world lit study

What trick proves Penelope is the perfect match for wily Odysseus?

Who does Zeus send to deliver his message for Calypso to release Odysseus?

Zeus is God of the lightning bolt and what other trait?

Antigone's 'crime' was

Creon accuses Tieresias of what?

During his encounter with Utnapishtim, what is the first of two tests that Giilgamesh fails?

1001 Arabian Knights and Canterbury Tales come from what storytelling tradition.

The play, Hamlet, is best classified as a

Which of the following statements about Enkidu is false?

How long is the Mahabarata?

The Haiku has

Which two characters provide a point of contrast to the relationship between Odysseus and Penelope?

Shakespeare occasionally ends a scene with a rhyming couplet for effect. Finish this couplet. "The play's the thing

What is the inciting incident in Sakuntala

Which Caesar ordered the Aeneid be written?

A famous sonneteer is

Who survives the play

We learned of Confucius’ work through his

When Odysseus meets Nausicaa, what fairytale does it resemble?

Which of the following statements about Gilgamesh is true?

Who kills themselves after finding Antigone dead in the cave?

Young Fortinbras 'says' he is invading

After the death of Enkidu, what is Gilgamesh in search of when he embarks on his solitary journey?

Which goddess often assists Odysseus and Telemachus, and speaks up for them in the councils of gods on Mount Olympus?

What is the name of the terrible giant that Gilgamesh and Enkidu slay?

Shakespeare utilizes a technique that deals with the concept of art looking at itself,

Which two rivers flow through an area known as the "Fertile Crescent", a region in modern Iraq?

How does Athena disguise herself to help Telemachus on his journey?

Who wrote the Aeneid?

How does Ophelia die?

In his first appearance on stage, Hamlet wears

Who is Argos?

Shahrazad has what in common with a young Oedipus?

Hamlet claims to be afflicted by

In the Chinese Poem “Peach Tree Soft and Tender,” the blossoms, fruit and leaves represent what cycle?

Carthage and Dido represent?

Shakespearean sonnets feature

Early forms of writing include all of the following, except which?

Confucianism is a

What is the first great heroic narrative of world literature?

Why are Sonnets easier to write in Italian than English?

The Wife of Bath had five

The earliest written documents contain all of the following types of information, except:

...swiftest of all evils in the world.

What is the length of the storm that floods the earth in Gilgamesh?

What shows Drapudi's wisdom?

What does Drapudi choose as her first two wishes?

Odysseus tricks Poseidon’s son by calling himself nobody, and then blinds him. Who was this character?

The intersection of the instant with universal is a main component of which poetic form?

Hamlet has how many soliloquies

When Odysseus travels to the underworld, what does Tiresias warn him not to harm on his return voyage?

In the Greek pantheon, they are Hera and Aphrodite. What are they called in the Roman?

In the Chinese Poem “Plums are Falling,” the plums represent potential

Shakespearean Sonnets are written in what meter

What is the inciting incident in Antigone?

Sakuntala is forgotten by the king because

The Canterbury Tales chronicle a

In epics a literary device that makes an extended comparison, such as Odysseus as a hungry lion.

What does Vyasha tell the boy that this story is about?

Where does Hamlet say Ophelia should go to