Question 1

What figurative language technique was used at the beginning of the SCOPE Newsies play?

Accepted Answer

Flash forward

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Imagry

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Flashback

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Allusion

Question 2

What is the setting where Newsies takes place?

Accepted Answer

Brooklyn, New York 1899

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Brooklyn Zoo, Current Time

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Brooklyn, New York 1930s

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Brooklyn, New York 1920s

Question 3

Is Ani's character static (flat) or dynamic (round) and why?

Accepted Answer

Round.  At first she doesn't want to do "dodges" (tricks), but then she ends up doing them.

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Flat.

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Flat.  At first she does dodges (tricks), but then she stops.

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Round. At first she does dodges (tricks), but then she stops.

Question 4

What is the inciting force (main conflict) that begins the problem?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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The price of news papers rise when the Newsies buy them.

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The headlines are boring and people don't want to buy the papers.

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The Newsies can't sell all of their papers and loose their own money.

Question 5

What other conflicts can be found in Newsies?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Man. vs. Himself

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Man vs. Man

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Man vs. Society

Question 6

When was the conflict resolved?

Accepted Answer

When Mr. Hearst offered to buy back papers the kids couldn't sell.

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When Boots told Ani that the protest had spread to the Bronx and Long Island.

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When the Newsies went on strike.

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All of the above.

Question 7

What is another synonym for epilogue?

Accepted Answer

Resolution

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Monologue

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Dialect

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Dialogue

Question 8

What impact did Newsies strike have on society?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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It allowed kids to go back to school.

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It started making people think about child labor laws.

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It saved familes from being homeless.

Question 9

Which correctly describe the play's text structure?

Accepted Answer

It begins with a flash forward, and then goes in chronological order.

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All events happen in chronological order.

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It begins with a flashback, and then goes in chronological order.

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Events occur in reverse order.

Question 10

The line, "Newsies swarm the wagon like ants on a frankfurter." What figurative language is this?

Accepted Answer

A simile conveying that a large number of Newsies rushed to the wagon to climb onto it.

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An allusion to "The Ant and the Grasshopper."

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A metaphor conveying that a large number of Newsies rushed to the wagon to climb onto it.

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Personification conveying that the Newsies were annoying as ants.

Question 11

In Scene 4, Ani attempts to cheat a customer.  What was the main purpose of this scene?

Accepted Answer

to convery that Ani has become desperate for money

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to reveal Ani's dark side.

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to present another point of view about the news strike.

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to show that Chubbs is a bad influence on Ani.

Question 12

Why does Hearst compremise at the end of the play?

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The strike is costing him a lot of money.

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He's worried about his public image.

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He realizes the hardships he's created for the children.

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A new law forces him to change his policies.

Question 13

Which of the following is the best theme for the play?

Accepted Answer

There are strength in numbers

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Love and Friendship

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The big trick

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What goes around comes around

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