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Review for World Literature Midterm 2015
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1
Dante's Inferno is full of (literary device)
Puns
Personification
Onomatopoeias
Allusions
2
Who was Dante's muse?
Ovid
Gemma
His mother
Beatrice
3
In which city was Dante born?
Florence
Paris
Rome
Verona
4
What is the historical context of the "Pit and the Pendulum"?
Bats
Rats
Darkness
Moving walls
5
A direct quote in a paper calls for:
Just quotation marks
Quotation marks, a parenthetical citation, and WC page.
No citation
Just a parenthetical citation
6
In
The Iliad
, which gods favor the Greeks?
Hermes, Hera, Hades
Athena, Hera, Thetis
Apollo, Aphrodite, Athena
Clytemnestra, Zeus, Ares
7
In essays you must use:
Active voice
Formal voice
Natural voice
Passive voice
8
How are Socrates and Plato connected
Plato was Socrates teacher
Plato was Socrates' father
They are not
Socrates was Plato's teacher
9
Full length works (books, plays, films) must have their titles:
In all caps
In quotation marks
Bolded
Italicized
10
Whose conversion did we read about?
Dante Alighieri's
St. Monica's
Ovid's
St. Augustine's
11
Beginning in the middle of the action
Invocation
Bi-Partite
In Medias Res
Epithet
12
A struggle occurring within a character's mind
Internal Conflict
Debate
Raised Conflict
External Conflict
13
A two dimensional character who does not change throughout the plot
Flat
Dynamic
Round
Square
14
The Nostra Aetate discusses which religions?
Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam
Stoicism and Christianity
Christianity
Hinduism and Scientology
15
Of which theatre was Shakespeare a partial owner?
The Blumenthal Theatre
The Circle Theatre
The Globe Theatre
The Local Theatre
16
Who is credited with writing
The Iliad
?
Homer
Ovid
Plato
Virgil
17
In total, how many plays did Shakespeare write?
24
150
53
37
18
How do many epics begin?
En Medias Res
Epithet
Both A and B
Invocation of the Muse
19
The word "sonnetto" means:
Rhyme
Little poem
Song
Love poem
20
1. A traditional story, especially one explaining some natural or social phenomenon.
Myth
Legend
Folklore
Parable
21
When will your exam essay prompt be posted?
During the exam
Monday
Tonight
Never
22
What is a bolgia?
Gate
Lake
Hill
Ditch
23
Hector kills this man believing that he is Achilles
Priam
Diomedes
Patroclus
Ajax
24
The "face that launched a thousand ships".
Lenore
Helen
Breseis
Juliet
25
Ms. DeVore has pet
Rats
Cats
Fish
Poodles
26
What genre of literature is
The Inferno?
Epic Poem
Catholic Epic
Short Story
Both A and C
27
A 14 line poem following a specific format
Enjambment
Concrete
Tercet
Sonnet
28
Essays about literature always begin with a:
precis
big idea
definition
topic sentence
29
A conclusion paragraph should not
Introduce new information
Make a larger connection
Summarize your ideas
Restate your thesis
30
How many Cantos are in
The Inferno
?
18
33
9
34
31
Where was Shakespeare born?
France
Stratford-upon-Avon
London
Brighton
32
Shakespeare's father was a:
General
Writer
Glove maker
Poet
33
Sonnet 57 is addressed to
The Dark Lady
The poet's best friend
The poet's mother
The poet's young love interest
34
Who is the epithet "the headstrong runner" describing?
Hector
Paris
Achilles
Odysseus
35
A metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable
Slant
Rhyme
Iamb
Enjamb
36
Which is the correct parenthetical citation at the end of a sentence?
(DeVore page 5.)
(DeVore 5).
(DeVore 5.)
(DeVore, 5).
37
A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero/heroine
Hyperbole
Hamartia
Symbolism
Allegory
38
Who wrote"The Pit and the Pendulum"?
John Smith
Alexander Pope
Shakespeare
Edgar Allan Poe
39
In a play, what is longest?
Paragraph
Sentence
Scene
Act
40
In what style are the majority of CTK essays written?
MLA
NIV
APA
Chicago Turbian
41
Whose epithet is the "fighting son of Atreus"?
Ulysses
Ajax
Agamemnon
Achilles
42
What do Ovid and Dante have in common?
They both hated to write
They were both banished
They were both from Italy
They both tried to fly
43
Which is an example of indirect characterization?
Sarah had trouble warming up to new people.
She was mean
She was cruel to others
"No one likes you," Sarah screamed at the new girl.
44
Plato wrote:
The Aeneid
The Eclogues
The Odyssey
The Allegory of the Cave
45
In which style of poetry was
The Inferno
originally written?
Couplets
Terza Rima
No rhyme scheme
Blank Verse
46
The Inferno
was written during which time period?
The Reformation
The Middle Ages
Industrial Revolution
The Enlightenment
47
Which time period will not be covered in Unit 4?
The Industrial Revolution
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
The Middle Ages
48
Shakespeare was married to:
Abigail Smith
Anne Hathaway
Kate Hudson
Elizabeth Short
49
A story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
Anachronism
Foil
Metaphor
Allegory
50
In
The Inferno
, where does Lucifer reside?
Circle 1
Purgatory
Malebolge
Judecca
