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2nd Semester Exam Study Guide

Format:

30 vocabulary questions (5 synonym; 5 antonym; 10 definitions; 10 completing the sentence)

70 Ready Player One questions (15 matching characters; 5 matching avatars; 50 multiple choice)

Part I: Vocabulary

You must know the definition, synonym, antonym of the following words. You must also know how to use the words to complete the sentence. The words are all from vocab units 1-3, and they are posted on-line.

Word / Definition / Synonym / Antonym
accosted
articulate
banal
brackish
coherent
congealed
credence
dissemble
distraught
eulogy
incendiary
insatiable
invidious
myopic
nefarious
overt
primordial
propriety
reconnaissance
sacrilege

Part Two: Ready Player One- Matching

Know the following 20 characters. Be able to match each one to a short description. Also know each character’s real and avatar name, if applicable.

Anorak / Sixers / James Halliday / Bryce Lynch / Mrs. Gilmore
Parzival / Nolan Sorrento / Kira / I-r0k / Daisho
Art3mis / Aech / Daito / Ogden Morrow / Wade3
Shoto / 655321 / Great & Powerful Og / Akihide / Toshiro Yoshiaki

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Multiple Choice

Know the basics facts associated with each gate:

Gate / Planet / Key / Enter through / Quest
1st / Middletown / Copper / game Dungeons of Daggorath / Flicksync WarGames
2nd / Frobozz / Jade / Tyrell Building and using Voight-Kampff machine / play Black Tiger
3rd / Chthonia / Crystal / Castle Anorak & Tempest game / Flicksync Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Level ONE

1. What does OASIS stand for?

2. What is “Anorak’s Invitation” ?

3. What was Halliday’s most exciting moment when he was playing his Atari 2600 Adventure Game in 1979?

4. How much money is at stake for finding Halliday’s Easter egg?

5. What makes attending OASIS school on the planet Ludus different from attending school in Oklahoma City?

6. Halliday borrows many of his ideas from where?

7. How much does a lifetime OASIS account cost?

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8. The first clue reads: “The Copper Key awaits explorers/ In a tomb filled with ______” ?

9. What happens if an avatar dies while holding the Copper Key?

10. What does Sorrento offer Wade?

11. How does Sorrento threaten him?

12. How do the Sixers protect the Tomb of Horrors on Ludus?

13. What happens to Mrs. Gilmore?

Level TWO

14. Why doesn’t Wade attend his high school graduation?

15. Why do the Sixers show up at Morrow’s party?

16.In the middle of the book, why does Art3mis reject Wade?

17. What is the very first videogame?

18. Name the perfect game Wade plays and his prize.

19. What will Wade do if the Sixers reach the egg first?

20. On what quest did Parzival bond with Daito & Shoto?

21.What is the Catalyst?

22.What does Shoto give Wade in Chapter 25 after Daito is murdered by the Sixers?

23.What movie is The Unicorn & the Voight-Kampff from?

24. What is a text adventure game?

25. Who gets through the Second Gate first?

26. How do the Sixers protect the Third Gate?

27. After the Sixers set up to protect the Third Gate, why is Wade now terrified?

Level THREE

28. What happened to most people who became indentured at IOI & how did they feel about it?

29. What two items prevented Wade’s escape from his IOI indenturement?

30. What will happen to Wade if the passwords & codes don't work?

31. What information does he learn about Art3mis?

32. Why does Wade change his plan and decide to leave IOI earlier than planned?

33. What request does Wade email to every single OASIS user?

34. How does Ogden Morrow offer his help to Aech, Art3mis, Shoto, & Parzival?

35. Why did James Halliday and Ogden Morrow end their friendship?

36. What does the SD-03 supply droidthat Wade pre-programmed while accessing the IOI intranet accomplish?

37. Which avatar stays behind to fight Sorrento in a quest for personal revenge during the battle for the third gate?

38. What artifact does Wade use to defeat Sorrento during the battle for the third gate?

39. What destroys everything at the beginning of chapter 36, right after they put their keys in the third gate?

40. Why doesn’t Parzival die since every single other avatar is dead ?

41. What does Wade do to finally find & acquire the Easter egg?

42. What does Aech look like in real life?

43.In the closing scenes, Halliday’s reward proves to be greater than mere wealth. What is Halliday’s ultimate prize?