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    STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS for “The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston Please indicate the page number(s) where you find the answers for each question. Reading Section I: pages 1-94 PART I: “THE SHADOW OF MOUNT ELGON” Something in the Forest 1. Describe the life of Charles Monet. What were his “hobbies”? 2. Where is Mount Elgon? Describe the surrounding environment. 3. How may Charles Monet have been exposed to a level 4 virus? 4. Describe the symptoms experienced

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    like a street person with no hope Ugliest sculpture but most beautiful Captures a loss May have gone to France to have a baby Truth Stag at Sharkey’s (George Bellows) Girls don’t go boxing There’s a woman in the painting—a stag The Raft of Medusa (Gericault) A French ship The captain gathers the crew in the Atlantic—sinking Build two rafts Crew dies—one raft left Results in cannibalism Crew welcomed back A crew member tells and all of them go to jail Gericault was obsessed-accurate

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    Comic books became popular around the late 1930s‚ in a time where people were struggling to get by. They gave people a chance to escape reality and pretend to be someone other than themselves. Superheroes give people someone to look up to in a time of need. This might be why many people are drawn to these characters that are larger than life and often posses dual identities. Wonder Woman is a character that many women look up to. She is an Amazonian goddess who has the powers of many mythological

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    Dante's Inferno Summary

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    Canto I -The Dark Wood-Dantes meets the Lion‚ Wolf‚ and leopard that blocks his path to leave. Meets Virgil Canto II -Ante-Inferno-those who live without disgrace or praise (stuck constantly chasing after a banner (goal) for they never had a goal when they were alive. Passes Acheron‚ guarded by Limbo to enter Limbo. Ghosts do not feel compassion for those in other levels of hell except for their own. Canto III and IV -First circle of hell-limbo-virtuous but un baptized -punishment=no hope

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    Annelida

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    cycle of the Cnidaria phylum. As shown above‚ the life cycle is dominated by the diploid cells as in most animals‚ while the haploid cells are only in early developmental stages. The life cycles also illustrate the change from a polyp (child) to a medusa (adult) from stage to stage. Sources • http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cnidaria • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnidaria • http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/I/Invertebrates.html#Cnidaria • http://www.thefreedictionary

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    Nhu Nguyen Period 6th Mythology Project PART TWO: Stories of Love and Adventure I. Cupid and Psyche 1. “Psyche excelled her sisters so greatly that beside them she seemed a very goddess consorting with mere mortals” (121). 2. Venus wants Cupid to use his power and make Psyche fall madly in love with the vilest and most despicable creature there is in the whole world (122). 3. Cupid fell in love with Psyche the moment they first met (122). 4. The Zephyr carried Psyche from the

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    Achelous: River god; son of Oceanus and Tethys and said to be the father of the Sirens. Acheron: One of several Rivers of Underworld. Achilles: Greek warrior; slew Hector at Troy; slain by Paris‚ who wounded him in his vulnerable heel. Actaeon: Hunter; surprised Artemis bathing; changed by her to stag; and killed by his dogs. Admetus: King of Thessaly; his wife‚ Alcestis‚ offered to die in his place. Adonis: Beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite. Aeacus: One of three judges of dead in Hades; son of

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    Immortal Jellyfish In the history of alchemy‚ the only way to achieve immortality is to drink the elixir of life‚ or to create the legendary philosopher’s stone. For centuries‚ many alchemists searched but failed to find the secrets to immortality. But‚ surprisingly‚ one organism already obtains immortality without the elixir of life or the philosopher’s stone. Turritopsis nutricula‚ otherwise known as the immortal jellyfish‚ is a type of jellyfish that can revert back to a younger stage after

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    Major work of the composer’s early style. It is also a landmark piece of XX.th century piano music. Premiered in 1950 by Yvette Grimaux this Sonata is stupefying by the accomplishment of a young composer aged 23. Even though molded in the classical Sonata model it also displays an amazing novelty in its discourse. Showcasing a high rhythmical complexity‚ probably inspired by Messiaen’s researches it also distinguishes itself by its departure from the Schoenberg concept of the tone-series. Sonic

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    Elizabeth Elizalde AP Literature 10/28/15 Allusions Study (Mythical and Biblical) Mythology (Greco-Roman) Icarus and Daedalus This classic ancient greek myth is about an exceptionally clever inventor named Daedalus who uses his talents to escape the island of Crete with his son Icarus. Before the conflict began King Minos asked Daedalus to build him a maze to imprison the Minotaur‚ years later Daedalus helps Theseus navigate through the labyrinth which infuriated King Minos. Desperately needing

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