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1
What type of literature is Don Quixote?
Nonfiction
POetry
Drama
Satire
2
Nora does not spend time with her children on Christmas Day because she is...
Afraid of causing them harm
Envious of their carefree lives
Physicall exhaused
Eager to be alone
3
Influenced by James Joyce and Albert Camus, what is the trait in European literature?
Stories were told through multiple points of view
Chronological order was abandoned
Plots were eliminated
All of the above
4
In what language was Dante's
The Divine Comedy
written?
Spanish
French
Arabic
Italian
5
Which number is repeated and significant in
The Divine Comedy
?
6
12
3
9
6
How many lines does a sonnet have?
22
8
6
14
7
What is the "setting" of a story?
Conflict
Time and Place
8
An "emaciated" person appears to be in great need of ...
Sleep
Food
Exercise
9
The Archbishop tells Roland to sound the horn so that...
Charlemagne will come to join their battle.
Charlemagne will know that they have lost.
Charlemagne will bury and avenge them.
The Spanish will know that the French have surrendered.
10
"Nationalism" is the idea that...
People share language and culture
Industry should be developed in countries with little trade
Nations should be lead by one person
People should be proud of their heritage and reject others
11
Pakhom meets a tragic end because he...
Has been given an impossible task
Misunderstands the rules of the Chief's offer
Cannot control his greed
Misunderstands the warning in his dream
12
How was poetry modernized?
It was converted to novels because no one likes poetry
It was expanded with the use of description and fancy speech
it sounded like everyday speech
It was more concise/less detailed
13
When Monna Giovanna discovers what has happened to the falcon, she reacts with...
Mixed Emotions
Outrage
Humble gratitude
Embarrassment
14
Don Quixote adds "de la Manha" to his name because he wants...
His name to sound musical and mysterious
All of the previous
To see more like a knight
To honor his family
15
Les Miserables
was written by...
Mrs. Biehl
Victor Hugo
William Shakespeare
Mark Twain
16
When Monna Giovanna appears at Federigo's door, he greets her with...
Indifference
Bitterness
Curiosity
Great Joy
17
What country's "history" is the
The Song of Roland?
Saracen
Britain
Spain
France
18
In "Freedom to Breath" the speaker admits he CANNOT
Understand why his experience is so pleasing
Determine what he is smelling
Explain why the "freedom to breath" is important
Adequately describe what he smells
19
When the nobleman tells his wife that he becomes a werewolf, her love for him turns to...
Indifference
Anger
Sorrowful pity
Fear and disgust
20
On the hunt, the king is amazed to find a beast that...
Looks like a human
Is courageous
Is gentle
Seems to think like a human
21
What is the approximate literacy rate in Europe?
60%
100%
70%
85%
22
What conventions in writing appeared between 500 and 1800?
Standardized spelling
All of the answers
Lower case letters
Spacing and punctuation
23
"In the Terrible Night" the speakers torment comes from his inability to...
Separate the past, present, and future
Understand the past
Let go of the past
Clearly remember the past
24
A Petrarchan sonnet is divided into two parts:
3 quatrains and a couplet
7 couplets
4 quatrains
an octave and a sestet
25
When Dr. Rank reveals his romantic love for Nora, she criticizes him for...
Declaring such feelings
Having hidden such feelings in the past
Having such feelings
Not being truthful in claiming to love her
26
The banker in "The Bet" claims that death penalty is preferable to life in prison...
Kinder
Less expensive for society
More effective
Impossible to reverse
27
The first three lines of the poem pain a picture of a woman who is filled with...
Curiosity
Love of Life
Shallow concerns
Arrogance
28
The Devil sees his chance to get Pakhom under his power when Pakhom expresses a feeling of...
Doubt in God's power
Pride in his accomplishments in life
Temptation to do evil
Discontent with what he has
29
The pilgrims are traveling to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.
False
True
30
When Wiesel and his father arrive at Buchenwald, their main need is for...
Food
Water
Sleep
Warmth
31
The tone of the poem is
Sympathetic
Objective
Affectionate
Guilty
32
The probable time from of the medieval literature we read is...
1300 AD - 1700 AD
100 BC - 500 AD
500 BC - 100 BC
400 AD - 1300 AD
33
The Lawyer disagrees with the banker's view about...
The meaning of freedom
What is a fair payment for lost freedom
What crimes deserve the death penalty
Whether life in prison is worth living
34
The souls in the lowest circle of Hell are those people...
Who refused to confess to Minos
Who have been in Hell the longest
Whose punishment has just begun
Who have betrayed their masters
35
The poem suggests that, in reaction to a long captivity, the panther has become...
Tame
Weak
Angry
Numb
36
In "War"... At first, the conversation about love and grief among the passengers proceeds with
Wild irrationality
Logical argument
Sentimentality
Deep emotion
37
Roland smashes his sword, Durendal, against a rock because...
He is enraged that his forces face defeat
He wants to keep the sword out of enemy hands
He wants to demonstrate its extraordinary power.
It has been dirtied by "pagan" hands
38
Who wrote
The Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
39
What makes Camus conclude that Sisyphus is a hero?
His standards of morality
His strength
His courage
His lack of despair
40
Which of the following details shows the
irony
of Satan's position?
The wind from his own wings freezes him in place
He is as large as an entire mountain range
He torments other damned souls in his mouth
41
What is the definition of a "dynamic character"?
One that changes and grows as a result of the plot.
One that stays the same throughout the whole story.
42
What is NOT a way Europe has united the world in a single global system?
Spread Christianity
Developed Dictatorship
Developed cement, automobiles, and penicillin
Spread Language
43
According to the fat man, why doesn't he mourn his son's death?
He never really knew his son.
The son died nobly and satisfied.
The reality of it hasn't sunk in yet.
It brought an end to the man's own suffering.
44
After leaving Hell, the Poets end up...
Where they had begun their journey
On the Other side of the world
In Heaven
In Purgatory
45
How did nationalism have a negative effect on Europe initially?
Overpopulation of particular areas
riots to overthrow governments of small areas
Product availability was limited
Rivalries between areas
46
What is the definition of a "static character"?
One that stays the same.
One that changes or learns something as a result of the plot
47
Don Quixote loves everything about his books of chivalry except their...
Continually-wounded heroes
never-ending adventures
Ridiculously complicated language
Fantastic happenings
48
In "Gather Not Gold and Precious Stones", to whom is the poem addressed?
Everyone Everywhere
Future generations
The Speaker's Beloved
The Children of the World
49
The term "renaissance" means...
Costume
Decorate
Retry
Rebirth
50
In what way(s) did the Industrial Revolution affect the way people lived?
People lived longer lives
Work types and schedules changed
All the previous
Mass production increase buying
51
In "Night" when Wiesel arrives at the crematory, burning dead bodies doesn't bother him because
doesn't know what this building is used for
he has gotten used to living with such horrors
He has come to think of death as a friend
he is just happy to be alive
52
What is true of existentialist beliefs?
People are thrown upon earth by chance/fate
All of the previous
The importance of choice in creating values
The universe is indifferent to humans
