Reviewing For The Test

Today in class, we reviewed the test. I got a good grade. Below are some questions and answers from the test. Also, Mr. Schick told us to keep the tests because it could be useful for the midterm exam.

1.  A Message to Garcia was written right after this war: Spanish-American War.
2. This man wrote the essay A Message to Garcia: Elbert Hubbard.
3. This is the US President who needed a message sent to Garcia in the first place: William McKinley.
4. Who was asked to deliver the message to Garcia? Rowan
5. When was A Message to Garcia written? March 1899.
6. The US President who was killed in 1901 was shot by Leon Czolgocz. What were the political beliefs of this assassin? Czolgocz was an anarchist.
7. A stenographer is someone who takes dictation in shorthand.
8. The main gathering place for ancient Greeks was the agora.
9. What is significant about the date 508 BC? In 508 BC, democracy was born. When the ancient greeks revolted, the start of democracy began. The ancient Greeks were the first to revolt.
10. What were the crimes of which Socrates was accused? Corrupting the youth and impiety.
11. What did the ancient Greeks mean if they called you an idiot? They meant that you were focused on yourself and you didn't help build their democratic country by not attending meetings and not talking about politics.
12. Name two words with the same word origin as polis: politics and metropolitan.
13. Name two countries- other than the United States- that have had major, government- changing revolutions since the year 1776: France and Egypt.
14. Which of the following most closely describes the Socratic Method? It is based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas.
15. As of 2015, what is the correct name of the tallest mountain in Alaska? Denali.

One of the Essay answers:
     A) Socrates was accused of "corrupting the youth" and impiety. When he said his defense, he didn't talk about how sorry he was and that it'll never happen again. Instead he spoke, "I am the gadfly to the sluggish horses. In fact, I should get free dinners for life." Basically, he told the court that someone has to make sure that people are working, and that their democracy is still thriving; he's just doing his job. He pleaded not guilty. However, 279 out of 500 jury members found him guilty. Socrates was sentenced to death. Many of the guards in prison liked Socrates, so they were going to let him escape. But Socrates refused to escape. He was going to stay loyal to the Athenian Democracy. Socrates died of Hemlock poisoning in prison. With this sentence, he was his own executer.