Arete texts
Humans of UD
Quote ID
Art
Random
100
What does the word "Arete" mean?
Excellence
100
What order is Fr. Thomas Esposito in?
The Cistercians
100
"'Go back to hell where you came from, you old wart hog'"
Mary Grace in Flannery O'Connor's "Revelation"
100
What kind of tree is being imitated here?
A weeping willow
100
How much bacon did Dr. Roper eat at once?
One pound
200
What is supposed to be the most beautiful sounding bird?
The Nightingale
200
Who is this?
Dr. Joshua Parens
200
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
The Psalms (137)
200
What story is shown in this image?
Oedipus Rex
200
What's the name of the cat in Adam's Apples?
Lambert
300
What literary device is repeatedly used in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
Alliteration
300
What is the nickname of the University's President?
J.J.
300
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
"The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats
300
What is the name of this painting?
The Anger of Achilles
300
What's the name of Carey's dog?
Buttercup!
400
What does "Kagemusha" mean?
Shadow warrior
400
Who is this?
Dr. Estelle Fonteneau
400
"And, moreover, we say that the former are seen but not intellected, while the ideas are intellected but not seen."
Plato's "Republic"
400
What's the name of the painting on the front of our reading packet?
The School of Athens by Raphael
400
Who founded UD's Core Curriculum and the Arete Summer Program?
Dr. Louise Cowan
500
What are the four sections of the divided line?
Images, things, mathematical objects, forms
500
Who is the patron saint of UD?
Our Lady of Guadalupe
500
"If the world has not approached its end, it has reached a major watershed in history, equal in importance to the turn from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. It will demand from us a spiritual blaze; we shall have to rise to a new height of vision, to a new level of life..."
Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Address
500
What does DART stand for?
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
500
How tall is the UD tower?
188 feet tall