Friday, May 14, 2010

Know this for the WofW test

The War of the Worlds exam guide

How would you the title of a novel in a document?
Who wrote The War of the Worlds?
When was this novel published?
What is the genre of this novel?
The narrator calls the attack on Earth “The great disillusionment”. When does this happen?
Where does the novel take place?
Where does the first canister from Mars land?
What is the main character’s name?
What planet does the attack come from?
What is Mars the god of?
Which planet is closer to the sun, Mars or Earth?
Which planet is closer to the end of life?
What is Ogilvy’s profession?
What is the rising part of the Fratek’s pyramid called?
What material do we learn in the rising part of Fratek’s pyramid?\
What is Henderson’s profession?
What is the first weapon that the Martians use to devastate the humans?
Where does the narrator take his wife and how far is it from Maybury Hill?
Who is a member of the Horse Artillery No. 12?
The first tripod destroyed falls on what?
What is the narrator’s brother in school for?
What is a Curate?
What is the Thunder Child?
Who witnesses the Thunder Child attack a Tripod?
What is the second weapon that the Martians use to dominate the Earth?
In Chapter 1 of Book 2, which number cylinder buries the narrator and the Curate in the rubble of a house?
What best describes the Martians?
Professor Howes give the tentacles what name?
How many tentacles did the Martians have?
Why couldn’t the Martians stand up on their tentacles?
Which of the following is not a feature of a Martian face?
Which of the following is not inside
What did the Martian snacks resemble?
How many hours of work did Martians do in 24 hours?
How did the Martians reproduce?
What is the “Teacher and agent of the brain”?
What did Martian sanitary science do?
The narrator’s knowledge of Martian anatomy is an example of what?
What is the dominant color of the vegetable kingdom on Earth?
Why does the narrator attack the Curate?
Why does the narrator consider killing a dog?
Who is the man on Putney Hill?
Where does the Artilleryman plan to live?
What does the Artilleryman plan to use to recapture the planet?
When the narrator mentions “The Destruction of Sennacherib”, this is an example of what?
“The Destruction of Sennacherib”, a poem, has 12 syllables per line. Is this iambic pentameter?
Who does the narrator find in his house at the end of the novell?
What is ‘circumspection’?
What is the narrator’s profession?

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