NAME: ____________________________ A Separate Peace Test A. MATCHING Match each term/description with the best answer. 1. _____ Gene 2. _____ Phineas 3. _____ Devon 4. _____ A. Hopkins Parker 5. _____ Blitzball 6. _____ Badminton 7. _____ Patch-Withers 8. _____ Lepellier 9. _____ “Ss” Club 10. _____ Enfeebled 11. _____ Inure 12. _____ Inveigle 13. _____ Tacit 14. _____ Idiosyncratic 15. _____ Sultriness 16. a) the one game Finny despised 17. b) peculiar; eccentric 18
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O.E. Rölvaag’s thesis in the novel Giants in the Earthis well hidden throughout the text of the novel‚ but his purpose is very clear. The purpose of the book is to give the reader a full experience of how life was like for an immigrant to start all over again in an unknown‚ unexplored habitat. It also furnishes the reader with the knowledge of the hardship and consequences that the alien settlers dealt with on the prairie. The topics that Rölvaag writes about in the novel are those
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die today.” James Dean “Peace begins with a smile. “ Mother Teresa Smiles make the world go round‚ peace makes everything better‚ both little known facts that are shown but rarely spoken. Well I’m a speaker and a smiler and a peace maker. Smile its not so bad is a quote out of my mouth hourly at work. Peace signs are my life they make me happy which cause a smile. I think that “peace begins with a smile” is a very true fact as being a smiley person and a peace maker‚ smiles help every situation
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Peace and conflict studies is defined as both a pedagogical activity‚ in which teachers transmit knowledge to students; and a research activity‚ in which researchers create new knowledge about the sources of conflict. Peace and conflict studies entails understanding the concept of peace which is defined as political condition that ensures justice and social stability through formal and informal institutions‚ practices‚ and norms. Johan Galtung‚ the principal founder of the discipline of peace and
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The Fox and the Crow A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. "That’s for me‚ as I am a Fox‚" said Master Reynard‚ and he walked up to the foot of the tree. "Good-day‚ Mistress Crow‚" he cried. "How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds‚ just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds." The
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social differences. I am convinced that sport can be at the long-term service of peace” HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco In Ancient Greece‚ a series of competitions were held every four years between representatives of several city-states and kingdoms of Ancient Greece. The Olympics allowed the Greeks to set aside conflict and war‚ to celebrate friendship and unity‚ to experience peace through sports. This promise of peace is The Olympic Truce‚ an ancient tradition‚ believed to have started in 776
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MAN OF EARTH Amador T. Daguio (January 8‚ 1912-1967) obtained his M.A. in English at Stanford U. as a Fulbright scholar. In 1954‚ he obtained his Law degree from Romualdez Law College in Leyte. Daguio was editor and public relations officer in various offices in government and the military. He also taught for twenty-six years at the University of the East‚ U.P.‚ and Philippine Women’s University. In 1973‚ six years after his death‚ Daguio was conferred the Republic Cultural Heritage Award. The poem
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see the exact composition and position of all the earth’s layers‚ they have used various tools to determine what lies beneath the crust. Use the Internet or textbooks to research geologists’ findings. The diagram below shows a cutaway view of the earth (not to scale). Identify each layer and describe its general characteristics. Type your response here: a. Continential Crust: the relatively thick part of the earth’s crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex
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Help the Earth “Be Green”‚ “Be Environmental”. Slogans like this are posted all around the world. Charity groups also have been promoting this idea for years. But have we been doing this? Do we really know why we are doing this? Every once in a while‚ government give out orders banning shops and markets from providing plastic bags to customers‚ but this doesn’t last for a long time. Plastic bags are very popular‚ because they are cheap‚ strong‚ easy to bring around and convenient. But have
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Save Earth‚ Save Life...Stop Global Warming The group of young and and socially concerned citizens have got together to begin the mission of saving earth‚ saving Human life of generations ahead by contributing to reduce the global Warming. Global Warming is not a small or localized environmental problem. The effects and consequences could be horrific. Temperature changes‚ alteration in rainfall patterns ‚ and an increased frequency of cyclonic activity are occurring and being measured around
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