

In Chapter 8, we learn that Easter Sunday is now a problem for Jess’s family because the father has just lost his job, and now there’s no way they can get new clothes for the kids like they usually…

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• THE DEVIL’S HIGHWAY

How was the group in the Devil’s Highway recruited?

To introduce this subject, you have to understand that this book is about the area of the Arizona desert that is virtually deadly to anyone who enters it from an immigration standpoint. Mexican…

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• THE CRUCIBLE

How were children treated during Puritan times? How is this information important to The Crucible?

It was not until recently that children were treated differently from adults. With the invention of modern marketing, “adolescence” and the modern idea of childhood was created so that products…

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• ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON

In Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem “Mariana,” who is Mariana?

In Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, “Mariana,” the woman, Mariana, is based on the Mariana from William Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure. Like Shakespeare’s Mariana, Tennyson’s Mariana’s lover’s…

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• LITERATURE

What is the effect of enjambment in poetry?

In poetry, enjambment occurs when there is no break or punctuation at the end of a line, but the idea being expressed is carried on in the following line. For example, in Langston Hughes’ poem…

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• HISTORY

What do Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels mean by the term “class struggle”?

In The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels traced a history of class conflict stretching back through human history. By “class” they meant what is often called “relationship to the means of…

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• THE TELL-TALE HEART

How did Poe use point of view, diction, and imagery to create menacing in the Tell-tale Heart?

Point of view is a key choice of Poe’s in “The Tell-tale Heart.” The story is told in first person by the murderer. He himself questions if he is mad: “How, then, am I mad?” But at the same time,…

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• THE RAVEN

In his poem “The Raven,” how does Edgar Allan Poe question American assumptions about death? Or,…

By the mid-19th century in America, mortality rates were extremely high as a result of increased population coupled with poor sanitation. Many people died suddenly and mysteriously due to such…

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• HISTORY

How did Abraham Lincoln change the world?

Abraham Lincoln changed the world with his ideas and actions. Lincoln first appeared on the national scene in the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. In the debates, Lincoln spoke of the evils of…

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• A TALE OF TWO CITIES

What is the main turning point of the story A Tale of Two Cities?

The main turning point of The Tale of Two Cities is when Charles Darnay returns to Paris to be of assistance to his old servant, Gabelle, who is imprisoned by the revolutionaries for aiding an…

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• MARK TWAIN

What are Mark Twain’s main anti-war satires?

Mark Twain was very much an anti-imperialist, but to call him a pacifist would be inaccurate. “The Mysterious Stranger” offers strong anti-war statements, but perhaps the more well-known example of…

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• THE TRIAL OF DEDAN KIMATHI

Apart from written language, how do Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Micere Githae-Mugo deploy other means…

In Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Micere Githae Mugo’s influential Kenyan play The Trial of Dedan Kimathi, the playwrights have the advantage of staging the work in order to develop non-verbal cues that…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What are 2 quotes from To kill a Mockingbird that show Miss Maudie is nice? What are 2 quotes…

Miss Maudie is both permissive and nice, and she becomes a friend to the children, especially Scout. Miss Maudie is permissive. This means that she mostly lets the children do what they want to…

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• HISTORY

What caused the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia? What were the consequences?

Over a century of Romanov rule came to a crashing halt in February of 1917, as a democratic revolution overthrew Tsar Nicholas II in Russia. The Romanov’s had ruled unilaterally over Russia since…

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• SCIENCE

Name the various types of body systems and describe how they work.

The levels of organization for multicellular organisms are: cells make tissues, tissues make organs, organs make organ systems, and all the organ systems combined make the organism. Thus, a body…

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• HAMLET

What does Hamlet say to Ophelia when he is finally permitted to see her in Hamlet?

Hamlet is never really forbidden to see Ophelia by anyone; however, Ophelia is forbidden to see Hamlet by Polonius, and he and Claudius later use Ophelia to get information from Hamlet in the…

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• SCIENCE

A gas occupies a volume of 200. milliliters at a pressure of 380. torr and a temperature of 298…

This problem can be solved using the combined gas law, P1V1T1=P2V2T2P1V1T1=P2V2T2 where P is pressure, V is volume, T is Kelvin temperature and the subscripts 1 and 2 denote initial and…

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• FAHRENHEIT 451

How has technology affected the lives of people in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury?

Technology is central to the lives of people in Bradbury’s dystopian society, but its effect is negative in several ways. First, technology is used to divert attention and to distract from more…

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• LAW AND POLITICS

Who pays for elections? A. the federal government B. the parties C. the state D. the counties…

The correct answer is C and D; however; the most proper answer is D) the counties. The majority of the cost of paying for elections falls upon the local voting jurisdiction, the county. Oklahoma…

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• HISTORY

What was Lu Xun trying to tell China?

Lun Xun was a Chinese writer who lived in the middle of the revolutions that ended the Qing Dynasty. He was trying to tell China that he did not feel confident that total social change would occur…

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• LAW AND POLITICS

According to a survey, 63% of American voters said they would never vote for a(n) _______,…

You are probably correct to pick Option B as your answer. However, it would be better if you looked at your own textbook and/or class notes to be sure that you have the right answer. The reason…

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• THE WORLD IS FLAT

According to Friedman, how can individuals, corporations, and nations prepare to survive in our…

In Friedman’s “flat world,” individuals can thrive by becoming “untouchables”–“people whose jobs cannot be outsourced, digitized, or automated” (280) or made “tradable by electronic transfer”…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What are some quotes that portray Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Jem Finch as “mockingbirds”?

“All the ladies in Maycomb includin’ my wife’d be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes. To my way of thinkin’, Mr. Finch, taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service…

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• LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI

What is the correct theme of “La Belle Dame sans Merci”?

I don’t think it’s possible to choose one “correct” theme to illuminate this poem, since it is a very complex work (despite being relatively short and appearing to be fairly simple in language and…

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• OEDIPUS REX

How is figurative blindness exemplified in the behavior of Oedipus from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex…

In Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex and Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral,” both the title character Oedipus and the unnamed narrator, respectively, are figuratively blinded by their vanity and…

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• HISTORY

What is the Zhou dynasty famous for?

The Zhou Dynasty is famous for a number of things. Perhaps most notably, the Zhou Dynasty is the longest dynasty in Chinese history, spanning from c. 1046 BC–256 BC. The Zhou also universalized…

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• LAW AND POLITICS

Is it true that California is one of several states to have signed onto the “national popular…

This is true. California is one of eleven jurisdictions that has enacted legislation supporting the National Popular Vote compact. The compact is designed to get at least enough states to join so…

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• HISTORY

Did the Americans ever fight a war with Great Britain for the freedom of slaves?

The United States never fought a war with Great Britain that was fundamentally about freedom for slaves from the perspective of either nation. However, in the two wars fought between the United…

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• SCIENCE

What are two differences and two similarities in food chains and food webs?

A food chain is a simplification within an ecosystem and depicts the flow of food and energy through a series of organisms (including plants). A food web is a series of interconnected food chains…

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